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Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

Does anyone have a spot for me to stay overnight on the 3rd at MFF? I found a good flight but it arrives Wednesday night and I'd need a spot to stay for the night 🤔

November 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

I've been feeling like this a lot lately, lol

A meme using a scene from The Lord of the Rings featuring the elf Galadriel. The text at the top says: “What do you have to be anxious about?”
Below are four panels:

Galadriel pouring water, captioned “things that were”

Galadriel looking forward, captioned “things that are”

Close-up of her pouring, captioned “and some things…”

Galadriel looking calm but serious, captioned “that have not yet come to pass”

October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

this is a very advanced meme

October 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

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A shelf row of purple energy drinks. "Melo" is written in big letters on all of the cans.

September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

happy #fcf, the c stands for "cube" :3

#fatcockfriday #fcf #foreskinfriday #uncut #nsfw #nsfwirl #gay

Point-of-view picture of Melo lying naked on a couch with black socks on his feet, and a Rubik's cube plushie near his feet.

September 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM

Reposted by Melo The Marten

Rust Language

@rust-lang.org

We received reports of a phishing campaign targeting crates.io users. Do not click on links asking to authenticate to protect your account. More information: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/09/12/c...

crates.io phishing campaign | Rust Blog

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

blog.rust-lang.org

September 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM

Reposted by Melo The Marten

Flare

@flarechess.bsky.social

BLUESKY GIVEAWAY:

- 1 Bigscreen Beyond 2e: @vrchat.com Edition (no 10 years of VRC+, sorry).

As long as Bigscreen can ship to you, you're eligible.

RULES:
- must be following me on Bluesky
- must RT this post

you must be comfortable with me ordering it for you!

Bigscreen Beyond 2e: VRChat Edition Shopping screen

September 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

Repost for squeak

Rick Griffin @rickgriffin.bsky.social · Jan 21

every time I see this panel I giggle

September 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

hey

#fatcockfriday #fcf #foreskinfriday #uncut #nsfw #nsfwirl

September 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

"I was registering on a government website and the registration form disallowed pasting passwords from my password manager (Bitwarden). I say "fuck it", inspect element + edit the HTML to remove the "on_paste: return false;" event and then proceed to paste my password."

- France Is Bacon (1621)

September 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

This is also my philosophy.

Farin Vikka @farinvikka.bsky.social · Aug 11

This is a good time for me to emphasize that I can and will interact with NSFW content on occasion, or even post it myself. If this offends you, you have three options:

1. Use the below moderation tools
2. Unfollow/block me
3. Suck my dick

Rafi's Capture 📸 @rafiscapture.bsky.social · Aug 11

A big reason I prefer BlueSky over other social media platforms is its moderation system 🛡️. Although other platforms have moderation tools, BlueSky’s approach is far more effective and reliable. That’s why it remains my favorite 💙
@bsky.app Thank you so much for giving us such a wonderful platform 💙

August 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM

Reposted by Melo The Marten

Basket

@baskycase.bsky.social

Me looking at amazing coffee recommendations I've been given and finding that even if I had the money to pay US prices AND import fees and whatnot, none of them even ship to Brazil...

August 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

A panel from a Tintin comic. Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Snowy the dog are sitting at a table. Captain Haddock, looking tired with his head resting on one hand, says, "What a week, huh?" Tintin replies, "Captain, it's [black scribble] monday." The word "monday" is written in white lowercase text over a thick black scribble that obscures the original word. A glass of beer is on the table near Snowy.

August 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM

Reposted by Melo The Marten

™️𓃦☉∇ spiritually unemployed

@yoteyap.bsky.social

good morning

August 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

omg look it's me :o

🌈✨ Mex/iBolt 🌈✨ @ibolt07.bsky.social · Aug 3

martens when people talk about martens:

August 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

Reposting this for the new version.

And also because I came to know that itch.io added a very vague restriction on "animal-related" games, which might eventually come to mean no more furry games on the platform. ( itch.io/docs/creator... )

Just for the fear of not complying to a payment processor?

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 3:20 PM

Melo The Marten

@melothemarten.space

I helped make this furry game called Psychic Connections, alongside @rookfluff.bsky.social, and payment processors are harming the publishing of our work. Please support this initiative, read the cheat-sheet, and TAKE ACTION.

rookfluffy.itch.io/psychic-conn...

July 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM