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Roz Kaveney

@rozkaveney.bsky.social

The Attorney General of Texas has ordered an undercover investigation for terrorist conspiracy of anti-fascist and trans groups. The forcefem fiction practically writes itself...

October 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM

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Chloe "Robot Autumn" Adams

@addamschloe.bsky.social

dig through the ditches and
burn through the witches and
turn right on route 8 for

DACULA

Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · Sep 27

Joey Garcia (@NotJosephGarcia) on twitter: "This almost frightened me to my core"

image is a map of Dacula

September 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM

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innes

@innes.bsky.social

"solving the autism problem" oh you mean cutting the scratchy tags off my shirts?

September 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM

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NASFACTS

@nasfacts.bsky.social

there’s is so much more to nascar than just going fast and turning left. there are also pit stops. also, the screams. oh, god. the screams.

August 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM

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Beth 💜

@picklebee.bsky.social

My Voice Therapist: Please think about using the exercises I've taught you, you're really close to your goals but you need to concentrate more.

Me trying to hold back my new Matt Berry voice but failing: you really are the most devious voice therapist in Glasgow Citayyyyyyyy

August 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM

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Jane

@fightingpride93.bsky.social

1/2 way through the month and I still need 142 sign-ups to make rent and cover bills.

You get literally 1000s of posts, over 800 recipes for £5 and more added every day.

16% off if you sign up annually!

Please just give it a try. You improve my life and can cancel anytime.

Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm a black trans woman fighting poverty and homelessness.

To support myself, I set up a patreon where you can get access to all my recipes, poetry, artwork and photography for just £5.

Something new EVERY SINGLE DAY. You won't regret it.

http://patreon.com/fightingpride93

Hot dog with caramelised onions and cheese

Pasta with sliced hot dogs in a tomato sauce

August 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king

@raxkingisdead.bsky.social

🚨 HEY DC 🚨 if you can participate in tonight’s emergency ride to provide critical resources to your unhoused neighbors you should. MPD & feds are expected to sweep EVERY tent of EVERY encampment as soon as 6:30pm tonight. stand up for your community and show the feds whose streets these are

Bikes Not Bombs - emergency ride to support the unhoused community - tonight, 5:45 meet 6:30 roll - mcpherson square

August 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM

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The Daily Tism

@thedailytism.com

Shure was last seen apologising to Margot Robbie for her recent Oscars snub, which Shure felt she “could have done more to prevent”.

Autistic woman sure this is her fault somehow

An autistic woman is pretty sure she’s somehow to blame for this thing that seemingly has nothing to do with her, it has been rumoured. Krista Shure, 28, was heard by sources apologising for the…

thedailytism.com

August 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM

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Nate Bethea

@inthesedeserts.bsky.social

I went down an image search rabbit hole and

Corgi with a chain and a cigarette in a field of wheat next to a bottle of some kind of alcohol

August 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM

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Ian Coldwater 📦💥

@lookitup.baby

Wake up babe, new Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation OceanGate report just dropped

www.news.uscg.mil

August 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM

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e.w. niedermeyer

@niedermeyer.online

it's about that time of year again, when the cats harvest the apples... behold the majesty of nature

Bjorn, a brown and white snowshoe cat, appearing to pick an unripe apple from a tree

With one paw still raised to touch the unripe apple, Bjorn now appears to be smelling it as well

July 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM

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PSX Bunlith 🪄 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸

@b0tster.yeag.gay

good morning. keep the calls up!!!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Jul 27

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 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM

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gamera obscura

@ohrobin.bsky.social

Sam Neil and Laura dern playing two characters whose names I don’t remember in the motion picture Jurassic park. They’re all sweaty and moved as they gaze upon, if I recall correctly, a brachiosaurus or something. You know the scene. There’s the theme song.

July 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM

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Bugs, Beleaguered Babysitter of the Booger Brothers

@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social

they call them EPs because they're the length of a little nap :3

June 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM

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SHARED MY PINNED 🏳️‍⚧️

@pavlovforgoths.com

Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.

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Instead of being in settings its in the google app. Also, google, not chrome. Icon is a G, not the circle thing. Click on your pfp to open a menu

From there, go Settings > Gemini > Digital Assistants > Switch to Google Assistant. This disables Gemini, google's Al assistant, and switches you back to the old one. We aren't done yet.

Go back to Settings. From there, we go Settings > Google Assistant > scroll to find General > Google Assitant on/off > turn it off

They really tried their best to make it a pain, but you can eventually disable it. Holding the power button on your phone still pulls up a menu and asks you to turn it back on, but this is the least intrusive you can make it.

Applies to all non-apple phones afaik. For sure Samsungs and Pixels but idrk about others

Edit: thank you my friend @/teeth-kid for confirming that this also works on Motorola

June 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM

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Emma Evans

@trance.bsky.social

Please help Mae if you can folks, she really needs our help

Mae Dean @maegodhavemercy.com · Jun 25

Folks, I’m up shit creek again, and I really need your help. I wasn’t able to make a partial rent payment last week, and my landlord is demanding a full payment before Friday or he’s going to start the eviction process.

I’m “MaeGodHaveMercy” on PayPal, Venmo and Cash App. Any help is appreciated.

June 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM

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allied milk hotel

@mel.bzky.team

harald saxon with a speech bubble implying he said the post below

June 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM

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Georgia Harper

@mindtheflap.bsky.social

I read the best-selling book on "overdiagnosis". I was not a fan. There are some really important ideas that don't quite stick the landing, but it gets very culture-war very quickly.

A first attempt at YouTube by @ftw.bsky.social and I:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDxV...