Darth Contusion
@darthcontusion.bsky.social
Game and anime idiot
Any pronouns, but he or she are preferred from friends!
https://darthcontusion.itch.io/
https://ko-fi.com/darthcontusion
Any pronouns, but he or she are preferred from friends!
https://darthcontusion.itch.io/
https://ko-fi.com/darthcontusion
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"(A)s scarily big as [Visa and Mastercard] are, they are not above the libido of 5.35 billion internet users."
Erotic art has been here since humanity started making art, and it will remain as long as humanity does.
Erotic art has been here since humanity started making art, and it will remain as long as humanity does.
‘Visa and Mastercard’s adult content clampdown is a battle they can’t – and shouldn’t – win’
'Visa and Mastercard will never stop the internet being horny'
Amelia Hansford writes about the proliferation of adult content on the internet and how Visa and Mastercard can't hope to stop it.
www.thepinknews.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"(A)s scarily big as [Visa and Mastercard] are, they are not above the libido of 5.35 billion internet users."
Erotic art has been here since humanity started making art, and it will remain as long as humanity does.
Erotic art has been here since humanity started making art, and it will remain as long as humanity does.
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Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
This is how AI is killing translation work:
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Censorship doesn’t always come from politicians or pearl-clutching watchdogs. More often, it’s enforced quietly by the companies that handle our transactions. That’s why it’s so important to recognize that we’re not fighting these battles alone. uncensoredartists.beehiiv.com/p/romance-on...
Romance on Trial
Why payment processors — not publishers — are the biggest threat to steamy fiction and NSFW creators alike.
uncensoredartists.beehiiv.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Censorship doesn’t always come from politicians or pearl-clutching watchdogs. More often, it’s enforced quietly by the companies that handle our transactions. That’s why it’s so important to recognize that we’re not fighting these battles alone. uncensoredartists.beehiiv.com/p/romance-on...
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the usual vagueness is present here that is usually a bad sign to come for adult content.
bluesky is taking feedback on the guidelines at this link below. Let them know these are not satisfactory
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
points that need addressing are: [cont]
bluesky is taking feedback on the guidelines at this link below. Let them know these are not satisfactory
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
points that need addressing are: [cont]
August 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
the usual vagueness is present here that is usually a bad sign to come for adult content.
bluesky is taking feedback on the guidelines at this link below. Let them know these are not satisfactory
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
points that need addressing are: [cont]
bluesky is taking feedback on the guidelines at this link below. Let them know these are not satisfactory
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
points that need addressing are: [cont]
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The fog of war is lifting
What we are learning is that these two parties are responsible for all of the censorship going on. Banks working with PayPal / Stripe, and card networks like MasterCard
What we are learning is that these two parties are responsible for all of the censorship going on. Banks working with PayPal / Stripe, and card networks like MasterCard
August 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The fog of war is lifting
What we are learning is that these two parties are responsible for all of the censorship going on. Banks working with PayPal / Stripe, and card networks like MasterCard
What we are learning is that these two parties are responsible for all of the censorship going on. Banks working with PayPal / Stripe, and card networks like MasterCard
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OH MY GOD WE ARE WINNING YALL
KEEP CALLING DO NOT STOP
DO NOT STOP CALLING LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING!!!
KEEP CALLING DO NOT STOP
DO NOT STOP CALLING LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING!!!
August 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
OH MY GOD WE ARE WINNING YALL
KEEP CALLING DO NOT STOP
DO NOT STOP CALLING LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING!!!
KEEP CALLING DO NOT STOP
DO NOT STOP CALLING LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING!!!
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Please keep making calls to all 4 payment processors
Please keep contacting your congressmen and demanding they oppose KOSA, IODA and the SCREEN act
Please keep contacting your congressmen and demanding they oppose KOSA, IODA and the SCREEN act
CONGRATS SOLDIER, we've hit 2 weeks of solid #SaveSpeech pressure! Youre doing a great job! Reward yourself!
And keep on calling/mailing!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money
www.congress.gov/members/find...
And keep on calling/mailing!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money
www.congress.gov/members/find...
![SCREEN ACT:
-full age verification. (biometric scans, ID uploads, background checks)
-Deeply unsafe for personal and data privacy. Security/data breaches are rampant, and uploading so much sensitive data to every single we site is just asking for mass ID theft.
-id verification is much, much harder on small websites than larger ones, creating a chilling effect and stifling speech for anyone that isnt a massive corporation
-draw comparison to UK's OSA [online safety act] and the backlash it is receiving](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xawhcpoqu6pdxpp72fd43wuf/bafkreidmn2ceympzc546sf3qvmvmx6mkjoxtt3yjxz2vksm4xdzkcbe4pm@jpeg)
August 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Please keep making calls to all 4 payment processors
Please keep contacting your congressmen and demanding they oppose KOSA, IODA and the SCREEN act
Please keep contacting your congressmen and demanding they oppose KOSA, IODA and the SCREEN act
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Reminder: Seeing evidence that the pushback is working is not a reason to step back and declare victory, it's a reason to ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴄᴀʟʟɪɴɢ!
nice vid kinda summing up the past 2-3 weeks wrt #SaveSpeech and payment processors
Valve Was Forced To Censor Games, Now They've Outed Mastercard
YouTube video by Bellular News
www.youtube.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Reminder: Seeing evidence that the pushback is working is not a reason to step back and declare victory, it's a reason to ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ᴄᴀʟʟɪɴɢ!
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#SaveSpeech
Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points.
Tell em to say NO to:
SCREEN ACT
KOSA
IODA
www.congress.gov/members/find...
CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points.
