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After police take their victory lap and courts grind through their caseload, another group steps in to “serve victims.” www.swopbehindbars.org/post/the-eco...
The Economics of a “Human Trafficking” Sting: The Non Profit Spreadsheet
During Human Trafficking Awareness Month, the public is encouraged to support efforts that “help survivors.”
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January 19, 2026 at 4:43 PM
After police take their victory lap and courts grind through their caseload, another group steps in to “serve victims.” www.swopbehindbars.org/post/the-eco...
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Don’t miss our next Community Panel with @swopbehindbars.bsky.social! Join us on Feb 10 for a powerful discussion on creator de-platforming, de-banking, and digital rights. Get more details and registration info at the blog www.pornhub.com/blog/aylo-x-...
January 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Don’t miss our next Community Panel with @swopbehindbars.bsky.social! Join us on Feb 10 for a powerful discussion on creator de-platforming, de-banking, and digital rights. Get more details and registration info at the blog www.pornhub.com/blog/aylo-x-...
Taxpayer dollars move fast during trafficking stings.
Accountability moves slow—if it shows up at all.
We did the math so you don’t have to. www.swopbehindbars.org/blog/categor...
#FollowTheMoney #PolicyReceipts #SexWorkIsWork #AbolishTheSting #BudgetJustice
Accountability moves slow—if it shows up at all.
We did the math so you don’t have to. www.swopbehindbars.org/blog/categor...
#FollowTheMoney #PolicyReceipts #SexWorkIsWork #AbolishTheSting #BudgetJustice
Follow The Money
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January 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Taxpayer dollars move fast during trafficking stings.
Accountability moves slow—if it shows up at all.
We did the math so you don’t have to. www.swopbehindbars.org/blog/categor...
#FollowTheMoney #PolicyReceipts #SexWorkIsWork #AbolishTheSting #BudgetJustice
Accountability moves slow—if it shows up at all.
We did the math so you don’t have to. www.swopbehindbars.org/blog/categor...
#FollowTheMoney #PolicyReceipts #SexWorkIsWork #AbolishTheSting #BudgetJustice
How many times must we watch this story play out?
Sex workers have always been canaries in the coal mine, people still believe policies that were created to be anti sex worker won't come back and bite them. Anti sex work legislation is a litmus test before enacting it on the larger population.
Sex workers have always been canaries in the coal mine, people still believe policies that were created to be anti sex worker won't come back and bite them. Anti sex work legislation is a litmus test before enacting it on the larger population.
For years, the US state department has effectively banned travel visas for sex workers. If people had fought back and stood up for sex workers, the administration wouldn't be able to do it now to journalists and fact checkers.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators
Action detailed in a state department memo directs officials to deny visas to any applicant engaging in ‘censorship’
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
How many times must we watch this story play out?
Sex workers have always been canaries in the coal mine, people still believe policies that were created to be anti sex worker won't come back and bite them. Anti sex work legislation is a litmus test before enacting it on the larger population.
Sex workers have always been canaries in the coal mine, people still believe policies that were created to be anti sex worker won't come back and bite them. Anti sex work legislation is a litmus test before enacting it on the larger population.
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It's not just Grok folks. OpenAI's Sora and TikTok are both being used to distribute sexualized images of minors, often with links to platforms like Telegram where actual CSAM is distributed.
www.wired.com/story/people...
www.wired.com/story/people...
People Are Using Sora 2 to Make Disturbing Videos With AI-Generated Kids
Videos such as fake ads featuring AI children playing with vibrators or Jeffrey Epstein- and Diddy-themed play sets are being made with Sora 2 and posted to TikTok.
www.wired.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:49 PM
It's not just Grok folks. OpenAI's Sora and TikTok are both being used to distribute sexualized images of minors, often with links to platforms like Telegram where actual CSAM is distributed.
www.wired.com/story/people...
www.wired.com/story/people...
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Seeing people jump in to argue that we should defend porn b/c they use “porn” to go after other stuff. Yes … AND
“Porn” — explicit representation of sex — is good, in the same way that books are good. Some authors are offensive, but as a whole, it’s good to let people access their sexuality.
“Porn” — explicit representation of sex — is good, in the same way that books are good. Some authors are offensive, but as a whole, it’s good to let people access their sexuality.
January 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Seeing people jump in to argue that we should defend porn b/c they use “porn” to go after other stuff. Yes … AND
“Porn” — explicit representation of sex — is good, in the same way that books are good. Some authors are offensive, but as a whole, it’s good to let people access their sexuality.
“Porn” — explicit representation of sex — is good, in the same way that books are good. Some authors are offensive, but as a whole, it’s good to let people access their sexuality.
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Government restrictions on speech, even “harmful” and “dangerous” speech, always turns out to be more dangerous and harmful than the speech itself.
January 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Government restrictions on speech, even “harmful” and “dangerous” speech, always turns out to be more dangerous and harmful than the speech itself.
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Indiana created an age-verification law that would never work. It was warned it wouldn't work. And now that it hasn't worked, it's suing adult companies for failing to make it work.
"It essentially bases liability on the failure to accomplish impossibilities."
In other words, AV was a set up.
"It essentially bases liability on the failure to accomplish impossibilities."
In other words, AV was a set up.
Porn sites must block VPNs to comply with Indiana's age-verification law, state suggests in new lawsuit
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita says porn sites must block VPNs to satisfy the state’s age-verification requirements.
reason.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Indiana created an age-verification law that would never work. It was warned it wouldn't work. And now that it hasn't worked, it's suing adult companies for failing to make it work.
"It essentially bases liability on the failure to accomplish impossibilities."
In other words, AV was a set up.
"It essentially bases liability on the failure to accomplish impossibilities."
In other words, AV was a set up.
It began in 2003 in San Francisco, when sex workers and allies gathered to mourn the victims of the Green River Killer - women whose lives were erased not just by one man’s violence, but by a society that barely noticed they were gone.
December 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It began in 2003 in San Francisco, when sex workers and allies gathered to mourn the victims of the Green River Killer - women whose lives were erased not just by one man’s violence, but by a society that barely noticed they were gone.
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(1/6) Please join the Critical Trafficking and Sex Work Studies Research Cluster (at York University: www.yorku.ca/cfr/traffick...) for a candlelight vigil on December 17, 2025, from 12-12:30 PM EST in recognition of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.
December 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
December 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
#D17 events:
I've put all the ones I found in the quoted thread. ^^
It's missing one last update with five or so Europe events.
To narrow it a little: there are four at bsky.app/profile/dz-y... and a bunch more from bsky.app/profile/dz-y... on.
I'm pretty sure I'm missing quite a few on the USA, though. :/
It's missing one last update with five or so Europe events.
To narrow it a little: there are four at bsky.app/profile/dz-y... and a bunch more from bsky.app/profile/dz-y... on.
I'm pretty sure I'm missing quite a few on the USA, though. :/
🗓️ #December2025 #Events 🧵
A little preview as usual, details below.
This month is not as packed as November, but there are some niceties~ ^^
And, I hope, some more will turn up for D17. ❤️
(🗒️ PS: I will be updating this. If uninterested, remember you can mute it!)
A little preview as usual, details below.
This month is not as packed as November, but there are some niceties~ ^^
And, I hope, some more will turn up for D17. ❤️
(🗒️ PS: I will be updating this. If uninterested, remember you can mute it!)
December 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#D17 events:
As we come to the eve of December 17, this day of remembrance, we hold space not only for grief but also for vision. December 17 is about honoring those we have lost, but it is also about insisting on the possibility of a world where sex workers live free from violence.
December 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
As we come to the eve of December 17, this day of remembrance, we hold space not only for grief but also for vision. December 17 is about honoring those we have lost, but it is also about insisting on the possibility of a world where sex workers live free from violence.
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🗓️ #December2025 #Events 🧵
A little preview as usual, details below.
This month is not as packed as November, but there are some niceties~ ^^
And, I hope, some more will turn up for D17. ❤️
(🗒️ PS: I will be updating this. If uninterested, remember you can mute it!)
A little preview as usual, details below.
This month is not as packed as November, but there are some niceties~ ^^
And, I hope, some more will turn up for D17. ❤️
(🗒️ PS: I will be updating this. If uninterested, remember you can mute it!)
![[Montage of event posters.]
• OSWC December Meetings
• OTRAS' «Autodefensa lega contra la violencia hacia las trabajadoras/es sexuales» webinar
• EXXXOTICA exposition in Washington DC
• DSWEP's «A Day With(out) Art 2025: Meet us where we're at…» encounter
• Touching Base's 25th Anniversary
• Red Insight's short film screening
• OTRAS' «Tus derechos al llegar» webinar
• SIN's «XXXMas Drop In»
• Virtual vigil for December 17th](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7p4pbes77hhseeifiozhobxl/bafkreihomqqjrwy6vsevzblydkvdcqfix6nz3h5sgrcduifcxsxo6radki@jpeg)
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
🗓️ #December2025 #Events 🧵
A little preview as usual, details below.
This month is not as packed as November, but there are some niceties~ ^^
And, I hope, some more will turn up for D17. ❤️
(🗒️ PS: I will be updating this. If uninterested, remember you can mute it!)
A little preview as usual, details below.
This month is not as packed as November, but there are some niceties~ ^^
And, I hope, some more will turn up for D17. ❤️
(🗒️ PS: I will be updating this. If uninterested, remember you can mute it!)
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A little report on the march. ^^ ❤️
📰 www.wlrn.org/law-justice/...
📰 www.wlrn.org/law-justice/...
