New York’s state budget could pass within days. Buried deep in the text is a provision that has nothing to do with balancing the books. Part C of the budget bill would require every 3D printer sold in New York to run surveillance software that scans every design file you create, and blocks anything an algorithm flags as a potential firearm component . A separate provision would expose researchers, journalists, and educators to felony charges simply for possessing or sharing certain design files.
And if they cared about kids, they’d do something about school shootings, like go after parents.
or after guns. or after the system that breaks literal kids that hard. or actually send in their police force instead of letting them cowardly sit outside.
i didn’t need to have my faith in humanity shaken at this hour, but fuck.