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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

the holiday season is still a time where continued pressure against paypros can have the greatest impact!

go at a pace that you can keep up with, but DO keep calling!

Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · 5h

Did you call Mastercard and Visa? Did you remind them you won’t stand for censorship?

HASSLE VISA AND MASTERCARD
FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
Visa and Mastercard have continued to crack down on websites and users who host/sell legal adult content. They are continuing to pressure itch.io, Steam, and other platforms as well.
The Holiday season is coming up, and internal sources confirm that Visa and MC are not hiring any more than usual for the holidays, a very busy time of the year for credit card call
impact made with a call campaign.
CALL BOTH VISA AND MASTERCARD AT LEAST ONCE A DAY, EVERY DAY.
STEP 1: CONTACT VISA AND MASTERCARD
VISA VISA:
(US + Can): +1 (800)-847-2911
US option selection for operator: 1-1-5,
then mash numbers to get an operator
MASTERCARD:
(US): +1 (800)-307-7309
JS option selection fo
1-1-2-2-2-1
STEP 2: CHOOSE A STYLE OF CALL
COMPLAINT
the cause, and our demands.
CONFUSION posing as a normal
in order to maximize wasted call time.
"Hi, I'm calling because I'd like to lodge an official complaint-..*
"Hi, I'm calling because
have a question about an issue as a cardholder-.*
TALKING POINTS:
-Paypros pressuring platforms to remove
Adult Content
-it is not paypros right to decide what people can do with their own money
-at a time where SNAP and other govt benefits are being cut, it is heinous for paypros to attack individuals and businesses trying to make a living off Adult Content.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
-"Why can't I purchase (adult content) on (platform)?*
-"Can I purchase (media that contains adult themes) with my card? Why or why not?*
"I'm concerned about a statement i saw [Paypro) put out and I have questions...*
HAMMER CONTRADICTIONS
why onytans of out Japanese anime and mange retaners cant sell nsfw fiction?
-why can Al companies advertise adult services on youtube and use paypro services?
-why can i buy (mainstream media with banned themes) but i can't buy porn with the same themes?
DO NOT ACCEPT EMAIL
Paypros will attempt to placate you by having you send complaints to an email address. Do not accept this, as those emails are much easier t…

December 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM

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Shred VII

@shredstervii.bsky.social

Now that Black Friday and Cyber Monday have passed, paypros are likely assuming the pressure will finally lighten up at least long enough for them to bolster their defenses. We all know how funny it'd be if they were totally wrong about that assumption.

Go ahead. Call 'em. You know you want to.

Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · 5h

Did you call Mastercard and Visa? Did you remind them you won’t stand for censorship?

December 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM

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Joseph D. Ortiz

@earthsciinfo.bsky.social

Here comes the sun! (And wind and storage…) 🎶 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 apnews.com/article/clim...

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

apnews.com

December 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM

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Meg Elison

@megelison.bsky.social

Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.

December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM

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Chise

@sailorrooscout.bsky.social

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 24-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION people in Denmark found NO LINK between aluminum in childhood vaccines and autism, asthma, OR chronic disorders.

Aluminum is an ADJUVANT.

It ENHANCES your immune response to a vaccine.

That’s it.

December 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM

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Joseph D. Ortiz

@earthsciinfo.bsky.social

The negative impacts of fossil fuels far outweigh any societal benefits, particularly when compared with renewable alternatives for power generation. There is lots of detailed information in these threads. H/T to @pv-physicist.bsky.social 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋

Juliane Borchert @pv-physicist.bsky.social · 1d

I have written long threads about two coal power plants in Germany. Jänschwalde (in the East) and Neurath (in the West). Why did I do that? To highlight the impacts fossil fuel power plants have.
#1 bsky.app/profile/pv-p...
#2 bsky.app/profile/pv-p...

