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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 22h

idk what to title this, apologies.
#kissfuckkill #anarchylaren #digitalart #goreart #nsfw #horrorart

👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 1d

picarto.tv/AbyssalGrey
setting up stream and stuff; here is the link and I'll see you there <3

Picarto: The World's Best Creative Live Streaming Service

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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 2d

If you wish, you can send me a gift through throne
https://throne.com/abyssalgrey https://throne.com/abyssalgrey/wishlist

👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 2d

I finally got done with my #btd / #ykmet oc ref sheet

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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 5d

This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

Phone Numbers
• Stripe (California): +1 888 926 2289 (Say you're based in California before continuing.)
• Stripe (Headquarters): +1 (888) 963-8955
• Stripe (US): +1 (877) 887-7815
• Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67
Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372
Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309
• Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111
• Mastercard (AUS): +61 1800 120 113
• Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers for Mastercard Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3200
• Visa (US+ Can): +1 (800)-847-2911
• Visa (AUS): +61 1800 125 440 All region numbers for Visa
• PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161
• PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000
PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 5d

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youtu.be/-5w87LsdTUs

Milk

silly video because why not, life is short. I blame @Lio_Convoy for this lol (not really, this is pretty funny; go sub to lio)

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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 5d

they don't just make and sell soaps and personal care products, they also provide valuable resources to help those going through Domestic and Sexual violence with both resources such as shelters, housing, counseling, Animal therapy, and even foodbanks. (2/2)

👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 5d

If you can; completely optional btw. Please show some love to Argrow's house, an organization founded and ran by survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence; (1/2)
argrowshouse.org
#domesticviolencesupport #domesticviolence #argrowshouse

Argrow’s House of Healing and Hope

Argrow's House is a healing house in Davenport, IA that offers free services for survivors of domestic violence and abuse. It's also a social enterprise, which hires survivors to create bath and body ...

argrowshouse.org

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puff 🐇😈 @incupuff.bsky.social · Apr 27

please support ur friends making creative shit in this cruel world. u have no idea how much a kind comment can mean to an artist when every website just tries to make you focus on the numbers

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · 28d

More on censorship. Thanks to the folks who made the infographics I included on these slides. As well as info on Palestine.

• New York is also dealing with the "Safe for Kids Act", which would force age verification for TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and other platforms.
• Here in California, the Digital Age Assurance Act (CA AB1043) is maybe the best version of age verification (though I'm still pretty hesitant about the whole thing). In this version, there isn't an ID upload component which does reduce some of the privacy risks, and the bill is largely about providing a place in which to enter a birth date or age to provide age-appropriate services through the website or application.
• Now, as has been mentioned many times, notice how many of these censorious bills claim to be about the safety of children, but almost exclusively target already-regulated adult content; do nothing to actually address the dangers to children online; and send people away from safe sites that do support adult content to less reputable, less regulated, and more dangerous sites that skirt the law anyway. In risking children's identity information, these bills make the internet a more dangerous place for them.
• I've also heard--though only a few rumblings--that due to new AI systems in the post office, books are automatically being flagged as suspicious materials or unsendable.
• Obviously, all of this also exists in the broad web of book-banning that has gripped the country in recent years.
• And HR5300 would seek to further censor the public by allowing the state to revoke or deny passports of US citizens who're critical of Israel.

What can you do? And a graphic for CPBC, 4 phone calls a day to a Card (Mastercard & Visa), Paypro (PayPal & Stripe), Bank (Citibank, Barclays, and Wells Fargo), and Choice (either another of the above or a congress person or a journalist). Thanks to @dieselbrain for putting this graphic together. More info at https://yellat.money/, https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/, and https://www.fightforthefuture.org/. Folks in Australia, the UK, and Canada have additional governmental petitions they can sign. U.S. folks have one from the ACLU we can also add to. I recommend making the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund actually make a statement and stand on this.

What can you do? Another graphic specifically with international numbers for Visa and Mastercard, which includes US and European laws that their censorship policies are violating. Sorry I don't have the name of the person who originated the graphic to credit them. Also, dropping here in the alt text that they said they don't support fantasy--including cat ears and fairies--in adult material. What the actual fuck?

You can and should also call your reps, particularly over the state and federal censorship
laws they're trying to enact. Make sure to support creators of adult works, whether fully
fictional pornographic creations, non-pornographic works that're still wholly under fire (e.g.
Watchmen, Baldur's Gate 3, Hello Darkness, Lindsey Straube's books, whatever), and of
course sex workers wherever you still can find their work--be that itch.io and Steam where
some projects are still available, subscribing to Patreons, OnlyFans, Fanslys, SubscribeStars,
etc. Absolutely start with how they are trying to censor trans, queer, and otherwise marginalized
existence, censor access to information about bodily autonomy, censor works of obvious fiction,
but also, yeah, fight for specifically pornography as well. It's all important.

• At the time of writing, 9/16/25, the UN has officially recognized that Israel is committing genocide against Palestine.
• This comes after almost two years of that being obvious on the world stage. The current siege has gone on for over 700 days (in addition to the 75 years of the Nakba before that).
• Current estimates put ~65K people killed and 161K injured. The overwhelming majority are civilians, and ~20K of the dead are children.
• People are missing. People are starving. People are being killed when they try to get food from aid trucks. They've destroyed hospitals (16 remain partially functional in Gaza, and every single one has been attacked). They've killed doctors. They've killed journalists.
• As of July of this year, according to Gallup, the majority of Americans disapprove of Israel's actions and of President Netanyahu. However, that only goes so far in doing much of anything.
• As noted earlier, HR5300 would seek to further censor the public by allowing the state to revoke or deny passports of US citizens who're critical of Israel. This is one of many campaigns presented at both a state and federal level to attempt state-sanctioned censorship and to attack people who are pro-Palestine.
• These censorious campaigns are also being seen in universities and colleges, as well as workplaces, ostensibly under the guise of "antisemitism", despite the vast number of Jewish people who support Palestine and the fact that Palestinians are a semetic people themselves.

