Michael Stephens
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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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It's just a sports ban.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
September 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It's just a sports ban.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
It's just a bathroom ban.
It's just a healthcare for kids ban.
It's just a military service ban.
It's just a federal jobs ban.
It's just a university housing ban.
It's just a passport & visa ban.
It's just one Constitutional right.
It's just your status as free citizens.
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Your electricity bill is going up because data centers are raising demand, not because your utility started scaling out some renewables. Pass it on.
September 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Your electricity bill is going up because data centers are raising demand, not because your utility started scaling out some renewables. Pass it on.
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"but we can't support trans rights, it's unpopular!"
just a reminder that US approval for marriage between black and white people at the start of the civil rights movement was 4%, reaching a whopping 20% by the end of the movement
it's 95% now
you don't wait for popularity for a rights movement
just a reminder that US approval for marriage between black and white people at the start of the civil rights movement was 4%, reaching a whopping 20% by the end of the movement
it's 95% now
you don't wait for popularity for a rights movement
September 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"but we can't support trans rights, it's unpopular!"
just a reminder that US approval for marriage between black and white people at the start of the civil rights movement was 4%, reaching a whopping 20% by the end of the movement
it's 95% now
you don't wait for popularity for a rights movement
just a reminder that US approval for marriage between black and white people at the start of the civil rights movement was 4%, reaching a whopping 20% by the end of the movement
it's 95% now
you don't wait for popularity for a rights movement
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you can’t do shit about a police investigation or how big money will spin the news. but you know what you *can* do? help the actual people this will be/is being weaponized against.
tap into the thread. make a few calls so people close to power know this *also* isn’t the time to bail on trans folks.
tap into the thread. make a few calls so people close to power know this *also* isn’t the time to bail on trans folks.
hi, cis folks!
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.
the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.
we need you to call senators: reps.fyi
more info & script downthread.🧵
NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid
September 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
you can’t do shit about a police investigation or how big money will spin the news. but you know what you *can* do? help the actual people this will be/is being weaponized against.
tap into the thread. make a few calls so people close to power know this *also* isn’t the time to bail on trans folks.
tap into the thread. make a few calls so people close to power know this *also* isn’t the time to bail on trans folks.
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You can report this website to the following places:
Squarespace Customer Care: customercare@squarespace.com
Namecheap, Inc Abuse Dept: abuse@namecheap.com
Squarespace Customer Care: customercare@squarespace.com
Namecheap, Inc Abuse Dept: abuse@namecheap.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
You can report this website to the following places:
Squarespace Customer Care: customercare@squarespace.com
Namecheap, Inc Abuse Dept: abuse@namecheap.com
Squarespace Customer Care: customercare@squarespace.com
Namecheap, Inc Abuse Dept: abuse@namecheap.com
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If you have a screenshot of a US politician or leader blaming the left, or declaring some war, or anything before we knew who the shooter was, please post in the comments. We will need to keep these
September 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you have a screenshot of a US politician or leader blaming the left, or declaring some war, or anything before we knew who the shooter was, please post in the comments. We will need to keep these
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A site is up doxxing + threatening folks who didn't "mourn" Charlie Kirk's demise.
Please email abuse@namecheap.com
+ go to Squarespace's website and contact support and demand the hosts take down the website.
It's a huge liability for them and a very real safety risk for many creators.
Please email abuse@namecheap.com
+ go to Squarespace's website and contact support and demand the hosts take down the website.
It's a huge liability for them and a very real safety risk for many creators.
Meanwhile…. There are people on a “list” and getting death and r*pe threats. Even here in Canada.
September 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
A site is up doxxing + threatening folks who didn't "mourn" Charlie Kirk's demise.
Please email abuse@namecheap.com
+ go to Squarespace's website and contact support and demand the hosts take down the website.
It's a huge liability for them and a very real safety risk for many creators.
Please email abuse@namecheap.com
+ go to Squarespace's website and contact support and demand the hosts take down the website.
It's a huge liability for them and a very real safety risk for many creators.
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I don’t think this would have happened if the larger games media world shut down that anti-Sweet Baby shit on Day 1. I’ve beat this drum a lot, and will beat it again: I really think this problem has festered since games journalists abdicated responsibility to resist the RW tide in gaming
Sony confirmed to Kotaku that a Sucker Punch employee is no longer with the company following pressure from a right wing harassment campaign.
Yotei has been making headlines in alt-right gaming culture warrior circles ever since it reveals the protagonist was a woman.
