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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 15h

I don't want to lambast a guy for the crimes of his son, but how many times do we have to hear about another church pedophile.

It's not porn's fault you're a sexual abuser. Maybe if people spent time dealing with actual ISSUES rather than blaming everything on a imaginary demon...

Screen shot of Ron DeHaas essay (The Perfect Sin) recovered from the Covenant Eyes website:

As my personal burden for the issue of internet pornography has grown, I have seen in the testimonials of our members how pornography has broken relationships.
It breaks down relationships between husbands and wives, parents and children, on the job, even lost jobs, relationship to church family, relationship to the "inner man," and a person's relationship to God.
Related: The Effects of Porn on Wives and Marriages
When there is a secret life going on, that secret life affects every one of those relationships. A secret life pervades every aspect of life, and diminishes effectiveness in all areas of life-home, job, church, everything. For those who are active in a church of any faith, a secret life destroys ministry, and the cumulative effect of millions of secret lives is an ineffective church. Basically, Internet pornography has been perhaps the greatest push toward an era of ineffective ministry.
Related: Porn-A Gateway Drug
All the more for the pastor, minister, or counselor whose job and ministry are tied together. The damage that Internet pornography has done is truly immeasurable.
So, from Satan's perspective, internet pornography is the perfect sin. It breaks families and jobs and communities, it tears down a person's relationship to God, it diminishes the work of ministry, and it is devastating in every way. And it is freely available to everyone of all ages, it is only two clicks (maybe one if it's bookmarked) away from you reading this, it is addictive, and (without a monitoring program) it is totally secret. I firmly believe that internet pornography is the sin of this decade. What more could
Satan ask for?

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 15h

DeHaas served as the Chair of NCOSE's Board, funneling money from his Christian porn surveillance app into the fight to ban adult content and sex work.

He called internet porn "the perfect sin" and the work of Satan.

Screen shot of NCOSE Board of Director showing DeHaas

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 16h

DeHaas said he founded Covenant Eyes to keep his kids from accessing porn on the internet. The app blocks porn sites as well as screenshots images from your device and sends them to your "accountability partner"

His son used the app Hush to lure a 14 year old for sex, asking for her to send pics.

08/10/2025
T: If only tou had a fake id lol. Lots more options then
B: Like what?
T: Like motels, adult theaters, etc. And then even if we were caught by security or something it's way easier to get out of it (monkey emoji x2)
08/10/2025
B: Haha ok! So what do we get to do IF we find a good place? (heart eye emoji)
T: We'll have to see when the time comes. (kiss emoji) I'm trying to start slow, see how we feel about the vibe
B: Oh I hope u like my vibe!
T: And I hope you like mine (heart face emoji)
08/11/2025
T: Off to bed yet?
B: No lol its early lol
B: Rur kids my age? Lol do they go to bed this early????
T: Yeah I guess lol
T: What are you up to?
T: Way younger lol
B: Oh lol
B: Im just chilling lol I like thinking about u

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 16h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

churchleaders.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 19h

It's all so incredibly stupit. Every three months, some bigot goes on Google and counts up all of the random, non-official and sometimes entirely made up holidays and is like "can you believe there are 176 days related to sex freaks and only three related to unborn children???"

Anything goes?
But there are plenty of days devoted to an ever-widening spectrum. Here is just a short list of some of the observances:
• Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (Feb 21).
• International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31).
• International Asexuality Day (April 6).
• Nonbinary Parents Day (April 18).
• International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (May 17).
• Pansexual and Panromantic Awareness and Visibility Day (May 24).
• Queer Youth of Faith Day (June 30).
One of the days that strikes me as a bit funny is Gay Uncles Day. There's no Lesbian Aunts Day! Somehow, within 137 days of a 365-day calendar, there's not enough room to be inclusive of lesbian aunts? Oh, and there's International Pronouns Day, you know, because

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 19h

"'No one’s ever seen a candidate like me in Virginia and quite frankly most places across the country,' Reid boasted not long ago. He’d be right—except that, for those keeping count at home, Reid is the second Republican to be engulfed in a Nazi porn scandal in just over a year."

The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified

Meet John Reid, the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Virginia. There’s a lot to learn.

newrepublic.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 19h

Campaigns of symbolic erasure precede campaigns of actual erasure.

The Barbed Wire @thebarbedwire.com · 1d

Chaya Raichik, better known as Libs of TikTok, was dutifully bemoaning the fact that the city of Houston repainted a Montrose neighborhood crosswalk decked on in LGBTQ+ rainbow colors. Raichik wrote that the crosswalk “must be removed immediately.”

And our governor dutifully complied.

Cool! It Really Looks Like Greg Abbott is Taking Orders From Libs of TikTok

Acting on the orders of notorious cesspool Libs Of TikTok, the governor bravely stands up to the menace of decorative asphalt.

thebarbedwire.com

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 1d

Black people have been asking this question for a very long time.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

Do you really have any rights if they are openly saying they will just make up reasons to detain you?

thematthill.bsky.social @thematthill.bsky.social · 3d

Wow. Greg Bovino admits on camera that his agents can detain people if you look scared, change your demeanor, or grip a steering wheel too tight.

