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Basil 🌿

@basil-mage.bsky.social

Still you

December 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM

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Izzie! 🍊

@seiishin.bsky.social

pink panther(ess)

August 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM

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Katerina Yan (comms are open)

@yankatyaart.bsky.social

For @furlana.bsky.social 💛🩷💛
Boosty submission reward. Digital
You can subscribe ~Cookie Bun~ or ~Ribes Rubrum~ tier and get artistic freedom sketch as reward every month.
Also I have traditional art tier with delivery now too~

August 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM

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Suzanne ✨🌑

@tendermiasma.com

So when you guys do you daily calls today you should ask mastercard what illegal adult content they found on these content creation platforms. Tell them to make names. When they give you the runaround say "but what have you found that's illegal".

They won't because there was never an investigation

Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · Aug 1

This is a pathetic statement and I’m begging every journalist to rip it to shreds

Clarifying recent headlines on gaming content
Mastercard has not evaluated any game or required restrictions of any activity on game creator sites and platforms, contrary to media reports and allegations.
Our payment network follows
standards based on the rule of law. Put simply, we allow all lawful purchases on our network. At the same time, we require merchants to have appropriate controls to ensure Mastercard cards cannot be used for unlawful purchases, including illegal adult content.

August 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM

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WOLF

@rsswolf.bsky.social

July 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM

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yappcat.bsky.social

@yappcat.bsky.social

for @animalcannibal.bsky.social :3
#furry

July 30, 2025 at 5:23 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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🌈 Maly 🌙 ANW

@malytwotails.com

If you have a smartwatch with the green light, thank Spottacus. It’s incalculable how many lives his work has saved- so many people who otherwise wouldn’t have gotten help without alerts from his system. What a legacy.

www.pcmag.com/news/your-sm...

Your Smartwatch's Heart Rate Monitor Was Developed by a Furry

Dr. David Benaron is an inventor whose team at Stanford laid the groundwork for the optical heart rate monitor. He's also a cheetah named Spottacus.

www.pcmag.com

July 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM

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leon

@leyawn.bsky.social

it's scary how powerful ai is getting every day. i just talked with a genie who was able to somehow guess what i was thinking of by asking a series of yes or no questions

July 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM

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猫又

@nekomataftnr.bsky.social

🐅

July 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM

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Bagel 🥨

@bagelcollie.bsky.social

Ears 2 electric boogaloo ~

July 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM

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A͓̽𝖉𝖗𝖎𝖆𝖓 🦐

@garbonzobear.bsky.social

Sea flower picking ! 🩵
Commission for @coralchimera.bsky.social !
Layer info available on patreon ⬇️

#art | #furry | #furryart | #anthro

Digital drawing of a sea dragon chimera character under water resting on a rock and picking flowers like the little mermaid.

June 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM

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‧₊˚ ⛲️ ‧₊ 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔪 ˖° 🌊⋆₊

@crybohemien.bsky.social

Stella’s new outfit!
Boosty reward for @richypie.bsky.social 💕

July 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM

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𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓲 ❄️ Doe edition 🦌

@chaiteakitten.bsky.social

It’s yap o’clock 🗣️✨🧖‍♀️

#furry #furryart #anthro #chaiteakittenart #commission #furrycommission

Chai and Shatima enjoy a chat while wearing robes at the spa. Chai is on a wooden chair and shatima is sitting on the edge of a woodfired hot tub.

July 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM

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Zwiebelprinz

@zwiebelprinz.bsky.social

for @skyecat.bsky.social and @kaijuchomps.bsky.social

To furries , a shark and a cat, in their rubber suit versions. going on a shopping trip in a mall. its colored and there is a detailed background with shops

July 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM

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琴春

@koto0v0haru.bsky.social

rkgk🐾

June 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨

@kellylynnedang.bsky.social

It’s National Indigenous Peoples Day.

Very few are talking about it. If you can, please take a few moments to read this. Please call your reps to stop the sale of public land today. Please.

Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wrote this piece for Harpers Bazaar about the life, legacy, and hate-induced murder of Jonathan Joss through the eyes of being a Two-Spirit Native person this Pride.

I hope you take a read. For Him. For all of us. 🪶