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A proposed bill in Michigan has a broad reach that covers everything from adult AI content to manga and even depictions of transgender people. It includes a VPN ban to avoid workarounds.

On Sept. 11, Michigan Republican representatives proposed far-reaching legislation banning adult internet content.

The bill, called the Anticorruption of Public Morals Act and advanced by six Republican representatives, would ban a wide variety of adult content online, ranging from ASMR and adult manga to AI content and any depiction of transgender people. It also seeks to ban all use of VPNs, foreign or US-produced.

The Anticorruption of Public Morals Act has not passed the Michigan House of Representatives committee nor been voted on by the Michigan Senate, and it's not clear how much support the bill currently has beyond the six Republican representatives who have proposed it.

TL;DR: 6 Republicans in Michigan proposed a bill that won't pass, as the Senate and Governor are Democrats.

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In the second case, there's fuckery by the coroner.

I don't think gross incompetence would be entirely unexpected! But it would put really heavy lean into the 'fuckery' bucket, definitely.

People have this kind of knee-jerk "the system is going to lie about everything" reaction which sometimes makes them kind of throw up their hands on the concept of every getting to the bottom of anything

I understand, and I wasn't saying that so much as "Ugh, I really hope this doesn't get handled poorly". What I was saying - for clarity - is there is a long history of racism there and enough is off about this to make me put on my "worried" hat. That I would feel more assured about how this would be handled if there were more trustworthy folks involved, but thats unfortunately not an option given the current administration, instead needing to wait not just for the coroner to finish, but for the family to receive his body and have the unpleasant experience of potentially needing to get their own specialist to take a look.

Even just the prospect of a family needing to verify the report is an upsetting reality.

I wasn't having an argument.

I agreed with you. And then I said I have little trust in those responsible for handling things, making it a concern.

Then you seemed to completely misunderstand what I said, so I clarified.

Not everything is an argument, sometimes a comment is just additional thoughts.

I understood entirely.

What I said was there is entirely the possibility of "Oops! His body went to the furnace instead", or "oh no! The body was mishandled and fell", or a whole variety of other things.

Off the top of my head, I can recall cases where:

• The body is sent to the wrong place
• The wrong body is sent to the right place
• Bodies not kept at temperature and then sent for cremation
• Bodies suffered damage due to falling down stairs
• Mishandling of bodies and reporting with the specific intent to cover up crimes (CA Sheriffs office, I remember this one distinctly, because they were protecting cops)

I'm saying its not a guarantee until the body of this kid ends up with the family, and given the history in this particular area.... I have little to no trust of those involved.

It would have to be a pretty shockingly brazen coverup for that part of the story to be true and covered up.

I agree, and at the same time... I can still see it as a possibility given everything else going on. There are plenty of ways "unfortunate mishandling" can happen.

I have even lower trust these days. There is so much willingness to blatantly lie all the way up to the federal level that I doubt I would trust any report produced. Not to say I'd assume it was something else, just that I have virtually zero trust in the police there or the coroner.

Supposedly the autopsy report will be released in full, but as you say - if they are willing to cover it up then the report won't matter.

An independent review would be needed, which, with this admin especially, isn't going to happen.

I wouldn't have "noticed" it anyway, but hey - bonus cat enjoyment

It was:

I did the math

Followed by a logical conclusion that sold this as trolling to me

Every single thing was a groyper meme.

He wore a trump costume. He wore a Pepe costume.

If each casing existed in a vaccum, and there were no other information whatsoever (like his father wearing 3 percenter shirts, the costumes, even the timing of him becoming political) I'd be able to agree with you.

I'm not saying his motives are confirmed, but to say he's not a groyper would be ignoring the information we do have.

What the fuck are you talking about?

Tyler Robinson shot Kirk. The Colorado school shooter from the same day is a different person.

And those aren't Lemmy memes - do you know what a groyper is?

I still have mine! And several other models along the way, right up until I finally went DSLR with a rebel.

Now I've got a slew of lenses (especially ooold ones) and a crapton of adapters so I can stick em on my Fuji. Really thinking about getting a full frame, but...

Now I kind of want to take a little pocket camera out for fun shots