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Magic Ghost

@thegamemagician.bsky.social

Did this for @imfree.bsky.social On the Skoriath server like... 3 weeks ago? Idk, I'm bad with time. Anyways, forgot to share it trough here, hope you like it.

November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM

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Ed Zitron

@edzitron.com

Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/

Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex

As I've established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we're in the stupidest financial era since the great financial crisis — though,...

www.wheresyoured.at

October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM

MFree

@imfree.bsky.social

at MCM Comicon at london today :3

October 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM

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Skye 🏳️‍⚧️

@skyekurisu.bsky.social

Hi! My name is Skye. And I'm a translator.

You may have read some of my work: mangadex.org/group/cd2dec...

Please, if I've at least given you a smile pls consider helping me out this time. Any amount is appreciated. 🙏

ko-fi.com/kurisutransl...

Buy Kurisu a Coffee. ko-fi.com/kurisutranslates

Become a supporter of Kurisu today! ❤️ Ko-fi lets you support the creators you love with no fees on donations.

ko-fi.com

October 17, 2024 at 7:24 AM

MFree

@imfree.bsky.social

HAPPY SHIROU DAY EVERYONE

October 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM

MFree

@imfree.bsky.social

I love swords so much...

October 20, 2025 at 11:48 AM

MFree

@imfree.bsky.social

might as well post this here, the cell was traced from his fighterz render cause I can't draw but wanted to make tcoaal cell out of dedication to seing a bit through

perfect cell being watched by Andrew and Ashley Graves

September 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM

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The Onion

@theonion.com

Forget everything you already know about America's most notorious dead person. Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile is in select theaters October 2.

September 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM

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KAFUI 🇬🇭

@mykafuiohkafui.bsky.social

the most important thing about me is that I am a Tall Girl. always in heels, never flats; a gilded lily. when osteoporosis comes for the minerals in my bones, and I no longer tower over man and beast, i will simply fill my pockets with stones, and walk into the sea.

February 29, 2024 at 4:49 AM

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punkitt ‼️💞

@punkitt.bsky.social

had to draw this

Art of two girls, one with a faux-realistic-style combat suit with a muzzle and collar with a leash on, and the other in an anime-inspired zip-up suit with bright red hair and a yellow scarf flowing in the wind. The first stares ahead, hands out, with a dead, glassy look. She says "Me and my Mecha Unit are melded together like
flesh. When I exit the womb of the angel of death
I can feel the monster I am for a brief moment
before the post-combat sedatives kick in. My limbs
are too short. My flesh too weak. My body too
malleable. I only feel at peace when I am in Her,
gnashing my teeth at the chance to enter the
ring of glory and come out victorious. It is a
brutal, animalistic life, and yet how am I
supposed to pass for anything resembling a
human when I've been taught to be nothing
but a hound with a thirst for blood?"
The anime-inspired girl says "Golly!
That sounds
intense!
Me and my
robot
have been
best friends
since I was
five years old
and our bond
lets us punch
aliens with
giant energy
beam fists."

September 4, 2025 at 2:03 AM

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Ana Valens | 🔞

@acvalens.com

CALL STRIPE
CALL PAYPAL
CALL MASTERCARD
CALL VISA

DO NOT. STOP. CALLING!
#rocktheboat

stop-paypros.neocities.org

UPDATED
Stripe A
Stripe is currently a major priority, as they have the ability to deny itch.io's eligibility to their services according to itch.io's owner.
• 354 Oyster Point Blvd. South San Francisco,
CA 94080 US (United States HQ)
• 10 BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN, 75009 PARIS
(France HQ)
• Grand Canal Street Lower, The One Building,
Dublin D02 HD59 (Ireland HQ) (yes, it's called The One Building)
• +1 888 926 2289 - State you are from California when calling this number
• 1(888) 963-8955 (San Franeisco HQ)
• 353 1 903 8449 (Ireland HQ)
• (877) 887-7815 (Customer Support/Complaints)
• UPDATED +33-805-11-19-67 (France-HQ) Seems like the line was disconnect due to our calls.
• complaints@stripe.com
• Complaints Form

PayPal !
Unfortunately, PayPal doesn't seem to have any e-mail address, as it uses its website's customer support. You will need to log in to your PayPal account if you wish to access Customer Support lines or messages. Here's a few lines we found so far :
• 2211 N 1st St. San Jose, CA 95131 US
• 1-402-935-2050 (US + Canada)
• 1800 931 678 (Australia)
• Customer Complaints Form (Australia)
• enquiry@paypal.com thank you sassinthedark.bsky.social for the info!

