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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 12h

Its almost like anti-porn laws are never actually about porn. 🤔

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

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Horny Time Pixel Theatre @hornypixeltheatre.bsky.social · 19h

Come exchange sexy pixels with us! All forms of pixel art are welcome, from text mode to hi-res, top down to 2bit! Sign ups are open until October 19th!
#pixelart #secretsanta
discord.gg/2RXcdnwMRZ

Pixel art image of an Inkling with blue-green tentacles wearing a Santa outfit and black stockings, sitting with a green gift box in front of her. Her top exposes her breasts. She smiles at the viewer. Art by Yumy

Text mode pixel art image of a female roman warrior wearing a helmet and toga. Her breasts are exposed and her hair is over her shoulders. She holds a spear. Text reads "Surrender or be crushed." Art by ThornyRoseHips

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dBCoatl @ Screw Censorship! @decibelcoatl.bsky.social · 12h

Call your reps and tell them to OPPOSE this nightmarish bill NOW!

NOT tomorrow! NOT next week!

RIGHT. NOW!

There’s still a chance to beat this to the ground, so get going!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 18h

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 13h

#SaveSpeech

I want to remind people that when there is a call to action to "contact your reps", it needs to be more than once

Going forward, contacting your reps needs to become part of your routine, at the very least during the work week.

Sustained pressure over time is what matters!

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Pizza Glover! @pizzaglover.bsky.social · 10h

The most annoying people at my fake art school would do hacky sack in the parking lot between classes

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 23h

This means if you're in the UK and haven't signed this yet, please do. At 100k signatures they have to discuss it again.

Literally the least you can do!!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Pizza Glover! @pizzaglover.bsky.social · 13h

My mobile app keeps asking me to age verify OR give location access, I guess so they can ensure I'm not in Ohio?? But I don't keep my location on so it ends up asking me every few hours, it's maddening

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Daniel After Dark 🔞 @danielpoltergeist.bsky.social · 16h

my supposedly very progressive dem senator is on this list so plz do check it out even if you think your state is “safe”

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 18h

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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LetUsAllExist (🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🎈🥬) @letusallexist.bsky.social · 16h

Here's my updated script (refined through calling a few times,) to tidy things up for time, and specifically apply to both of them.

Call daily if possible!

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 16h

If youre in the UK and havent signed this petition, please do despite their response here. At 100k sigs they have to discuss it again

Petitions arent a silver bullet on their own, but they help communicate how many people do/dont support something. Its low commitment and worth doing!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Anubis Jr. (comms open) @anubis-jr.bsky.social · 15h

Hit 100 followers! Thank you so much!!
#pixelart

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 17h

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Booleanean @booleanean.bsky.social · 15d

Parents: Stop trying to offload responsibility for your poor parenting choices on visual artists and authors who are doing everything they can to make sure you have the tools to curate your child's online experience. Stop trying to force censorship and restrictions onto consenting adults in the

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Booleanean @booleanean.bsky.social · 15d

I see this a lot in online discourse about adult material or material dealing with dark topics. "But you wouldn't want a kid to read that, would you?" "What if a teenager sees the porn you drew?" "You want to help keep kids safe online, right?"

I think this is a fundamental misunderstanding in 1/??

🪱🃏 𝕱𝖆𝖌𝖌ø𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖁𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖓🦷🪳 @babettecirque.bsky.social · 17d

Apparently a lot of ppl needs to hear this

#bskycensorship

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NachtHirschhund @aussiedeerdog.bsky.social · 17h

If any of these names in this post or the following post are your representative(s), please call their office to demand that they stop sponsoring censorship bills that make the world more unsafe.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 17h

#SaveSpeech
Democrats that need to be reprimanded for cosponsoring KOSA:

J. Hickenlooper- CO
A. Klobuchar- MN
B. Lujan- NM
B. Schatz- HI
M. Hirono- HI
G. Peters- MI
J. Fetterman- PA
R. Blumenthal- CT
C. Schumer- NY
M. Hassan- NH
M. Kelly- AZ
P. Welch- VT

[more names + links continued below]

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megasoups.bsky.social @megasoups.bsky.social · 16h

KOSA just got a bunch of new cosponsors so, y'all, kindly tell them to knock it the fuck off.
Make this bill unpassable for the sake of keeping the open internet, enough of this censorship BS and "protect the children" excuses.

#savespeech #KOSA #stopkosa

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 18h

LP; if you are overwhelmed by trying to find the right words to tell your reps you oppose bills like KOSA and SCREEN, I've reposted scripts! If it's too much, read right from the script. If that's too much, don't not call. Just list the bills and tell them "don't you dare." But say something, please

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Jandri🔞 @jandri.bsky.social · 17h

Reminder: calling your reps is extremely easy

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Zalgie/Zalgo @zalgie.bsky.social · 18h

call your reps and demand that they oppose this legisation asap! 5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

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Pizza Glover! @pizzaglover.bsky.social · 17h

Just called Peters and im so mad that im dizzy. What the hell is wrong with old men

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 17h

R. Durbin- IL
C. Murphy- CT
J. Ossof- GA
J. Shaheen- NH
S. Whitehouse- RI
J. Reed- RI
T. Kaine-VA
M. Warner-VA
C. Coons- DE
C. Cortez Masto- NV

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Find Your Representative

Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.

www.commoncause.org

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 17h

#SaveSpeech
Democrats that need to be reprimanded for cosponsoring KOSA:

J. Hickenlooper- CO
A. Klobuchar- MN
B. Lujan- NM
B. Schatz- HI
M. Hirono- HI
G. Peters- MI
J. Fetterman- PA
R. Blumenthal- CT
C. Schumer- NY
M. Hassan- NH
M. Kelly- AZ
P. Welch- VT

[more names + links continued below]

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Pizza Glover! @pizzaglover.bsky.social · 18h

Awww congrats! Yall are always being so cute together on the timeline

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foxyoreos (they/them, commissions open) @foxyoreos.bsky.social · 1d

I understand that it's discouraging that these battles come up again and again and that we never get to permanently just say "NO".

But if you want a silver lining, think about how frustrated that makes you feel. They're not the only ones who can do that. We can also refuse to stop asking.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

A small victory! Chat Control has been tabled for now, but it can [and likely will] be brought up for vote again in December

In the meantime, EU citizens will need to continue pressuring their respective govts to oppose chat control

However, do so knowing that pressure WORKS.

Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 2d

Denmark has tabled next week's vote on Chat Control.

Yet, per Peter Hummelgaard:

"The Danish Presidency will, however, continue to work with the member states to find a solution, and therefore negotiations on the technical details of the proposal continue. It is urgent to find common ground."

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