Merk
@merk94.bsky.social
He/Him — Born Nov. 14, 199X
Writer, podcast host, gacha addict.
#Paragons
#Locacacast
#Nikke
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https://linktr.ee/ChrisMerkelStudios
Writer, podcast host, gacha addict.
#Paragons
#Locacacast
#Nikke
Bots and bigots get blocked.
Minors DNI with my labeled posts.
I don’t do obligatory follow-backs.
https://linktr.ee/ChrisMerkelStudios
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@merk94.bsky.social
· May 1
Paragons
In 1963, a Flying Man prevents the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is the first known sighting of a superhuman. 41 years later, aging vigilante Moonlighter assembles a team of people with extraor...
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www.scribblehub.com/series/13063...
It’s been a while since I first announced it (and a few days since I bumped the most recent chapter), so here’s your reminder to check out #Paragons. It’s my serialized webnovel about superheroes.
It’s been a while since I first announced it (and a few days since I bumped the most recent chapter), so here’s your reminder to check out #Paragons. It’s my serialized webnovel about superheroes.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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All hands on deck!
Our bill to decriminalize sex work in Massachusetts is being heard at the State House next Tuesday, 11/25 at 10am!
We need people to join us to testify in support - you can testify in person or virtually - and to send written testimony. DM us if you want to help!
We need people to join us to testify in support - you can testify in person or virtually - and to send written testimony. DM us if you want to help!
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
All hands on deck!
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THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
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November 22, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Billionaire Awards
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Billionaire Awards
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Id you havent been calling your representatives about KOSA and other bills, NOW is the time to start doing so
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Id you havent been calling your representatives about KOSA and other bills, NOW is the time to start doing so
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God I would just love for every journalist with credentials to ask all the people who voted for this to define socialism.
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
God I would just love for every journalist with credentials to ask all the people who voted for this to define socialism.
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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Imagine your child has a medical emergency. You’re a sex worker. You are not making enough from online SW to pay medical costs from her illness so you have to do full-service for a month
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
the CEO of OnlyFans posted earlier this month on LinkedIn that the platform is partnering with Checkr to check criminal records of new creators, as part of the onboarding process www.404media.co/onlyfans-bac...
OnlyFans Will Start Checking Criminal Records. Creators Say That's a Terrible Idea
OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair announced on LinkedIn that the platform partnered with Checkr to
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Imagine your child has a medical emergency. You’re a sex worker. You are not making enough from online SW to pay medical costs from her illness so you have to do full-service for a month
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
You get a charge for prostitution. Now your access to online SW is precarious thanks to policies like this
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Ideal jrpg party composition
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ideal jrpg party composition
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Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
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This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
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As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 AM
As posted in a few servers and was alerted to this picture earlier today: What they said. DO NOT FILL IT OUT, it is there to fuck with your artist peers and yourself, they (paypal) can and will abuse this and steal your money by banning your account
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allegiance always to the pornographers and the freaks. consider making a call to mastercard, visa etc in the run-up to big spending season, more info about how to do this at the link
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
allegiance always to the pornographers and the freaks. consider making a call to mastercard, visa etc in the run-up to big spending season, more info about how to do this at the link
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ARTISTS! You can DISABLE this feature! Protect yourself and don't assume that you're safe if you're an sfw artist!
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
ARTISTS! You can DISABLE this feature! Protect yourself and don't assume that you're safe if you're an sfw artist!
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This feature can be disabled by going to Invoicing -> Feedback and toggling 'Collect feedback' off there (on a business account, at least)
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This feature can be disabled by going to Invoicing -> Feedback and toggling 'Collect feedback' off there (on a business account, at least)
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hey! if I send you an invoice, shut the fuck up. do not mention NSFW stuff or even the word "furry" or anything, Paypal is company of dickbags searching for any excuse to harass creators. using invoices is the smartest/best/safest way of working as a comm artist, and this is explicit targeting
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
hey! if I send you an invoice, shut the fuck up. do not mention NSFW stuff or even the word "furry" or anything, Paypal is company of dickbags searching for any excuse to harass creators. using invoices is the smartest/best/safest way of working as a comm artist, and this is explicit targeting
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November 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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This is why it's really imp't for regular folks to speak up, keep calling, and hopefully get wider coverage in media. sex workers and people in the scene can get retaliated against easily bc paypros can shriek "high risk! high risk!"
Harder to do that to normies and customers just asking questions
Harder to do that to normies and customers just asking questions
Where things are today:
(1) Full list of impacted accounts below, altho again Ko-fi has been returned
(2) I am seeking legal options to prevent further blacklisting
(3) Buy Me a Coffee remains suspended
(4) I suspect other site & paypro accounts may be dinged in future
bsky.app/profile/acva...
(1) Full list of impacted accounts below, altho again Ko-fi has been returned
(2) I am seeking legal options to prevent further blacklisting
(3) Buy Me a Coffee remains suspended
(4) I suspect other site & paypro accounts may be dinged in future
bsky.app/profile/acva...
For clarity
Before Collective Shout:
YouTube suspended
Twitch ban 2x
PornHub censor 2x
Fansly censor 1x
After Collective Shout:
Twitch ban 1x
Patreon 3x audio flags
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Pornhub 1x censor
Vice reporting censored
Before Collective Shout:
YouTube suspended
Twitch ban 2x
PornHub censor 2x
Fansly censor 1x
After Collective Shout:
Twitch ban 1x
Patreon 3x audio flags
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Pornhub 1x censor
Vice reporting censored
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is why it's really imp't for regular folks to speak up, keep calling, and hopefully get wider coverage in media. sex workers and people in the scene can get retaliated against easily bc paypros can shriek "high risk! high risk!"
Harder to do that to normies and customers just asking questions
Harder to do that to normies and customers just asking questions
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Smut artists and sex workers are crushed underfoot while AI gets a green light to steal your yearbook photo to make hard-core porn with the caption "AI GIRLS NEVER SAY NO"
This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Smut artists and sex workers are crushed underfoot while AI gets a green light to steal your yearbook photo to make hard-core porn with the caption "AI GIRLS NEVER SAY NO"