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A handy guide for your Jewellers and Gem Cutters.

I accept payment in trillion-cut black diamonds.

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Idol Registration Complete!

Name: Kouki Honoka

Idol Type: Lovely

Age: 11

Pronouns: She/Her

Catchphrase: "Twinkira!"

Honoka is a shy up-and-coming idol who loves to design fashions. Her brand, Little Star, is one she made herself!

Idol Registration Complete!

Name: Hanada Misaki

Idol Type: Natural

Age: 11

Pronouns: She/Her

Catchphrase: "Full Bloom"

Misaki is a natural born leader who loves flowers! She also believes in the magic from fairies who reside in nature!

Idol Registration Complete!

Name: Akemi Sachiko

Idol Type: Pop

Age: 14

Pronouns: She/Her

Catchphrase: "Victory!"

Sachiko is an energetic girl who loves video games as much as she loves being an idol. She's also very mischievous, like a cat

Idol Registration Complete!

Name: Kanzaki Samiyah

Idol Type: Celeb

Age: 11

Pronouns: She/Her

Catchphrase: "Dazzling!"

Samiyah is obsessed with gems and jewels, since her wealthy family runs a jewel shop. She loves to bedazzle things too.

Idol Registration Complete!

Name: Hojo Hiromi

Idol Type: Cool

Age: 14

Pronouns: She/Her

Hiromi is the cousin of Kami Idol Hojo Sophie! She's very talented as an idol, and some people are a bit intimidated by her presence

Idol Registration Complete!

Name: Tsukiko Kimika

Idol Type: Cool

Age: 14

Pronouns: She/Her

Kimika is the new head disciplinarian at Paprika Private Academy, she's a meek girl who loves to collect bisque dolls! She's also good friends with Hiromi

Just watched the new Pretty Series livestream. I read no one else's comments, I just woke up, watched the stream, and am posting now.

First impressions.

WOW. WOOOOW. Aikatsu is really deader than a doornail if they are allowed to do this...... (Aikatsu Friends Planet the Pretty Series anime). That's kinda sad.

Uhhhh first series with two protags? Did they really say that? EXCUSE ME!?!? L-I-E-S! Do they really expect us to forget that's exactly how they promoted Idol Time when it came out because they were afraid to just say Yui is the new protag?

The new arcade cabinet looks kinda familiar. Are they... Are they reusing a card fighting game cabinet for a rhythm game!? I don't really like that.... you're going to damage your cards.....

THE MACHINE JAMMED. ON THE LIVESTREAM. This is the most Pretty Series thing that has ever happened and I'm glad some things will never change.

Okay, it's not a rhythm game, really. It's like a draw a shape while a song plays game. I like the whole judging concept but otherwise not feeling too depressed I can't play this game. It doesn't even have coord change?

OOOOKAY here it is. AiPri Verse is the one I am depressed I can't play. But like. Aikatsu is gone, they have no one to compete with, so they're making two arcade games to compete with themselves!!?

(Ohhh you can use the same character on both so yes but no.)

Honestly though, PriMagi still looks like more fun. I really hope this means they'll just leave the PriMagi machines where they are until the upgrade!? Please please!!

(But, this also probably means Prism Stone will just upgrade their PriMagi machines when it starts, leaving none behind...)

(Uh ohhh........ she didn't read any comments. Haha I wonder if everyone else feels the same.)

In the anime trailer, Himari debuts but needs to keep it a secret from her longtime friend Mitsuki. But, clearly Mitsuki will do or already does AiPri too. I wonder if she's like already a big AiPri star and has been hiding it from Himari the whole time? Will the big reveal come in the beginning, middle, or end of the series... could be frustrating or fun!

So yeah. The whole "secret" concept is interesting. Teaching kids they need to keep their AiPri debut a secret from their friends may not be the best marketing? But for an adult who plays kids games, I love it hahah...

What I am not sure if I like, is that the Pri in AiPri is for Princess? Idol Princess?

Aikatsu Friends meets Go Princess Precure the Pretty Series anime.

I would like to add that again, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think they ever even gave Chanko a birthday?

*AHEM*

Mimiko has a birthday but Chanko DOES NOT!?!?

The art is finally finished, and I'm very proud of the results :]

Also have a bonus art, aka a funny joke during the progress of this art

➸ bellow

➸ bluster

➸ boom

➸ burst

➸ cackle

➸ cachiannate

➸ caw

➸ chortle

➸ chuckle

➸ clamor

➸ crack up

➸ crow

➸ elate

➸ exult

➸ giggle

➸ grin

➸ gruffaw

➸ holler

➸ hoot

➸ howl

➸ jubilate

➸ mock

➸ muse

➸ rejoice

➸ riant

➸ roar

➸ shout

➸ shriek

➸ smile

➸ smirk

➸ sneer

➸ snicker

➸ snigger

➸ snort

➸ squall

➸ squawk

➸ titter

『劇場版 ポールプリンセス!!』本ビジュアル＆予告編が公開！

公開日は11月23日(木・祝)に決定！

『劇場版 ポールプリンセス!!』の最新情報が解禁！ 衣装も新たに、夢に向かって輝き出すヒナノたちを描いた本ビジュアルと、作画で描かれたストーリーパートと3Dで魅せるヒナノ、ユカリの最新ポールダンスカットを使用した予告編が公開されました！ さらに公開日も11月23日(木・祝)に決定！ 「ポールダンスジャパンカップ」という大きな目標を前に、それぞれのキャラクターがどのように壁を乗り越え、成長していくのか、ぜひ映画館で見届けてください！

Since attending Summer Id0l Jam, I have a new idol-related dream. At the event, I had the honor of watching someone debut with their own cover of Make It! And it really inspired me.

Up until now I had been thinking, if I am performing solo I would feel most comfortable sticking to characters and songs a lot of people know (Love Live). But now I've realized I may have actually got it backwards. What if... I instead used my performance(s) to introduce people to something new instead? The NE idol crowd is very supportive, so as long as it's a cute and catchy song I am sure they will cheer along! And if I mention the series in my intro, maybe they will google it afterwards and give it a watch.

So, quickly I began brainstorming Pretty Series characters I might want to potray or songs I might want to try and learn. The problem with trying to do a Pretty Series dance cover, is a lot of them wouldn't be that interesting to watch if you don't sing because the character is holding a mic and/or kinda awkward without the Cyalume Change/Prism Jump/Making Drama, etc. (I had to rule out Amari's Chaotic Hurricane for both of those reasons...) That section of the song is awkward even during the official live concerts haha. But full dance covers without those sections do exist sometimes if you know how to look for them.

One of the characters on my shortlist is actually Mel from PriChan! Problem is, I don't know if I'd ever find the cosplay considering nobody likes PriChan, nevermind in my size. (Before you start typing a comment I have more than confirmed I don't fit into standard Asian sizing while living in Japan haha.)

I'd probably spend, what, $600 on a custom commission which I would match up with the cheapest purple wig since a custom one would be too heavy/ridiculous to dance with haha.

Anyway it's just one idea. It would be hard to learn but Space! Spice! Spectacle! hasn't left my head for a single minute since it aired.

URGENT: 🚨🚨EARN IT ACT IS BACK IN THE SENATE 🚨🚨 TUMBLR’S NSFW BAN HITTING THE ENTIRE INTERNET THIS SUMMER 2023

April 28, 2023

I’m so sorry for the long post but please please please pay attention and spread this

The EARN IT Act (s. 1207) has been roundly condemned by nearly every major LGBTQ+ advocacy and human rights organization in the country.

This is the third time the Senate has been trying to force this through, and I talked about it last year. It is a bill that claims "protects children and victims against CSAM" by creating an unelected and politically appointed national commission of law enforcement specialists to dictate "best practices" that websites all across the nation will be forced to follow. (Keep in mind, most websites in the world are created in the US, so this has global ramifications). These "best practices" would include killing encryption so that any law enforcement can scan and see every single message, dm, photo, cloud storage, data, and any website you have every so much as glanced at. Contrary to popular belief, no they actually can't already do that. These "best practices" also create new laws for "removing CSAM" online, leading to mass censorship of non-CSAM content like what happened to tumblr. Keep in mind that groups like NCOSE, an anti-LGBT hate group, will be allowed on this commission. If websites don't follow these best practices, they lose their Section 230 protections, leading to mass censorship either way.

Section 230 is foundational to modern online communications. It's the entire reason social media exists. It grants legal protection to users and websites, and says that websites aren't responsible for what users upload online unless it's criminal. Without Section 230, websites are at the mercy of whatever bullshit regulatory laws any and every US state passes. Imagine if Texas and Florida were allowed to say what you can and can't publish and access online. That is what will happen if EARN IT passes. (For context, Trump wanted to get rid of Section 230 because he knew it would lead to mass govt surveillance and censorship of minorities online.)

This is really not a drill. Anyone who makes or consume anything “adult” and LGBT online has to be prepared to fight Sen. Blumenthal’s EARN IT Act, brought back from the grave by a bipartisan consensus to destroy Section 230. If this bill passes, we’re going to see most, if not all, adult content and accounts removed from mainstream platforms. This will include anything related to LGBT content, including SFW fanfiction, for example. Youtube, Twitter, Reddit, Tiktok, Tumblr, all of them will be completely gutted of anything related to LGBT content, abortion healthcare, resources for victims of any type of abuse, etc. It is a right-wing fascists wet dream, which is why NCOSE is behind this bill and why another name for this bill is named in reference to NCOSE.

NCOSE used to be named Morality in Media, and has rebranded into an "anti-trafficking" organization. They are a hate group that has made millions off of being "against trafficking" while helping almost no victims and pushing for homophobic laws globally. They have successfully pushing the idea that any form of sexual expression, including talking about HEALTH, leads to sex trafficking. That's how SESTA passed. Their goal is to eliminate all sex, anything gay, and everything that goes against their idea of ‘God’ from the internet and hyper disney-fy and sanitize it. This is a highly coordinated attack on multiple fronts.

