elmer j skunk the 23nd
@skunkers.bsky.social
i do the art and the gaming, a literal skunk and pan
18+, MINORS DNI, BLOCKED ON SIGHT
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/skunkoo
18+, MINORS DNI, BLOCKED ON SIGHT
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/skunkoo
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
Y'all gonna start acknowledging the parallels yet?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
![A screenshot of the first three paragraphs from Wikipedia's article on "Degenerate art" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degenerate_art).
It reads:
Degenerate art (German: Entartete Kunst) was a term adopted in the 1920s by the Nazi Party in Germany to describe modern art. During the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, German modernist art, including many works of internationally renowned artists, was removed from state-owned museums and banned in Nazi Germany on the grounds that such art was an "insult to German feeling", un-German, Freemasonic, Jewish, or Communist in nature. Those identified as degenerate artists were subjected to sanctions that included dismissal from teaching positions, being forbidden to exhibit or to sell their art, and in some cases being forbidden to produce art.
Degenerate Art also was the title of a 1937 exhibition held by the Nazis in Munich, consisting of 650 modernist artworks that the Nazis had taken from museums, that were poorly hung alongside graffiti and text labels mocking the art and the artists.[1] Designed to inflame public opinion against modernism, the exhibition subsequently traveled to several other cities in Germany and Austria.
While modern styles of art were prohibited, the Nazis promoted paintings and sculptures that were traditional in manner and that exalted the "blood and soil" values of racial purity, militarism, and obedience. Similar restrictions were placed upon music, which was expected to be tonal and free of any jazz influences; disapproved music was termed degenerate music. Films and plays were also censored.[2]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fjyar4qi72ca4d54262prmt5/bafkreidrunh4pl7wusvh4btcxrswf4cfgzxdbvqhb2le7so5zntcboo5ja@jpeg)
December 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Y'all gonna start acknowledging the parallels yet?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
Y'all gonna start defending art, intimacy, and sex as basic human expressions?
Y'all gonna start realizing that these deranged puritans don't have an ounce of goodwill in their bodies and literally just want to control every aspect of our lives?
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
And no, your politicians can't take away *your rights specifically* just for calling in and asking for healthcare or something. Maybe some of them want to; but that just isn't the reality we live in yet -- so use your right to free speech while you still have it. 🙌
Not people in my replies doing the, "But my politicians are all right wing assholes so my voice doesn't matter!"
Say that shit to a mirror and see how you feel. Do you really think rightwingers think that way when facing left leaning folks? Get over it. Yell at your politicians.
Say that shit to a mirror and see how you feel. Do you really think rightwingers think that way when facing left leaning folks? Get over it. Yell at your politicians.
December 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
And no, your politicians can't take away *your rights specifically* just for calling in and asking for healthcare or something. Maybe some of them want to; but that just isn't the reality we live in yet -- so use your right to free speech while you still have it. 🙌
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I am not trying to fearmonger but if one of these people is your representative please call them and tell them to vote no on "Protect Children’s Innocence Act, H.R. 3492"
December 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I am not trying to fearmonger but if one of these people is your representative please call them and tell them to vote no on "Protect Children’s Innocence Act, H.R. 3492"
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“And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.”
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.”
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“And finally, the assault on Section 230. This is the endgame for independent speech.
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.”
If you repeal 230, you don’t hurt Google or Meta—they have the lawyers to survive. You destroy the small forums, the independent blogs, the dissenters. You make the cost of speaking the truth too high to bear.”
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Of course, keeping kids from "explicit imagery" seems reasonable.
But asking adults to submit an ID to see a sext? Or access health information? Or a Mapplethorpe photo? Or something more controversial?
Suddenly, you're on a list.
hyperallergic.com/sally-mann-p...
But asking adults to submit an ID to see a sext? Or access health information? Or a Mapplethorpe photo? Or something more controversial?
Suddenly, you're on a list.
hyperallergic.com/sally-mann-p...
Sally Mann Photos Reportedly Seized From Texas Art Museum
Republican lawmakers called for an investigation into her portraits of her nude children, which a right-wing publication equated with child pornography.
hyperallergic.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Of course, keeping kids from "explicit imagery" seems reasonable.
But asking adults to submit an ID to see a sext? Or access health information? Or a Mapplethorpe photo? Or something more controversial?