December 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A little report on the march. ^^ ❤️
📰 www.wlrn.org/law-justice/...
📰 www.wlrn.org/law-justice/...
need to figure out where to watch this
“Womxn: Working” sheds light on sex workers in South Africa. The film explores efforts to influence policy through the Asijiki Coalition, a coalition uniting trade unions, legal experts, gender rights organizations, political allies"
iol.co.za/news/politic...
“Womxn: Working” sheds light on sex workers in South Africa. The film explores efforts to influence policy through the Asijiki Coalition, a coalition uniting trade unions, legal experts, gender rights organizations, political allies"
iol.co.za/news/politic...
‘Womxn: Working’ sheds light on the struggles of South African sex workers
A new documentary, 'Womxn: Working,' highlights the courageous activism of South African sex workers in their fight for decriminalisation and justice amidst systemic violence and societal stigma.
iol.co.za
December 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
need to figure out where to watch this
“Womxn: Working” sheds light on sex workers in South Africa. The film explores efforts to influence policy through the Asijiki Coalition, a coalition uniting trade unions, legal experts, gender rights organizations, political allies"
iol.co.za/news/politic...
“Womxn: Working” sheds light on sex workers in South Africa. The film explores efforts to influence policy through the Asijiki Coalition, a coalition uniting trade unions, legal experts, gender rights organizations, political allies"
iol.co.za/news/politic...
looks like a list of people worth following 👀
Guys I've made it into the filing. For talking to journalists. Which I guess he seems to think is part of a conspiracy.
December 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
looks like a list of people worth following 👀
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A reminder that in Colorado, if a crime is committed against you while you are working as a SW, you CAN report it without fear of being charged or cited for your activities during said crime.
CO Rev Stat § 18-1-712.5
law.justia.com/codes/colora...
Hopefully more states adopt this!
CO Rev Stat § 18-1-712.5
law.justia.com/codes/colora...
Hopefully more states adopt this!
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A reminder that in Colorado, if a crime is committed against you while you are working as a SW, you CAN report it without fear of being charged or cited for your activities during said crime.
CO Rev Stat § 18-1-712.5
law.justia.com/codes/colora...
Hopefully more states adopt this!
CO Rev Stat § 18-1-712.5
law.justia.com/codes/colora...
Hopefully more states adopt this!
Instead of offering support or justice, many law enforcement systems treat sex workers as criminals first and victims never. Reports of assault, rape, or theft are routinely ignored. In some cases, officers themselves are perpetrators of abuse, trading safety for sexual favors or threatening arrest.
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Instead of offering support or justice, many law enforcement systems treat sex workers as criminals first and victims never. Reports of assault, rape, or theft are routinely ignored. In some cases, officers themselves are perpetrators of abuse, trading safety for sexual favors or threatening arrest.
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Your regular reminder that when social media people say "Grok", they actually mean Musk's sycophantic chatbot, MechaHitler.
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Your regular reminder that when social media people say "Grok", they actually mean Musk's sycophantic chatbot, MechaHitler.
This is what they are being sued for?
"Prause and Levy concluded NoFap, which promotes abstinence from masturbation and viewing pornography, is not an effective means of treatment. They also maintain that pornography is not addictive and shouldn't be presented as such in public health messaging"
"Prause and Levy concluded NoFap, which promotes abstinence from masturbation and viewing pornography, is not an effective means of treatment. They also maintain that pornography is not addictive and shouldn't be presented as such in public health messaging"
Alexander Rhodes, founder of NoFap, the much-maligned anti-masturbation group, has filed suit against researchers he claims are part of a vast conspiracy to defame him, along with Aylo, owner of Pornhub, and 150-year-old peer-reviewed scientific journal Taylor & Francis.
NoFap Founder Sues Aylo, UCLA, Scientists & Academic Publisher AVN
Aylo leads a class of defendants in a state-level defamation lawsuit brought by the founder of NoFap, a controversial anti-pornography group.
avn.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is what they are being sued for?
"Prause and Levy concluded NoFap, which promotes abstinence from masturbation and viewing pornography, is not an effective means of treatment. They also maintain that pornography is not addictive and shouldn't be presented as such in public health messaging"
"Prause and Levy concluded NoFap, which promotes abstinence from masturbation and viewing pornography, is not an effective means of treatment. They also maintain that pornography is not addictive and shouldn't be presented as such in public health messaging"
So who will be around for slutwalk on December 13th with @decrim305.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:28 PM
So who will be around for slutwalk on December 13th with @decrim305.bsky.social
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Important thread 🧵
December 17 is recognized worldwide as the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers - a day of remembrance, resistance, and solidarity.
It began in 2003 in San Francisco as a memorial for the victims of the Green River Killer.
It began in 2003 in San Francisco as a memorial for the victims of the Green River Killer.
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Important thread 🧵