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SteveEmeraldClaw @semeraldclaw.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just a bit of a fun little fan-art piece of the big, chonky, yellow fox, @skaifox.draws.pics (SkaiFo!!)! A real treat watching this guy's streams. His joy inspires me. 🦊💛

Big, chonky, yellow fox named SkaiFox, he's so cute.

Big, chonky, yellow fox named SkaiFox, he's so fierce.

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SteveEmeraldClaw @semeraldclaw.bsky.social · 2d

Art slot done for @thraysil.bsky.social, it's a birthday gift for @outbackdile.bsky.social! It's... VERY late as it was meant to be done for August, but better early than late! There is an alt coming soon, so stay around to see that~ 🎂🐊🐉

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DeadInside @deadarc.bsky.social · Sep 8

I know someone who could really use a drone hood 😈

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FURRJOI @furrjoi.com · Sep 8

X Dog Live & Giveaway

Black: furrjoi.com/puppy-gear/309
White: furrjoi.com/puppy-gear/310

From Sep 8-13,enjoy this:
1⃣ 2 items get 10% off; 3 items get 15% off
2️⃣ Blemish ldo Drone for $99 (US only)

Enter giveaway: Reshare+Follow+Comment

Closes 24 Sep. One lucky winner picks any hood.

#furrjoi

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BBBen and his Big Brass Band @bbbengames.bsky.social · Sep 6

Attention fellow AUSTRALIANS! 🇦🇺

We now have an official petition to parliament to STOP MASTERCARD and VISA from its campaign of censorship, restricting what legal products we can buy.

Please sign it now, and if you're not an Aussie, spread the word!

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

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🅱️ad Avocado @tralalabara.bsky.social · Aug 27

Some MC and Amicus love <3

Only possible by my supporters over at https://subscribestar.adult/haps

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Tanookris @tanookiboathouse.bsky.social · Aug 14

THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO STOP!!

We are winning, but we have not won fully!!!

Keep calling!!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Alchy238 @alchy238.bsky.social · Jan 23

Reposting this because I didn’t know how tags worked on this site .

New sona reference sheet just dropped! I’ve upgraded to being a hybrid: bear-jackolope!

#furry #oc #fursona #bear #hybrid

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Nice Footpaws @ionotter.bsky.social · Aug 7

Holy crap!

There's an ACTUAL NUMBER for PayPal in this!

PayPal is NOTORIOUS for never giving out numbers!!! This is pure gold!

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Aug 6

Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Stripe. Don’t forget to complete your dailies!!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

MasterCard A
• 2000 Purchase St. Purchase, NY 10577
US
NEW +1 914 249 2000
• CEO of MasterCard: 0 > 6432224#
-> 1
• President of Mastercard : 0 ->
54757287425# →> 3
1 800 307 7309 (US) - Options for operator
: 1-1-2-2-2-1
NEW List of toll-free numbers by region
NEW 1 914 249 200 (NY Office) - Hit 0, type random numbers, hit pound. You'll be in contact with a random executive or white collar MC worker.
NEW 1 636 722 6100 (St. Louis Office)
• 914.249.2000 (Global Headquarters, US)
• 636.722.6100 (Operaction Center, US)
• 971.4.391.4200 (Dubai HQ)
• 305.539.2300 (Latin America HQ)
• 914.249.6518 (North America HQ)
• 1-800-627-8372 (US Only)
• 1800-120-113 (Australia)
• +1-636-722-7111 (International)
• customer_support@mastercard.com
• List of executives' Linkedin profiles

Visa A
• 900 Metro Center Blvd, Foster City, CA
94404
• +1 650 432 3200 (Headquarters, US)
• 1-800-847-2911 (US + Canada) - US Option
Selection for Operator: 1-1-2 / 1-1-3
• List of phone numbers by region
• 1-888-289-9322 (Confidential Compliance
Hotline)
• askvisa@visa.com

PayPal !
Unfortunately, PayPal doesn't seem to have any e-mail address, as it uses its website's customer support. You will need to log in to your PayPal account if you wish to access Customer Support lines or messages. Here's a few lines we found so far:
• 2211 N 1st St. San Jose, CA 95131 US
• 1-402-935-2050 (US + Canada)
• 1800 931 678 (Australia)
• Customer Complaints Form (Australia)
• enquiry@paypal.com thank you sassinthedark.bsky.social for the info!