Suddenly, you're on a list.
hyperallergic.com/sally-mann-p...
But asking adults to submit an ID to see a sext? Or access health information? Or a Mapplethorpe photo? Or something more controversial?
Suddenly, you're on a list.
hyperallergic.com/sally-mann-p...
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
The mission creep, which we're seeing in the US as well, goes in one direction: less privacy, more surveillance, greater restrictions on what can be published or accessed online.
Had the full scope been proposed in the first place, it never would have passed. But, bit by bit and fix by fix ...
Had the full scope been proposed in the first place, it never would have passed. But, bit by bit and fix by fix ...
December 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The mission creep, which we're seeing in the US as well, goes in one direction: less privacy, more surveillance, greater restrictions on what can be published or accessed online.
Had the full scope been proposed in the first place, it never would have passed. But, bit by bit and fix by fix ...
Had the full scope been proposed in the first place, it never would have passed. But, bit by bit and fix by fix ...
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Indiana just sued Pornhub under the state’s AV law, claiming it fails to block Indianans from using VPNs to access the site.
Indiana wrote a bad law that they were warned was grossly ineffective, and rather than admit it or fix it, they’re blaming porn sites.
Indiana wrote a bad law that they were warned was grossly ineffective, and rather than admit it or fix it, they’re blaming porn sites.
Indiana Sues Aylo for Violating AV Law by Not Blocking VPN Use AVN
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, a Republican, announced today that his office sued Aylo, its affiliated companies, and the ownership group Ethical Capital Partners for allegedly violating the st...
avn.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Indiana just sued Pornhub under the state’s AV law, claiming it fails to block Indianans from using VPNs to access the site.
Indiana wrote a bad law that they were warned was grossly ineffective, and rather than admit it or fix it, they’re blaming porn sites.
Indiana wrote a bad law that they were warned was grossly ineffective, and rather than admit it or fix it, they’re blaming porn sites.
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84 children out of 894 in a country of 70 million. Again, this debate has taken up the attention of every publication in the UK for years over at most a few hundred trans youth that medically transition. The disproportionate coverage is absurd. It's a moral panic.
December 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
84 children out of 894 in a country of 70 million. Again, this debate has taken up the attention of every publication in the UK for years over at most a few hundred trans youth that medically transition. The disproportionate coverage is absurd. It's a moral panic.
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Not surprised that the Center for Christian Virtue, now one of Ohio's most powerful lobbies and proponents of the state's AV laws, abortion bans and anti-trans bills, got its start by famously shutting down a Mapplethorpe exhibition in '90.
Censorship is about erasure and repression.
Censorship is about erasure and repression.
'They’re relentless.' How a Christian group turns beliefs into bills
A little-known Christian policy group's growing impact is blurring the lines between church and state.
www.dispatch.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Not surprised that the Center for Christian Virtue, now one of Ohio's most powerful lobbies and proponents of the state's AV laws, abortion bans and anti-trans bills, got its start by famously shutting down a Mapplethorpe exhibition in '90.
Censorship is about erasure and repression.
Censorship is about erasure and repression.
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
I see this argument made all the time and it's embarrassing for CCDH to keep making it, because it's a lie. Section 230, what they're talking about, does not give anyone a "get out of jail free" card. It simply puts the liability on the party who actually engaged in the violative behavior.
"Without checks and balances, [social media companies] have become a little bit tyrannical, very arrogant, and completely dismissive of their impact on our society."
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December 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I see this argument made all the time and it's embarrassing for CCDH to keep making it, because it's a lie. Section 230, what they're talking about, does not give anyone a "get out of jail free" card. It simply puts the liability on the party who actually engaged in the violative behavior.
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HOPECORE ✨Federal judge rules ID check law as unconstitutional. The First Amendment prevails in Louisiana today 🙌
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
December 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
HOPECORE ✨Federal judge rules ID check law as unconstitutional. The First Amendment prevails in Louisiana today 🙌
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/...
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
As with trans people, DEI, gay marriage, immigrants and Islam, the right is obsessed with cataloging imagined societal harms from porn. Which I suspect means them obsessing about it.
Anyway, nice to see them shout out the free speech demons fighting censorship at @fsc.bsky.social.
