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Arch Stanton
@10001110101.bsky.social
· Nov 17
100% this - if you're really lazy like me you can at least set up something like OpenDNS for FREE and it works awesome AND it's really good at blocking malicious stuff too.
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Anything less than abolition of ICE is frankly unacceptable
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Anything less than abolition of ICE is frankly unacceptable
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Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Porn and erotica are important and societally valuable forms of speech, and the defense of them, in the face of state and church attempts at repression, is a necessary political act.
just because you are a good porno performer doesn't mean you make good porno.
in this thread i will prove the inherent artistic merits of pornography by
in this thread i will prove the inherent artistic merits of pornography by
December 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
just because you are a good porno performer doesn't mean you make good porno.
in this thread i will prove the inherent artistic merits of pornography by
in this thread i will prove the inherent artistic merits of pornography by
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Just really awesome how our financial elite just spent the last several decades admonishing people for pursing the humanities and creative fields, and are now suddenly pedaling the idea that "there are no good ideas anymore" after spending the last 5 years laying off everybody with a brain
December 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just really awesome how our financial elite just spent the last several decades admonishing people for pursing the humanities and creative fields, and are now suddenly pedaling the idea that "there are no good ideas anymore" after spending the last 5 years laying off everybody with a brain
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Heritage Foundation, backers of Project 2025, have issued a call to criminalize porn by detailing specific types of imagery that should be illegal, including "deviate sexual intercourse," "female genitals," and "nudity."
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
The Problem of Online Porn: It's Already Illegal
United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously said in a 1964 opinion that he could not define pornography but “I know it when I see it.” Perhaps such a sentiment was permissible then, wh...
www.heritage.org
December 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Heritage Foundation, backers of Project 2025, have issued a call to criminalize porn by detailing specific types of imagery that should be illegal, including "deviate sexual intercourse," "female genitals," and "nudity."
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
Only "civilizing" images that point to "marital sex" should be allowed.
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Bluesky now requires age-verification in Mississippi, even though X does not.
So Mississippians can still access X anonymously, but htey have to submit paperwork to read Bluesky. Guess which site doesn't think they'll get prosecuted in Mississippi.
Asymmetrical enforcement threats are censorship.
So Mississippians can still access X anonymously, but htey have to submit paperwork to read Bluesky. Guess which site doesn't think they'll get prosecuted in Mississippi.
Asymmetrical enforcement threats are censorship.
Bluesky Is Back for Mississippi Adults, But Social Giants Still Lack Required Age Checks
Months after Bluesky blocked access to Mississippi, Bluesky is available in the state once again with age verification for adults.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Bluesky now requires age-verification in Mississippi, even though X does not.
So Mississippians can still access X anonymously, but htey have to submit paperwork to read Bluesky. Guess which site doesn't think they'll get prosecuted in Mississippi.
Asymmetrical enforcement threats are censorship.
So Mississippians can still access X anonymously, but htey have to submit paperwork to read Bluesky. Guess which site doesn't think they'll get prosecuted in Mississippi.
Asymmetrical enforcement threats are censorship.
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Blocking legal adult content doesn’t stop demand, it just drives people to unsafe sites, exposing them to scams and harmful material. What is this the real impact of these laws? Free Speech Coalition joins us to talk this and more in our latest community panel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0r...
December 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Blocking legal adult content doesn’t stop demand, it just drives people to unsafe sites, exposing them to scams and harmful material. What is this the real impact of these laws? Free Speech Coalition joins us to talk this and more in our latest community panel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0r...
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“These are censorship laws. In the South, where I live, these same proposals mimic a lot of the arguments that you see behind book bans and behind laws that criminalize gender-affirming health care or abortion information.”
The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back
Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
www.wired.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“These are censorship laws. In the South, where I live, these same proposals mimic a lot of the arguments that you see behind book bans and behind laws that criminalize gender-affirming health care or abortion information.”
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This is pure evil.
Meanwhile, Peter Thiel is screaming that AI protesters are “legionnaires of the Antichrist”
Meanwhile, Peter Thiel is screaming that AI protesters are “legionnaires of the Antichrist”
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is pure evil.
Meanwhile, Peter Thiel is screaming that AI protesters are “legionnaires of the Antichrist”
Meanwhile, Peter Thiel is screaming that AI protesters are “legionnaires of the Antichrist”
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Sex work is work so I don't give a fuck but I do love seeing how much of the media has adopted a term, sex worker, that not long ago was largely limited to community spaces.
That's activism.
That's activism.
Cory Mills Was Caught With Sex Workers Before Mission to Afghanistan in 2021, Sources Say
The group Mills had traveled with to Afghanistan parted ways with the then-congressional candidate in Tbilisi, Georgia, after they found out about the sex workers. It appears Mills went to Afghanistan...
www.notus.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sex work is work so I don't give a fuck but I do love seeing how much of the media has adopted a term, sex worker, that not long ago was largely limited to community spaces.
That's activism.
That's activism.
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@eff.org: "Websites subject to [Wisconsin's SB 130] are left with this choice: either cease operation in Wisconsin, or block all VPN users, everywhere, just to avoid legal liability in the state. One state's terrible law is attempting to break VPN access for the entire internet."
