@sleepyelk.bsky.social
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In the Kids Onle Safety hearing going on right now they predictably called privacy and free speech concerns "a farce"
I think we should call and refute this shameful behavior extremely loudly
Watch it with me
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/committee-ac...
I think we should call and refute this shameful behavior extremely loudly
Watch it with me
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/committee-ac...
Hearing on "Legislative Solutions to Protect Children and Teens Online"
The Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at 10:15 a.m. (EST) in the John D. Dingell Hearing Room...
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
In the Kids Onle Safety hearing going on right now they predictably called privacy and free speech concerns "a farce"
I think we should call and refute this shameful behavior extremely loudly
Watch it with me
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/committee-ac...
I think we should call and refute this shameful behavior extremely loudly
Watch it with me
democrats-energycommerce.house.gov/committee-ac...
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This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
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Let's keep showing them how profoundly irritating we can be, because they have an easy out. It's right there!
Source familiar with MasterCard‘s internal workings: The company finds the censorship focus from consumers “profoundly irritating“ amid larger political issues — they want the controversy around paypros censorship to quietly disappear
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Let's keep showing them how profoundly irritating we can be, because they have an easy out. It's right there!
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A meaningful story on YALSA's blog The Hub. Book bans are a terrible form of censorship, but this interaction between a librarian and their teen patron is so lovely. It's short and sweet. Give it a read. 💕 @yalsa.bsky.social
www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2025/...
www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2025/...
The Check Please Moment: Why Censorship is a Threat to Safe Spaces
We fight censorship not just for intellectual freedom, but for the young person who spends their fall break quietly finding themselves on our shelves.
www.yalsa.ala.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A meaningful story on YALSA's blog The Hub. Book bans are a terrible form of censorship, but this interaction between a librarian and their teen patron is so lovely. It's short and sweet. Give it a read. 💕 @yalsa.bsky.social
www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2025/...
www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2025/...
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Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on.
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
It NEEDS mass pushback.
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#SaveSpeech
KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total
You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP
The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
Please call DAILY
KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total
You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP
The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
Please call DAILY
October 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#SaveSpeech
KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total
You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP
The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
Please call DAILY
KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total
You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP
The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...
Please call DAILY
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Feels like the whole world is crashing out rn... I just wanna draw man. I just wanna draw my little drawings and make enough money off of them to live a humble life and chat to the people who like my little drawings sometimes. Why is that so harddddddddd
October 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Feels like the whole world is crashing out rn... I just wanna draw man. I just wanna draw my little drawings and make enough money off of them to live a humble life and chat to the people who like my little drawings sometimes. Why is that so harddddddddd
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actions that will contribute more to pushing against bluesky's censorship than a blackout:
-submitting a feedback request
-@ing moderation about it
-commenting on mods posts about it
-making and sharing memes (ex: "i consent!" sticker)
-leaving an app store review
-just generally posting about it
-submitting a feedback request
-@ing moderation about it
-commenting on mods posts about it
-making and sharing memes (ex: "i consent!" sticker)
-leaving an app store review
-just generally posting about it
September 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
actions that will contribute more to pushing against bluesky's censorship than a blackout:
-submitting a feedback request
-@ing moderation about it
-commenting on mods posts about it
-making and sharing memes (ex: "i consent!" sticker)
-leaving an app store review
-just generally posting about it
-submitting a feedback request
-@ing moderation about it
-commenting on mods posts about it
-making and sharing memes (ex: "i consent!" sticker)
-leaving an app store review
-just generally posting about it
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Ok my cis friends, we are going to need a lot of you to step the fuck up and fight hard for us
www.them.us/story/trump-...
www.them.us/story/trump-...
FBI to Categorize Trans People As "Nihilistic Violent Extremist" Threat Group, Report Says
The choice is being championed by the Heritage Foundation, which is behind Project 2025.
www.them.us
September 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Ok my cis friends, we are going to need a lot of you to step the fuck up and fight hard for us
www.them.us/story/trump-...
www.them.us/story/trump-...
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You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
You are under no obligation to mourn the death of people who would’ve celebrated yours.
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Visa and Mastercard reportedly coming for FAIRIES and CAT EARS
Get on the phone and ask them wtf is up because this even made me double take
bsky.app/profile/dark...
Get on the phone and ask them wtf is up because this even made me double take
bsky.app/profile/dark...
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 3:49 AM
Visa and Mastercard reportedly coming for FAIRIES and CAT EARS
Get on the phone and ask them wtf is up because this even made me double take
bsky.app/profile/dark...
Get on the phone and ask them wtf is up because this even made me double take
bsky.app/profile/dark...
The state of the world has me not doing great friends...that's all...
September 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
The state of the world has me not doing great friends...that's all...
Well I definitely still have my food allergy haha 🪦💀 hives and feeling stomach cramps of death orz
September 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Well I definitely still have my food allergy haha 🪦💀 hives and feeling stomach cramps of death orz
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I refuse to accept that our future will be to live in puritan hell states. Keep calling!
