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elmer j skunk the 23nd @skunkers.bsky.social · 6h

#furryart #art #delphox #snake

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

#SaveSpeech

I want to remind people that when there is a call to action to "contact your reps", it needs to be more than once

Going forward, contacting your reps needs to become part of your routine, at the very least during the work week.

Sustained pressure over time is what matters!

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💜 Noz 💜 @nozdraws.art · 1d

We all knew it was never about the porn. But if your normie bros wanna keep torrenting their marble and star worms they're gonna have to actually take the gooners seriously for once.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 3d

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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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t stress enough how utterly embarrassing it is to see experienced artists suddenly use AI

I can never have a shred of respect for someone who used to be a peer & who decided to embrace something that’s the opposite of any craft & any human endeavour

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Jazzy Oliver - Voice Actress @ladyjazzington.bsky.social · 1d

BUT HEY!

THAT'S JUST A Segway to remind you that the FNAF creator/this movie's screenwriter, Scott Cawthon, donates the money he makes from FNAF stuff to far right politicians, many of whom are currently trying to make things worse for everyone, specifically trans people. Don't support this film.

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 1d

MatPat has been cast as Toy Bonnie in ‘FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS 2’

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 1d

This is very helpful when calling your reps. Make sure to call them daily to make sure neither bill pass! Make noise and spread the word! Protect our free speech and privacy! #SaveSpeech

5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 22h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 2d

The focus on pornography and blaming it for every social problem has led to actual predators flying under the radar until it's too late.

Stop blaming porn and start finding actual solutions.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

churchleaders.com

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

And each call doesn't have to contain a full ass manifesto. You can call and say "oppose [these bills]" then hang up if that's the only energy you have that day

You can call and go hard on just [1] issue on monday, then call and go hard on a different issue the next day, etc

Figure out a system!

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

A small victory! Chat Control has been tabled for now, but it can [and likely will] be brought up for vote again in December

In the meantime, EU citizens will need to continue pressuring their respective govts to oppose chat control

However, do so knowing that pressure WORKS.

Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 3d

Denmark has tabled next week's vote on Chat Control.

Yet, per Peter Hummelgaard:

"The Danish Presidency will, however, continue to work with the member states to find a solution, and therefore negotiations on the technical details of the proposal continue. It is urgent to find common ground."

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dBCoatl @ Screw Censorship! @decibelcoatl.bsky.social · 1d

Call your reps and tell them to OPPOSE this nightmarish bill NOW!

NOT tomorrow! NOT next week!

RIGHT. NOW!

There’s still a chance to beat this to the ground, so get going!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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｢Dᴀɴ｣💗💛💙 Lustycomic.com @lustycomic.bsky.social · 2d

Americans please keep calling your reps! <3

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 2d

I put on my tech reporter hat and wrote about Texas' other age- verification law, SB 2420. Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, the law will require age verification on app marketplaces. Apple and Google have both released guidance on the law, despite concerns over user privacy: www.chron.com/culture/arti...

The new Texas law that Apple and Google aren't happy about

Apple and Google say Texas' new law may risk user privacy—but they'll comply anyway.

www.chron.com

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Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 2d

Our polling shows 1 in 4 people who support facial recognition would change their minds if it was made permanent in their own area.

It is urgent the Government develops safeguards to protect us all. Join our campaign - action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/page/167674/...

I oppose facial recognition

Facial recognition is dangerous and we need safeguards!

action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

churchleaders.com

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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 2d

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

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 3d

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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💜 Noz 💜 @nozdraws.art · 3d

make sure you're hammering this particular nail when you contact your reps about AV laws

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Hack of age verification firm may have exposed Discord users’ ID photos

Names, email addresses and other contact details of about 70,000 global users could also have been taken Government ID photos of about 70,000 global users of Discord, a popular messaging and chat platform among video gamers, may have been exposed after hackers compromised a company contracted to carry out age verification checks. Some users’ names, email addresses and other contact details, IP addresses and messages with Discord’s customer service agents may also have been taken. The attacker has been trying to extort a ransom from the company. No full credit card details or passwords were seized. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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angel💀 @sabattons.com · 3d

what legal recourse do artists and museums have against international militaries stealing and using our work to commit warcrimes, since apparently that's a conversation we need to have now.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 3d

Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war.Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Models of parking lots, antennas, + pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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Fascinating work here tracing how the IDF recycled 3D assets from a cyberpunk sci-fi art project, the Scottish Maritime Museum and elsewhere to populate its widely-seen models of supposed enemy locations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. One of the most infamous, the alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.

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🔞OnyxNuva🔞 @onyxnuva.bsky.social · 2d

"Age Verification Regime"

That's what UK Lord James Bethell said he wanted Big Tech to support with age verification efforts, while speaking to a Canadian Committee as they debated S-209.

www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en...

senparlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/P...

#savespeech #rejectS209

S-209 (45-1) - LEGISinfo - Parliament of Canada

www.parl.ca

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🔞OnyxNuva🔞 @onyxnuva.bsky.social · 2d

The UK(and France) are pushing other countries to impliment AV bills similar to the UKOSA. Privacy will be invaded. Data will be leaked. Adult content shrinks.

Call your MPs in Canada. Tell them "Vote NO on S-209."

#savespeech #rejectS209

sencanada.ca/en/senators/

www.ourcommons.ca/en/contact-us

Senators

sencanada.ca

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🔞OnyxNuva🔞 @onyxnuva.bsky.social · 2d

Penelope Rankin: "There's no way parents can handle this."

Bullshit. Dont give them a smart device. Keep them away from the internet. Firewall devices and content.

Give more power back to the parents. Stop pushing censorous, moral panic laws that ultimately fail to "protect the kids."

#savespeech

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Phil Mandelbaum @philmandelbaum.bsky.social · 3d

Voting isn’t the solution unto itself, but it’s critically important at the local level.

There will be 52,000 elections held next month alone, and many will be determined purely by turnout.

You know what to do.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

None of these loser-ass, fascist-ass policies and rules and laws are set in stone! None of them are DESTINED to pass, nor are they now a permanent fabric of our universe for the ones who are enacted!

We, together, can change things! We can change the future!

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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 3d

Since Denmark can attempt another vote in December, it is important to stay vigilant. Both Italy and Sweden remain undecided while France remains supportive despite Chat Control being in direct violation of its Résilience bill explicitly forbidding both forced backdoors and client-side scanning.

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 2d

The exhaustion you feel after defeating a measure like this and knowing that at some point in the future we'll have to do it again.

That's also how bigots and puritans and far right fascists feel when we show up again and again and again to push for a world that is better than today.

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