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En 2014, una niña de 11 años pidió conocer a Patrick Stewart.
Su familia esperaba que el actor le dedicara apenas dos minutos, pero él se quedó casi veinte.
Un fotógrafo tomó unas 5.000 imágenes durante aquella convención. Sin embargo, decidió publicar solamente una.
La niña se llamaba Dawn Garrigus y padecía una enfermedad mitocondrial grave.
Era admiradora de "Star Trek" y su mayor ilusión era conocer al hombre que interpretaba al capitán Jean-Luc Picard.
Gracias a la fundación Make-A-Wish, consiguió reunirse con Stewart durante una convención en Atlanta.
Sus padres pensaron que el encuentro sería muy breve. Pero Patrick se sentó junto a Dawn y comenzó a conversar con ella sobre sus personajes favoritos.
Le firmó sus figuras de acción y compartieron algunas risas.
En un momento, la niña le dijo que era un honor conocerlo.
Stewart respondió: "No, el honor es mío".
Después de unos quince o veinte minutos, cuando la conversación estaba terminando, Dawn lo abrazó espontáneamente.
El fotógrafo James Barker, que había permanecido a cierta distancia para darles privacidad, consiguió capturar aquel instante.
Durante los cuatro días de la convención había tomado unas 5.000 fotografías. Pero decidió publicar solamente esa.
La imagen se difundió ampliamente y conmovió a miles de personas.
El padre de Dawn contó después que aquel encuentro había cambiado su admiración por el actor. Ya no lo recordaba solamente por sus personajes, sino por la manera en que había tratado a su hija.
Hoy, 29 de octubre de 2026, se anunció el fallecimiento de Patrick Stewart a los 86 años.
Entre tantos papeles inolvidables, también quedan momentos como aquel: una niña que soñaba con conocer a su héroe y un hombre que consiguió hacerla sentir que la persona importante de aquel encuentro era ella.
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Let's also keep in mind that we just dodged a bullet with one of the biggest internet vulnerabilities we have ever seen.
And they STILL want to risk your safety with digital ID.
We warned that a social media ban would force digital ID and biometric scans just to go online. Now Ofcom has confirmed it.
To prove you're over 16, Ofcom recommends methods like banking checks and facial age estimation.
All of this invasive infrastructure - and they STILL admit "the risk of circumvention cannot be entirely eliminated, and some children will succeed in bypassing age checks".
The death of online anonymity will come at the expense of a policy that doesn't even work.
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Low key want that Zelda Switch 2 so bad but I already have a switch 2 so I don't need it at all
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This isn’t about under 16’s.
It’s controlling all adults, removing their anonymity and tracking us all.
It’s a deeply sinister move wrapped up in the rhetoric of “keeping the kids safe”
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Vou ser sincero com vocês: até algumas horas atrás, eu achava que Patrick Stewart fizesse parte da comunidade LGBTQ+. Via frequentemente fotos dele trocando selinhos com Ian McKellen e até imaginava que pudesse existir algo além de uma grande amizade entre os dois.
Para minha surpresa, ao pesquisar mais sobre sua vida, descobri que não. Patrick Stewart era heterossexual e foi casado três vezes, sempre com mulheres.
E os selinhos? Eram apenas uma demonstração pública de afeto e carinho por Ian, que é assumidamente gay e um dos seus melhores amigos. Mas o mais importante nunca foi o gesto em si. O verdadeiro significado estava no fato de Patrick usar sua imagem, como um dos atores mais respeitados de Hollywood, para apoiar a comunidade LGBTQ+ de forma aberta e natural.
Patrick Stewart não tinha uma masculinidade frágil e nunca precisou provar sua heterossexualidade para ninguém. Não se preocupava com o que pensavam ou diziam a seu respeito. O que realmente importava para ele era ajudar a construir um mundo mais tolerante e acolhedor.
Um mundo em que seu grande amigo Ian McKellen, e toda a comunidade LGBTQ+, pudessem viver com dignidade e paz.
Sir Patrick Stewart foi, sem dúvida, um homem à frente do seu tempo.
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Under the UK's new law, someone who lawfully purchased consensually produced adult content in 2025 could face criminal liability for keeping the same content after November 6, 2026, even if they bought it directly from the performers depicted. The maximum penalty is two years' imprisonment.
Adults producing content with other consenting adults and selling it to consenting adults is now a crime in the UK if the content is not approved by the paternalistic government.
The parliamentary record identifies several important lobbying organizations:
End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW)
UK Feminista
Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation (CEASE)
CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)
As usual, the radical feminist organizations have colluded with the Christian right to control what consenting adults buy from other consenting adults to watch in their own homes.
Well done.
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If you have a video on your phone of you covering your partners mouth whilst having sex you can now go to prison for two years from November 6th...
This is actually completely insane and not British.
It's a serious abuse of power and massive overreach. Every MP who passed that bill needs to give their head a wobble.
WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN FACESITTING PORN COULD LAND ME WITH 2 YEARS IN PRISON 😭😭😭
WHAT IS THIS COUNTRY'S PRIORITIES
Replying to @paygoddesslilly
Two years in prison over some breast smothering i fucking hate this country 😭😭😭😭😭
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This is insanity. You're going to need ID to access ordinary social media.
To read political content on X, or watch videos on TikTok, you'll need to prove your age by giving over identification documents.
How are we seriously considering this?!
Social media users may be required to have photo ID to prove their age when Labour’s ban for under-16s comes into force next spring, Ofcom has said.
The regulator said that current facial age checks used widely by the social media platforms were not accurate enough to confirm whether a child was over 16⤵️
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
The VRChat reviews on steam, I guess this is what happens when you ignore 95% of your community
A few weeks ago, we asked the community to submit feedback on how they felt about AI in VRChat.
Here's our takeaways and next steps:
ask.vrchat.com/t/where-were-…
I was behind switch 1s emulation purely because switch 1 games ran like shit
smt 5 was for me straight up vomit inducing for example
...but here? basically all nintendo relaeses work in 1080p60 going even up to 4k60 sometimes
you just want to spoil games pre relaese again dont ya
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On top of this, those who lack any valid form of ID - or rightly do not want to hand over their information to tech companies - will be shut out of the online world entirely.
This is a catastrophic policy that won't work.
We warned that a social media ban would force digital ID and biometric scans just to go online. Now Ofcom has confirmed it.
To prove you're over 16, Ofcom recommends methods like banking checks and facial age estimation.
All of this invasive infrastructure - and they STILL admit "the risk of circumvention cannot be entirely eliminated, and some children will succeed in bypassing age checks".
The death of online anonymity will come at the expense of a policy that doesn't even work.
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This will likely mean that many disabled people are completely excluded from social media by the way. As a blind person I know firsthand that these ridiculous methods are completely inaccessible.
🚨 NEW: Ofcom says all adults should have to use their ID to access social media.
• Ofcom has recommended four methods for verifying users’ ages ahead of the UK’s ban on social media for under-16s, which is due to come into force in March next year.
• The four methods suggested, subject to government approval, are photo ID matching, banking-based checks, live facial age estimation and digital ID.
• The regulator noted that verifying the ages of 16 and 17-year-olds is challenging because many do not have credit cards, full driving licences or passports.
• Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes said the ban can work if firms carry out highly effective age checks, and that the regulator will take action against companies that fail to comply.
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Guys I'm so tired with the frivolous "child safety laws" that are being passed in the UK. At this point some guy is gonna choke on food in a restaurant and be arrested for public indecency.
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Burnham's promises to scrap the scheme were hollow.
Ofcom (@Ofcom) still intend to mandate that government issued ID is shown to access the majority of sites the public uses in Britain. Essentially, doxxing every user to the government and site.
Say NO to digital ID.
Didn't take long for Burnham's pledge to scrap digital ID (@NoToDigitalID) to be revealed as entirely hollow. Showing your passport as a prerequisite to engage with the online world is still remains state policy.
The solution was never digital ID requirements (doxxing of every user) as mandatory for every internet user in the UK and her territories. In reality, the solution was not this – it was having the family computer in the living room or the kitchen, and giving your child a nokia, rather than an Android.
Standing on the graves of children and reaching for the tools of censorship will always be seen for what it is. The only antidote to the multi-faceted censorship state in Britain is low-tech approaches to parenting, and passing the @ASI Freedom of Speech Bill: adamsmith.org/research/the-f…
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Ofcom can be introduced to a firing squad for all i care. I can't believe they're still pushing this 'protect the childen' bullshit when it's blatantly to collect and sell people's data and monitor everyone's online activity
🚨 NEW: Ofcom says all adults should have to use their ID to access social media.
• Ofcom has recommended four methods for verifying users’ ages ahead of the UK’s ban on social media for under-16s, which is due to come into force in March next year.
• The four methods suggested, subject to government approval, are photo ID matching, banking-based checks, live facial age estimation and digital ID.
• The regulator noted that verifying the ages of 16 and 17-year-olds is challenging because many do not have credit cards, full driving licences or passports.
• Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes said the ban can work if firms carry out highly effective age checks, and that the regulator will take action against companies that fail to comply.
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friendly reminder that you should NOT clean your special edition Zelda console with 91% isopropyl alcohol
Nintendo recommends "consumer grade disinfectant containing about 70% alcohol"
The Legend of Zelda pre-order guide: dekudeals.com/articles/the-l…
- $10 off Ocarina of Time physical release
- 10% or 20% back with pre-order at Best Buy
- Links for the Zelda 40th Anniversary hardware
















































