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Deborah Elizabeth Finn @deborahelizabeth.bsky.social · 8h

This is my main takeaway from @aclu.org's recent training for protesters: if questioned by law enforcement officers, confine your responses to these five sentences.

Otherwise, STFU.

Five Key Phrases

Am I free to go?

I wish to remain silent.

I do not consent to this search.

Am I under arrest?

I want to speak to a lawyer.

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 9h

They should just swallow their pride and hire this guy

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 9h

This would go so great with the hilarious (yet sincere) class @khatsha.bsky.social and EliCopter did at NEEHU years ago, Progressive Muscle Reclamation

Divney @divney.bsky.social · 9h

My pet theory is that one of the most central aspects of hypnosis is how it directs attention, and all PMRs use a very effective, simple approach to that

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 9h

So many next level ideas in this one! Especially excited to try progressive brain relaxation, and "ruined PMR" heh heh

sleepingirl | חוה שושנה @sleepingirl.info · 5d

Hi everyone! I'm making this Patreon essay PUBLIC/FREE because I think it could do much more good without a paywall.

"PROGRESSIVE RELAXATION (THAT DOESNT SUCK)"

www.patreon.com/posts/81846724

PMRs can be exciting + relaxation isn't necessary but is USEFUL for hypnosis!

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 10h

Just needs a lot more tattoos

Divney @divney.bsky.social · 10h

Realizing Jamie Lee Curtis in Freaky Friday has the styling and vibe of a lot of women over 40 in the kink scene, and I am into it!

Jamie Lee Curtis inhabited by the soul of her daughter and so wearing trendy stuff in Freaky Friday

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 1d

Worthy of Julie Newmar

a man in a batman costume and a man in a robin costume

ALT: a man in a batman costume and a man in a robin costume

media.tenor.com

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 1d

Miracle drug that removes all pleasure from food for the rest of your life, and that's what it's supposed to do, not the multitude of side effects, many yet to be discovered

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck this shit! 10 years from now when these drugs are banned for the "unforeseen" horrors they wreak on the human body, hopefully the world will realize who they needed to be listening to all along

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 2d

Most of "space" being represented by places in Vancouver I bet

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 2d

What

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 2d

Great scene! This show was real real boring in season 1 but I heard there were some interesting turns

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Beguiled @beguiledhypnocon.bsky.social · 3d

One day left to register for Beguiled Conline 2025! Find the ticket link, schedule, and class list at beguiledcon.com

Beguiled Con – Urbs in Hypno: A City of Hypnosis

beguiledcon.com

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sleepyhead 🔞 @sleepydolly.bsky.social · 3d

Not enough is said about the morning after a night of hypnosis, when you’re fully awake again and able to process just how deeply controlled you were and *bask* in it. 💜

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 3d

Love a sincerely inspiring essay that with the smallest twist could be a supervillain monologue

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Kate Sloan (she/her) @katesloan.com · 3d

“Don’t dread your desires. They are a divine gift and you are supposed to have them. They show you what is possible. They show you who you’re meant to be.” galadarling.substack.com/p/the-magic-...

The Magic Of Wanting More, More, MORE...

Your desires are here to show you who you're meant to be.

galadarling.substack.com

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Savannah Sly @savannahsly.bskyverified.social · 3d

Which NO KINGS event are you going to on Saturday?? There are two in VT I’ll be participating in.

Not sure where you’re closest NO KINGS event is? Check out this site: www.nokings.org

See you there!!

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 4d

Transness is not bourgeois. This is a wedge idea dreamed up by some gleefully amoral think tank lobotomite to split trans people and make us fight each other. That we relay on modern medicine doesn't make us any more bourgeois than someone who needs antidepressants or cleft palate repair.

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Lady Ru’etha & Timbit @ruetha.bsky.social · 4d

Even I, bed bound and with malfunctioning mitochondria, am finding ways to fight back. Love and empathy and compassion are worth fighting for.

Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 4d

Your enemies will tell you there is no point in fighting back. They tell you this to break your morale, but in so doing, they tell on themselves. They fear being stood up to, or else they would not work so hard to downplay it. If someone says fighting back doesn't matter, make it matter.

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · Dec 17

Now, more than ever, you have to be a weird little pervert who makes art of questionable quality. You need to be driven crazy by the flesh. Because, as we all learned from Cronenberg's The Fly, the computers are not made crazy by the flesh. They can't do it like us.

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Lady Ru’etha & Timbit @ruetha.bsky.social · 4d

My queer and trans ally friends: this is a fantastic idea for a way to spend the rest of the evening. Miss Major was and still is a critical part of such acceptance as we’ve had. May she rest in power. Remember her name.

Annalise Ophelian @dr-ophelian.bsky.social · 4d

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

vimeo.com

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Divney @divney.bsky.social · 4d

Fuck them!

Divney @divney.bsky.social · 4d

Very interesting!
Can you post the one of a woman hypnotizing a man?

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 5d

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · 5d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641

I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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