April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
Please, help us get the word out by letting others know about this issue.
For some further information on what the bill does have a look at https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2586/
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Queerbrony69
MemberZirconium is used as the cladding in nuclear fuel which gives the fuel mechanical rigidity allowing it to be lowered in and out of the reactor. Can react with superheated steam to produce a crumbly zirconiumoxide which can allow nuclear fuel to seep out into the environment. Hydrogen is also produced in this reaction which can react explosively much as it did in Chernobyl and most recently Fukashima Diachii.
someoneelse229
BlockedTwily doesn't care, she gets swooned by all them big words.
lisbjerg123
Membersmart man.
Queerbrony69
MemberYay! :3
Queerbrony69
MemberI'm actually surprised not more people know that. You would think living in the nuclear age the reaction of zirconium and steam would be common knowledge. :P
Ozelot
BlockedUsed in fake jewelry and false diamonds.
7Metal5Rainbow7
MemberZircon cubics!
Wadxxx
BlockedZircon radiometric dating works on the scale of Billions of years.
How we found 4 Billion year old rocks in Australia.
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