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Bloomwater🔞 @bloomwater.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations on 18k. I'll go for the left.

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👻🌸MamaKiwi🌸👻 @kiwipotato.bsky.social · 2d

To celebrate 18K here, I'm hosting a spooky raffle! 🎃🖤

to enter!
- follow, like and repost!
- post/link your ref below!
- comment if you'd prefer the left or right! (or either, is fine!)

2 winners will be announced! ends 13th October! 👻

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BLUR @blurthefur.com · 3d

THIS THIS THIS
Failure is a natural part of learning ANYTHING. Don't tangle it up with your self worth and identity.

InkyInGreen 🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 6d

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

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Bloomwater🔞 @bloomwater.bsky.social · 17d

Best way to test a new bed is to check its size adequacy

Lovely piece by @badgerben.bsky.social

A sheep on a bed wearing lingerie with massive breasts and butt

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B🍋ycub @ Home @boycub.bsky.social · 17d

Instead of doing a blackout, I instead raise you a white out. Post your archives of nsfw art. post the raunchiest stuff you got.

NSFW helped to build this site. Don't let them forget it.

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Void🔞 | VGen @voiddebris.bsky.social · 18d

Lastly, these content restrictions are absolutely part of a larger push for censorship

We HAVE to keep working to stop this

If free speech is important to you, you can't just stop here

Check out the site for more action you can take to support free speech!

anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co

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Anti Censorship Campaign

Collective action against payment processors unjustly restricting our purchases.

anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co

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Nightierrice @nightierrice.bsky.social · 19d

don't worry lads, we've been doing that since the advent of internet

heck, if you look at stuff like music & comics, they've been doing that for a hundred years

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🍷 Angel Dust's Relapse Era 🚬💸 @vanillabrwnsugr.bsky.social · 27d

Great article about why kink art is so important

It hadn't occurred to me that this might be more than a strange personal thought experiment until I saw a depiction of self-flagellation in the movie "A Nun's Story" and decided to try whipping myself with a belt. My reaction was sexual, rather than spiritual.
With no knowledge of how to frame any deviation from the sexual norm other than
to label it as a sin, I assumed this discovery meant I was evil and that l should probably kill myself. Fortunately for me, the Jehovah's Witnesses also had a lot to say about the sin of suicide, so l remained alive, guilt-wracked, attempting denial of who and what I was, and thoroughly unhappy.

I still didn't consider the possibility that there might be people in the real world who liked this kind of thing, and that they might not have anything wrong with them at all. Until the following year, when I stumbled into an art gallery and found myself confronted by wall upon wall covered in BDSM artwork.
It was electrifying. I saw sculptures depicting submissive women, with no suggestion that they might be mentally unwell. I saw photographs of dominant men and women, with no implication that they might be murderers or rapists. For the first time in my life, I saw my sexuality represented without being pathologized.
The relief of it still resounds in my mind, 21 years later.

I realized that by producing this work, I could let people like the person l'd once
been know that their kinks were OK, too.
They could see my photographs, and they'd know they weren't alone.
I wished I could send some of them back in time to my 18-year-old self, to show her that there was nothing wrong with her after all.

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Donryu @donryu.bsky.social · 29d

I see this reducing in reposts - this situation never went away. You may have seen a lot of people posting about it and some inroads made and thought " yeah things will turn out alright" Unfortunately no. we actually do have to keep holding their feet to the fire until they deliver.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 29d

I simply cannot stress it enough.

You cannot sit this out.

They are coming for EVERYTHING. No media, no creators are safe under these policies. They want us poor, they want us criminalized, they want us disenfranchised.

Call paypros. Call your reps. Do SOMETHING.

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 29d

Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.

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Kousen @kousenzephyr.bsky.social · 29d

Oh, hey.

Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy".

Let that sink in.

Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 29d

Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.

An image taken from an e-mail from Payment Cloud to me. They list prohibited adult work, one of which just includes "Fantasy" which is as wide as cat ears and fairies. We are so cooked.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 29d

I simply cannot stress it enough.

You cannot sit this out.

They are coming for EVERYTHING. No media, no creators are safe under these policies. They want us poor, they want us criminalized, they want us disenfranchised.

Call paypros. Call your reps. Do SOMETHING.

DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 29d

Woke up to quite the update on this. I had been in contact with Payment Cloud about getting their service and they waited until now to hit me with the image below. Again, stringing me along instead of being upfront. They had seen my website multiple times before this.

