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zoraal ja's psychoanalyst @zoraalja.bsky.social · 16h

remember this phenomenal fucking post

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

“The Librarians” examines the experiences of school librarians who have found themselves on the front lines of a battle against censorship. https://to.pbs.org/46TqfiW

The fight against book bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary

According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...

to.pbs.org

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Gail Drakes @gaildrakes.bsky.social · 15h

Are you a non-Black person pissed at Bluesky leadership and feeling a little jealous of all the good vibes coming from Blacksky?

There are Blacksky adjacent options for you! Here’s info from the Blacksky migration guide!

docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...

Screengrab from Blacksky migration guide:

blacksky algorithms

A Warning: Anyone else using a blacksky.app handle will receive a warning at first and then a suspension.

Alternative PDSs for Everyone
Blacksky Algorithms also operates two other
PDSs that are open to anyone:
• myatproto.social - Open to all
• cryptoanarchy.network - Open to all

These servers run on the same infrastructure as blacksky.app and are maintained by the same team, but are available for anyone to use regardless of background.

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LANana-Nuestra Señora de la Muerte del Pan 😪 @lanana421.bsky.social · 15h

White woman proving why Blacksky is absolutely necessary. 😬

LegacyIngenue @emkaydub.bsky.social · 19h

This is disheartening. I want all races in my community and unfortunately I think this is racist. I understand the black community wants to be supported, it’s coming off as a one way street. I’ve encountered racism lately all from mentally unstable black women. Blacksky will further segregate people

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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 4h

They’re kidnapping Black and Brown Folks off American streets in American towns but some folks have decided to take a stand against Blacksky.

All the shit going on in this country and around the world but THIS is what upsets them.

l swear to goodness these people haven’t learned a damn thing🤷🏾‍♀️

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Maja Öberg @majaoeberg.bsky.social · 1d

Thank goodness I have an unhealthy amount of tabs so I could see that change happening live.

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Hands @anem.bsky.social · 1d

Funny how this is the only post I've found from a Bluesky employee with the word "trans" made in the past 12 months. We can definitely trust this teams unbiased opinion that the biggest transphobe here hasn't broken any rules.

Samuel
‪@samuel.bsky.team‬
T'es woke toi. Toi t'es un woke left. Tu supporte les trans pis les pronoms toi. Veux tu savoir mes pronoms? Mes pronoms:
Qué / bec
Fran / çais
Bar / be / cue
Go / Habs / Go
Bleu pis rose. Toi c'est quoi tes pronoms hein? Vas-y: Dis moj tes pronoms. Joe / Bi / Den? Ru / Paul? J'vas prier pour toi

English translation of previous post:
You're woke. You're a woke leftist. You support trans people and pronouns. Do you want to know my pronouns? My pronouns:
Qué / bec
Fran / çais
Bar / be / cue
Go / Habs / Go
Blue and pink. What are your pronouns, huh? Go ahead: Tell me your pronouns. Joe / Bi / Den? Ru / Paul? I'm going to pray for you.

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 1d

LOL
"an experienced, strategic communicator who can craft our narrative and help steer conversation about Bluesky ... you should be equally comfortable writing a punchy post, **ghostwriting a blog post for the CEO**, or briefing a reporter on technical infrastructure.

Kevin Marks @kevinmarks.com · 1d

They're hiring a comms head, you should apply
jobs.gem.com/bluesky/am9i...

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Blaise Ulysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky's lack of a coms team does indeed give us some of these funny moments such as:

"You're aware that you are ostensibly speaking for the company with the current role you have and the subject matter you're wading into, right?

what?"

Maja Öberg @majaoeberg.bsky.social · 1d

I do find it hilarious how they immediately backtracked after this and deleted the comment

a member of bluesky saying "Yeh" in response to the above post, with a journalist responding asking to get their exact quote over the thread in which the bluesky member responds with "what" and the journalist then rephrasing the question only for the bluesky member to delete the entire thread

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Marko (Nerd and Jock Comics) @markoraassina.bsky.social · Nov 26

Artist life

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · Nov 26

A rap battle is two men writing poems about each other

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What a week, huh? all Wednesdays @whataweekhuh.bsky.social · 9h

Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?”
Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.”
Snowy is very excited about the drink he has found.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Shocked to learn that the world’s preeminent transphobe is also a genocide apologist.