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piamo🌸 @piamo.bsky.social · 19d

piggy-backing off of DCS's list! i used my one spoon of the day stitching this email together. if you find it useful, please feel free to use it verbatim, or tinker, re: sending to ur local news!

(might be too wordy, not sure. go with what feels right to u. i mentioned #bskycensorship in this too)

I am reaching out to you regarding a current issue which I believe is worth reporting on: censorship.

Censorship is taking the internet by storm. Bills like KOSA and the SCREEN Act, under the guise of protecting children, will only result in increased surveillance and our biometric data in the hands of private companies. Additionally, these laws target members of the LGBT community, whose sheer existence is conflated with pornography. This affects anything that could be considered "inappropriate" for minors, ranging from information on gender affirming healthcare to sex education and birth control.

These laws have not even been federally passed yet, and we are seeing corporations lining up to implement age verification (see YouTube rolling out AI age verification).

Censorship is also affecting online platforms that distribute games, comics, and books. Steam (Valve) and Itch.iowere pressured by Paypal, Stripe, Mastercard, and Visa to remove adult works, thereby removing artists' and writers' ability to make a living and stifling free speech. I need to make it clear that this is LEGAL content. It is not only affecting media that is adult in nature, but also the horror genre has been targeted. It is a complete overstep in financial service's role in commerce, and is effectively a form of legislation through their policies.

There is now an ongoing campaign to pressure these payment processors and credit card companies to reverse their stance on censorship by way of calling, emailing, and writing letters. You can find more information about the campaign on these sites: https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/ and https://yellat.money/

Placeholder image for continued alt text.

Also relevant to this story is Bluesky rolling out their new guidelines October 15th, which is punishing to artists and writers. Although on the surface it is marketed as a well-meaning attempt to remove "immoral" works, the fact is, these artworks (not counting AI-generated deepfakes) are a form of artistic expression, and allows for safe exploration and discussion of subjects. Thousands of Bluesky users responded to the initial guidelines proposed, and their suggestions were ignored. (If you'd like to see how the userbase feels about it, you can check out Bluesky's rating in the app store and see how it's plummeted within the last few days. Also see the #bskycensorship tag.)

This is a worthwhile story to report on because it affects everyone. People care about their right to free expression. People want to be able to watch a YouTube video without giving Google a face scan. People want to be able to buy what they want without payment processors stepping in and preventing them from doing so. This is a story that will resonate—and hopefully inspire some change.

Thank you for your consideration of this topic that has affected me and so many people I know,

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 11d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard

Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372
1-800-307-7309
US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111
Aus: +61 1800 120 113
UK: 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers here (and here )

Stripe

California: 888-926-2289
US: 877-887-7815
France: +33 805-11-19-67

Paypal

Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
UK: +44 (0203)-901-7000

Visa

Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911
US option selection: 1, 1, 2 or 1, 1, 3
Headquarters: +1 (650)-432-3200
Aus: +61 1800 125 440
Phone (outside US): click here

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ACLU @aclu.org · 12d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 13d

youtube.com/live/uEWyrPK...

I'm live everyone, starting off spooky month by looking back at the ghost that JAR decided to raise from the dead in his ponder hitpiece video. Not everyone knows of Cosmodore so let's learn together

Cosmodore research stream

If you liked today's stream; please go ahead and commission/support me on Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/abyssalgreyotherwise; please go contribute to Chuuli's GoFu...

youtube.com

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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 14d

Some #crk fan art to celebrate the release of #Silentsalt

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chelsea bridge 🏳️‍⚧️🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 15d

cis people,

you have to show up. right now. we do not have the numbers, but you do.

we are talking about suicide. that's what this headline is.

taking away HRT will increase trans suicides. i and so many others are dead without it.

don't let us die without trying to keep us alive. call, please.

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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 16d

If you wish, you can send me a gift through throne
https://throne.com/abyssalgrey https://throne.com/abyssalgrey/wishlist

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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜 @blacksalander.bsky.social · 21d

I find it very funny Hades 2 is launching on bissexual week

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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 22d

gonna publish the first half of these and the second half later; here is some #BTD ychs; dm for inquires

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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 22d

Please do not let yourselves be silenced; I am protesting in a different way from the bluesky blackout, please do what this post is instructing. Shame them, use the feedback button, and use the tag #bskycensorship Silence is compliance and allowing censorship to fester where it doesn't belong

Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 23d

DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025

I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!

Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship

Silence is compliance!

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 23d

DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025

I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!

Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship

Silence is compliance!

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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · Jun 15

comms and dms are open!
#Commission #commsopen #commissionsopen

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👻☠️Grey👻☠️ @abyssalgrey.bsky.social · 27d

6 more left until publicly available

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Bookmarks @bookmarks.bluecanary.dev · Sep 14

This is a reminder to transfer your bookmarks to the Official™️ Bluesky bookmarking solution!

Download your bookmarks from bookmarks.bluecanary.dev/export/, and then import them into Bluesky with meowpa.ws/bsky-bookmar... (don't leave the tab!)

𝔰𝔦𝔣 [OFFLINE] @meowpa.ws · Sep 9

Hii, In case anyone used Bookmarks feed made by @kilroy.bluecanary.dev ( bsky.app/profile/book... )

I quickly made a tool that allows you to import all bookmarks from there to Saved tab!

Just prepare an export file from before you do it
bookmarks.bluecanary.dev/export/

meowpa.ws/bsky-bookmar...

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