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Announcements Only @acvalens.net · Sep 6

U.K. residents, could this be your chance to stop paypro censorship in the country? Please sign this petition

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition
Ban payment processors stopping services based on objections to legal content
Government should legislate that payment processing companies may not place stipulations on use of their services regarding sales of otherwise legal content and, if they do so, must face legal penalties and must remunerate platforms and individuals for lost income until service is restored.
• More details
Sign this petition
231 signatures
Show on a map
10,000

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · Sep 4

Right now there's a petition in Australia to establish a law that would prevent organizations like "Collective Shout" from forming harassment campaigns. This is only for Australians to sign, but it's also encouraged for others to share the petition. #SaveSpeech

Link: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

Petition Reason
We ask for this due to rising concern that non-profit organisations, or otherwise, have been and have successfully pressured Australian and global companies into refusing service to certain groups of people, including people of sexual identity, LGBTQ+ groups. They should not be allowed to use harassment techniques to force their personal ideas and beliefs on Australian adults and others around the world who use the internet

Petition Request
We therefore ask the House to investigate, regulate, restrict or shut down and outlaw organisations such as "Collective Shout"; these organisation,s like the one named here, hide behind the disguise of protecting the vulnerable; however, their predatory behaviour has caused people to lose jobs and livelihood as well as people to feel unsafe in their own skin So we ask the House to look into these non-profits and expose the true harm they do behind closed doors

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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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Bloomwater🔞 @bloomwater.bsky.social · Aug 21

I also wish ill on JK Rowling

The Advocate @advocate.com · Aug 20

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

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Jade 🦨💚♀ 🔜 BLFC 🎲 @cupsofjade.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Tanookris @tanookiboathouse.bsky.social · Aug 14

THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO STOP!!

We are winning, but we have not won fully!!!

Keep calling!!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Mr Peculiar 🔞 @mrpecu.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ah fun, more vague ToS wording that puts 80% of art at risk.

BlueSky is asking for feedback. We should ask them for a bit of clarity!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Malibu Apo-Stacey @valerieelysee.bsky.social · Aug 12

nothing is stopping parents from installing web nanny software, nothing is stopping parents from buying their kids flipphones instead of smartphones. Nothing is stopping parents from doing the job of being a parent.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Aug 12

We're not in theoretical "they could come after sfw queer content LATER" territory anymore. It is being used to come after sfw queer content NOW.

Spread this around, send the article to any and every news outlet/content creator you can think of. The alarms need to be sounded

And KEEP CALLING

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Announcements Only @acvalens.net · Aug 12

www.thegamer.com/adult-game-b...

Game Devs Says That Itch Adult Content Ban Is Targeting Lesbian Games, Even If They're Safe For Work

Game devs say that yuri games are being disproportionately targeted for delisting and deindexing on Itch.

www.thegamer.com

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tamm(allegedly)draws @tammdraws.bsky.social · Aug 6

People need to keep in mind this is the line. The reason we have such a breadth of styles and niches of adult content now is because people can make a living off of it. If we have our incomes demolished, 90%+ will have to stop and disappear. Action matters now more than it ever has before.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Announcements Only @acvalens.net · Aug 6

Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Stripe. Don’t forget to complete your dailies!!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

MasterCard A
• 2000 Purchase St. Purchase, NY 10577
US
NEW +1 914 249 2000
• CEO of MasterCard: 0 > 6432224#
-> 1
• President of Mastercard : 0 ->
54757287425# →> 3
1 800 307 7309 (US) - Options for operator
: 1-1-2-2-2-1
NEW List of toll-free numbers by region
NEW 1 914 249 200 (NY Office) - Hit 0, type random numbers, hit pound. You'll be in contact with a random executive or white collar MC worker.
NEW 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

Visa A
• 900 Metro Center Blvd, Foster City, CA
94404
• +1 650 432 3200 (Headquarters, US)
• 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

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!

UBAED Stripe
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)
NEW 10 BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN, 75009
PARIS (France HQ)
• NEW 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)
NEW 353 1 903 8449 (Ireland HQ)
• (877) 887-7815 (Customer Support/Complaints)
UPDATED +33-805-11-19-67 (France HQ) Reports suggest the line was closed due to too many calls.
• complaints@stripe.com
• Complaints Form
Thank you bukopanda.bsky.social for EU phones and addresses!

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · Aug 6

It's like a virus. If they put out a statement at 2 weeks and we stop, then the next time they censor even more, we'll have to call 4 weeks to get them to even make a statement.

The fight won't be easier to win a year from now. We just have to be relentless, we can't give them a recovery period.

Coffee cat @honeyedcoffee.bsky.social · Aug 6

I'm seeing less posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them, and losing them money.

Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Announcements Only @acvalens.net · Aug 6

Spoke with an anon source who had an interesting insight into Visa policy. Per a convo with their bank on the Steam/itchio situation today, Visa put new restrictions into place due to a new "government policy." The exact phrase used by Visa. No specific country was listed as the source of the policy

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👻🌸MamaKiwi🌸👻 @kiwipotato.bsky.social · Aug 7

🍑🍑🍑

For @bloomwater.bsky.social !

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ThirtyHelens🔞 @thirtyhelens.bsky.social · Aug 6

All of us outside the US are begging you to call your reps for more than just your own country's free speech, but because it will reverberate beyond there

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