Aster
@lithnathron.bsky.social
✦ 30↑ | he/they | spoonie | profic | 🔞 minors dni ✦
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This call campaign is working. If youve been calling since mov 1st, youre a trooper! If you havent called yet, now is a fantastic time to do so! Please help us pressure paypros and push back against censorship!
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This call campaign is working. If youve been calling since mov 1st, youre a trooper! If you havent called yet, now is a fantastic time to do so! Please help us pressure paypros and push back against censorship!
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IGN is paying attention to censorship again. Use their momentum, call visa and mastercard, tell them you read the article, ask them why they're censoring legal stuff
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
IGN is paying attention to censorship again. Use their momentum, call visa and mastercard, tell them you read the article, ask them why they're censoring legal stuff
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
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Trying to put a starter pack together of writers and artists who do trans men and mascs in romance and erotica, especially who do monsterfuckery & fucked-up dynamics!
Further recommendations appreciated!
go.bsky.app/QCGDtAH
Further recommendations appreciated!
go.bsky.app/QCGDtAH
October 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Trying to put a starter pack together of writers and artists who do trans men and mascs in romance and erotica, especially who do monsterfuckery & fucked-up dynamics!
Further recommendations appreciated!
go.bsky.app/QCGDtAH
Further recommendations appreciated!
go.bsky.app/QCGDtAH
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🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation.
If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc.
We got 3 days to stop this. Call now!
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc.
We got 3 days to stop this. Call now!
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation.
If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc.
We got 3 days to stop this. Call now!
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc.
We got 3 days to stop this. Call now!
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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Deleted the "don't use the word commission" on paypal post! Early this year I'd heard reports of people getting shut down for using that word and it was insinuated that the context was artists were being targeted for "high risk" words.
I appreciate this context and not trying to spread misinfo ❤️
I appreciate this context and not trying to spread misinfo ❤️
Clarification: Accepting payments for commissions through Friends & Family is against TOS (which you agree to by making an account), and it is TAX FRAUD.
Do not ask for comm payments via F & F. Dont let an artist convince you to pay this way, because your account can be taken down as well.
Do not ask for comm payments via F & F. Dont let an artist convince you to pay this way, because your account can be taken down as well.
Lots of "don't write 'commission' in PayPal's feedback box for invoices" misinfo/fearmongering going around.
Yes, PayPal is censoring nsfw/queer artists like other payment processors. No, the word 'commission' will not get you flagged unless youre taking Friends & Family payments for commissions.
Yes, PayPal is censoring nsfw/queer artists like other payment processors. No, the word 'commission' will not get you flagged unless youre taking Friends & Family payments for commissions.
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Deleted the "don't use the word commission" on paypal post! Early this year I'd heard reports of people getting shut down for using that word and it was insinuated that the context was artists were being targeted for "high risk" words.
I appreciate this context and not trying to spread misinfo ❤️
I appreciate this context and not trying to spread misinfo ❤️
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If you disabled NSFW filters on here but still can't see people's posts, remember to dig further into Advanced > Bluesky Moderation Service and set this specific "cartoon" NSFW filter to Off as well
because why make things easy when they can be convoluted
because why make things easy when they can be convoluted
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you disabled NSFW filters on here but still can't see people's posts, remember to dig further into Advanced > Bluesky Moderation Service and set this specific "cartoon" NSFW filter to Off as well
because why make things easy when they can be convoluted
because why make things easy when they can be convoluted
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once again prefacing a rant with "not siding with paypal because fuck them" but i cannot stress enough that the word "commission" being used is not enough to get your account terminated. "commission" is a very normal business/financial term. it'd be like terminating farmers for saying "tractor".
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
once again prefacing a rant with "not siding with paypal because fuck them" but i cannot stress enough that the word "commission" being used is not enough to get your account terminated. "commission" is a very normal business/financial term. it'd be like terminating farmers for saying "tractor".
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Please continue making calls to Visa and Mastercard, because they are working alongside conservative legislators to crack down on free speech and expression!
A dual pronged offense requires a dual pronged defense!
A dual pronged offense requires a dual pronged defense!
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Please continue making calls to Visa and Mastercard, because they are working alongside conservative legislators to crack down on free speech and expression!
A dual pronged offense requires a dual pronged defense!
A dual pronged offense requires a dual pronged defense!
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so many people are lending a hand to fascists when they police each other on "acceptable" nsfw content and get too scared to stand up for sw'ers and artists when the worst thay could happen to them is get called problematic by other puritans
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
so many people are lending a hand to fascists when they police each other on "acceptable" nsfw content and get too scared to stand up for sw'ers and artists when the worst thay could happen to them is get called problematic by other puritans
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#SaveSpeech
This new version of Chat Control is apparently being pushed through a backdoor and could possibly be voted on TOMORROW
Contact your MP/MEPs and demand that chat control be OPPOSED
www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-cont...
This new version of Chat Control is apparently being pushed through a backdoor and could possibly be voted on TOMORROW
Contact your MP/MEPs and demand that chat control be OPPOSED
www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-cont...
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
#SaveSpeech
This new version of Chat Control is apparently being pushed through a backdoor and could possibly be voted on TOMORROW
Contact your MP/MEPs and demand that chat control be OPPOSED
www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-cont...
This new version of Chat Control is apparently being pushed through a backdoor and could possibly be voted on TOMORROW
Contact your MP/MEPs and demand that chat control be OPPOSED
www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-cont...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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KOSA UPDATE: House lawmakers are considering removing duty of care & KOSA is currently in limbo since the House & Senate versions will differ.