Anyway, nice to see them shout out the free speech demons fighting censorship at @fsc.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
As with trans people, DEI, gay marriage, immigrants and Islam, the right is obsessed with cataloging imagined societal harms from porn. Which I suspect means them obsessing about it.
Anyway, nice to see them shout out the free speech demons fighting censorship at @fsc.bsky.social.
Anyway, nice to see them shout out the free speech demons fighting censorship at @fsc.bsky.social.
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
I've started to more and more unapologetically tell people to call their reps because again: if you have the time to write a comment complaining, you have the time to call your reps and leave a comment on their lines. And I'm being 100% serious; it really is THAT quick. Do it.
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I've started to more and more unapologetically tell people to call their reps because again: if you have the time to write a comment complaining, you have the time to call your reps and leave a comment on their lines. And I'm being 100% serious; it really is THAT quick. Do it.
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"But who do I call?" "What do I say?" These are things that are easily searchable and I have been sharing script on script and there's SO many around the web too: you need to take back the idea of studying and start applying it to your life. Being able to find info and research is POWER.
I've started to more and more unapologetically tell people to call their reps because again: if you have the time to write a comment complaining, you have the time to call your reps and leave a comment on their lines. And I'm being 100% serious; it really is THAT quick. Do it.
December 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"But who do I call?" "What do I say?" These are things that are easily searchable and I have been sharing script on script and there's SO many around the web too: you need to take back the idea of studying and start applying it to your life. Being able to find info and research is POWER.
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
Like, if your reps in your state don't have their info publicly available uh, it's time to contact a judge or something. Because listening to your complaints and taking action is LITERALLY THEIR JOB. (Or it's supposed to be, anyways.) And yes, you should be loud and annoying even in red states.
I understand that search engines are bad and some folks are in states with censorship laws already; but things aren't THAT bad yet unless I'm missing something. Even just 5calls.org should have all the info you need on an issue. SO USE IT.
December 17, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Like, if your reps in your state don't have their info publicly available uh, it's time to contact a judge or something. Because listening to your complaints and taking action is LITERALLY THEIR JOB. (Or it's supposed to be, anyways.) And yes, you should be loud and annoying even in red states.
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
That said: it's okay to ask people these things and it's okay to seek help from folks but if these questions are stopping you from calling I urge you to push yourself JUST A LITTLE MORE to help with the cause. These calls really are so simple but SO effective. Thank you! 🙏
"But who do I call?" "What do I say?" These are things that are easily searchable and I have been sharing script on script and there's SO many around the web too: you need to take back the idea of studying and start applying it to your life. Being able to find info and research is POWER.
I've started to more and more unapologetically tell people to call their reps because again: if you have the time to write a comment complaining, you have the time to call your reps and leave a comment on their lines. And I'm being 100% serious; it really is THAT quick. Do it.
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
That said: it's okay to ask people these things and it's okay to seek help from folks but if these questions are stopping you from calling I urge you to push yourself JUST A LITTLE MORE to help with the cause. These calls really are so simple but SO effective. Thank you! 🙏
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and on this note, i know events this year have given a certain number of people the ick re: itchio but oh my god even if not itchio just take ten minutes looking through indie marketplaces like it, oh my god. you will find idiosyncratic games and comics and books that'll rewrite your brain chemistry
December 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
and on this note, i know events this year have given a certain number of people the ick re: itchio but oh my god even if not itchio just take ten minutes looking through indie marketplaces like it, oh my god. you will find idiosyncratic games and comics and books that'll rewrite your brain chemistry
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Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
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please keep contacting your reps about these bad bills!
#SaveSpeech
We only have about a week before most legislators go out for a holiday recess, so i recommend giving your reps a call to oppose bad internet bills!
I've included a script i adapted from one initially written by FFtF
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.badinternetbills.com
We only have about a week before most legislators go out for a holiday recess, so i recommend giving your reps a call to oppose bad internet bills!
I've included a script i adapted from one initially written by FFtF
www.congress.gov/members/find...
www.badinternetbills.com
![Hi there, My name is (your name) and I am calling to oppose multiple harmful internet bills that are moving through Congress right now. I oppose all bills that mandate online ID checks, infringe upon our constitutional right to free speech on the internet, enable government policing of online resources, and threaten end-to-end encryption. If you truly care about young people’s experience on the internet, you should pass comprehensive data privacy legislation and oppose any bill that forces Internet users to submit to ID checks or would censor the internet, like the SCREEN Act, App Store Accountability Act, and KOSA
additionally, I want to advocate for section 230, which I have seen multiple legislators call for repealing. Section 230 is integral to a free and open internet, and repealing it would destroy the internet as we know it and countless livelihoods. I do not want to see section 230 repealed, I want to see it protected.