PayPal user in the UK lost their account after buying adult ebooks “about monsters and milking,” “some dubcon stuff”
“My account got banned a couple of days ago for making purchases which violate the ToS. Upon querying w/ staff over the phone I've been told that it was ebooks that I've been buying”
“My account got banned a couple of days ago for making purchases which violate the ToS. Upon querying w/ staff over the phone I've been told that it was ebooks that I've been buying”
August 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I refuse to accept that our future will be to live in puritan hell states. Keep calling!
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With emphasis, there is no difference in the conservative mind between porn and "icky porn". Queer existence itself is porn to them. Band together and say no to censorship, wholesale. You will not get a pass for being one of the "good" queers. IN THE CONSERVATIVE MIND, THERE IS NO SUCH THING.
August 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
With emphasis, there is no difference in the conservative mind between porn and "icky porn". Queer existence itself is porn to them. Band together and say no to censorship, wholesale. You will not get a pass for being one of the "good" queers. IN THE CONSERVATIVE MIND, THERE IS NO SUCH THING.
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It’s sad that the discussion around pornography is always framed as “it’s potentially harmful.” It’s also potentially healthy? What did you learn about yourself, your body, your gender, your preferences, your boundaries and your self expression through the smut you consume?
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s sad that the discussion around pornography is always framed as “it’s potentially harmful.” It’s also potentially healthy? What did you learn about yourself, your body, your gender, your preferences, your boundaries and your self expression through the smut you consume?
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Stripe says it’s accepting payments for LGBTQ content
JVA site starts working with Visa again
Mastercard reportedly panicking and making Riot moderate messages
The tide is turning
We are going to win this
Keep calling
Keep writing
Keep fighting
You can do this
JVA site starts working with Visa again
Mastercard reportedly panicking and making Riot moderate messages
The tide is turning
We are going to win this
Keep calling
Keep writing
Keep fighting
You can do this
August 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Stripe says it’s accepting payments for LGBTQ content
JVA site starts working with Visa again
Mastercard reportedly panicking and making Riot moderate messages
The tide is turning
We are going to win this
Keep calling
Keep writing
Keep fighting
You can do this
JVA site starts working with Visa again
Mastercard reportedly panicking and making Riot moderate messages
The tide is turning
We are going to win this
Keep calling
Keep writing
Keep fighting
You can do this
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Stripe crossed a line now.
Call up whatever local LGBT organizations exist in your area, gay activist groups, gay bars, pride organizing committees, folks who schedule drag shows, queer church groups, everyone.
Also libraries and bookstores.
Show up in person to talk to any business using Stripe.
Call up whatever local LGBT organizations exist in your area, gay activist groups, gay bars, pride organizing committees, folks who schedule drag shows, queer church groups, everyone.
Also libraries and bookstores.
Show up in person to talk to any business using Stripe.
Same during my call- the wording I used was “non-explicit, legal, non-adult LGBT content”, and I got back the response that “yes, stripe is blocking this. We’re a private company, we make our own rules about it.” Was hung up on when I asked why.
August 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Stripe crossed a line now.
Call up whatever local LGBT organizations exist in your area, gay activist groups, gay bars, pride organizing committees, folks who schedule drag shows, queer church groups, everyone.
Also libraries and bookstores.
Show up in person to talk to any business using Stripe.
Call up whatever local LGBT organizations exist in your area, gay activist groups, gay bars, pride organizing committees, folks who schedule drag shows, queer church groups, everyone.
Also libraries and bookstores.
Show up in person to talk to any business using Stripe.
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We're not in theoretical "they could come after sfw queer content LATER" territory anymore. It is being used to come after sfw queer content NOW.
Spread this around, send the article to any and every news outlet/content creator you can think of. The alarms need to be sounded
And KEEP CALLING
Spread this around, send the article to any and every news outlet/content creator you can think of. The alarms need to be sounded
And KEEP CALLING
August 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We're not in theoretical "they could come after sfw queer content LATER" territory anymore. It is being used to come after sfw queer content NOW.
Spread this around, send the article to any and every news outlet/content creator you can think of. The alarms need to be sounded
And KEEP CALLING
Spread this around, send the article to any and every news outlet/content creator you can think of. The alarms need to be sounded
And KEEP CALLING
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There's a good tactic to keep them on the phone longer in here: Start by saying you're concerned about a statement that the processor has put out, and then read the entire statement without stopping. This will cause confusion and awkwardness if they just repeat it back to you, which they likely will
August 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
There's a good tactic to keep them on the phone longer in here: Start by saying you're concerned about a statement that the processor has put out, and then read the entire statement without stopping. This will cause confusion and awkwardness if they just repeat it back to you, which they likely will
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FUCKING BANANAS discovery-- used it to leave a message with CEO Mike Miebach. the real value of these zaps is figuring out exactly what new techniques we can use to get our message across!!
Something we discovered during our fruitful zap session today- I've added it to the initiative page.
cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...
cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...
August 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
FUCKING BANANAS discovery-- used it to leave a message with CEO Mike Miebach. the real value of these zaps is figuring out exactly what new techniques we can use to get our message across!!