Juliane Borchert @pv-physicist.bsky.social · Jul 16

Let's talk about fossile fuel power plants for a moment. Shall we?
I'll start with one I was recently close to: Jänschwalde coal fired plant in Germany. It burns lignite coal from a close by open pit coal mine. This is the lowest grade of coal also called brown coal.

December 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM

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Lorelei Lee

@loreleilee.bsky.social

Sex workers have been saying this would happen for literally YEARS. We've been yelling it as loud as we could. What would the world look like if we were actually listened to?

The Bearded Educator @literarybeardo.blacksky.app · 2d

Y'all, I was in Mississippi today for my nephews J-State graduation and got this when I opened Blue Sky

Screenshot of a message in the BlueSky app explaining that it does not work in Mississippi because of the state's age verification laws.

December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM

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Ryan Bloom

@blazehedgehog.bltn.net

Instead of a song being stuck in my head, today what's stuck in my head is the "fuck ya life. bing-bong!" pigeon video.

December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM

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Peter Gardner

@peterdgardner.bsky.social

Oodnadatta Track off grid project a blueprint for remote installations www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/12/04/o...

Oodnadatta Track off grid project a blueprint for remote installations

South Australian renewable energy systems installer MyEnergy Engineering has been awarded 2025 project of the year over $1 million for it's 200 kW / 280 kWh microgrid located in the state’s most remot...

www.pv-magazine-australia.com

December 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM

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Denise Shrivell

@deniseshrivell.bsky.social

After pressuring the Albanese Labor Govt to enforce an unworkable social media ban for under 16s - are mainstream media now turning on them?

Has Labor been set up to fail? 🤔🤔 #auspol

December 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM

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alix e. harrow

@alixeharrow.bsky.social

tapping the sign

a grainy image of john waters saying "remember, pornographers have always been on our side. Brave, ready to fight for our rights. Smut is our friend."

December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM

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Carmine 🖤✨❤️

@carminedeville.bsky.social

How I feel drawing anything rn

A stupid meme with the text "artists when they have a drawing idea they cannot execute" surrounded by garbage stick figures in various states of violent distress

December 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM

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renna 🥞 stamp club on kofi

@bsky.rennatelier.art

FLASH COMMS OPEN‼️
i am this 👌 close to being in the red this month, so i'm opening commissions for tiny, simple icons in this style! 5 slots to start, same day delivery~ can do pets, OCs (especially if they are lil guys), or your favorite little things!

ko-fi.com/rennatelier/...

December 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM

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Bucket Mouse

@mousebitelabs.bsky.social

Reminder that the CEO of ModRetro and Anduril, Palmer Luckey, is a huge piece of shit and you shouldn't buy the #M64 clone consoles or the #Chromatic Game Boy clone if you don't want to support a fascist and racist arms dealer

Here he is doing a Nazi hand symbol next to Steve Bannon, a Nazi

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 5d

Racist crooks

December 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

I feel it's worth noting that in tuesday's meeting in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce about a shitton of "protect the children!" internet bills, committee members advocated for leaving carve outs in their various censorship/surveillance bills for advertisers to keep advertising at kids

AyyTeeThreeDee 🔰🔞 @ayytee3d.art · 4d

The Horses situation has brought this Epic Games policy to my attention and it might be the most embarassing exception put to print

December 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

#SaveSpeech

With Black Friday/Cyber Monday done, its best to settle back into 'marathon' call routines rather than the 'sprint' we had for the weekend.

if you did participate in calling Visa and MC this past weekend though, thank you! We have to keep going, but every call matters!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 10d

Today is the day! Make some phone calls to Visa and Mastercard if youre able to and keep it going as much as you can muster until monday!