[optional]
here is a list of bills that i believe must be opposed due to either increasing censorship, or surveillance:
The Kids Online Safety Act
SCREEN Act
App Store Accountability Act
Stop CSAM act of 2025
Sammy's law
RESET Act
GAMING Act
Safe Messaging for Kids Act
Parents Over Platforms Act](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xawhcpoqu6pdxpp72fd43wuf/bafkreic3czewlpy3x4hv3egoajd2mrknydxc6ecu42ionk5ur4ilowi2uy@jpeg)
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
please keep contacting your reps about these bad bills!
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
This week is the last week before Congress goes on December recess.
When calling your House Rep also mention these bills:
KOSA
SCREEN Act
COPPA 2.0
RESET Act
Sammy Act
App Store Accountability Act
GAMING Act
Safe Messaging for Kids Act
Parents over Platforms Act
(1/5)
When calling your House Rep also mention these bills:
KOSA
SCREEN Act
COPPA 2.0
RESET Act
Sammy Act
App Store Accountability Act
GAMING Act
Safe Messaging for Kids Act
Parents over Platforms Act
(1/5)
#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
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
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This week is the last week before Congress goes on December recess.
When calling your House Rep also mention these bills:
KOSA
SCREEN Act
COPPA 2.0
RESET Act
Sammy Act
App Store Accountability Act
GAMING Act
Safe Messaging for Kids Act
Parents over Platforms Act
(1/5)
When calling your House Rep also mention these bills:
KOSA
SCREEN Act
COPPA 2.0
RESET Act
Sammy Act
App Store Accountability Act
GAMING Act
Safe Messaging for Kids Act
Parents over Platforms Act
(1/5)
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
Dawn of a new week folks. Time to make calls to your reps. If you need a reminder:
-tell them to vote against stuff like KOSA, SCREEN, stop CSAM, and app store accountability act.
-tell them to protect section 230, and why it's a bad idea to repeal or amend it.
#StopKOSA #SaveSpeech
-tell them to vote against stuff like KOSA, SCREEN, stop CSAM, and app store accountability act.
-tell them to protect section 230, and why it's a bad idea to repeal or amend it.
#StopKOSA #SaveSpeech
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Dawn of a new week folks. Time to make calls to your reps. If you need a reminder:
-tell them to vote against stuff like KOSA, SCREEN, stop CSAM, and app store accountability act.
-tell them to protect section 230, and why it's a bad idea to repeal or amend it.
#StopKOSA #SaveSpeech
-tell them to vote against stuff like KOSA, SCREEN, stop CSAM, and app store accountability act.
-tell them to protect section 230, and why it's a bad idea to repeal or amend it.
#StopKOSA #SaveSpeech
Reposted by elmer j skunk the 23nd
Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!
US House Subcommittee Advances 18 Child Online Safety Bills | TechPolicy.Press
Some members expressed "fury" at the tech industry for not doing more to protect children and teens.
www.techpolicy.press
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!
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Fuck YouTube. I would rather my videos stay removed than edit them to cut out the word gambling. For years, my work was about how loot boxes were gambling, and I used the word because companies didn’t want the word used.
I’d sooner lose every video than destroy the point of them.
Fuck. YouTube.
I’d sooner lose every video than destroy the point of them.
Fuck. YouTube.
December 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Fuck YouTube. I would rather my videos stay removed than edit them to cut out the word gambling. For years, my work was about how loot boxes were gambling, and I used the word because companies didn’t want the word used.
I’d sooner lose every video than destroy the point of them.
Fuck. YouTube.
I’d sooner lose every video than destroy the point of them.
Fuck. YouTube.
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Brain chemicals bad
But so many people out there draw beautiful woman
Thank you beautiful-woman-drawers
But so many people out there draw beautiful woman
Thank you beautiful-woman-drawers
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Brain chemicals bad
But so many people out there draw beautiful woman
Thank you beautiful-woman-drawers
But so many people out there draw beautiful woman
Thank you beautiful-woman-drawers