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WORLDCHAIN @iamthewarden.bsky.social · 13h

another oran art work yippe
ORAN ART FRI,sun,mon 21

lukesworth: "..."
roland: "..."
"um... hello lu, i didn't know you were hiding here-"
lukesworth: "... well, me either"
"... you look dashing my dear husband-"
roland: "pff- you too lu~"

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WORLDCHAIN @iamthewarden.bsky.social · 13h

another oran art work yippe
ORAN ART FRI,sun,mon 21

lukesworth: "..."
roland: "..."
"um... hello lu, i didn't know you were hiding here-"
lukesworth: "... well, me either"
"... you look dashing my dear husband-"
roland: "pff- you too lu~"

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Studio Synespace @studiosynespace.bsky.social · 1d

Hi! We're Studio Synespace, a small indie team based in Australia! We aim to share our appreciation (and the horror) of the universe through story driven games and comics. This studio is founded by
@puppiiiowo
and my friends!
#gamedev #IndieGameDev #IndieGameStudio

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 5d

IF YOU ARE GERMAN, YOU NEED TO CONTACT YOUR MEPs AND DEMAND THEY OPPOSE CHAT CONTROL

-RIGHT-
-NOW-

the link below contains individual emails and everything, PLEASE do not sleep on this!

Tuta @tuta.com · 7d

We are alarmed as well. If you are in Germany, write to your representatives. You'll find the email addresses here: 👉 tuta.com/blog/chat-co...

Signalapp on X: We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a
catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled
opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could
spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 19d

i want to stress: i firmly believe that we, just us normal people, can push back against this global wave of censorship.

we CAN do this.

there may be temporary setbacks, lost battles, but i do firmly believe that with sustained action, we can make our futures better for art and human expression.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 19d

DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025

I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!

Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship

Silence is compliance!

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WORLDCHAIN @iamthewarden.bsky.social · 18d

ORAN ART fri,sun,MON 20

hey yall, it's been while, i got a little burnout from artfight and had started college so, but don't worry, i am mostly working on the comic as we speak, and it is still a motion comic lmaoooo

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WORLDCHAIN @iamthewarden.bsky.social · 18d

ORAN ART fri,sun,MON 20

hey yall, it's been while, i got a little burnout from artfight and had started college so, but don't worry, i am mostly working on the comic as we speak, and it is still a motion comic lmaoooo

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BlueSpark|Commissions open @bluespark777.bsky.social · 18d

New Witch Liar Bone chapter out today! Check it out! #webtooncanvas
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/wi...

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · Sep 10

Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around!

1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · Sep 10

3. If you see content that disturbs you, immediately (or as fast as possible) go and play 20-30 minutes of Tetris (or any other fast-paced game with your eyes sweeping over the visual field that has caused visual artifacts to linger when you close your eyes for you in the past).

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Sep 1

They were never going to stop at what was "legal" or not. They didnt to begin with!

All art/media is on the chopping block. You have to fight this NOW. keep calling, contact your reps. Make some noise!

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Sep 1

www.thegamer.com/collective-s...

"Legality Is Not The Defining Factor": Steam Censorship Campaign Details It Seeks Removal Of Games Whether Legal Or Not

"If Steam and itch.io had been moderating their platforms as they should have, there would have been no need to temporarily delist games."

www.thegamer.com

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Aug 30

I refuse to accept that our future will be to live in puritan hell states. Keep calling!

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Aug 30

PayPal user in the UK lost their account after buying adult ebooks “about monsters and milking,” “some dubcon stuff”

“My account got banned a couple of days ago for making purchases which violate the ToS. Upon querying w/ staff over the phone I've been told that it was ebooks that I've been buying”

r/LegalAdviceUK 4 hr. ago
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My Paypl account has been banned for buying smutty e-books. Have I done something illegal?
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My account got banned a couple of days ago for making purchases which violate the terms of service.
Upon querying with staff over the phone l've been told that it was e-books that l've been buying.
I'm panicking a little bit right now. I haven't done anything illegal have I? The books were mostly stuff about monsters and milking. Some dub-con stuff.
If it is illegal, what do I need ot do to protect myself? Do I delete my e-books?
If the e-books aren't illegal then is the company really allowed to tell me how I'm allowed to spend my money?
Like, is this any different to Halifax or Nationwide forbidding me from buying cigarettes or alcohol at Tesocs?
I'm in England.
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Ilworld comic @ilworld-comic.bsky.social · Aug 17

Hey guys! So I did something kind of cool and unique today. I had been wanting to make my own font for a while but it seemed overwhelming. Then @blumouseart.bsky.social and @tateufel.bsky.social told me about Calligraphr. It made making a font easy. You can see some of my progress here.

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Cutie-Doodles @cutiedoodles.bsky.social · Aug 10

Keep calling. This issue can't die.

It starts with delisting games, but the likely goal is to enact a new morality police that can silence marginal groups and anyone who speaks out against the status quo.

The payment processors are feeling the squeeze! Let your voice be heard!

Fatty's Den (MINORS DNI) @fattysden.bsky.social · Aug 9

The recent wave of restrictions of pornography (including kink / fetish stuff) in art, games, videos, etc. by payment processors and puritan groups runs to the political sphere at top. This recent censorship is a part of Project 2025, as it turns out. It's no conspiracy. THEY WANT TO CENSOR US!

