toni “employed” strongcat
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white transfem b. 1997, usa. socialist, railfan, shitposter, neophyte camgirl.
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· Jul 20
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what do i believe ? i believe in music. i believe it's something that exists beyond us, that has a connection to the divine. i believe that when you play or make music you are channeling the spirit of the universe through you
September 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
what do i believe ? i believe in music. i believe it's something that exists beyond us, that has a connection to the divine. i believe that when you play or make music you are channeling the spirit of the universe through you
i can excuse shameless repressorphobia but i draw the line at gerard way
August 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
i can excuse shameless repressorphobia but i draw the line at gerard way
yikes guys. these new community guidelines? they’re Bad
August 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
yikes guys. these new community guidelines? they’re Bad
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Great work by PC Gamer showing MasterCard shares much responsibility for what happened to Steam
www.pcgamer.com/games/master...
www.pcgamer.com/games/master...
Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand
Steam and Itch.io are worried about trouble with their payment processors, and Mastercard is not a payment processor.
www.pcgamer.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Great work by PC Gamer showing MasterCard shares much responsibility for what happened to Steam
www.pcgamer.com/games/master...
www.pcgamer.com/games/master...
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If you're legitimately scared of diyhrt then I hate to break it to you. But you're the biggest dork alive and rely too hard on the government to hold your hand about your own gender
July 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
If you're legitimately scared of diyhrt then I hate to break it to you. But you're the biggest dork alive and rely too hard on the government to hold your hand about your own gender
probably my hardest authleft opinion ever but: overt nazi, white supremacist, chauvinist, and nationalist speech and expression is actually dangerous and should absolutely be censored. i think when we win we’re gonna have to gulag joe rogan, jordan peterson, ben shapiro, and every other righty clown
July 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
probably my hardest authleft opinion ever but: overt nazi, white supremacist, chauvinist, and nationalist speech and expression is actually dangerous and should absolutely be censored. i think when we win we’re gonna have to gulag joe rogan, jordan peterson, ben shapiro, and every other righty clown
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![A riff on the famous Mike Primavera (@primawesome) tweet about shelter cats and coyotes, with substitutions in brackets
My neighbor told me [Republicans] keep eating his [vulnerable minority groups] so I asked how many [minorities] he has and he said he just [Votes Blue, No Matter Who] and gets a new [minority] afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding [vulnerable minorities] to Republicans and then his daughter started crying.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z3vj3sznbplg35cnfx4dtvss/bafkreig2ukd3sswlxg2g3py5t23jjs6dzdizqk67wuw7ddrdv6wgrgbjpi@jpeg)
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A Tryst at the Shy Guy Bazaar ❤️
Made with patron support ❤️Thank you all so much for supporting my work❤️
Made with patron support ❤️Thank you all so much for supporting my work❤️
July 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A Tryst at the Shy Guy Bazaar ❤️
Made with patron support ❤️Thank you all so much for supporting my work❤️
Made with patron support ❤️Thank you all so much for supporting my work❤️
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look man. nobody's voting for the lukewarm ass gavin or pete or whoever's currently promising to throw trans ppl under the bus for a 4% year-over-year loan refinancing program for pell grant recipients over the age of 35. everyone's fucking had enough
July 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
look man. nobody's voting for the lukewarm ass gavin or pete or whoever's currently promising to throw trans ppl under the bus for a 4% year-over-year loan refinancing program for pell grant recipients over the age of 35. everyone's fucking had enough
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Tell Mastercard to end their unjust policy now.
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 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Tell Mastercard to end their unjust policy now.
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Emmett Till would be 84 today.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
July 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Emmett Till would be 84 today.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
Not 114. Not 104.
84.
He would be my uncle. Not great-great or great uncle. One of my parents' siblings. This is why we remember.
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transition music in a metroid sitcom
July 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
transition music in a metroid sitcom
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I'm seeing so many of my mutuals struggling rn & it's a problem. Even (and seemingly especially) the ones who appear well-established are in crisis right now.
Y'all need to pay your sex workers yesterday. Better late than never.
Y'all need to pay your sex workers yesterday. Better late than never.
July 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I'm seeing so many of my mutuals struggling rn & it's a problem. Even (and seemingly especially) the ones who appear well-established are in crisis right now.
Y'all need to pay your sex workers yesterday. Better late than never.
Y'all need to pay your sex workers yesterday. Better late than never.
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i am trying to be a good role model but i am 5 years old and bedraggled and dying
July 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
i am trying to be a good role model but i am 5 years old and bedraggled and dying
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every part of this order is crueler than the last. ending housing first programs, freezing funding to harm reduction programs & safe injection sites, broadening the ability of the state to involuntarily commit those it deems to be a threat to themselves OR THE PUBLIC - a clusterfuck start to finish.