December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM

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🎄Chri-siscon Ella🎄 Folger's Commercial Enjoyer

@moonstruckella.bsky.social

"I didn't see the thing I'm talking about but you still should listen to me" oh ok

Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · 3d

Many wonder why games journalists really struggle to cover adult games censorship

I think this games journalist posting on ResetEra about Horses really gives a pretty unprecedented look into how games journalists think about these things, including the incorrect read on the censorship angle

Nov 26, 2025
#273-
said: 5
Actually, the scene depicted here, where a child is riding on a naked adult woman, can be considered child sexual abuse material, regardless of the context.
So while it's a video game, it doesn't change the fact that the material depicted CSAM.
Do you understand your link is talking about actual children and not a fucking video game? Ridiculous, you can't just say the game is still showing CSAM when it is literally not, there are no children involved.

Video Games Journalist
& Verified
Nov 26, 2025
#285
Coffee said: 5
Do you understand your link is talking about actual children and not a fucking video game? Ridiculous, you can't just say the game is still showing CSAM when it is literally not, there are no children involved.
In many countries, there's no distinction in the law between actual children and fake digital children when it comes to CSAM. If a child is being depicted in a sexually explicit context or environment, it is illegal in those countries. I don't know if this game would constitute that, as I haven't seen the scene they have altered, but it sounds like it might have toed the line in that regard, so I can see why Steam would be a little bit cautious about it. I would also say that
"it's not CSAM if no real children are involved" is an argument dangerously close to what people use to justify loli porn, which I would hope is not an argument you or anyone on this forum would be making.
None of this matters, though, ultimately. The issue isn't that this game was denied on Steam, the issue is that Steam has such incredible dominance over the market - a de facto monopoly - that not releasing on Steam is essentially a death sentence for the game. The real story is that Steam is too powerful, not that Steam opted not to carry this particular title.

December 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM

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こむら

@komura906.bsky.social

絵柄の定まらないこむらの、ｲﾁｬﾗﾌﾞジェイアズの落描き 49
『こんな時間に何の用です…？』

December 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM

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Peter Gardner

@peterdgardner.bsky.social

Australia tops 50 pct renewables again, but its biggest isolated grid did better with 55 pct wind and solar: Here’s how reneweconomy.com.au/australia-to...

December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM

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mimi 🗡️

@heirakka.bsky.social

I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.

Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.

A quoted tweet from a user named Sam that reads: "How Twitter is rigged
Type in all caps because you're excited? Lowers your reputation. Include links? Your score goes down. It's like the Credit Score system from Hell.
And given Cisgender is treated as a slur & MAGA boosted, you can guess what's categorized as 'offensive'"

The tweet they quoted is from user SADIQ and reads:
"Tweepcred is X's reputation system
Based on your behavior, you get a tweepcred score
It determines your reach
Break the algo rules, you score goes down and your reach disappears
What are the rules of the X algo tho? Glad you asked."

SADIQ includes a photo of Twitter's algorithm code that calculates a user's reputation.

SADIQ continues:
"Post 'offensive text'? 80% reach reduction
Offensive username? 80% reach reduction
All caps tweet? That's seen as 'shouting. Major penalization.
Include links? Yup, penalized"

December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM

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SAKO 🎀 shop closed!!

@sakokii.bsky.social

bonus: he wants to make Grok the arbiter and feed all your posts to it

December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM

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IPES-Food

@ipes-food.org

📈Inequality is rising. As #G20 meets, our @ksjomo.bsky.social lays out the facts:

⚖️Top 10% own 74% of wealth
💰1% gained 41% of new wealth since 2000
🏥 Public assets are shrinking

Inequality isn’t inevitable – it’s a policy choice.

🔗 www.ipsnews.net/2025/11/cont...

“There is now a consensus that inequality is detrimental to economic progress, and reducing inequality is better for the economy.

“Yet no serious effort has been made by the G20, IMF, or OECD to reduce it.”

Jomo Kwame Sundaram / IPES-Food

November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM

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CIFOR-ICRAF

@cifor-icraf.org

How can we create #agroforestry systems that work for farmers?

“Simply replicating a pre-existing model and thinking it will be successful won’t work. What works is looking at the context and coming up with a tailored solution.”

#TreesPeoplePlanet
https://bit.ly/3WprD9G