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Chezzy @chezzybeez.bsky.social · 22d

Birthday doodle because I don't have anything else yet🎉

Chezzy @chezzybeez.bsky.social · 27d

Putting this here too you're welcome to skip

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Kayleigh McKee, Cheerer for the Dolls ⏬️ AnimeUSA! @ghaspey.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hey. Seriously. I hate having to clang bells, but I'd really appreciated if you called your senator today to tell them to oppose this. I'm safer in Cali but just barely, and so many will suffer

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Sep 8

NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid

SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 13988, entitled ‘‘Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation’’, published by the Executive Office of the President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023).

SEC. 244. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any social, psychological, behavioral,or medical intervention performed for the purposes of in16 tentionally changing the body of an individual (including
by disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its natural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer correspond to the individual’s biological sex.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · May 13

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Isra. Isra is a journalist in Gaza who has worked for 14 years with a lot of international experience (she is fluent in Spanish). She was also working on a PhD. She lost her father, home, work and university. She’s trying to help her family ❤️

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Chezzy @chezzybeez.bsky.social · Sep 4

Dawg my anxiety's been getting worse and worse! 😭

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · Aug 13

Yet another of her accounts deleted, Ugh

Yasmein is someone I've spoken about before, obviously it's EXTREMELY dangerous to go get aid and the prices are extortion.... but it's food.
Keep being political about this, and maybe buy her family dinner!!

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Lucca (🏳️‍⚧️Aunt Tifa👊) @spookalucca.games · Jul 27

KOSA is back. This is the internet censorship bill!

And it's not just coming for SWers, it'll be coming for all LGBTQ content, because the people in charge view LGBTQ people as inherently pornagraphic!

We must push back even harder than we did last time we killed this bill 🔥

GRINN‼️ @grinn3r.bsky.social · Jul 27

THEYRE AT IT AGAIN
CALL YOUR REPS, WE HAVE ANOTHER BILL TO KILL

time.com/7288539/kids...

What to Know About the Kids Online Safety Act

What to know about the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, which has been reintroduced and has a second chance.

time.com

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Chezzy @chezzybeez.bsky.social · Jul 27

Do ya'll have any muscular and/or chubby characters I can draw? I wanna do some studies after artfight

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Jul 25

I got through to Mastercard and the supervisor I spoke to said they're actually aware of this, they've received multiple calls and it's been escalated to their global HQ and they're awaiting a response. KEEP CALLING!!

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Henrick ♾️🌌 @henrick.thebull.app · Jul 24

Might I also suggest going right for MasterCard's PR team? If you can find Visa's more power to you! I haven't found em yet.

[email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected]

Remember to use BCC!

Henrick ♾️🌌 @henrick.thebull.app · Jul 24

I decided to get low and dirty and go right for people working at Mastercard according to their own contacts pages. This is how Collective Shout does it.

Dear Mastercard,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to express my concern and disappointment regarding recent decisions made by your company that are having a significant impact on online markets, particularly those that cater to adult content creators and artists.

Your actions appear to be motivated by a desire to curb the distribution of what you deem inappropriate content. While I understand the need to maintain a certain level of decency and safety, I must emphasize that these moves are causing immense harm to creators who are engaging in legal practices and contributing to the economy.

I urge you to reconsider these decisions and work towards a solution that balances the need for safeguards with the rights of creators to earn a living from their work. I kindly request that you reverse the recent changes and cease attempts to censor adult creators who are operating within the bounds of the law.

Looking forward to your positive response.

Sincerely,

Henrick

Sent with Proton Mail secure email.

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Bog Witch Girl @bogwitch-girl.bsky.social · Jul 24

after a very frustrating call with Visa (US+CAN), I was told that Visa would like inquiries relating to using their bargaining power to destroy adult media to be sent, via email, to

[email protected]

they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.

Iantos @iantos.bsky.social · Jul 24

Maybe we could find out.

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000

Mr Peculiar 🔞 @mrpecu.bsky.social · Jul 24

Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?

We got like way more people than that don't we?

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Chezzy @chezzybeez.bsky.social · Jul 23

My laptop still kinda busted but I can either buy a new on or replace the keyboard. Gonna get it checked tomorrow👍🏾

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Shykin @shykin.bsky.social · Jul 16

Offer received and accepted, funemployment ends homies.

I release my employment jelly to the wild now, thank you friend.

Employment jelly, repost for a job you'll love and deserve

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Ciel @birdboysumbrella.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hate to have to share this once again but we've got around 5 weeks or so to figure this out and I'm kind of in panic about it

Ciel @birdboysumbrella.bsky.social · Jul 9

My good friend helped me set up a GoFundMe for the lady I live with. This situation directly affects her, her grandson (my ex bf) and me as well. Any little bit would help and go a long way. gofund.me/de0971e5

Donate to Help Me Keep my Home, organized by Jeanne Rosen

Hello, my name is Jeanne and I'm a senior citizen. Due to circumstances out of my control, I am bein… Jeanne Rosen needs your support for Help Me Keep my Home

gofund.me

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Mousea ♡ comms open @tinymousea.bsky.social · Jul 4

Artfight 2- Kuro
@windseeker.bsky.social
#buncadeart #artfight #art #furry

A scan of a inked drawing of LuciusWind’s oc Kuro. An anthro feline with a long tail with a needle poking out of it.

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Chezzy @chezzybeez.bsky.social · Jul 2

I wanna draw so many characters but I be too tired

Chezzy @chezzybeez.bsky.social · Jul 2

Something something about seeing people make so many artfight attacks in a day and it takes me a few days to finish one

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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD @klhkhistorian.bsky.social · Jul 2

Call today!

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RunicWren @runicwren.bsky.social · Jul 2

The big "beautiful" bill is back up in the house. Tell your representative to vote NO. This is the biggest cut to American social programs in history.

RunicWren @runicwren.bsky.social · Jan 30

Need your congress person's contact info? Find it here
www.congress.gov/members/find...

www.congress.gov

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Chezzy @chezzybeez.bsky.social · Jun 29

Imma be a little late but wassup team crystal!

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