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Synth

@starsynth.bsky.social

Forbidden Love
#murderdrones #mdhumanau #mdxpotoau #nuzi

August 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM

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Cutie-Doodles

@cutiedoodles.bsky.social

Keep calling. This issue can't die.

It starts with delisting games, but the likely goal is to enact a new morality police that can silence marginal groups and anyone who speaks out against the status quo.

The payment processors are feeling the squeeze! Let your voice be heard!

Fatty's Den (MINORS DNI) @fattysden.bsky.social · Aug 9

The recent wave of restrictions of pornography (including kink / fetish stuff) in art, games, videos, etc. by payment processors and puritan groups runs to the political sphere at top. This recent censorship is a part of Project 2025, as it turns out. It's no conspiracy. THEY WANT TO CENSOR US!

A post on Twitter by the Gelbooru account that says:

Currently people are contacting Visa and Mastercard, en-masse, in an effort to get them to explain why they are banning legal content from being transacted through their systems. These arbitrary restrictions caused companies, such as Steam, Itch.io, and others to pull violent and adult video games from their platforms. They continue to remain silent on the reason WHY they enforced the restrictions on the companies. I surmise they are gagged from speaking through likely threat of regulatory pressure.

May I introduce, Russ Vought, a co-writer for Project 2025, Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, AND Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

https://files.consumerfinance.gov/f/images/cfpb_headshot-russell-vought_DA8Ama7.original.png

This man has already publicly stated his desire to have pornographic content, violent video games, and other types of content "harmful to children", banned from the internet. This claim he makes is not based on unbiased scientific testing.

In a two minute clip posted on YouTube by The Intercept the following transcript, highlighted in yellow, shows his intended starting point (start with children), and then he cuts himself off from explaining the next part of the plan, of violent video games, etc, as that route had failed twice already in the past few decades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0noIS9lmR0Y
https://imgur.com/CxpcUOs
https://theintercept.com/2024/08/16/project-2025-russ-vought-porn-ban/

Now, as his position in the CFPB, he has ultimate authority over payment providers and banks, and he has likely been abusing this power to strong-arm changes in these privately owned businesses regarding content he specifically had shown his distaste and hatred towards previously. All clearly telegraphed before hand, many years ago.

Continuing the tweet by the Gelbooru account:

This was ALL done in the guise of protecting the children. Admittedly, it is a very solid tactic, at the core. But, if you use the mantra of protecting the children, it tends to mean that it's just a ploy, usually to further a specific agenda.

They are a threat against the United States, nay, the entire world. They are a threat against our democracy, a threat against free speech, and a threat against gamers, a threat against media in general.

These are the same people who believe violent video games cause violent things. An entire generation of individuals have been playing Grand Theft Auto, playing Doom, Quake, and other games, but we are not currently, nor will we face a worldwide pandemic of armed car robberies, driving on sidewalks for the fun of it, or people running around with sawed off shotguns killing demons, or raping people, because a video game was made exploring the content.

Those in power have been eroding free speech in the law. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) provides immunity to online platforms from liability for content posted by their users. They are actively attempting to kill this protection to further their goals outlined in Project 2025, by passing liabilities of their userbase onto the operators via financial regulation threats and pressure, thus killing speech directly, while still keeping in the shadows publicly.

"He filmed the crimes and posted monetized rape videos on P*rnhub, earning revenue for him and the site owners."

https://x.com/BillAckman/status/1898747162306937184

This is their attempt to kill section 230 immunity.

You should not be frightened that they MAY come into power, they are ALREADY IN POWER. They are exercising it spectacularly, taking baby steps to erode away your speech, and we've all been asleep at the wheel.

August 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM

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🔞 𝕽𝖆𝖊𝖑 🔞

@raelbe.bsky.social

Here you go!: archiveofourown.org/works/62373328

By Grace Alone - Anonymous - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

January 20, 2025 at 8:38 PM

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Sylessae

@sylessae.bsky.social

If you don't know what to practice drawing, use this system:

- Avoid overthinking (or journal your concerns)
- Warm up with automatic drawing
- As your drawing develops, ask yourself: Where do I lack confidence in this drawing?
- Take note, study that specific topic later

October 25, 2024 at 1:56 PM

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Synth

@starsynth.bsky.social

What do you mean this didn't happen in Ep 8
#murderdrones #serialdesignationN #uzidoorman

October 25, 2024 at 2:12 AM

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Down Here For Your Soul

@bombsfall.bsky.social

really can't recommend existence enough

a waterfall in the autumn woods in west virginia

October 24, 2024 at 9:15 PM

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Raynilazd

@raynilazd.bsky.social

The Salvation
#murderdrones

October 23, 2024 at 4:17 PM

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Seraphont

@seraphont.bsky.social

V and Lizzy! (: (comm) #murderdrones #vizzy

October 24, 2024 at 1:04 PM

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blood-starved jules

@julesprom.bsky.social

i hate the term ‘elevated horror’ as if horror stories only recently started being about stuff, dawg horror stories have always been about stuff

October 24, 2024 at 7:45 PM

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Synth

@starsynth.bsky.social

Decided to redraw this Strawberry N I made a few months ago :3
(Left is new vers, Right is old vers)

#murderdrones #serialdesignationN #murderdronesN

October 24, 2024 at 5:55 AM

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Bee - Comms Open (4/5)

@ghoulinfuschia.bsky.social

Would anyone be interested in prints if I were to begin selling those again? I was thinking of these pieces specifically. I could even make them holographic….