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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

apparently this post was temporarily marked as “intolerant” lol

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3d

the fuck is this shit

carrion🐛 @carrion.bsky.social · 3d

just don’t create a moderation list, bluesky said that’s bad

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Ashley Heather Quills @voice-quills.com · 2d

Remember voice actors, you're worth being paid for your work and time, don't fall into the trap of giving work out for free just to get a chance at future work

You deserve to be paid, for your time, your energy, your skills, everything

Don't undervalue yourself ❤️

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 13d

How can you look at happiness and say “no, we should deny access to this.”

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 13d

All you have to do is *listen* to trans people and see the joy and freedom transitioning has brought to them, even in the face of society’s evil hate, to know that we should support and fight for their right to transition with every fiber of our being.

Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 13d

I’ve been on HRT for 3 years & am confident that transitioning saved my life.

Everyone should have healthcare, bodily autonomy is a human right.

🏳️‍⚧️💖🏳️‍🌈

picture of pre-transition me during my ken era from just before the pandemic drinking wine, smoking a cigarette, & wearing a purple hat that says “FUCK EVERYONE”. i am wearing a stupid fucking man suit. i am bloated, puffy, inflamed, & binge drinking & dying inside. my mouth is smiling slightly but my eyes are screaming.

a selfie of a goth woman with blond hair & microbangs. she has a septum piercing & a collar on. she is wearing a black velvet halter top & her cleavage is lowkey almost popping out.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 19d

DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025

I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!

Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship

Silence is compliance!

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Old Man Wibble @catsjpg.bsky.social · 18d

HOW TO LET BSKY KNOW THEIR POLICY CHANGES HARM ARTISTS: A GUIDE FOR MOBILE USERS! 🧵

Sending feedback is SUPER easy, and takes just a few clicks!

1. Open the left tab menu, and click that "feedback" button
2. Put your concern in the box. I'll copy paste a script to use! (CONT.)

Screenshot of the leftside menu tab of bluesky. Red lines are used to circle the "feedback" button. This will take you to the support page to submit a comment.

Screenshot of the form to send to bluesky. A script is written in the "concern" section, which is also copy pasted in the replies. The category selected is "product feedback/suggestions", and type of device is "android", because that's what I have. Further instructions are in the replies to this post.

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🔞 Jupiter Skye 🔞 @jupiterskye.is-extremely.gay · 18d

I needed to find your latest Yareli art on here for nicer sharing, found this art too, and *needed* to find a link for it too.

It's *beautifully* done!

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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 20d

Capitulation only emboldens them.
Don’t give up an inch.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21d

So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’

www.nytimes.com

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 20d

Long haul yall, it is making a difference. We don't know how we're affecting things behind the scenes until we know.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Announcements Only @acvalens.net · 20d

A source familiar with internal workings at MasterCard notes the company is paying attention to calls around the payment processor issue. These calls continue to make the company uncomfortable internally

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 20d

If you happen to be canceling streaming services for whatever reason, maybe throw a few bucks to a creative's Patreon or Ko-fi. Many have monthly tiers starting as low as $1, which may not sound like much, but if they get enough sign-ups, it could be life-changing money for those living on the edge.

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Dana Terrace @danaterrace.bsky.social · 20d

Knights of Guinevere PILOT

youtu.be/MCAdbUaMlAE

KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

YouTube video by GLITCH

youtu.be

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vill @villtura.bsky.social · 25d

my fav metroidvania gals #metroid #silksong

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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 24d

WE WERE THERE FIRST.

LLMs only have em-dashes because *actual living writers* have used them for 100+ years.

LLMs use them because *we used them first* and they stole them *to sound like real writers.*

SCREW THE WRITING MACHINE! Read REAL writers. And reject the machine that steals from them!

Frank Catalano @frankcatalano.bsky.social · 24d

I am annoyed by those who claim I and other writers should avoid using emdashes because generative AI has co-opted them.

They serve a purpose, along with the semi-colon and colon. They allow for cadence changes and variety in punctuation.

I will not bow to our AI writing overlords — not ever.

Get an Emdash

If you can't remember the key command for an emdash you can copy one here

emdash.fan

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Mary Gillis @marygillis.bsky.social · 24d

Yeah, I'm sure all of his underlings LOVE it when their boss hands them something he vibe coded and they have to make it into something that actually works.