I cannot fucking believe that they are rehashing the Vagrancy Act in 2025.
July 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
every part of this order is crueler than the last. ending housing first programs, freezing funding to harm reduction programs & safe injection sites, broadening the ability of the state to involuntarily commit those it deems to be a threat to themselves OR THE PUBLIC - a clusterfuck start to finish.
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Send an email, but also, just call anyway. It comes off more like they want to divert the attention to someplace easier to wave off, and if they don't like the calls, that tells me people need to call even more.
after a very frustrating call with Visa (US+CAN), I was told that Visa would like inquiries relating to using their bargaining power to destroy adult media to be sent, via email, to
[email protected]
they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.
[email protected]
they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.
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
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
July 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Send an email, but also, just call anyway. It comes off more like they want to divert the attention to someplace easier to wave off, and if they don't like the calls, that tells me people need to call even more.
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i want to note that the christofascist attack on "porn" isn't actually an attempt to make the internet or the world child safe in any real way. these people abuse the fuck out of children and oppose sex education largely because it makes children able to identify and name that abuse
July 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
i want to note that the christofascist attack on "porn" isn't actually an attempt to make the internet or the world child safe in any real way. these people abuse the fuck out of children and oppose sex education largely because it makes children able to identify and name that abuse
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Patriarchy is core to a fascist regime, as is control over cultural production, the means of distribution, the tools to shape ideology and manufacture consent. 'Obscenity' then has always been a tool of control, of regulating sexuality to be ... well, not non-exploitative, but under strict control.
The fascists are counting on you finding erotica and porn too distasteful to support. Because they always start here. And even if they ended here, sexuality and erotism are integral components of queer expression. You can't support queer authors without supporting 'nsfw' content.
July 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Patriarchy is core to a fascist regime, as is control over cultural production, the means of distribution, the tools to shape ideology and manufacture consent. 'Obscenity' then has always been a tool of control, of regulating sexuality to be ... well, not non-exploitative, but under strict control.
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the entire world is designed to fuck us to death and deny us all recourse except to talk about it and maybe alchemize it into some kind of beauty and even this, to them, is unacceptable
July 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
the entire world is designed to fuck us to death and deny us all recourse except to talk about it and maybe alchemize it into some kind of beauty and even this, to them, is unacceptable
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To connect the recent Steam and Itch situation to another ongoing bit of news: Visa and Mastercard (and other US companies like PayPal, Stripe, and Meta) clearly believe they are entitled to dictate how people spend money not just through their services, but anywhere at all
archive.ph/jigm3
archive.ph/jigm3
July 24, 2025 at 3:46 AM
To connect the recent Steam and Itch situation to another ongoing bit of news: Visa and Mastercard (and other US companies like PayPal, Stripe, and Meta) clearly believe they are entitled to dictate how people spend money not just through their services, but anywhere at all
archive.ph/jigm3
archive.ph/jigm3
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Guardian Frame: De-brief!, one of my favorite things i’ve ever had a hand in, is unfortunately affected by itch’s current de-indexing of adult work on the platform. I’m posting it here for now for visibility until itch gets its shit together. mothtown.itch.io/guardian-fra...
July 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Guardian Frame: De-brief!, one of my favorite things i’ve ever had a hand in, is unfortunately affected by itch’s current de-indexing of adult work on the platform. I’m posting it here for now for visibility until itch gets its shit together. mothtown.itch.io/guardian-fra...
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Once again, there is an ACLU petition specifically made to stop Mastercard from unlawfully policing adult content. It’s getting pretty grim for us out there. Please sign and/or spread the word.
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
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 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Once again, there is an ACLU petition specifically made to stop Mastercard from unlawfully policing adult content. It’s getting pretty grim for us out there. Please sign and/or spread the word.
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
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"If there is ever proof that Epstein provided Trump with young women or girls, the base is primed to dismiss it, or glorify it. To them, girls and young women are one more commodity that he has the right to collect. Sexual abuse is more like property damage." @sarahjones.bsky.social
MAGA Doesn’t Care About Sex Abuse
To many on the right, sexual predation isn’t harmful at all. It belongs to their worldview.
nymag.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"If there is ever proof that Epstein provided Trump with young women or girls, the base is primed to dismiss it, or glorify it. To them, girls and young women are one more commodity that he has the right to collect. Sexual abuse is more like property damage." @sarahjones.bsky.social
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This puts new light on Elon's musings about "replacing the sum of human knowledge" with AI. Once you've put your system between people and facts you can then change the system to disappear the facts. Super efficient memory hole at scale!
Trump's new executive order about AI states that companies' models must not incorporate the idea that trans people exist as a concept. Seems bad.
July 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This puts new light on Elon's musings about "replacing the sum of human knowledge" with AI. Once you've put your system between people and facts you can then change the system to disappear the facts. Super efficient memory hole at scale!