Tell em to say NO to:
SCREEN ACT
KOSA
IODA
www.congress.gov/members/find...
CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
August 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
#SaveSpeech
Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points.
Tell em to say NO to:
SCREEN ACT
KOSA
IODA
www.congress.gov/members/find...
CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points.
Tell em to say NO to:
SCREEN ACT
KOSA
IODA
www.congress.gov/members/find...
CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.
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August 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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To echo others: that MasterCard is proactively reaching out to its advertising partners to try and blunt the impact of the pressure campaign is one of the surest signs the pressure campaign is having an effect (and after just two weeks, too!) Don't let up! Call/mail their asses!! #SaveSpeech
August 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
To echo others: that MasterCard is proactively reaching out to its advertising partners to try and blunt the impact of the pressure campaign is one of the surest signs the pressure campaign is having an effect (and after just two weeks, too!) Don't let up! Call/mail their asses!! #SaveSpeech
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you know what would be really funny?
if people started calling MasterCard saying "I mentioned MasterCard in a Riot/Valorant/League of Legends stream and I got timed out/warned/banned. I don't understand why that would happen. Can you explain it to me?"
if people started calling MasterCard saying "I mentioned MasterCard in a Riot/Valorant/League of Legends stream and I got timed out/warned/banned. I don't understand why that would happen. Can you explain it to me?"
August 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
you know what would be really funny?
if people started calling MasterCard saying "I mentioned MasterCard in a Riot/Valorant/League of Legends stream and I got timed out/warned/banned. I don't understand why that would happen. Can you explain it to me?"
if people started calling MasterCard saying "I mentioned MasterCard in a Riot/Valorant/League of Legends stream and I got timed out/warned/banned. I don't understand why that would happen. Can you explain it to me?"
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VISA and MASTERCARD are now refusing all calls related to their policy changes. So call up as a concerned shareholder, prepared to short-sell their shares to reduce financial harm and loss to their portfolios.
They're trying to ignore us. Don't let them.
Evangelical Censorship is death to progress
They're trying to ignore us. Don't let them.
Evangelical Censorship is death to progress
"As a shareholder, I am gravely concerned with the financial irresponsibility of cutting off a legal stream of revenue based on the actions of one small group of activists. If action is not taken to remedy this, I may be forced to sell my shares while they still have value."
August 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
VISA and MASTERCARD are now refusing all calls related to their policy changes. So call up as a concerned shareholder, prepared to short-sell their shares to reduce financial harm and loss to their portfolios.
They're trying to ignore us. Don't let them.
Evangelical Censorship is death to progress
They're trying to ignore us. Don't let them.
Evangelical Censorship is death to progress
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And I've obviously been saying this a lot lately, but BDS does not expect anyone to drop everything made by Microsoft all at once. They pick very specific targets in order to get as wide a coalition as possible, and in the case of Xbox, even suggest different tiers of engagement.
August 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
And I've obviously been saying this a lot lately, but BDS does not expect anyone to drop everything made by Microsoft all at once. They pick very specific targets in order to get as wide a coalition as possible, and in the case of Xbox, even suggest different tiers of engagement.
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People need to keep in mind this is the line. The reason we have such a breadth of styles and niches of adult content now is because people can make a living off of it. If we have our incomes demolished, 90%+ will have to stop and disappear. Action matters now more than it ever has before.
August 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
People need to keep in mind this is the line. The reason we have such a breadth of styles and niches of adult content now is because people can make a living off of it. If we have our incomes demolished, 90%+ will have to stop and disappear. Action matters now more than it ever has before.
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Round four! Strip that priest 😈.
Now we're getting somewhere!
See yellat.money for contact information, and stop-paypros.neocities.org for some example scripts and other info! Any extra points will carry to the next round 💖
#savespeech
Now we're getting somewhere!
See yellat.money for contact information, and stop-paypros.neocities.org for some example scripts and other info! Any extra points will carry to the next round 💖
#savespeech
August 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Round four! Strip that priest 😈.
Now we're getting somewhere!
See yellat.money for contact information, and stop-paypros.neocities.org for some example scripts and other info! Any extra points will carry to the next round 💖
#savespeech
Now we're getting somewhere!
See yellat.money for contact information, and stop-paypros.neocities.org for some example scripts and other info! Any extra points will carry to the next round 💖
#savespeech
detestable hugo getting hurt @tietuesday.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
detestable hugo getting hurt @tietuesday.bsky.social
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Remember if you're calling, a good way to 'refresh' the bit is to act like you just heard about this issue from this article.
Great work by PC Gamer showing MasterCard shares much responsibility for what happened to Steam
www.pcgamer.com/games/master...
www.pcgamer.com/games/master...
Mastercard deflects blame for NSFW games being taken down, but Valve says payment processors 'specifically cited' a Mastercard rule about damaging the brand
Steam and Itch.io are worried about trouble with their payment processors, and Mastercard is not a payment processor.
www.pcgamer.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Remember if you're calling, a good way to 'refresh' the bit is to act like you just heard about this issue from this article.
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call ur banks but also still call on stripe. you cannot take their statement 100% at face value when they've previously told people calling that they specifically won't support it themselves. that pressure should not go away
Update from itchio: Free NSFW content will be reindexed, Stripe points the finger at banks.
Looks like it’s time to also call our banks
Looks like it’s time to also call our banks
August 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
call ur banks but also still call on stripe. you cannot take their statement 100% at face value when they've previously told people calling that they specifically won't support it themselves. that pressure should not go away
pacman digimon inspired by @tietuesday.bsky.social because pacman is his special Digital Pet that he Loves
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
pacman digimon inspired by @tietuesday.bsky.social because pacman is his special Digital Pet that he Loves