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🟦👹 Vandrel @levioni.bsky.social · 21h

I did my big dawg :D

#furry #furryart

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Vacão @vacao.bsky.social · 9d

vai pagar a mensalidade da academia quando?

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Kousen @kousenzephyr.bsky.social · 10d

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🔥 SpookySpikes 💀 Comms open🔥 @spikesthesinful.bsky.social · 18d

Featuring my new dark mammoth, Reistr!
He does NOT fuck around...!

#reistr #mammoth #oc #bara
www.furaffinity.net/view/62386114/

Reistr the Mammoth.
A lifelong rival of Kalag. Carries himself with immense strength and spreads the message of dark magicks. I want his feud with Kalag to be one of faith versus power, how veering off the beaten path can lead to better avenues. Maybe an excuse to see those two scrap with each other whenever their paths cross for the fight of good and evil.

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Vacão @vacao.bsky.social · 18d

I really wanted to draw something but when I do a few lines all my desire vanishes

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Vacão @vacao.bsky.social · 18d

Lol I would have hated to see a bulge on his belly so Im happy

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MagniUrsus @magniursus.bsky.social · 20d

The Dakota Dude from Cowboys of Moo Mesa!

Original 1992 animated series image posted as well for the folks who are unfamiliar. :)

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Void🔞 | VGen @voiddebris.bsky.social · 21d

Do NOT believe the misinfo going around

There absolutely have been MASSIVE TOS updates

Most notably:

1) Specifying no FICTIONAL noncon
2) No "dangerous" kink
3) No DISCUSSING self harm, suicide, or substance abuse unless its "educational"

So what can we DO about it?

#SaveSpeech

1/🧵

Multiple cropped screenshots showing portions of the bsky TOS before and now. Before: "iv. Encouraging self-harm or suicide
v. Depictions of excessive violence, gore, torture, dismemberment, or non-consensual sexual activity". Now: "ii. We do not allow sexual content involving non-consensual activity including synthetic, simulated, illustrated, or animated versions. iv. Do not create, share, or promote sexual content involving realistic risk of death or serious injury. i. Do not share content, methods, instructions, or promotion of self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, and extreme dieting practices.
ii. Do not share methods, instructions, depictions, or promotion of dangerous stunts or abuse of dangerous or controlled substances. 5. Protected Expression
B. Support, Recovery, and Mental Health:
i. Personal recovery experiences or survivor stories shared to promote healing and community support rather than encouraging harmful behavior.
ii. Sharing verified mental health resources, crisis prevention".

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 22d

They have this button on the right hand column that in addition to public shaming, lets you shame them in other useful ways

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Sascha // STALKER Maid VTuber ☢️ 🎀 @toomuchsascha.bsky.social · 22d

HEY YOU, BLUESKY USER
Do you like art on the site?
Then you'd better go give the site's moderators a piece of your mind, because they're looking to instate guidelines on October 15th that *massively* censor art on this platform.
Make noise in the comments, submit feedback forms on their site, go.

Bluesky @bsky.app · 22d

Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines! We’re updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. New guidelines kick in Oct 15. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Building Healthier Social Media: Updated Guidelines and New Features - Bluesky

Public discourse on social media has grown toxic and divisive, but unlike other platforms, Bluesky is building a social web that empowers people instead of exploiting them.

bsky.social

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Lana/Luce Potiguara 🏹🌻♿ @lanaflowerz.bsky.social · 22d

Atenção pessoas Trans e aliados!

Está em votação um PL que quer restringir o uso de banheiros apenas a mulheres e meninas do sexo “biológico”, impedindo que transfems usem o banheiro feminino e transmasc o masculino. Vote “NÃO” aqui 👇🏼

www12.senado.leg.br/ecidadania/v...

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Jasper Fox @redfuchs.bsky.social · 26d

Hey Michigan furries, it's time to mobilize once again.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 26d

Michigan lawmakers are proposing a total porn ban

The "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" H.B 4938 would prohibit the distribution of "real, animated, digitally generated, written, or auditory" depictions of sexual acts.

www.michiganvotes.org/legislators
www.congress.gov/members/find...

Total porn ban proposed by Michigan lawmakers

Some states have moved to require age verification to ensure only adults are watching porn, but no states have outright banned the viewing of pornographic material.

www.fox2detroit.com

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lio✨ sperming jayce's eggs @ushitenchan.bsky.social · 26d

aspirational

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · Sep 10

They aren't backing down, they're getting MORE aggressive

So we need to get more aggressive too. Keep calling the payment pros. Start sending them letters. Contact your reps too & let them know you think censoring the internet and especially giving payment processors this kind of power is BAD

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Aug 13

CALL STRIPE
CALL PAYPAL
CALL MASTERCARD
CALL VISA

DO NOT. STOP. CALLING!
#rocktheboat

stop-paypros.neocities.org

UPDATED
Stripe A
Stripe is currently a major priority, as they have the ability to deny itch.io's eligibility to their services according to itch.io's owner.
• 354 Oyster Point Blvd. South San Francisco,
CA 94080 US (United States HQ)
• 10 BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN, 75009 PARIS
(France HQ)
• Grand Canal Street Lower, The One Building,
Dublin D02 HD59 (Ireland HQ) (yes, it's called The One Building)
• +1 888 926 2289 - State you are from California when calling this number
• 1(888) 963-8955 (San Franeisco HQ)
• 353 1 903 8449 (Ireland HQ)
• (877) 887-7815 (Customer Support/Complaints)
• UPDATED +33-805-11-19-67 (France-HQ) Seems like the line was disconnect due to our calls.
• complaints@stripe.com
• Complaints Form

PayPal !
Unfortunately, PayPal doesn't seem to have any e-mail address, as it uses its website's customer support. You will need to log in to your PayPal account if you wish to access Customer Support lines or messages. Here's a few lines we found so far :
• 2211 N 1st St. San Jose, CA 95131 US
• 1-402-935-2050 (US + Canada)
• 1800 931 678 (Australia)
• Customer Complaints Form (Australia)
• enquiry@paypal.com thank you sassinthedark.bsky.social for the info!

UPDAIED
MasterCard
• 2000 Purchase St. Purchase, NY 10577
US
UPDATED +1 914 249 2000
• CEO of MasterCard: 0 -> 6432224#
→> 1
• President of Mastercard: 0 -
54757287425# →> 3
• Play the roulette: 0 -> Any numbers until you get connected to someone
1 800 307 7309 (US) - Options for operator
: 1-1-2-2-2-1
List of toll-free numbers by region
1 636 722 6100 (St. Louis Office)
• 914.249.2000 (Global Headquarters, US)
• 636.722.6100 (Operaction Center, US)
• 971.4.391.4200 (Dubai HQ)
• 305.539.2300 (Latin America HQ)
• 914.249.6518 (North America HQ)
• 1-800-627-8372 (US Only)
• 1800-120-113 (Australia)
• +1-636-722-7111 (International)
• customer_support@mastercard.com
List of executives' Linkedin profiles

UPDATED
Visa !
900 Metro Center Bivd, Foster City, CA
94404
NEW +1 650 432 3200 (Headquarters, US)
• Ryan McInerney (CEO) - 4 ->
6246376397926#
• Paul Fabara (Chief Risk Officer) - 4 - > 3222727285#
• Kelley Tullier (Chief People and Corp. Affairs Officer) - 4 ->
885543753559#
• Source
• Thank you profbadvibes.bsky.social
for these finds!
1-800-847-2911 (US + Canada) - US Option
Selection for Operator: 1-1-2 / 1-1-3
• List of phone numbers by region
• 1-888-289-9322 (Confidential Compliance
Hotline)
• askvisa@visa.com

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Sep 10

stop-paypros.neocities.org#contactinfo

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Vacão @vacao.bsky.social · Sep 10

Woow!!! I really liked his design and colors!