Klarna's CEO says he vibe codes to save his engineers and product managers time

Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said AI coding tools like Cursor have helped him build prototypes faster, even with a non-technical background.

www.businessinsider.com

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the illustrious IRIS JAY @irisjaycomics.bsky.social · 24d

hey speaking of fighting back against censorship: Michiganders, start calling/writing/faxing/in-person bothering your state reps about this!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 24d

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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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 25d

I totally missed that this was happening. I'm so pleased to see everyone's pictures. Remember to report aurora you see on www.aurorasaurus.org

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🦎🏳️‍🌈 @grovyle.bgay.social · 27d

Clip Studio Paint is on sale!
www.clipstudio.net/en/purchase/...

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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 25d

remember ~this time last year when trans people on here went "the NYT is a fascist propaganda outlet and nobody who considers themselves halfway decent should work for them" and half the cis 'progressives' started randomly harassing trans women over it

good job yelling at the canary, howd that go

David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 26d

Top *eight* articles on NYT devoted to Charlie Kirk, top one asks if he will be remembered like MLK. This is a man who only a tiny percent of Americans had even heard of before his death, whose views are too nasty for NYT to detail. But they are trying so hard to turn into martyr.

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Nice Footpaws @ionotter.bsky.social · Aug 7

Holy crap!

There's an ACTUAL NUMBER for PayPal in this!

PayPal is NOTORIOUS for never giving out numbers!!! This is pure gold!

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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Zach D Roberts @zdroberts.bsky.social · 29d

Wild. The political murders of legislators in Minnesota were “killings.” The shooting of Kirk which cause is unknown is an “assassination.”

They bend the knee without even being asked.

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 28d

hey canadians a reminder that this is SUPER FUCKING EASY to sign (like three fields and a confirmation email), and it’s an OFFICIAL GOVT PETITION that they legally have to bring to the table if it hits a certain threshold. sign it or ELSE.

🔞Keesh 🍁🏳️‍🌈 @rakeeshsorrel.bsky.social · 28d

The official Canadian Petition to reign in payment processor censorship has stalled out just under 10k signatures.

This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

e-6695 (Consumer protection)

Keywords
Censorship Credit cards Internet Pornography

E-petition
Initiated by Carmen Tam from Waterloo, Ontario

Original language of petition: English
Petition details
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:

Mastercard, Visa, and other payment platforms have been leveraging their power over consumer ability to purchase legal content;
In 2021, Mastercard changed its policies to regulate adult entertainment by preventing the use of its payment platform on numerous adult entertainment sites;
As of July 2025, video game distribution service Steam now cites rule 15, that “adult only” content is not permitted on the platform if it goes against payment processor’s policies. Steam does not describe what content is defined as “adult only”;
As of July 2025, video game distribution website Itch.io has “deindexed” all adult NSFW content from browse and search pages. Users that previously purchased legitimate video games cannot access games that have been removed; and
This has set an unsettling precedent of corporate censorship, causing concern in video game development teams, including developers, voice actors, and artists in other creative fields as their livelihoods are in limbo.

We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to
1. Stop financial discrimination by payment platforms against legal goods and services;
2. Ensure transparency to consumers about content restrictions and the rationale behind them; and
3. Protect creators' rights to make legal adult content and ensure a fair appeals process for any penalized media.

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Joe Koch @horrorsong.blog · 27d

Always repost cheesecake boat

Elle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 27d

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

Photo of a missing slice of cheesecake that looks like a cheesecake hull floating in a deep blue ocean. The "ocean" is actually the blueberry topping on the large cheesecake that we don't see completely.

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Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️‍⚧ @charliejane.bsky.social · 26d

"Healthy debate" = when I criticize you

"Cancel culture" = when you criticize me

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 28d

I would not — and I cannot stress this enough — trust anything coming from Pam Bondi, Kash Patel or anonymous "internal law enforcement sources." Fascists lie. We have evidence, both contemporary and historical. Unless there is indisputable proof behind a claim made in this case, question it.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 28d

Ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology was found inside the rifle authorities believe was used in Kirk’s shooting, sources say.

Ammunition in Kirk Shooting Engraved with Transgender, Antifascist Ideology: Sources

Investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of transgender and antifascist ideology inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk, according to an internal law enforcement bulletin and a person familiar with the investigation. The older-model

on.wsj.com

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