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If you haven’t already done so, now’s the time to call your reps and tell them to OPPOSE all of these bills! None of them are designed to protect children - not the App Store Accountability Act, not Sammy’s Law, not the SCREEN Act, and definitely not the amended KOSA!
#SaveSpeech
the Energy and Commerce Commission are having a hearing on Dec 2nd to look at a whole swatch of legislation claiming it will "protect children. We have a full list of the bills that will be present, and it includes bills like KOSA, Sammy's Law, App Store Accountability Act and more!
the Energy and Commerce Commission are having a hearing on Dec 2nd to look at a whole swatch of legislation claiming it will "protect children. We have a full list of the bills that will be present, and it includes bills like KOSA, Sammy's Law, App Store Accountability Act and more!
Chairmen Guthrie and Bilirakis Announce Legislative Hearing on Protections for Children and Teens Online
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...
energycommerce.house.gov
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If you haven’t already done so, now’s the time to call your reps and tell them to OPPOSE all of these bills! None of them are designed to protect children - not the App Store Accountability Act, not Sammy’s Law, not the SCREEN Act, and definitely not the amended KOSA!
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Keep calling your reps, remind them that the midterms are less than a year away and that you'll primary them if they support any of these.
looking at the bills and talking to folks, these are the most actively threatening among this batch that will be present during Dec 2's hearing
House KOSA's audit policy is the one aspect im a little shaky on and havent found any more authoritative writing on, but felt should still be mentioned
House KOSA's audit policy is the one aspect im a little shaky on and havent found any more authoritative writing on, but felt should still be mentioned
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Keep calling your reps, remind them that the midterms are less than a year away and that you'll primary them if they support any of these.
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IGN is paying attention to censorship again. Use their momentum, call visa and mastercard, tell them you read the article, ask them why they're censoring legal stuff
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
IGN is paying attention to censorship again. Use their momentum, call visa and mastercard, tell them you read the article, ask them why they're censoring legal stuff
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
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Oh dear, this is already bringing out the 'You shouldn't defend this game, it's icky art that makes me uncomfortable' crowd.
I've no time for them. After the (still ongoing) payment processor censorship mess, I'm pretty sure I'm in the 'unless it's actively illegal, let art be unsettling' camp.
I've no time for them. After the (still ongoing) payment processor censorship mess, I'm pretty sure I'm in the 'unless it's actively illegal, let art be unsettling' camp.
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Oh dear, this is already bringing out the 'You shouldn't defend this game, it's icky art that makes me uncomfortable' crowd.
I've no time for them. After the (still ongoing) payment processor censorship mess, I'm pretty sure I'm in the 'unless it's actively illegal, let art be unsettling' camp.
I've no time for them. After the (still ongoing) payment processor censorship mess, I'm pretty sure I'm in the 'unless it's actively illegal, let art be unsettling' camp.
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Guys, as a ex call center employee, this is fucking DESPERATION BEHAVIOR.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Guys, as a ex call center employee, this is fucking DESPERATION BEHAVIOR.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
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It would be extremely cool if a bunch of people called payment processors over Black Friday weekend to ask why they're telling people what they can and can't buy with their own money. This holiday season, give the gift of calling payment processors over Black Friday weekend
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It would be extremely cool if a bunch of people called payment processors over Black Friday weekend to ask why they're telling people what they can and can't buy with their own money. This holiday season, give the gift of calling payment processors over Black Friday weekend
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Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
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Thurs
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
If there are five days to call Mastercard + Visa, THESE ARE YOUR FIVE DAYS
THANKSGIVING
BLACK FRIDAY
CYBER MONDAY
HIT THOSE PHONE LINES
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
If there are five days to call Mastercard + Visa, THESE ARE YOUR FIVE DAYS
THANKSGIVING
BLACK FRIDAY
CYBER MONDAY
HIT THOSE PHONE LINES
#SaveSpeech
with Black Friday being this Friday the 28th, this is the time to maximize the impact we can have via call campaigns
If you plan to participate in this call campaign, imo you should heavily prioritize calling Visa/MC as heavily as possible between the 27th and the 1st of dec
with Black Friday being this Friday the 28th, this is the time to maximize the impact we can have via call campaigns
If you plan to participate in this call campaign, imo you should heavily prioritize calling Visa/MC as heavily as possible between the 27th and the 1st of dec
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Thurs
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
If there are five days to call Mastercard + Visa, THESE ARE YOUR FIVE DAYS
THANKSGIVING
BLACK FRIDAY
CYBER MONDAY
HIT THOSE PHONE LINES
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
If there are five days to call Mastercard + Visa, THESE ARE YOUR FIVE DAYS
THANKSGIVING
BLACK FRIDAY
CYBER MONDAY
HIT THOSE PHONE LINES
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been mostly writing instead of doing art lmao xd wanna get back to it sometime but writings just been scratching the itch lately
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
been mostly writing instead of doing art lmao xd wanna get back to it sometime but writings just been scratching the itch lately
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Id you havent been calling your representatives about KOSA and other bills, NOW is the time to start doing so
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Id you havent been calling your representatives about KOSA and other bills, NOW is the time to start doing so
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Heads up: popular antivirus program Malwarebytes posted this warning about Google training it's AI on our emails. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Heads up: popular antivirus program Malwarebytes posted this warning about Google training it's AI on our emails. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
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#SaveSpeech
if you've seen a video going around of Epstein survivors talking about their abuse, you need to be aware that video is promoting World-Without-Exploitation, an organization whose website supports legislation like KOSA, and advocates for the "Nordic model"
they are not your allies.