A post on Twitter by the Gelbooru account that says:

Currently people are contacting Visa and Mastercard, en-masse, in an effort to get them to explain why they are banning legal content from being transacted through their systems. These arbitrary restrictions caused companies, such as Steam, Itch.io, and others to pull violent and adult video games from their platforms. They continue to remain silent on the reason WHY they enforced the restrictions on the companies. I surmise they are gagged from speaking through likely threat of regulatory pressure.

May I introduce, Russ Vought, a co-writer for Project 2025, Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, AND Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/images/cfpb_headshot-russell-vought_DA8Ama7.original.png

This man has already publicly stated his desire to have pornographic content, violent video games, and other types of content "harmful to children", banned from the internet. This claim he makes is not based on unbiased scientific testing.

In a two minute clip posted on YouTube by The Intercept the following transcript, highlighted in yellow, shows his intended starting point (start with children), and then he cuts himself off from explaining the next part of the plan, of violent video games, etc, as that route had failed twice already in the past few decades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0noIS9lmR0Y
https://imgur.com/CxpcUOs
https://theintercept.com/2024/08/16/project-2025-russ-vought-porn-ban/

Now, as his position in the CFPB, he has ultimate authority over payment providers and banks, and he has likely been abusing this power to strong-arm changes in these privately owned businesses regarding content he specifically had shown his distaste and hatred towards previously. All clearly telegraphed before hand, many years ago.

Continuing the tweet by the Gelbooru account:

This was ALL done in the guise of protecting the children. Admittedly, it is a very solid tactic, at the core. But, if you use the mantra of protecting the children, it tends to mean that it's just a ploy, usually to further a specific agenda.

They are a threat against the United States, nay, the entire world. They are a threat against our democracy, a threat against free speech, and a threat against gamers, a threat against media in general.

These are the same people who believe violent video games cause violent things. An entire generation of individuals have been playing Grand Theft Auto, playing Doom, Quake, and other games, but we are not currently, nor will we face a worldwide pandemic of armed car robberies, driving on sidewalks for the fun of it, or people running around with sawed off shotguns killing demons, or raping people, because a video game was made exploring the content.

Those in power have been eroding free speech in the law. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) provides immunity to online platforms from liability for content posted by their users. They are actively attempting to kill this protection to further their goals outlined in Project 2025, by passing liabilities of their userbase onto the operators via financial regulation threats and pressure, thus killing speech directly, while still keeping in the shadows publicly.

"He filmed the crimes and posted monetized rape videos on P*rnhub, earning revenue for him and the site owners."

https://x.com/BillAckman/status/1898747162306937184

This is their attempt to kill section 230 immunity.

You should not be frightened that they MAY come into power, they are ALREADY IN POWER. They are exercising it spectacularly, taking baby steps to erode away your speech, and we've all been asleep at the wheel.

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BlueSpark|Commissions open @bluespark777.bsky.social · Aug 4

New Witch Liar Bone Chapter #webtoon #webcomic #comic ! We're back to weekly uploads www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/wi...

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WORLDCHAIN @iamthewarden.bsky.social · Aug 3

although i aint active on tumblr rather only on bluesky and ista so-

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TallFroGuy [🔜critterposting hours] @tallfroguy.bsky.social · Aug 2

Ponzu sniff
#critterposting

Crude drawing of a rat. Shaped like a fish jumping in front of a sunrise.

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WORLDCHAIN @iamthewarden.bsky.social · Aug 3

aw yee, me too actually, though i will get back to tje groove of posting art soon so,

yee!

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WORLDCHAIN @iamthewarden.bsky.social · Aug 3

aw yer thabkies man-

and let me tell ya, seeing you on blue sky is such a jumpscare like:

"ah, i see, a fellow liker, how cool is-"

*sees your username on the handle-*

"WAIT A DAMN MINUTE-"

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Aima Interval @aisforinterval.bsky.social · Aug 3

next up for #artfight

Tender for @iamthewarden.bsky.social ! I don't draw plus-sized characters enough, it's a lot of fun to get the shapes right~ :3

#aimadraws #artfight2025 #bskyart

heavy-set dark skinned man with a sweeping black mullet leans on one elbow, standing behind the bar and cleaning a whiskey glass with a cloth.

his eyes are half-lidded, his nose is large and rounded, his lips are full, and his beard is a speckled salt and pepper mix. he's wearing a gray blazer over a blue sweatervest with a snakeskin pattern, and his skin has a very slight snakeskin texture to it.

the pub is bathed in a warm light, as he stands in front of a shelf loaded with alcohol bottles, beer kegs, beer mugs, and various smaller drinking glasses.

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Aima Interval @aisforinterval.bsky.social · Aug 3

i will compile my favorite attacks in one post because Why Not. had a great time this year, looking forward to next year <3

Chars belong to: @insamniac-dreamon.bsky.social , user CrackerMack, user LatteDragon, and @iamthewarden.bsky.social

#sharemyattack2025
#art #artfight #artfight2025

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Tian ── .✦🌻💤 ☁︎ @tianmasaki.bsky.social · Jul 29

23. 🕶️📦
Ponder & Drifter by @iamthewarden.bsky.social

#tianmasaki #Artfight2025

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WORLDCHAIN @iamthewarden.bsky.social · Jul 22

thankiea agaib man yippe!!!

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