The Hat
@hatticusbrim.bsky.social
Don't expect much. I post/repost what interests me in hopes others find something they like.
Post something random or you'll end up in Ohio or something.
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Post something random or you'll end up in Ohio or something.
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I think a lot of people don’t understand how efficient and intricate the MC / Visa call operations are and how a limited but dedicated number of people can completely derail things
If this keeps happening, managers notice, managers of managers notice.
Satisfaction numbers for the service as a whole go down. If it keeps going long enough, they risk damage to the brand.
"You can't get through to VISA if something is wrong" is not a reputation they want.
Satisfaction numbers for the service as a whole go down. If it keeps going long enough, they risk damage to the brand.
"You can't get through to VISA if something is wrong" is not a reputation they want.
November 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I think a lot of people don’t understand how efficient and intricate the MC / Visa call operations are and how a limited but dedicated number of people can completely derail things
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looking at the bills and talking to folks, these are the most actively threatening among this batch that will be present during Dec 2's hearing
House KOSA's audit policy is the one aspect im a little shaky on and havent found any more authoritative writing on, but felt should still be mentioned
House KOSA's audit policy is the one aspect im a little shaky on and havent found any more authoritative writing on, but felt should still be mentioned
![KOSA [house version]
-omits duty of care, but there is no guarantee this stays gone
-no exemption for nonprofit entities
-yearly audits of platforms. could possibly include even really small ones, ex: mastodon instances, discord servers?
Reducing Exploitative Social Media Exposure for Teens (RESET) Act [DRAFT BILL]
-prohibits kids/teens under 16 from maintaining socmed accounts
Sammy's LAW [H.R 2657]
-drastically increases surveillance of children
-leaves children MORE vulnerable to having their data and privacy violated
-isolates LGBTQ children
App Store Accountability Act [H.R.3149]
-requires Age Verification at the app store level
-transmitting Age Signals to developers.
SCREEN ACT [H.R.1623]
-instates nationwide age verification for websites lawmakers deem "harmful to minors"
-could include anything from porn sites to socmed, fanfiction sites or telecom networks.
-forces websites to contract with shady 3rd party verification companies
-collects and stores our ID info like drivers licenses and passports in insecure databases
-backed by far right politicians and anti-porn groups
Safer Guarding of Adolescents from Malicious Interactions on Network Games (GAMING) Act [HR. 6265]
-seeks to add parental tools to help act as safeguards for children
-the issue is, it seeks to install said safeguards by default, and the legislation goes hand in hand with AV legislation
Parents Over Platforms Act
-Age Verification for apps](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xawhcpoqu6pdxpp72fd43wuf/bafkreidjvw3v4k5iy26ih4bs3mbrznvwbfqcfrykrvrl5rmofzvxfzj7ye@jpeg)
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 AM
looking at the bills and talking to folks, these are the most actively threatening among this batch that will be present during Dec 2's hearing
House KOSA's audit policy is the one aspect im a little shaky on and havent found any more authoritative writing on, but felt should still be mentioned
House KOSA's audit policy is the one aspect im a little shaky on and havent found any more authoritative writing on, but felt should still be mentioned
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It would be extremely cool if a bunch of people called payment processors over Black Friday weekend to ask why they're telling people what they can and can't buy with their own money. This holiday season, give the gift of calling payment processors over Black Friday weekend
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It would be extremely cool if a bunch of people called payment processors over Black Friday weekend to ask why they're telling people what they can and can't buy with their own money. This holiday season, give the gift of calling payment processors over Black Friday weekend
POV: Me after one day of dealing with relatives.
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
POV: Me after one day of dealing with relatives.
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@patstaresat.bsky.social on ＡＩ doomerism
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@patstaresat.bsky.social on ＡＩ doomerism
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This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard
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Fuck DOGE and fuck Elon Musk.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fuck DOGE and fuck Elon Musk.
I'm pretty sure we had like... at LEAST three movies and more than a couple of animation/live action series that showed us why this was always a horrible idea.
Techbros and CEOs literally shoving us all into a Torment Nexus because they refuse to change in the slightest.
Techbros and CEOs literally shoving us all into a Torment Nexus because they refuse to change in the slightest.
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm pretty sure we had like... at LEAST three movies and more than a couple of animation/live action series that showed us why this was always a horrible idea.
Techbros and CEOs literally shoving us all into a Torment Nexus because they refuse to change in the slightest.
Techbros and CEOs literally shoving us all into a Torment Nexus because they refuse to change in the slightest.
