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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 6h

Its almost like anti-porn laws are never actually about porn. 🤔

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

www.wilx.com

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Mister Thanatos 🔞 @misterthanatos.bsky.social · 13h

Got quite a few ideas for drawings for Halloween.

Biggest question is do I let em trickle out as I finish em, or save em all for one big weeklong spookfest at the end of the month...?

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🔞 Fuzzy Senpai 🔞Commissions OPEN! @fuzzysenpai.bsky.social · 3d

#TittyTuesday #artshare time! Hope everyone’s week started good :). Today show us your most recent or #wip boobies! Let them fly!!

🍑 Like, repost, follow me
🍑 Share your art or commissions
🍑 NSFW / SFW
🍑 Tag lovely artists and friends
🍑 Interact with each other
🍑 No AI or NFT

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Mister Thanatos 🔞 @misterthanatos.bsky.social · 13h

Making sure I'm in an appropriately good mood before heading to work; I appreciate it~

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Mister Thanatos 🔞 @misterthanatos.bsky.social · 14h

a close up of a cartoon character with the word tflix on the bottom left

Alt: Retsuko sweating heavily

media.tenor.com

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Iggy Bomb (Comms Open) @iggybomb.bsky.social · 1d

New adopt lot up

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

Really hammer your reps about how catastrophic this is and how bad these laws are for peoples online safety

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 8d

Paypros are still throwing their weight around. Now's a good time to pick up yelling at them again!

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

plutopsyche.medium.com

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Mister Thanatos 🔞 @misterthanatos.bsky.social · 3d

It's like watching someone fall down an up escalator in slow motion. While someone at the bottom empties an endless bucket of thumbtacks onto the steps at the bottom.

It'd be impressive if it wasn't so avoidably horrifying.

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Mister Thanatos 🔞 @misterthanatos.bsky.social · 3d

Without downloading anything new, where are you at mentally?

A picture of a crow from a distance with the text "Do you know what time it is?" and below it a close up of the crow's face, wide eyed, with the text "TIME TO DIE" underneath it. This crow is up to something.

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DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 4d

Sent an e-mail to my reps about the Discord leak and I'll be sending out a letter about it soon too: complete with printed articles and other things. I hope y'all will consider doing the same! Takes about 5 minutes once you have the e-mails and you can just keep them in a notepad to use each week.

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 4d

Gonna say it: if you have time to make fun of me for not wanting to accept censorship in America, you have time to e-mail your reps about the issue. Anytime you feel like dunking on someone because they don't wanna use crypto or a VPN, you should be using that energy to contact reps instead. Thanks!

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 4d

Some assholes found some of my posts again, looks like. What a bummer! People truly are happy to just accept the censorship sweeping across America and they really think VPNs are going to go unchallenged forever, huh? Yikes.

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TheCongressman @thecongressman.bsky.social · 6d

bsky ceo's crashout shows they can not handle simple criticism, so keep doing it. bsky wants the marginalized people that built this site to shut up or leave, don't give them an easy way out

LeeTaeRyeo @leetaeryeo.com · 19d

BlueSky does not currently have advertising or any real monetization. Doing a boycott/blackout will have absolutely no impact on them due to this, other than users who would be impacted by the censoring doing the work for them.

The real way to impact would be to post more. Trend. Make them moderate

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 4d

This is genuinely some bullshit on bsky's part. A reaction meme of charlie kirk gets a Black person a permanent suspension, but people who actively doxx and spread hate against marginalized people not only get to stay, but het followed by mods?

We see you, bsky, and it's pretty fucking disgusting.

Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 4d

Unfortunate update: Link reached out to BlueSky and got email back now on reason.

His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.

Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)

A screenshot of an email from the Bluesky Moderation Team with the subject line “Bluesky Account Behavior” sent at 22:15. The email states that a Bluesky account controlled by the recipient, with the handle @spacelawshitpost.me, posted a reply with an image where the alt text reads: Charlie Kirk sitting in a white T-shirt that says “Freedom.” A negative consequence follows. The email indicates this post violates Community Guidelines regarding violent or threatening speech, specifically listing threats of violence or physical harm against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public, and incitement of self-harm or suicide.

