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@grinalbi.nekoweb.org

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Artist & hobbyist webmaster || He/they/it 🏳️‍⚧️ || Adult (21+) || ╳ NO AI / NO NFTS ╳ || Free Palestine 🇵🇸 My main home on the interwebs is here ⇒ https://grinalbi.nekoweb.org/

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Grin @grinalbi.nekoweb.org · Oct 20

Saw other people listing interests as a primer sooo... here is a [small] selection of mine:
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•Warframe
•Star Fetchers
•Indie games in general
•Metal/heavy music
•Old/indie web
•Art
•Original characters
•Character design
•Worldbuilding
•Space/astronomy

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 22d

we should have never normalized filming strangers in public and posting them as content

erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

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hby's stuff @hby.bsky.social · Aug 25

#pixelart #artpost

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ThirtyHelens🔞 @thirtyhelens.bsky.social · Sep 3

ATTN FELLOW CANADIANS:

An actual MP has created a petition to stop financial discrimination against adult creators by payment processors. You have to confirm your email but thats because its something that can actually be shown to parliament.

Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · Sep 3

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

#nsfw #censorship #canpoli

@acvalens.net

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

www.ourcommons.ca

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tom bloom (scrungled) @orbitaldropkick.bsky.social · Sep 10

made a guy for Draw Steel

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Bobson Dugnutt @literallytho.bsky.social · Sep 10

if charlie kirk being murdered makes you feel worse than watching a genocide take place in real time, than all the school shootings that have happened, than watching people being deported to a torture prison in el salvador with no due process, that tells me everything I need to know about you

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weaver of violet strands @sumirewitch.bsky.social · Sep 10

i hope this event can help ease the concerns of all the insecure guys out there. just 9mm is enough to make a lot of women VERY happy

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🔞 adrien / unwells ✨ he/they @unwells.bsky.social · Aug 28

stupid
#vashwood #trigun

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Svavelstickan @svavelstickan.bsky.social · Sep 5

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DV-i @dvi-socialmode.bsky.social · Sep 1

i’ve never gotten a (really accurate, actually) recreation of one of my mechanical designs before so this is honestly huge to me

Acid (COMMS OPEN!) @acidhydra.bsky.social · Aug 31

recreated the mech from the cover of PSY2K by @meganeko.com and @shirobon.bsky.social (and, if i'm not mistaken, designed by @dvi-socialmode.bsky.social) in the new No Man's Sky update
@nomansbsky.bsky.social #NMS

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Dante The K9 @dantethek9.bsky.social · Jul 27

Well, I'll be damned.

It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.

newatlas.com/infectious-d...

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global

An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

newatlas.com

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · Apr 2

"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

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Glaze and Nightshade @theglazeproject.bsky.social · Jul 12

Update thread #2. Hemlock
One thing we worked on is a different tool to complement Nightshade. We discovered a new attack on diffusion models that is more generalizable than Nightshade. It targets an entirely different part of AI training pipeline, basically making AI models poison themselves.

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Grin @grinalbi.nekoweb.org · Aug 12

Still writing out a lotta stuff for Bee... There's a few years where she straight up abandons The Hive and goes solo... and makes unexpected allies during this time, too.

I can't STOP making outfits for her - or drawing her in general - ur honor my apolocheese
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#art #oc #originalcharacter

Sketchy ref sheet of my character, going by just Bee at this moment in time, with her outfit for an arc involving another character called Maddox; this arc is where she abandons The Hive and goes solo. There is a fullbody, an upper torso crop showing her wearing a yellow jacket with black stripes (continuing the bee theme), and a note next to it saying that the hood is detachable.

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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

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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PupAmp @pupamp.bsky.social · Aug 9

“This bill won’t pass”
“This won’t affect me outside the U.S.”

This is ignorant. These things trickle down. Go educate yourself on censorship. SESTA/FOSTA. KOSA. Age verification in US/UK/Australia. Tumblr bans. Backpage. Visa/Mastercard. ITCHIO. Patreon.

This isn’t the first canary…

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PupAmp @pupamp.bsky.social · May 14

This bill would criminalize pornography by legally redefining what it means to be obscene.

Period. Full stop. No more porn legally. If you post porn whether free pics or paid vids. this affects you!

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Bluesky is dying"

Oh yeah? Then explain why this GIF always does numbers.

two men are standing next to each other holding guns in a field .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other holding guns in a field .

media.tenor.com

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gurchinvg @gurchinvg.bsky.social · Mar 28

This is my Undertale AU

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Gveanel @gveanel.bsky.social · Jul 29

Boosty commission for YURiCiao.

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lextorias @lextorias.me · Jul 30

It’s sad how quick every company/government started using the current news to push their own data-stealing pro-censorship agenda. They don’t even care anymore

Cmon, just let Google have your biometrics. Let them choose what you watch. You don’t want kids to be unsafe, do you?

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · Jul 29

YouTube is rolling out "age-estimation" next week to limit content and options for those it's AI-algorithm determines are under 18. Those who are incorrectly flagged will have to verify their age using an ID or biometric scan.

www.theverge.com/news/715343/...

YouTube will identify and restrict minors’ accounts with AI

YouTube will apply several restrictions to underage accounts.

www.theverge.com

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VTNWesley @wesleyvtn.bsky.social · Jul 27

So based on everything happening right now in the USA and the world, I'd like to remind folks that now isn't the BEST time to be using cloud storage for anything important at ALL. If it doesn't meet some vague and bizarre puritanical guidelines which shift daily, companies are now deleting things.

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GRINN‼️ @grinn3r.bsky.social · Jul 27

Found a petition - get on it
www.stopkosa.com

Stop KOSA

KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA!

www.stopkosa.com

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GRINN‼️ @grinn3r.bsky.social · Jul 27

THEYRE AT IT AGAIN
CALL YOUR REPS, WE HAVE ANOTHER BILL TO KILL

time.com/7288539/kids...

What to Know About the Kids Online Safety Act

What to know about the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, which has been reintroduced and has a second chance.

time.com

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Malachite Tigerbunny @malachitetiger.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Itch/Steam thing dropped off the trending tab.

Therefore it's time to remind you again to swamp the payment processors with more calls.

If the call volume dies down in under a week they aren't going to learn their lesson. Make them regret it.

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Grin @grinalbi.nekoweb.org · Jul 28

Lemme DM you on Discord about it since there's actually a lotta context/lore missing with this LOL