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THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
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Id you havent been calling your representatives about KOSA and other bills, NOW is the time to start doing so
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Id you havent been calling your representatives about KOSA and other bills, NOW is the time to start doing so
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Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
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If you disabled NSFW filters on here but still can't see people's posts, remember to dig further into Advanced > Bluesky Moderation Service and set this specific "cartoon" NSFW filter to Off as well
because why make things easy when they can be convoluted
because why make things easy when they can be convoluted
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you disabled NSFW filters on here but still can't see people's posts, remember to dig further into Advanced > Bluesky Moderation Service and set this specific "cartoon" NSFW filter to Off as well
because why make things easy when they can be convoluted
because why make things easy when they can be convoluted
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Please continue making calls to Visa and Mastercard, because they are working alongside conservative legislators to crack down on free speech and expression!
A dual pronged offense requires a dual pronged defense!
A dual pronged offense requires a dual pronged defense!
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Please continue making calls to Visa and Mastercard, because they are working alongside conservative legislators to crack down on free speech and expression!
A dual pronged offense requires a dual pronged defense!
A dual pronged offense requires a dual pronged defense!
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Funny how we all just “have to” accept AI as progress even if it’s janky and either has demonstrated no improvements to productivity or outright tanks it, but we never had to accept remote work despite every study showing it improves productivity AND workers lives.
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Funny how we all just “have to” accept AI as progress even if it’s janky and either has demonstrated no improvements to productivity or outright tanks it, but we never had to accept remote work despite every study showing it improves productivity AND workers lives.
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
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now that the govt shutdown is over, y'all will need to really yell and scream about these bills because many of them are going to be pushed again.
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
now that the govt shutdown is over, y'all will need to really yell and scream about these bills because many of them are going to be pushed again.
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
tell your representatives to OPPOSE these shitty policies!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
Seeing eight Democratic Senators suddenly caving to get things we were gonna get anyway thanks to the 1st Circuit (SNAP) or things the GOP have zero intention of keeping their word on thanks to a lack of guarantee (ACA) just because they want their Thanksgiving flights is most certainly a thing.
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Seeing eight Democratic Senators suddenly caving to get things we were gonna get anyway thanks to the 1st Circuit (SNAP) or things the GOP have zero intention of keeping their word on thanks to a lack of guarantee (ACA) just because they want their Thanksgiving flights is most certainly a thing.
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if you ever randomly get the urge to donate to the democratic party, feel free to venmo that money to me or another trans person instead - we'll make sure it doesn't get used to take away people's healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
if you ever randomly get the urge to donate to the democratic party, feel free to venmo that money to me or another trans person instead - we'll make sure it doesn't get used to take away people's healthcare
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This. Double-check the block-lists you subscribe to every once in a while, and be careful about subscribing to new ones if you don't have at least cursory knowledge of the people who made/maintain it.
just got added to this blocklist by some guy having a crash out over the cola vid lol
bunch of other artists on there too, so good reminder for y’all to be careful what lists you sub to. personally I unsubbed from most of them except ai mod bc people can’t be trusted/there’s too many troll ones
bunch of other artists on there too, so good reminder for y’all to be careful what lists you sub to. personally I unsubbed from most of them except ai mod bc people can’t be trusted/there’s too many troll ones
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This. Double-check the block-lists you subscribe to every once in a while, and be careful about subscribing to new ones if you don't have at least cursory knowledge of the people who made/maintain it.
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FYI this is really happening and not just spooked horses in the barn. I got one of these DMs today. Report to BS and block. Don't click the link
Head's up there is a Bluesky ban scam going around. This account just joined 40 mins ago and send me this DM.
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
DO NOT CLICK THE LINK.
Bluesky would NEVER send a DM like this and make you scared. This would come through email and would have a more professional email than this.
Stay safe!
November 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
FYI this is really happening and not just spooked horses in the barn. I got one of these DMs today. Report to BS and block. Don't click the link
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
November 4, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Elected Democrats spending more time today praising Dick Cheney than Zohran Mamdani is a great case study in abject fucking moral failure.
Something that's genuinely insane to me is that for all these fascists love to jerk off places like Rome and Nazi Germany, they completely failed the most basic principle of Bread and Circuses.
People need to be fed and entertained to tolerate things. But they skipped straight to the boot.
People need to be fed and entertained to tolerate things. But they skipped straight to the boot.
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Something that's genuinely insane to me is that for all these fascists love to jerk off places like Rome and Nazi Germany, they completely failed the most basic principle of Bread and Circuses.
People need to be fed and entertained to tolerate things. But they skipped straight to the boot.
People need to be fed and entertained to tolerate things. But they skipped straight to the boot.