UBAED Stripe
Stripe is currently a major priority, as they have the ability to deny itch.io's eligibility to their services according to itch.io's owner.
• 354 Oyster Point Blvd. South San Francisco,
CA 94080 US (United States HQ)
NEW 10 BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN, 75009
PARIS (France HQ)
• NEW Grand Canal Street Lower, The One Building, Dublin D02 HD59 (Ireland HQ) (yes, it's called The One Building)
• +1 888 926 2289 - State you are from California when calling this number
• 1(888) 963-8955 (San Franeisco HQ)
NEW 353 1 903 8449 (Ireland HQ)
• (877) 887-7815 (Customer Support/Complaints)
UPDATED +33-805-11-19-67 (France HQ) Reports suggest the line was closed due to too many calls.
• complaints@stripe.com
• Complaints Form
Thank you bukopanda.bsky.social for EU phones and addresses!

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Coffee cat @honeyedcoffee.bsky.social · Aug 6

I'm seeing less posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them, and losing them money.

Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Aug 6

Spoke with an anon source who had an interesting insight into Visa policy. Per a convo with their bank on the Steam/itchio situation today, Visa put new restrictions into place due to a new "government policy." The exact phrase used by Visa. No specific country was listed as the source of the policy

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Aug 6

Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Stripe. Don’t forget to complete your dailies!!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Skaifox @skaifox.draws.pics · Aug 4

A little late, but happy Bowser Day ~

#bowserday2025

King Bowser in suggestive gear and a jockstrap, groping his own belly.

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Trepe Serafin @trepeserafin.bsky.social · Aug 1

tldr

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Trepe Serafin @trepeserafin.bsky.social · Aug 1

A possible explanation of what exactly happened
bsky.app/profile/trep...

Trepe Serafin @trepeserafin.bsky.social · Aug 1

An adult game creator, "ASLPro3D," shared this on Twitter.

A possible explanation of what exactly happened between Steam, Internet Merchant Account, and Card Companies.

x.com/ASLPro_3D/st...

It's really long, and I'm not used to BlueSky, but let me try to copy paste the content.

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Trepe Serafin @trepeserafin.bsky.social · Aug 1

Visa and Mastercard released their public statements on censorship!

Visa and Mastercard are pretending they don't make any judgments on legal purchases, but Collective Shout CLEARLY told us they successfully pressured payment processors.

KEEP CALLING! IT'S WORKING!

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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @benjanun.bsky.social · Jul 31

dunno the source for this but this is neat

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Jul 31

Visa says they're still drowning today! Payment processors think that we're not organized enough to keep this up but it's we either prove them wrong or submit to global censorship so it's. not much of a contest. Keep calling all 4!!

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Naughty Fox @naughtyfox-toys.bsky.social · Jul 28

🎉 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧! 🎉
We're back - and it's BIGGER this time! 🔥
Win toys worth $300 from our collection - your choice, your pleasure. 🧡🦊

How to enter:
✅ Follow ‪@naughtyfox-toys.bsky.social‬
✅ Retweet this post

🕒 Ends: Friday, 02/08/2025 – 10:00 PM (CET)

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the haver of it🔞 @taylortitmouse.bsky.social · Jul 28

hey have a script for leaving a message for Stripe.
the number i used Minutes ago so i know it works:

877-887-7815

you will not have to talk to a real person, this number leaves a message. i recommend switching up the exact wording so you don't just leave the same message as me.

Hi, I'm a Stripe customer. I'm calling because I've been seeing a lot of news about you denying service to storefronts that sell adult content and enforcing this crazy list of things that works can't even contain and it's like, stuff that's in Game of Thrones. That seems really over the line to me, because all of this stuff is totally legal to make fiction about. If this is something you're going to enforce a lot of people are going to look for alternatives, and I expect I'll be one of them. I recommend you change your policies before you start losing a lot of business, including mine. I can't support any business that enforces censorship like this.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Jul 27

Cheat Sheet v.2

nothing from the prior version is incorrect, but ive made it a little easier to read, plus included a bit more helpful information

imgur link: imgur.com/a/wWaLY2i

more comprehensive info can be found here:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

MAKE YOUR CALLS!!!