if you've seen a video going around of Epstein survivors talking about their abuse, you need to be aware that video is promoting World-Without-Exploitation, an organization whose website supports legislation like KOSA, and advocates for the "Nordic model"
they are not your allies.
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
#SaveSpeech
if you've seen a video going around of Epstein survivors talking about their abuse, you need to be aware that video is promoting World-Without-Exploitation, an organization whose website supports legislation like KOSA, and advocates for the "Nordic model"
they are not your allies.
if you've seen a video going around of Epstein survivors talking about their abuse, you need to be aware that video is promoting World-Without-Exploitation, an organization whose website supports legislation like KOSA, and advocates for the "Nordic model"
they are not your allies.
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
Democratic leaders failed us again. Time to get some new leaders.
Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action
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November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We just launched the biggest primary program in Indivisible’s history. Help us (literally) send Schumer and the surrender caucus a message. open.substack.com/pub/ezralevi...
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hell naw i aint postin america flags today
have another pride flag Bitch
have another pride flag Bitch
July 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
hell naw i aint postin america flags today
have another pride flag Bitch
have another pride flag Bitch
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150 euros a month + 200 setup fee = does not include medication, nor access to blood tests, nor access to therapy, nor any sort of diagnosis. genuinely crazy how much of a fucking grift this is. we gotta nuke leeches like this outta our community from fucking orbit.
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
150 euros a month + 200 setup fee = does not include medication, nor access to blood tests, nor access to therapy, nor any sort of diagnosis. genuinely crazy how much of a fucking grift this is. we gotta nuke leeches like this outta our community from fucking orbit.
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Imagine your child has a medical emergency. You’re a sex worker. You are not making enough from online SW to pay medical costs from her illness so you have to do full-service for a month
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
the CEO of OnlyFans posted earlier this month on LinkedIn that the platform is partnering with Checkr to check criminal records of new creators, as part of the onboarding process www.404media.co/onlyfans-bac...
OnlyFans Will Start Checking Criminal Records. Creators Say That's a Terrible Idea
OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair announced on LinkedIn that the platform partnered with Checkr to
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Imagine your child has a medical emergency. You’re a sex worker. You are not making enough from online SW to pay medical costs from her illness so you have to do full-service for a month
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
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Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
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allegiance always to the pornographers and the freaks. consider making a call to mastercard, visa etc in the run-up to big spending season, more info about how to do this at the link
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
allegiance always to the pornographers and the freaks. consider making a call to mastercard, visa etc in the run-up to big spending season, more info about how to do this at the link
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Going to Vampire Beach 🦇
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Going to Vampire Beach 🦇
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Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
no fucking snitching
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
no fucking snitching
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I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
#SaveSpeech
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
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There's a common phenomenon in *mainly* dnd & trpgs descended therefrom, which i'll call a problem (but others don't see that way), which is the huge level gulfs (and resultant weeks or months or eternities) between when a feature is gained and when a build "comes online".
Many thoughts about this.
Many thoughts about this.
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There's a common phenomenon in *mainly* dnd & trpgs descended therefrom, which i'll call a problem (but others don't see that way), which is the huge level gulfs (and resultant weeks or months or eternities) between when a feature is gained and when a build "comes online".
Many thoughts about this.
Many thoughts about this.