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Feb 26th:A new bill in Arizona is making its way through the Senate that would force sites like e621 to implement mandatory age verification for all users—or face potential lawsuits. This system would require third-party vendors to verify every user’s age through a government database. Not only is this a massive violation of privacy, but it also introduces serious risks, including identity theft through phishing schemes and other malicious methods. Worse still, we would have no control over ensuring that user data is permanently deleted after verification.

Since e621 operates out of Arizona, this law would almost certainly impact us if it passes. If you want to help ensure that we can continue serving you without being forced to collect personal information, we urge you to contact Arizona’s senators and ask them to vote NO on this bill.

Please help spread the word about this issue and encourage others to take action.
Further information on the bill itself can be found at the Free Speech Coalition: https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2112/

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Every spring, Japanese people (and maybe their cats) celebrate the budding cherry blossoms with picnics, food and plenty of saké. These special gatherings are called hanami, which literally means 'flower viewing'.

The title caption of this print is read Hanyami, which combines the word hanami with nyan, the Japanese word for 'meow'. Yay cat puns!

The larger caption refers to the falling blossoms of a thousand cherry trees, and of course the yummy mochi sticks prepared especially for flower viewing.

Archival pigments on acid-free handmade Japanese paper.

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