WHY?
On July 2025, Steam, a popular storefront to purchase games on PC, and itch.io, a storefront that sells
games, comics, tools, resources and much more, have recently delisted several NSFW games, after the
group Collective Shout published an open letter to payment processors such as Visa, MasterCard, PayPal,
and more. As a result of this letter, payment processors have strongarmed Valve and itch.io into enforcing
restrictive new TOS policies on what kind of content their platforms can host and sell.

Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Paypal have been censoring free speech and legal business on the internet for TOO LONG. Their most recent targets are Steam and Itch.io, but they have also been pressuring websites like Pixiv, Patreon, Fansly, Onlyfans and MORE for years, applying draconian standards for what kind of adult/pornographic content platiorms and their users can host and sell.

If we as consumers and creators want to regain ground on this issue, we have to make our voice heard.

HOW?
BOMBARD THEM WITH PHONE CALLS
Collective Shout, the organization that lobbied to have Steam and Itch.io change their TOS, did so with only around 1000 phone calls. Visa and MC have backed down from pressuring Onlyians to remove adult content entirely due to public backlash. Clogging their phone lines for an extended perlou, over a mont at the absolute least, will almost gudrantee that these compantes will at least have to pay attention to the backlash. this list is not exhaustive. but some contact points for the 4 targets are:

1. VISA:
(US + Can): +1 [8001-847-2911
US option selection for operator: 1-1-2 or 1-1-3

2. MASTERCARD:
(US): +1 (8001-307-7309
US option selection for operator: 1-1-2-2-2-1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111

3. STRIPE:
(Headquarters): +118881 963-8955
(France): +33 805-11-19-67
Stripe: complaints@stripe.com

4. PAYPAL:
(US): +1 (888)-221-1161
(outside US): 1-402-935-2050
Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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Luna/Serena/Sage @lunainvidia.bsky.social · Jul 27

I work in adult retail and I needed a quick way to at least capture customer attention while they buy lube. So, with deep thanks to everyone who's already done the work, I've made a very bare bones flyer designed to be printed and handed out.

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Akiba @akiba.at · Apr 5

My furry visual novel index FVN.li got a small UX improvement. It's now possible to manage list entries and notification settings right from the main game list, instead of having to go to each individual detail page.

Thanks to @loudo.bsky.social for the suggestion.

#FurryVN

Screenshot from FVN.li showcasing six in-development visual novels with NSFW content. Each card includes game title, developer, tags (e.g. furry, gay, romance), engine (mostly Ren'Py), platforms, word count, release/update dates, review stats, and rating. Games shown are Solstice Eve, In Finite Space, Golden Coast Saga, By Your Hands, Love, War & Peace, and Hero’s Advent. At the bottom of each card are two buttons: a blue “Manage in Lists” button for organizing favorites or backlogs, and a toggle-style “Receive notifications” button to stay informed on updates.

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Kezarus @kezarus.bsky.social · Jul 24

Humbling reposting an action plan that @itch.io wrote on Reddit to contact Visa, master and PayPal. Hope it helps.

www.reddit.com/r/itchio/com...

From the itchio community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the itchio community

www.reddit.com

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Dangpa @dangpa.art · Jul 24

I'm sure there'll be other things that pop up (such as contacting politicians and payment processors). Still, if you're concerned about the situation with itch.io, Steam, and other sites hosting adult content, I would suggest signing this petition.
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.

Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

action.aclu.org

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ChoPro (🔞) @chordprogressions.itch.io · Jul 24

While itch keeps NSFW projects unlisted, if you'd like a great database for all things Furry Visual Novels, please check out fvn.li

Check it out! Maybe you'll find a great new story to get into #FurryVN

691 FVNs - FVN.li

Browse FVNs. Featuring 691 titles, including: The Resort, Minerva, Devil's Gambit, Under The Bridge.

fvn.li

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