The EARN IT Act will lead to mass online censorship and surveillance. Platforms will be forced to scan their users’ communications and censor all sex-related content, including sex education, literally anything lgbt, transgender or non-binary education and support systems, aything related to abortion, and sex worker communication according to the ACLU. All this in the name of “protecting kids” and “fighting CSAM”, both of which the bill does nothing of the sort. In fact it makes fighting CSEM even harder.

EARN IT will open the way for politicians to define the category of “pornography" as they — or the lobbies that fund them — please. The same way that right-wing groups have successfully banned books about race and LGBT, are banning trans people from existing, all under the guise of protecting children from "grooming and exploitation", is how they will successfully censor the internet.

As long as state legislatures can tie in "fighting CSAM" to their bullshit laws, they can use EARN IT to censor and surveill whatever they want.

This is already a nightmare enough. But the bill also DESTROYS ENCRYPTION, you know, the thing protecting literally anyone or any govt entity from going into your private messages and emails and anything on your devices and spying on you.

This bill is going to finish what FOSTA/SESTA started. And that should terrify you.

Senator Blumenthal (Same guy who said ‘Facebook should ban finsta’) pushed this bill all of 2020, literally every activist (There were more than half a million signatures on this site opposing this act!) pushed hard to stop this bill. Now he brings it back, doesn’t show the text of the bill until hours later, and it’s WORSE. Instead of fixing literally anything in the bill that might actually protect kids online, Bluemnthal is hoping to fast track this and shove it through, hoping to get little media attention other than propaganda of “protecting kids” to support this shitty legislation that will harm kids. Blumental doesn't care about protecting anyone, and only wants his name in headlines.

One of the many reasons this bill is so dangerous: It totally misunderstands how Section 230 works, and in doing so (as with FOSTA) it is likely to make the very real problem of CSAM worse, not better. Section 230 gives companies the flexibility to try different approaches to dealing with various content moderation challenges. It allows for greater and greater experimentation and adjustments as they learn what works – without fear of liability for any “failure.” Removing Section 230 protections does the opposite. It says if you do anything, you may face crippling legal liability. This actually makes companies less willing to do anything that involves trying to seek out, take down, and report CSAM because of the greatly increased liability that comes with admitting that there is CSAM on your platform to search for and deal with. This liability would allow anyone for any reason to sue any platform they want, suing smaller ones out of existence. Look at what is happening right now with book bans across the nation with far right groups. This is going to happen to the internet if this bill passes.

(Remember, the state department released a report in December 2021 recommending that the government crack down on “obscenity” as hard the Reagan Administration did. If this bill passes, it could easily go way beyond shit red states are currently trying. It is a goldmine for the fascist right that is currently in the middle of banning every book that talks about race and sexuality across the US.)

The reason these bills keep showing up is because there is this false lie spread by organizations like NCOSE that platforms do nothing about CSEM online. However, platforms are already liable for child sexual exploitation under federal law. Tech companies sent more than 45 million+ instances of CSAM to the DOJ in 2019 alone, most of which they declined to investigate. This shows that platforms are actually doing everything in their power already to stop CSEM by following already existing laws. The Earn It Act includes zero resources for proven investigation or prevention programs. If Senator Bluementhal actually cared about protecting youth, why wouldn’t he include anything to actually protect them in his shitty horrible bill? EARN IT is actually likely to make prosecuting child molesters more difficult since evidence collected this way likely violates the Fourth Amendment and would be inadmissible in court.

I don’t know why so many Senators are eager to cosponsor the “make child pornography worse” bill, but here we are.

EARN IT Act was introduced just two weeks ago and is already being fast-tracked. It will be marked up the week of May 1st and head to the Senate floor immediately after. If there is no loud and consistent opposition, it will be law by JUNE! Most bills never go to markup, so this means they are putting pressure to move this through. There are already 20 co-sponsors, a fifth of the entire Senate. This is an uphill battle and it is very much all hands on deck.

This website takes you to your Senator / House members contact info. EMAIL, MESSAGE, SEND LETTERS, CALL CALL CALL CALL CALL. Calling is the BEST way to get a message through. Get your family and friends to send calls too. This is literally the end of free speech online.

(202) 224-3121 connects you to the congressional hotline. Here is a call script if you don't know what to say. Call them every day. Even on the weekends, leaving voicemails are fine.

2. Sign these petitions!

Link to Petition 1

Link to Petition 2

3. SPREAD THE WORD ONLINE

If you have any social media, spread this online. One of the best ways we fought back against this last year was MASSIVE spread online. Tiktok, reddit, twitter, discord, whatever means you have at least mention it. We could see most social media die out by this fall if we don't fight back.

Here is a linktree with more information on this bill including a masterpost of articles, the links to petitions, and the call script.

DISCORD LINK IF YOU WANT TO HELP FIGHT IT

TLDR: The EARN IT Act will lead to online censorship of any and all adult & lgbt content across the entire internet, open the floodgates to mass surveillance the likes which we haven’t seen before, lead to much more CSEM being distributed online, and destroy encryption. Call 202-224-3121 to connect to your house and senate representative and tell them to VOTE NO on this bill that does not protect anyone and harms everyone.