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · Sep 9

Adjusted for inflation Spirited Away cost $22 million to make. The Triplets of Belleville cost $16.5 million, Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers cost $14.28 million, and Oscar winner Flow cost only $4 million. These critically acclaimed, made by real people films, cost less than this pile of actual vomit.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · Sep 8

OpenAI confirms they're helping make an AI-generated movie called 'Critterz'

• Goal is to finish production in 9 months
• Budget is ~$30M
• Plan is to debut the film at Canne
• 'Paddington 3' writers penned the script
• Art will be fed into Chat GPT 5 and other image models

(via WSJ)

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Eric Kubli @kub.zone · Sep 5

Archive.org is being sued by record labels and they're asking people to sign this petition to help get the suit dropped.

www.change.org/p/defend-the...

Sign the Petition

Defend the Internet Archive

www.change.org

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.

angela yang @angelayang.bsky.social · Sep 2

The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy

In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.

www.nbcnews.com

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Vacão @vacao.bsky.social · Sep 1

Notepad++

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Aug 31

Heavy Hearts dev Dammitbird received the following notice from Steam, noting “your app has failed our review because we're unable to support the Early Access model of development for a game with mature themes”

This strikes me as overcompliance and censorious on Steam’s part

Dammitbird @GalewindG
X.com
According to steam, early access is no longer an option for games with "mature themes" The culling of adult games continues.
@ChibiReviews @Pirat_Nation
Message from The Steam Team on Aug 30 @ 7:31am | 15 hours ago
Thank you for your patience during this additional review. Please resubmit your app for review when you're ready.
Failure:
Your app has failed our review because we're unable to support the Early Access model of development for a game with mature themes.
Please resubmit when your app is ready to launch without Early Access.

Message from The Steam Team on Aug 30 @ 7:31am | 15 hours ago
Thank you for your patience during this additional review. Please resubmit your app for review when you're ready.
Failure:
Your app has failed our review because we're unable to support the Early Access model of development for a game with mature themes.
Please resubmit when your app is ready to launch without Early Access.

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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · Aug 28

The Heritage Foundation is an enemy of all humanity

Common Dreams @commondreams.org · Aug 28

House Republicans sent a letter Wednesday asking Wikipedia to reveal the identities of editors it claims have an anti-Israel "bias." It coincides with a similar effort by the far-right Heritage Foundation to "identify and target Wikipedia editors."

www.commondreams.org/news/house-g...

GOP Investigation Pressures Wikipedia to Reveal Identities of Editors Accused of 'Bias' Against Israel | Common Dreams

The effort furthers the goals of the Heritage Foundation, which has launched a plan to "identify and target Wikipedia editors" using a number of underhanded tactics.

www.commondreams.org

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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · Aug 28

I know you're tired of hearing it

I am tired of saying it

But please, if you care AT ALL about queer or adult content, make the calls. Keep the pressure up

Joseph Hewitt @gearheadrpg.com · Aug 28

Contact info for payment processors. Keep the pressure on. stop-paypros.neocities.org#contactinfo

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Aug 28

They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.

Alt text: A tweet from Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) dated August 27, 2025. The tweet calls for Health and Human Services to violate HIPAA laws and forward information about every transgender and transgender-questioning person to law enforcement for immediate detainment, claiming they are killing children in schools. It describes this as a matter of national security, says transgender people should be locked away and studied, calls for medical professionals who enable transitions to be expelled from the profession, and demands that the federal government treat transgender people as if they were terrorist organizations. The tweet shows it was last edited at 1:11 PM and has 5,049 views.

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HotAppleKai @hotapplekai.bsky.social · Aug 28

We need to start speaking up- no- YELLING to support and defend trans people.

If you're in the USA, call your legislators. Literally email and call your representatives.

Cis people have the loudest voices right now and those voices MUST be used to protect trans people.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · Aug 27

US government orders 46 states to destroy trans education materials
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/27/trans-education-us-state-directive/?utm_content=1756312804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

US government orders states to destroy trans education materials

The US government has ordered 46 states and territories to destroy education materials referencing trans people.

www.thepinknews.com

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