A screenshot of an email continuation from the Bluesky Moderation Team displaying a bulleted list of Community Guidelines violations. The first bullet point describes threats of violence or physical harm as including threats or encouragement of violence against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public. The second bullet point defines incitement of self-harm or suicide as content that encourages self-harm or suicide. The third bullet point explains wishes of harm as expressions of a desire for harm directed at a specific person or group. Below the bullets, a paragraph states that users may not use Bluesky to break the law or cause harm to others and that all users must be treated with respect. The next paragraph informs the recipient that as a result of these violations, your account has been taken down. A closing paragraph thanks the user for doing their part to keep Bluesky a welcoming and empowering place for all users and instructs them to email moderation@blueskyweb.xyz if they have questions or wish to appeal the decision. The email ends with the signature Bluesky Moderation Team.

A screenshot of an email from the Bluesky Moderation Team sent at 08:11 with the subject line Re: Bluesky Account Behavior addressed To: Hide My Email. The email reads:

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out to appeal the takedown of your account on Bluesky. We have carefully reviewed your case, including the information you provided and the activity that led to the suspension of your account.

After investigating, we have determined that your account activity was in violation of our community guidelines, specifically promoting hateful content or being disruptive to other users. We take these guidelines seriously to ensure a safe and respectful environment for all our users.

As a result, we regret to inform you that your appeal has been denied, and your account will remain suspended. This decision is final and cannot be reversed. We understand that this may be disappointing news, but we must prioritize the well-being of our community and maintain a consistent enforcement of our policies. We encourage you to review our community guidelines to better understand the expectations we have for user behavior on our platform. Please do not create new accounts, since those will be taken down for ban evasion.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 5d

Hey @moderation.bsky.app once again, yall are banning people for posts that are not against the TOS, what's up with that?

Marginalized people criticizing AI is against the rules now? Yet Jesse Singal still gets to roam free?

pystykorva @pystykorva.bsky.social · 5d

He wants people to know the ban occurred during the dead of night after he logged off when he "was starting to talk about how their desire for 'AI' to be sentient means they basically want to create life for the sake of slave labor"

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Mister Thanatos 🔞 @misterthanatos.bsky.social · 4d

Clearly, I now know you as the reason I'm missing a sofa cushion and a barstool. >8[

(Also kobolds and big stomachs)

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TheGentleBOO @thegentlebro.bsky.social · 24d

i love titty

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WOLFGIRL9MILLION @wolfgirl9million.bsky.social · 6d

If you didn't before, now is actually the best time to! Rolling waves are effective!!!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 8d

Paypros are still throwing their weight around. Now's a good time to pick up yelling at them again!

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Bard @freebard.bsky.social · 7d

For real. Especially if you live in a red State, they're always harping on and on about how X and Y need to be banned because of protecting people's identities and protecting people's data, well now is the time to use their words against them.

Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 7d

But really do not let this moment pass you up, call your reps and beat them over the head with evidence that ID verification will lead to uncontrollable sensitive information leaks and identity theft

The Verge @theverge.com · 7d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 7d

I'm serious email your representatives and link this article RIGHT NOW

tell them this shit sucks and is going to put everyone's ID/data at risk to hackers online. the proof is right here

US- www.congress.gov/members/find...
EU- www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home
CA- www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

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Mister Thanatos 🔞 @misterthanatos.bsky.social · 7d

I couldn't stand the sound of my own voice recorded for a long time, but I did manage to get used to it over time.

But yeah, how people think I sound vs how I feel I sound is quite different. XD

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 8d

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure.

Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 8d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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TechCat aka Burnin_In_Bread @techcat.bsky.social · 7d

Part of art as life is exploring and learning. Don't be afraid to try something new! Not all of what you make has to be a product to garner some sale. Stumble! Appreciate other mediums by dabbling a bit! You can learn more when you stop trying to sell everything.

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MonochromeMephit @monochrome.mephit.me · 8d

There's also this script, if you live in Red States.

Every call matters, like a drop of water into a flowing river~ ^^

alpha @omarsbigsister.bsky.social · 10d

Steve Scalise
(202) 225-3015
scalise.house.gov/contact/offi...

Mike Johnson
(202) 225-2777
mikejohnson.house.gov/contact/

yes it works!! We were able to stop KOSA last year because of the House GOP not supporting it

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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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