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Gracu ✨🌈 @prismagic.bsky.social · 10h

LEGALLY YOU SHOULD BE SENDING INVOICES FOR GOODS AND SERVICES. IF YOU TAKE COMMISSIONS ON PAYPAL DO NOT USE FRIENDS AND FAMILY. YOU ARE NOT SAFE, YOUR CLIENT IS NOT SAFE.

THIS IS A FORM OF TAX EVASION.

YOU SHOULD BE USING INVOICES.

StargazerKG 🦸🌠 Stellar Hero Vtuber @stargazerkg.bsky.social · 16d

Paypal is now playing harder ball on artists, going after anyone even mentioning commissions.

Artists, send invoices. That way, no one has to say what the money is for on Paypal's paper trail.

Customers, SAY NOTHING about commissions. Just say "thanks" on donos.

Everyone: INCREASE THE CALLS.

qdbuckwheat.bsky.social @qdbuckwheat.bsky.social · 16d

Sharing a helpful link, has other numbers and call scripts to use.
stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 19h

The Gamer was pretty much the *only* outlet willing to stick their neck out for us adult game makers. Their coverage was invaluable in getting the word out about payment processor censorship 😥

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Saint Twiggie 🙏 🔞 @twiggietime.bsky.social · 8d

Support your local, human, erotica creators. You need chatgpt to suck your e-dick for you? You absolutely fucking LOSER

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 8d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 23h

I know I'm always banging on about this, but food banks can do so much more with your donation if you give money rather than food itself.

skáld @danglinghemmie.bsky.social · 1d

food banks have already been under pressure over the past several years, and with SNAP benefits expiring they're going to be the only safety net for a lot of people

please donate what you can. $100 can feed several families for a month because of the discounts and purchasing power they have

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

If youre in Ohio, this is a good thing to contact your state reps about! Explain how awful age verification is as a policy!

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

Now that they've passed age-verification for porn sites, Ohio legislators want you to scan your face to download a period tracker.

Fight over online age verification playing out in Ohio Statehouse, federal agencies and courts

Ohio lawmakers are wrestling over how to keep kids from seeing what they shouldn’t online, the Ohio Capital Journal reports.

www.wtol.com

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Bolt thunder @boltthunder.bsky.social · 1d

Keep calling!

#SaveSpeech

Philla-BOO-ster 🎃👻🔞🍑🔥 @phillabuster.bsky.social · 2d

Hope everyone who's sharing this aren't stopping there & calling it good.

Call, call, call! Use this tool to find your reps. If you aren't in WI or MI, call about KOSA, SCREEN, and IODA, the national-level censorship bills. Join me!! Pressure WORKS when we work TOGETHER.

5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Oppose S. 1748 The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) ⭑ 5 Calls

Congress has again put forward legislation aimed at controlling what content children see online, known as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). During …

5calls.org

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Philla-BOO-ster 🎃👻🔞🍑🔥 @phillabuster.bsky.social · 5d

"Just use a VPN" Yeah well, they're coming for that too, now--

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 6d

#SaveSpeech

Theres an Age Verification bill in the Wisconsen senate that is aiming to force Adult websites to block VPNs

The bill is SB-130 /AB-105!

Folks in WI need to get out and yell at their state reps about this!

Wisconsin wants to force all adult sites to block VPNs – here's what we know

The bill has now landed in the Senate for consideration

www.techradar.com

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Philla-BOO-ster 🎃👻🔞🍑🔥 @phillabuster.bsky.social · 2d

Hope everyone who's sharing this aren't stopping there & calling it good.

Call, call, call! Use this tool to find your reps. If you aren't in WI or MI, call about KOSA, SCREEN, and IODA, the national-level censorship bills. Join me!! Pressure WORKS when we work TOGETHER.

5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Oppose S. 1748 The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) ⭑ 5 Calls

Congress has again put forward legislation aimed at controlling what content children see online, known as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). During …

5calls.org

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 6d

Michigan has a similar bill, House Bill 4938, that is also seeking the same goals!

VPN usage at risk in Michigan under new proposed adult content law

The "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" would force internet service providers to monitor and block VPN connections

www.techradar.com

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Disharmonium @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 1d

There were mid 2010s meetings of consultants and think tanks in which the right wing of the US & UK openly made the case that attacking trans people should be their next propaganda opening after the door was shut on gay marriage. We have receipts! Liberals and centrists are falling for a called shot

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 1d

And this is how i discovered there are mirror accounts now (i guess because they realized everyone blocked the mains)

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 5d

Block list for Trump regime government accounts. How to Dismantle a Dictatorship, Step 4: Block validation. #3E bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 3d

Alongside KOSA, the 'Stop CSAM act of 2025' is a big priority target we need people to yell at their representatives about!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 25d

The 'Stop CSAM Act of 2025' has had its govtrack likelihood t
[to be enacted] drop from from 56% down to 46%!