JK Rowling:

"Pro-Palestinian demonstrators couldn’t give it a rest – not even for 24 hours. They were chanting all the old slogans and ducking all the hard questions. ‘Globalise the intifada,’ they cried – does that mean killing Jews in Manchester?" ✍️@NickCohen4

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Kiss Girls SuccuFae Emi❤💛💚💙💜 @emiwisp.bsky.social · 12d

The fact that the heat died down around Visa and Mastercard censoring media and companies just accepting it is disgusting and unacceptable.

Detocroix @detocroix.bsky.social · 13d

Btw, as the Itchio noise and all died down, Adult games are technically just banned now.

Some adult games are still being sold, yes, but if you get caught or reported or whatever, all your payment options will be yanked and only a husk remains.

Zero comments from Itchio on this, nothing, at all.

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TomCatFoolery - Anti-Censorship, Pro-Parent Your Damn Kid @tomcatfoolery.bsky.social · 6d

Decided I’d share something I saved when this whole thing started with @steampowered.com and @itch.io Start pushing back now, and keep pushing. Payment processors like Visa and Mastercard have no right to dictate what legal purchases you are able to make. It’s just censorship with a mask.

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 5d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard

Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372
1-800-307-7309
US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111
Aus: +61 1800 120 113
UK: 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers here (and here )

Stripe

California: 888-926-2289
US: 877-887-7815
France: +33 805-11-19-67

Paypal

Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
UK: +44 (0203)-901-7000

Visa

Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911
US option selection: 1, 1, 2 or 1, 1, 3
Headquarters: +1 (650)-432-3200
Aus: +61 1800 125 440
Phone (outside US): click here

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Ghostly Homos 👻 @hexhomos.bsky.social · 6d

whats scary abt the censorship wave is that we will have no place to "move to" if the new mastercard/visa mandates are applied broadly to the entirety of the internet. just yesterday i saw mangaplanet is shutting down their official translated BL distribution platform bc of payment processors

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Clare @shigarakitomura.bsky.social · 6d

Majority of subtitling staff work for CR used Aegisub an OSS, but recently been several changes. Everyone now forced to abandon it, switch to cloud-based software. Called “OOONA”, it's a complete Israeli software. Israel now controls chrunchyroll.

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Firstname Lastname @bohemiantragedy999.bsky.social · 6d

BDS now includes Crunchyroll, btw.

(Honestly, they were never really good anyway. I personally did no really need a reason to boycott them in the first place, lol.)

Clare @shigarakitomura.bsky.social · 6d

Majority of subtitling staff work for CR used Aegisub an OSS, but recently been several changes. Everyone now forced to abandon it, switch to cloud-based software. Called “OOONA”, it's a complete Israeli software. Israel now controls chrunchyroll.

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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 5d

Final Fantasy Tactics The Ivalice Chronicles illustration by Ryoko Kui (Delicious in Dungeon) for Weekly Famitsu No. 1915:

Various FFT jobs are depicted including White Mages, Knight, Mimic, Summoner, Time Mage, Dragoon, Chemist, Monk, and more.

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delta! @peachdelta.bsky.social · 5d

God damn ZZZ has so many killer designs but the more designs that come out the more painfully clearly I see this image pop up in the back of my head

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Ana 🌱 @daysneezes.bsky.social · 5d

Classic bird app

A 4-strip comic of me (1st panel) explaining how as a poc muslim twitter is very hostile and doesn't allow people like me to exist peacefully, which is why bluesky is the better option to choose. (2nd panel) Which was then interrupted by another user saying that is a nazi opinion and telling me that islam is evil. (3rd panel) I then block the user and (4th panel) stare at the camera like I'm in the office. Yes this happened.

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kuraine @lena.fyi · 5d

just a reminder that bandcamp friday is tomorrow & streaming services are interrupting music streams with ai generated shit, flooding the database with artists that don't exist in any way other than profiting the platform owners

so instead of paying a monthly fee, buy an album or two each month ok

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Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 5d

Wonder what percentage of the population fits the descriptor "Is bisexual, but has never seen a person of their own gender who's their type, and therefore has no indication that they're bi yet"

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Lusca (Landshark if you shred) @lusca-maki.bsky.social · 5d

Says "harassing mods to ban someone has NEVER worked" while anyone over 20 has a story about mods that play favorites, antagonize the userbase, melt down in public...

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