UPDAIED
MasterCard
• 2000 Purchase St. Purchase, NY 10577
US
UPDATED +1 914 249 2000
• CEO of MasterCard: 0 -> 6432224#
→> 1
• President of Mastercard: 0 -
54757287425# →> 3
• Play the roulette: 0 -> Any numbers until you get connected to someone
1 800 307 7309 (US) - Options for operator
: 1-1-2-2-2-1
List of toll-free numbers by region
1 636 722 6100 (St. Louis Office)
• 914.249.2000 (Global Headquarters, US)
• 636.722.6100 (Operaction Center, US)
• 971.4.391.4200 (Dubai HQ)
• 305.539.2300 (Latin America HQ)
• 914.249.6518 (North America HQ)
• 1-800-627-8372 (US Only)
• 1800-120-113 (Australia)
• +1-636-722-7111 (International)
• customer_support@mastercard.com
List of executives' Linkedin profiles

UPDATED
Visa !
900 Metro Center Bivd, Foster City, CA
94404
NEW +1 650 432 3200 (Headquarters, US)
• Ryan McInerney (CEO) - 4 ->
6246376397926#
• Paul Fabara (Chief Risk Officer) - 4 - > 3222727285#
• Kelley Tullier (Chief People and Corp. Affairs Officer) - 4 ->
885543753559#
• Source
• Thank you profbadvibes.bsky.social
for these finds!
1-800-847-2911 (US + Canada) - US Option
Selection for Operator: 1-1-2 / 1-1-3
• List of phone numbers by region
• 1-888-289-9322 (Confidential Compliance
Hotline)
• askvisa@visa.com

August 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM

MFree

@imfree.bsky.social

So I'm a pretty big fan of like dc and the batman family specifically and I only reccently tried to check out the fanbase and like... the batfam fandom is entirely divorced from the comics?

August 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM

MFree

@imfree.bsky.social

guys I'm in croatia look at the fuckgin islands

fox/ girl excitedly pointing at the island of Brač, Croatia from the mainland

July 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM

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Dieselbrain

@dieselbrain.bsky.social

Cheat Sheet v.2

nothing from the prior version is incorrect, but ive made it a little easier to read, plus included a bit more helpful information

imgur link: imgur.com/a/wWaLY2i

more comprehensive info can be found here:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

MAKE YOUR CALLS!!!

WHY?
On July 2025, Steam, a popular storefront to purchase games on PC, and itch.io, a storefront that sells
games, comics, tools, resources and much more, have recently delisted several NSFW games, after the
group Collective Shout published an open letter to payment processors such as Visa, MasterCard, PayPal,
and more. As a result of this letter, payment processors have strongarmed Valve and itch.io into enforcing
restrictive new TOS policies on what kind of content their platforms can host and sell.

Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Paypal have been censoring free speech and legal business on the internet for TOO LONG. Their most recent targets are Steam and Itch.io, but they have also been pressuring websites like Pixiv, Patreon, Fansly, Onlyfans and MORE for years, applying draconian standards for what kind of adult/pornographic content platiorms and their users can host and sell.

If we as consumers and creators want to regain ground on this issue, we have to make our voice heard.

HOW?
BOMBARD THEM WITH PHONE CALLS
Collective Shout, the organization that lobbied to have Steam and Itch.io change their TOS, did so with only around 1000 phone calls. Visa and MC have backed down from pressuring Onlyians to remove adult content entirely due to public backlash. Clogging their phone lines for an extended perlou, over a mont at the absolute least, will almost gudrantee that these compantes will at least have to pay attention to the backlash. this list is not exhaustive. but some contact points for the 4 targets are:

1. VISA:
(US + Can): +1 [8001-847-2911
US option selection for operator: 1-1-2 or 1-1-3

2. MASTERCARD:
(US): +1 (8001-307-7309
US option selection for operator: 1-1-2-2-2-1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111

3. STRIPE:
(Headquarters): +118881 963-8955
(France): +33 805-11-19-67
Stripe: complaints@stripe.com

4. PAYPAL:
(US): +1 (888)-221-1161
(outside US): 1-402-935-2050
Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

July 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM

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United Videogame Workers-CWA

@videogameworkers.bsky.social

Keep up the pressure! #SaveSpeech

In the last two weeks, we have seen a wave of censorship sweep across online retailers, particularly Steam and Itch.io. This is because of demands from payment processors as well as sex-negative activist groups like Collective Shout (originally reported by journalist Ana Valens, and then censored by VICE’s parent company).

UVW affirms that sex and sexuality belong in games. Games are works of art, created by workers who should be free to express themselves. It's important to encourage a healthy and critical discourse about the media we consume. One vocal minority cannot have the power to categorically silence creative expression, just because some sexual themes make some people uncomfortable.

Sexual art is art, sex work is work. Any attempt to suppress sexual art is an attempt to suppress all art. Any attempt to deny sex workers their dignity is an attempt to deny all workers their dignity.

Workers rely on platforms like Steam and itch.io to distribute their games, and it is workers who are suffering at the behest of this vocal minority. We call on the payment processors Mastercard, Visa, Stripe, and any other companies demanding compliance with this unjust action to reverse their policies and stand with the workers who have lined their pockets for years with their labor. We call on Valve and the Itch.io leadership to reverse their policies and stand with game developers.

We encourage our members and the general games community to use the resources in the quoted post to contact these payment processors directly and express how strongly we object to their actions.

July 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM

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RTGame 👑

@rtgame.bsky.social

IMPORTANT

RTGame 👑 @rtgame.bsky.social · Nov 13

Please understand that as more people join Bluesky, there are more people who do not know that they used to call me The Drift King back in college. Please help spread the word

June 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM

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Magic Ghost

@thegamemagician.bsky.social

I gave her pants and a shirt. Next 5 likes I'll give her the beannie and jacket.
10 replies and I'll give her a hoodie + baggypants
15 more and I'll turn her into a plushie.