Keep calling your representatives in both the house and senate and hammer how this is a surveillance/anti-encryption bill under the guise of "protecting children". Tell them to OPPOSE!

STOP CSAM Act of 2025 (S. 1829)

A bill to combat the sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting accountability and transparency by the tech industry.

www.govtrack.us

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Kris Dobbins @krisdobbinsart.bsky.social · 3d

The only reason games aren't "forever" is because they refuse to preserve them. I can buy a film from 1939 in 4K but fuck me if I wanna play Twilight Princess on my Switch.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 4d

your analysis of this political moment is going to fail if you keep using reductionist labels like "wine mom". first of all, there are dozens of factions just within that one term, from whiskey women to chardonnay chicas, and understanding their unique informal coalitions can take decades of study

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Liz Saila @lizsaila.bsky.social · 4d

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) at the Boston No Kings rally today, wore the trans pride flag like a scarf draped over his shoulders and included in his speech. "Because here in Massachusetts, we stand for what is right. We stand with trans people because trans rights are human rights."

Sen. Ed Markey, a white man with white hair, standing at a lectern with a dark background, and Sen Elizabeth Warren to camera right, in a black top with a red blazer. Markey wears a trans pride flag draped over his shoulders. The closed caption reads "trans people because trans righs are human rights. We" The chiron underneath reads "No Kings Rally Underway In Boston"

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Bolt thunder @boltthunder.bsky.social · 4d

Kosa needs to be stopped now! Call your reps as people's lives depend on it!!

#SaveSpeech

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 29d

#SaveSpeech

Ive updated this infographic with additional bill info, issues, etc

Find your federal and state reps below and make your voices heard!

www.congress.gov/members/find...

www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

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𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙢 𝙃𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙣 @mannlicherhund.bsky.social · 5d

KOSA is now in red alert priority.

Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA!

We need to turn out in numbers against this!

⬇️

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 29d

#SaveSpeech

Ive updated this infographic with additional bill info, issues, etc

Find your federal and state reps below and make your voices heard!

www.congress.gov/members/find...

www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

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Bolt thunder @boltthunder.bsky.social · 4d

Keep calling!

#savespeech

Yuudai Nao @yuudainao.bsky.social · 5d

I have reeeeally bad phone anxiety and even I've called! You aren't going to outrun KOSA so we need to work together and strike this shit down now while we have the chance. We've done it before and we can do it again!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 5d

Please contact your senators about KOSA. This bill has amassed a lot of cosponsors.

We can beat this, but we need people to call, email and send letters en mass. Please try to contact your reps as often as you are able to and encourage people you know to join you!

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Yuudai Nao @yuudainao.bsky.social · 5d

I have reeeeally bad phone anxiety and even I've called! You aren't going to outrun KOSA so we need to work together and strike this shit down now while we have the chance. We've done it before and we can do it again!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 5d

Please contact your senators about KOSA. This bill has amassed a lot of cosponsors.

We can beat this, but we need people to call, email and send letters en mass. Please try to contact your reps as often as you are able to and encourage people you know to join you!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 8d

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#SaveSpeech

If you're like me and you are struggling to contact your senators re: KOSA via their phone lines this week, I recommend attempting to send physical letters or emails in the meantime.

Here is a script you can use to contact your reps!

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

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Indy @indynd.bsky.social · 4d

No fucking kings.

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Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social · 4d

It’s heartening to see the No Kings rallies. Keep up the momentum, America! That’s the trick!

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Bolt thunder @boltthunder.bsky.social · 4d

No kings

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Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 4d

No Kings

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 5d

As this country crumbles, Indigenous rights and sovereignty are going to come to the forefront, as well as States Rights.

Be prepared to advocate for Native tribes and people. We are the front line and we hold the answers to lead a new way.

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border

“We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

www.motherjones.com

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ceej @ceej.online · 5d

your fucking tax dollars and mine paid for a bunch of professional government trolls to have at least(!) one actual fucking meeting about how epic it would be to all join bluesky at the same time. people wrote fucking emails about this. from dot gov addresses

ceej @ceej.online · 5d

this shit is so embarrassing. the government used to have guys who like, built bridges. now it’s just a gaggle of bleary-eyed cave children jacking themselves off to porno deepfakes of AOC while posting “based meme edits” of reaper drone strikes on venezuelan children. quit gooning and fix a pothole

ceej @ceej.online · Jun 19

vance has got to be the most cucked vp of all time. absolutely no power, completely subservient to a sundowning blowhard and an unelected nazi sleaze, so bored of waiting around for grandpa to give him something to do that he’s organizing forum raids like goons dropping in on habbo hotel

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