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mary-ext / bluesky-osa.md
Last active August 16, 2025 18:25
Bluesky's UK age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it.

Bluesky's UK age assurance sucks, here's how to work around it.

Bluesky recently announced that they're complying with the UK's Online Safety Act, which requires users to provide personal identity verification confirming their age (through Epic Games' Kids Web Services) before accessing certain parts of the platform.

This sucks for privacy reasons, but thankfully there are ways to work around it.

Workaround methods

Method 0. VPN

@craffel
craffel / draw_neural_net.py
Created January 10, 2015 04:59
Draw a neural network diagram with matplotlib!
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
def draw_neural_net(ax, left, right, bottom, top, layer_sizes):
'''
Draw a neural network cartoon using matplotilb.
:usage:
>>> fig = plt.figure(figsize=(12, 12))
>>> draw_neural_net(fig.gca(), .1, .9, .1, .9, [4, 7, 2])