As his unmasked agents walk around with large guns to scare you, they may arrest you just for that — even if you're a U.S. citizen.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 20h

And @microsoft.com's MSN bows to religious fascism, whitewashing content from outlets like Christian Post that portray LGBTQ+ people as violent, controlling and focused on converting children.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 20h

SWOP had its bank accounts closed by Chase — sound familiar? — and now the people who do the work can’t be paid.

We can’t get their bank account back, but we can get Phoenix, who spends so much of their life organizing mutual aid for others, able to meet bills this month.

$phoenixcalida

Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 1d

So.

Im mostly okay

I will be asking for somewhere between 200-300 in the next few days because I habe bills to pay

$phoenixcalida

And omg I buried the lede

Our org had all funding suspended so I can't access my money until we get a new bank
(We have a new. Just waiting on paperwork)

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

It's a cursed timeline when the third-worst thing in the bill, the thing media only can report on after they've gotten through the really stupid stuff, is that Michigan intends to build a Great Firewall to keep its citizens unsullied by knowledge of trans boobs in WI.

legiscan.com/MI/text/HB49...

Michigan HB4938 | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature

Bill Text (2025-09-16) State: other; distribution of certain material; prohibit. Creates new act. [Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/11/2025]

legiscan.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Michigan's HB4938 "antiporn" bill has been lambasted for a number of reasons. You can go to jail for even talking about sex online. Any reference to trans people needs to be erased from the internet.

But it also bans the sale of VPNs and requires ISPs to surveil block VPNs.

(3) An internet service provider providing internet service in this state shall implement mandatory filtering technology to prevent residents of this state from accessing prohibited material. An internet service provider providing internet service in this state shall actively monitor and block known circumvention tools.
(4) In addition to the criminal penalties provided under subsections
(1) and (2), a commercial entity of internet service provider that knowingly facilitates access to prohibited material in violation of this section is subject to a civil fine of not more than $500,000.00 for each violation.
(5) The promotion or sale of circumvention tools to access prohibited
material is prohibited.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

www.wilx.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Of course, you can play the TOS game and find violations between policy and reality against nearly any site that you like. But this is largely coming from the right, so no one is going after Gab or Rumble or X ...

They're using it against sites that they don't like or that are politically valuable.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

So, in this instance, they're saying Roblox was "deceptive" because it said it moderated violent content, and that it has “stringent safety system and policies."

Then they point to user generated content like the Kirk simulator and say they deceived the public.

Attorney General Coleman Sues Roblox: Website of Choice for Child Predators'

Our children are not safe on Roblox.

www.kentucky.gov

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

"Deceptive trade practices" is the latest end-run around the First Amendment. It's being used arbitrarily to target platforms that allow disfavored speech, by finding some statement or policy — either a TOS or interview — and then citing an example where it was violated.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Kentucky has sued Roblox over a "Charlie Kirk assassination simulator" being accessible to children.

BUT their age-verification law doesn't require Roblox to verify, so the AG is suing for *waves arms* "deceptive trade practices."

The right's assault on speech was never going to stop with porn.

Kentucky sues Roblox video game over ‘Charlie Kirk assassination simulators’ amid other child safety lawsuits

The state of Kentucky is suing Roblox, accusing the gaming platform of failing to protect children from predators and exposure to harmful content, including simulations of Charlie Kirk’s assassination...

www.oann.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Ohio Republicans concede that their poorly drafted age-verification bill may, in fact, have a loophole that excludes many adult sites.

The Speaker of the House says if it does, they'll push to fix it by Thanksgiving.

That hasn't stopped the AG from publicly trying to enforce the flawed law.

Pornography websites ignoring Ohio’s new age verification law, Yost says

Attorney General Dave Yost's office says it found 19 of 20 adult websites failing to comply with Ohio's new requirement to verify users are at least 18 years old.

www.cleveland.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

gorgeous!

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans latest censorship strategy: taxing speech.

Alabama is demanding that anyone who sells content in Alabama pay a 10% "sin" tax and to pay for all the damage it believes the industry does to Alabamians.

Alabama’s new 10% ‘sin tax’ on porn websites will help pay for mental health services, sponsor says

"I think the pornography is a driver in causing mental health issues."

www.al.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

The Discord age-verification hack is much worse than was originally reported. 70,000 users were affected, with images of IDs, selfies, user names, IP addresses and, in some cases, financial details.

Hackers are posting screenshots from over 1.5 terabytes of stolen data.

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

"Introducing the OnlyGrans. They’re too cool for knitting."

Meet the OnlyGrans, the s*x positive pensioners getting lit on OnlyFans

Pension plan? Nah, premium subscription

thetab.com

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

When governments begin attacking speech or speakers, platforms quickly begin to comply to avoid potential regulation.

Pushing to regulate "pornography" have meant greater policing of sex, sexuality, reproductive care and queer and women's bodies more generally. Absolutely looking forward to this.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 2d

Across nearly 100 submissions to our #StopCensoringAbortion survey, we saw systemic over-enforcement, convoluted policies, sudden account bans, and ignored appeals. On Friday, leaders from EFF, Plan C, M+A Hotline, and Women on Web will discuss what’s happening and the future of sharing info online.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

"LAWS MEAN WHAT WE WANT THEM TO MEAN NOT WHAT THEY SAY"

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

The party of law and order seems to have gotten the law in the wrong order.

Why Pornhub won't be blocked in Ohio

Pornhub will stay in Ohio despite its age verification law going into effect.

mashable.com

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