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
A contentious kids safety bill might be getting gutted — and nobody’s happy
It’s expected to be introduced with a package of kids online safety bills.
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
KOSA UPDATE: House lawmakers are considering removing duty of care & KOSA is currently in limbo since the House & Senate versions will differ.
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
BUT the threat of Bad Internet Bills still looms as the House considers age verification in new kids safety package...
www.theverge.com/policy/81087...
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KOSA dropping duty of care is great but this article buries a very important lede:
A bill package will be introduced once the govt reopens that is a collection of multiple bad "child safety" bills, COPPA 2.0, the Sammy Act, and the App Store Accountability Act [age verification]
CALL YOUR REPS
A bill package will be introduced once the govt reopens that is a collection of multiple bad "child safety" bills, COPPA 2.0, the Sammy Act, and the App Store Accountability Act [age verification]
CALL YOUR REPS
A contentious kids safety bill might be getting gutted — and nobody’s happy
A contentious kids safety bill might be getting gutted — and nobody’s happy
It’s expected to be introduced with a package of kids online safety bills.
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
KOSA dropping duty of care is great but this article buries a very important lede:
A bill package will be introduced once the govt reopens that is a collection of multiple bad "child safety" bills, COPPA 2.0, the Sammy Act, and the App Store Accountability Act [age verification]
CALL YOUR REPS
A bill package will be introduced once the govt reopens that is a collection of multiple bad "child safety" bills, COPPA 2.0, the Sammy Act, and the App Store Accountability Act [age verification]
CALL YOUR REPS
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Tell Mastercard and Visa about this. When you call tell them you're going to petition your bank to switch. Doesn't matter how much you think they would. It happened.
Funny story: my bank recently sent out an emergency notification letter, which stated they were sending me a new debit card, because they had changed vendors. The old card was a MasterCard. The new one arrived - it’s Discover.
Looks like even banks are noping out of MasterCard’s madness.
Looks like even banks are noping out of MasterCard’s madness.
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Tell Mastercard and Visa about this. When you call tell them you're going to petition your bank to switch. Doesn't matter how much you think they would. It happened.
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MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
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Happy Hallopeen to everyone!
I did not do anything special this year but I will peddle my little shop and my trans erohorror if that's your bag
payhip shop front
you can also read HEART OF A HAUNTED HOUSE for free on my site (my site is a work in progress, please don't mind any busted areas)
I did not do anything special this year but I will peddle my little shop and my trans erohorror if that's your bag
payhip shop front
you can also read HEART OF A HAUNTED HOUSE for free on my site (my site is a work in progress, please don't mind any busted areas)
HEART OF A HAUNTED HOUSE
frictionpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Happy Hallopeen to everyone!
I did not do anything special this year but I will peddle my little shop and my trans erohorror if that's your bag
payhip shop front
you can also read HEART OF A HAUNTED HOUSE for free on my site (my site is a work in progress, please don't mind any busted areas)
I did not do anything special this year but I will peddle my little shop and my trans erohorror if that's your bag
payhip shop front
you can also read HEART OF A HAUNTED HOUSE for free on my site (my site is a work in progress, please don't mind any busted areas)
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A source familiar w/ internal workings at MasterCard notes the company does not plan to recruit additional call center workers for the Christmas season, as MasterCard does not expect higher call volume than usual. A resurgence of calls re censorship during the busy season would be huge strategically
October 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A source familiar w/ internal workings at MasterCard notes the company does not plan to recruit additional call center workers for the Christmas season, as MasterCard does not expect higher call volume than usual. A resurgence of calls re censorship during the busy season would be huge strategically
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If you previously signed up to be part of the evil yaoi bundle when it was still slated for itchio, I have not forgotten you!
I'll be sending all of you an email in the next few days. The change in format means taking a very different approach so be patient with me as this project develops.
I'll be sending all of you an email in the next few days. The change in format means taking a very different approach so be patient with me as this project develops.
Hello fellow perverts!
With the rapidly tightening censorship noose strangling platforms like itchio, I am building a new kind of 🔞 bundle & market event!
This interest check is for anyone who would have bought the EVIL YAOI BUNDLE! If you were excited about getting that:
Fill out our form!
With the rapidly tightening censorship noose strangling platforms like itchio, I am building a new kind of 🔞 bundle & market event!
This interest check is for anyone who would have bought the EVIL YAOI BUNDLE! If you were excited about getting that:
Fill out our form!
DD MARKET CUSTOMER INTEREST CHECK
I've been working hard behind the scenes to replace the EVIL YAOI BUNDLE! The conclusion I've come to is a more involved, but more fun version of an itchio bundle!
After itchio caved to payment proce...
forms.gle
October 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you previously signed up to be part of the evil yaoi bundle when it was still slated for itchio, I have not forgotten you!
I'll be sending all of you an email in the next few days. The change in format means taking a very different approach so be patient with me as this project develops.
I'll be sending all of you an email in the next few days. The change in format means taking a very different approach so be patient with me as this project develops.
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Let's keep showing them how profoundly irritating we can be, because they have an easy out. It's right there!
Source familiar with MasterCard‘s internal workings: The company finds the censorship focus from consumers “profoundly irritating“ amid larger political issues — they want the controversy around paypros censorship to quietly disappear
October 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Let's keep showing them how profoundly irritating we can be, because they have an easy out. It's right there!
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever