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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

KOSA is now in red alert priority.

Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA

We need to turn out in numbers against this!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Sep 23

#SaveSpeech

Ive updated this infographic with additional bill info, issues, etc

Find your federal and state reps below and make your voices heard!

www.congress.gov/members/find...

www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

September 30, 2025 at 10:24 PM

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hibbary.bsky.social

@hibbary.bsky.social

If you want to tell Cannes what utter bullshit this is you can contact them here: www.festival-cannes.com/en/contact/

September 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM

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Kousen

@kousenzephyr.bsky.social

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 · Sep 9

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.

September 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM

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Iantos

@iantos.bsky.social

Maybe we could find out.

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000

Mr Peculiar 🔞 @mrpecu.bsky.social · Jul 24

Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?

We got like way more people than that don't we?

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Jul 24

ok then. one angle of attack then needs to be actively bombarding Visa and Mastercard's phone numbers and emails.

are customer support phone numbers/emails the best avenue to start with or is there a better option?

July 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM

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Ana Valens | 🔞

@acvalens.com

Let’s change gears. Do some good

Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination

action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.

Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

action.aclu.org

July 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM

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Aliiwa

@aliiwa.bsky.social

every day i feel like this picture

a comic where someone draws their otp and then eats the drawing

January 8, 2025 at 2:56 AM

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JENN! ✨

@thekeythief.bsky.social

SHIELD • YOUR • NEIGHBORS

Here in #LosAngeles, we protect our neighbors at all costs.

A family of 3, outlined in green, hide behind a roaring bear, as large foreboding black shadows with nightsticks and helmets lurk behind it. A green star outstretched at their feet as they try to hide from view. Text at the bottom reads in call caps: "SHIELD YOUR NEIGHBORS"

June 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM

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womby

@wombywoo.bsky.social

happy anniversary to these geezers 🫶

womby @wombywoo.bsky.social · Oct 29

married babies 🥺🤍 #cod

June 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM

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Karla Ortiz

@kortizart.bsky.social

Folks call your Senators now!! A ban on any state laws on GenAi for 10 YEARS is gonna do unthinkable harm!

For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste)

Need to find your representatives? Here you go:
5calls.org

User Zachary Berger recommends the following script: "I'm a constituent in the congressperson's district.
Al regulation is life or death for a lot of the Congressperson's constituents in creative industries, please make sure the section in the budget reconciliation bill banning Al regulation doesn't pass."

User Karla Ortiz gives information on the bill so you can point your senators where to look:

Call your representatives! Tell them just yesterday (R) Congressman Guthrie added a new text to the Budget Reconciliation bill to BAN GenAi regulation in the states for 10 years!
Hell, point
them to the specific section:
TITLE IV-ENERGY AND
COMMERCE (Part II: Al section, (c) moratorium)

May 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM

Havoc

@sardonical.bsky.social

Publishing all this fanfic I'm sitting on gives me anxiety so clearly I should do something about it but I'm a big anxious baby.

March 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM

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Alejandra Caraballo

@esqueer.net

The Atlantic just published all of the messages from the signal chat.

archive.ph/ta6gH

A screenshot of a messaging group named "Houthi PC small group" with 19 members. The group was created one week ago, and a disappearing message time of one week is set. The image shows a message from Michael Waltz stating that they are establishing a principles group for coordination on Houthi-related matters over the next 72 hours. He mentions that his deputy, Alex Wong, is forming a "tiger team" at the deputies/agency Chief of Staff level to follow up on a Sit Room meeting from that morning. He adds that action items will be sent out later in the evening.

A screenshot of a group chat where Michael Waltz informs the team that they should have a statement of conclusions with taskings based on presidential guidance. He discusses notification lists for allies and partners and mentions the Joint Staff will provide a sequence of events. JD Vance expresses concerns about the impact of the decision, citing economic risks and potential inconsistencies in messaging. Joe Kent adds that there is no urgency in the timeline and that Israel may act first. John Ratcliffe, from a CIA perspective, suggests that delaying the decision could help refine intelligence on Houthi leadership.

A continuation of the group chat where Pete Hegseth acknowledges concerns but argues for decisive action to restore freedom of navigation and deterrence. He warns that waiting could lead to leaks or Israel taking preemptive action. Michael Waltz follows up with trade statistics, explaining that European navies lack the capability to counter Houthi threats and that the U.S. would need to intervene eventually.

A screenshot of a group chat discussing the decision to reopen or keep sea lanes closed. Michael Waltz states that the U.S. is the only country with the capability to manage the situation and emphasizes the need for Europe to invest in its defense. JD Vance responds to Pete Hegseth, agreeing to proceed but expressing frustration over bailing out Europe. He also stresses the importance of tight messaging and minimizing risks to Saudi oil facilities. Pete Hegseth shares his frustration over European reliance on the U.S. but supports moving forward with the decision, noting that POTUS still retains 24 hours for a final decision. S.M. adds that while the president has given the green light, the U.S. should clarify its expectations from Egypt and Europe in return, suggesting that economic gains should be extracted for restoring freedom of navigation. Pete Hegseth agrees.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM

Havoc

@sardonical.bsky.social

I ship these two. I think they're married

The Abilify Blob and the Zoloft Orb are T4T

March 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM

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Sarah McIntyre

@sarahmcintyre.bsky.social

If you work in the creative industries, please give feedback on this government public consultation on AI and our copyright.

ALCS provides help here with answering the questions, and you don’t have to answer every question to submit it.

The consultation ends SOON, Feb 25th:

ALCS @alcs.co.uk · Feb 4

The Government is considering allowing AI companies to freely use your works, unless you opt-out. This is unfair and unworkable.

Now is your chance to tell them what you think! Submit a response to their AI consultation using the guidance below.

www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

February 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM

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Reid Southen

@rahll.bsky.social

🔴CALLING ALL ARTISTS🔴

Christie's NYC is planning an AI art auction expected to bring in over $600,000 to creators who've used models trained on copyrighted material from non-consenting artists.

If you object to this, please sign and share this open letter.

openletter.earth/cancel-the-c...

8 February 2025
Cancel the Christie's AI Art Auction

Nicole Sales Giles & Sebastian Sanchez

Christie’s, New York

Dear Nicole and Sebastian,

We are writing to express serious concern over your upcoming auction of AI art at Christie’s.

Many of the artworks you plan to auction were created using AI models that are known to be trained on copyrighted work without a license. These models, and the companies behind them, exploit human artists, using their work without permission or payment to build commercial AI products that compete with them.

Your support of these models, and the people who use them, rewards and further incentivizes AI companies’ mass theft of human artists’ work.

We ask that, if you have any respect for human artists, you cancel the auction.

Yours sincerely,

The undersigned artists

February 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM

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JUST HEAR THOSE SLEIGH BELLS NICKELING SNICK SNICKSNICKELING TOO

@snickettes.bsky.social

I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance.

Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.

JUST HEAR THOSE SLEIGH BELLS NICKELING SNICK SNICKSNICKELING TOO @snickettes.bsky.social · Feb 5

Oh please please i am begging, don't use generative AI for any reason if you can avoid it.

It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.

February 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM

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borderless

@borderless.bsky.social

Fuck it. Trans folks need MATERIAL SUPPORT.

@distributeaid.org is launching an HRT Harm Reduction Toolkit that provides 1 year of medical supplies needed to take injection-based HRT. We were planning to go live in January, but I'm not waiting.

Fund the kits here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...