Lawmakers Want to Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They're Doing
It's unfortunately no longer enough to force websites to check your government-issued ID before you can access certain content, because politicians have now discovered that people are using Virtual Pr...
www.eff.org
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
@eff.org: "Websites subject to [Wisconsin's SB 130] are left with this choice: either cease operation in Wisconsin, or block all VPN users, everywhere, just to avoid legal liability in the state. One state's terrible law is attempting to break VPN access for the entire internet."
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You know who else is hungry
Your neighbors and friends.
40 million people, grandparents on disability. Children with parents who’s jobs don’t pay enough and many more facing food insecurity
Plz Donate to you local food pantry if you can. Every $ helps
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Your neighbors and friends.
40 million people, grandparents on disability. Children with parents who’s jobs don’t pay enough and many more facing food insecurity
Plz Donate to you local food pantry if you can. Every $ helps
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Find Your Local Food Bank | Feeding America
Find the Feeding America member food bank nearest you. Over 200 member food banks can connect you with free food, food pantries, soup kitchens, and mobile pantries in your community.
www.feedingamerica.org
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
You know who else is hungry
Your neighbors and friends.
40 million people, grandparents on disability. Children with parents who’s jobs don’t pay enough and many more facing food insecurity
Plz Donate to you local food pantry if you can. Every $ helps
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
Your neighbors and friends.
40 million people, grandparents on disability. Children with parents who’s jobs don’t pay enough and many more facing food insecurity
Plz Donate to you local food pantry if you can. Every $ helps
www.feedingamerica.org/find-your-lo...
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Remember that the predominant form of age verification for porn sites — the new mandates passed in nearly every red state in the past few years — is a facial scan coupled with government ID.
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Remember that the predominant form of age verification for porn sites — the new mandates passed in nearly every red state in the past few years — is a facial scan coupled with government ID.
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Librarian Terri Lesley tried to stop right-wing censors from removing LGBTQ+ books from a Wyoming public library. She was fired.
She sued and won $700,000.
Censors say it won't be a deterrent from going after other librarians, and some say they'd rather close libraries altogether.
She sued and won $700,000.
Censors say it won't be a deterrent from going after other librarians, and some say they'd rather close libraries altogether.
Fired Wyoming librarian hopes $700,000 settlement deters conservative lawmakers. They say it won’t.
By Andrew Graham The Gillette librarian who this week settled a lawsuit against Campbell County over her July 2023 firing for a $700,000 payment says she hopes Wyoming lawmakers take note of the hefty...
county17.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Librarian Terri Lesley tried to stop right-wing censors from removing LGBTQ+ books from a Wyoming public library. She was fired.
She sued and won $700,000.
Censors say it won't be a deterrent from going after other librarians, and some say they'd rather close libraries altogether.
She sued and won $700,000.
Censors say it won't be a deterrent from going after other librarians, and some say they'd rather close libraries altogether.
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Actually @governor.ca.gov has until Friday to sign the bills.
Call his office and demand he sign them.
(916) 445-2841
The hold times were long— they offer a VM option if you can't stay on. Let him know the political price he'll pay if he fails to stand up for a community under attack.
Call his office and demand he sign them.
(916) 445-2841
The hold times were long— they offer a VM option if you can't stay on. Let him know the political price he'll pay if he fails to stand up for a community under attack.
Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85
October 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Actually @governor.ca.gov has until Friday to sign the bills.
Call his office and demand he sign them.
(916) 445-2841
The hold times were long— they offer a VM option if you can't stay on. Let him know the political price he'll pay if he fails to stand up for a community under attack.
Call his office and demand he sign them.
(916) 445-2841
The hold times were long— they offer a VM option if you can't stay on. Let him know the political price he'll pay if he fails to stand up for a community under attack.
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And porn. If you're touting "science" about the damaging effects of pornography you're carrying water for right-wing orgs that for ten years have pushed anti-porn (anti-masturbation) pseudoscience as a justification for censorship of sex and sexuality online.
Porn is not "a public health crisis."
Porn is not "a public health crisis."
For @truthout.org yesterday I wrote about how the government's lies about tylenol and autism reminds me a lot of the government's lies about trans people.
truthout.org/articles/ant...
truthout.org/articles/ant...
Anti-Trans Policy Deserves Same Scrutiny as Trump’s Tylenol Disinformation
As a trans journalist, I see corporate media outlets as inconsistent in their treatment of right-wing disinformation.
truthout.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
And porn. If you're touting "science" about the damaging effects of pornography you're carrying water for right-wing orgs that for ten years have pushed anti-porn (anti-masturbation) pseudoscience as a justification for censorship of sex and sexuality online.
Porn is not "a public health crisis."
Porn is not "a public health crisis."
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No one outside adult truly has any idea what online censorship really looks like. They imagine it's easy to get around with a cute spelling.
In reality, censorship is arbitrary and nonsensical, enforced by multiple parties. The liability so great that some topics stop getting discussed completely.
In reality, censorship is arbitrary and nonsensical, enforced by multiple parties. The liability so great that some topics stop getting discussed completely.
Yes this is in direct response to ManyVids removing 15 videos without notice due to WORDS in the descriptions, taken out of context. Years of views and fan reviews, totally gone, because of this. They could have notified me - they could have asked me to just change the text - but they did not.
September 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
No one outside adult truly has any idea what online censorship really looks like. They imagine it's easy to get around with a cute spelling.
In reality, censorship is arbitrary and nonsensical, enforced by multiple parties. The liability so great that some topics stop getting discussed completely.
In reality, censorship is arbitrary and nonsensical, enforced by multiple parties. The liability so great that some topics stop getting discussed completely.
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A priest tells you that you're not allowed to cum and then tells you to give them money because they deserve it more than you: Not taxed.
A chaturbate femdom tells you that you're not allowed to cum and then tells you to give her money because she deserves it more than you: Taxed.
???
A chaturbate femdom tells you that you're not allowed to cum and then tells you to give her money because she deserves it more than you: Taxed.
???
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
A priest tells you that you're not allowed to cum and then tells you to give them money because they deserve it more than you: Not taxed.
A chaturbate femdom tells you that you're not allowed to cum and then tells you to give her money because she deserves it more than you: Taxed.
???
A chaturbate femdom tells you that you're not allowed to cum and then tells you to give her money because she deserves it more than you: Taxed.
???
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A French MP — a millennial Socialist — is outraged that a telecom company providing a *free* VPN service because it could allow people to evade state-mandated age-verification.
We need to stop imagining that moral panics and fetishization of the surveillance state know age or political boundaries.
We need to stop imagining that moral panics and fetishization of the surveillance state know age or political boundaries.
French telecoms giant sparks Socialist MP’s anger with new VPN
French telecoms giant Free has been accused of undermining child protection efforts in the country by French Socialist MP Thierry Sother. Her comments came after the French company rolled out a free…
brusselssignal.eu
September 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A French MP — a millennial Socialist — is outraged that a telecom company providing a *free* VPN service because it could allow people to evade state-mandated age-verification.
We need to stop imagining that moral panics and fetishization of the surveillance state know age or political boundaries.
We need to stop imagining that moral panics and fetishization of the surveillance state know age or political boundaries.
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*slaps your balls* these bad boys can store so much pee in them!
September 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
*slaps your balls* these bad boys can store so much pee in them!
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has anyone pointed out yet that timothy olyphant in alien earth is just doing ANGEL BOY impression from tim and erics bedtime stories and i mean this as a huge buckaroo compliment @timheidecker.bsky.social youtu.be/TXALdmL7FeU?...
Angelboy
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youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
has anyone pointed out yet that timothy olyphant in alien earth is just doing ANGEL BOY impression from tim and erics bedtime stories and i mean this as a huge buckaroo compliment @timheidecker.bsky.social youtu.be/TXALdmL7FeU?...
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The President just got a national broadcaster for lack of "civility."
Can the left please understand why giving the government more power to threaten platforms and punish speakers using vague and expansive legal terminology like "harmful to minors" might be a bad idea?
Can the left please understand why giving the government more power to threaten platforms and punish speakers using vague and expansive legal terminology like "harmful to minors" might be a bad idea?
‘Chilling’: Hayes reacts to Jimmy Kimmel suspension following Trump FCC threats
ABC has “indefinitely” pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air after Trump’s FCC chair criticized the host’s Charlie Kirk comments. “This is just the latest chapter in Donald Trump's ongoing campaign ...
www.msnbc.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The President just got a national broadcaster for lack of "civility."
Can the left please understand why giving the government more power to threaten platforms and punish speakers using vague and expansive legal terminology like "harmful to minors" might be a bad idea?
Can the left please understand why giving the government more power to threaten platforms and punish speakers using vague and expansive legal terminology like "harmful to minors" might be a bad idea?
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2 Live Crew already had a parental advisory sticker on it. But censors didn't think that was enough and fought to have it declared legally obscene — with criminal penalties if you play, perform, sell or otherwise distribute, even to adults.
That's what obscenity is.
That's what obscenity is.
September 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
2 Live Crew already had a parental advisory sticker on it. But censors didn't think that was enough and fought to have it declared legally obscene — with criminal penalties if you play, perform, sell or otherwise distribute, even to adults.
That's what obscenity is.
That's what obscenity is.
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Branding is important.
September 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Branding is important.
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The post had 2 other slides & OP went into detail about his struggles with what he calls hypersexuality - unclear if he’s ever sought therapy for CSA. So it’s hard to tell if some of the “me too” comments are referencing CSA, or hypersexual behavior in general.
we need comprehensive sex ed SO BAD.
we need comprehensive sex ed SO BAD.
September 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The post had 2 other slides & OP went into detail about his struggles with what he calls hypersexuality - unclear if he’s ever sought therapy for CSA. So it’s hard to tell if some of the “me too” comments are referencing CSA, or hypersexual behavior in general.
we need comprehensive sex ed SO BAD.
we need comprehensive sex ed SO BAD.