Yotei has been making headlines in alt-right gaming culture warrior circles ever since it reveals the protagonist was a woman.
Ghost Of Yotei Dev Fired Over Charlie Kirk Joke After Pressure Campaign
Gamergate 2.0 is looking to cancel people in the wake of the assassination
kotaku.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I don’t think this would have happened if the larger games media world shut down that anti-Sweet Baby shit on Day 1. I’ve beat this drum a lot, and will beat it again: I really think this problem has festered since games journalists abdicated responsibility to resist the RW tide in gaming
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The United States Tennis Association told broadcasters not to show any booing of Trump today.
Call them to let them know how you feel about them enabling a wannabe dictator and his fascist regime.
Call them to let them know how you feel about them enabling a wannabe dictator and his fascist regime.
It works folks. The best no; Customer 1-800-990-8782 & 2 to leave your number for return call. I called and told them they are no better than Hitler's appeasers were in 1932 in supporting Donald Trump's facist takeover of our country. Women was very courteous & stated they are registering calls.
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The United States Tennis Association told broadcasters not to show any booing of Trump today.
Call them to let them know how you feel about them enabling a wannabe dictator and his fascist regime.
Call them to let them know how you feel about them enabling a wannabe dictator and his fascist regime.
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If you only have 'rights' when people think it's popular that you have them, then they aren't rights and can be taken away when it's popular that you don't have them. Popularity doesn't mean or even necessarily correlate with legal, moral, or ethical.
"but we can't support trans rights, it's unpopular!"
just a reminder that US approval for marriage between black and white people at the start of the civil rights movement was 4%, reaching a whopping 20% by the end of the movement
it's 95% now
you don't wait for popularity for a rights movement
just a reminder that US approval for marriage between black and white people at the start of the civil rights movement was 4%, reaching a whopping 20% by the end of the movement
it's 95% now
you don't wait for popularity for a rights movement
September 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If you only have 'rights' when people think it's popular that you have them, then they aren't rights and can be taken away when it's popular that you don't have them. Popularity doesn't mean or even necessarily correlate with legal, moral, or ethical.
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Read this, please.
The regime will use the eugenicist systems they've created to eliminate disabled people against political dissidents and any other "undesirables".
And if you didn't know that already, it's only because you didn't listen to disabled people.
bsky.app/profile/alex...
The regime will use the eugenicist systems they've created to eliminate disabled people against political dissidents and any other "undesirables".
And if you didn't know that already, it's only because you didn't listen to disabled people.
bsky.app/profile/alex...
Just saw something about a soldier who was put on involuntary psychiatric leave for speaking up for Palestine.
What sane people collectively fail to understand is that there is no due process to having your life destroyed and being imprisoned against your will, if they call you crazy.
What sane people collectively fail to understand is that there is no due process to having your life destroyed and being imprisoned against your will, if they call you crazy.
September 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Read this, please.
The regime will use the eugenicist systems they've created to eliminate disabled people against political dissidents and any other "undesirables".
And if you didn't know that already, it's only because you didn't listen to disabled people.
bsky.app/profile/alex...
The regime will use the eugenicist systems they've created to eliminate disabled people against political dissidents and any other "undesirables".
And if you didn't know that already, it's only because you didn't listen to disabled people.
bsky.app/profile/alex...
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if you live in these 3 regions, give the petitions a sign! It takes less than a minute, and these petitions can be a great way to push the cause and raise awareness/ deal brand damage to paypros!
and if you dont live their or the USA, i recommend trying to look into petitioning your government too!
and if you dont live their or the USA, i recommend trying to look into petitioning your government too!
CANADA, UK, AUSTRALIA!! y'all all have official petitions targetting paypros censorship!
IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COUNTRIES, SHARE THESE AROUND AND SIGN THEM ASAP. And verify by email!
CAN
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
AUS
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COUNTRIES, SHARE THESE AROUND AND SIGN THEM ASAP. And verify by email!
CAN
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
AUS
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
if you live in these 3 regions, give the petitions a sign! It takes less than a minute, and these petitions can be a great way to push the cause and raise awareness/ deal brand damage to paypros!
and if you dont live their or the USA, i recommend trying to look into petitioning your government too!
and if you dont live their or the USA, i recommend trying to look into petitioning your government too!
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Read the BANNED BOOKS first....
August 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Read the BANNED BOOKS first....
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I used to work for a politician answering their phones and responding to their emails, and I can tell you from my experience this is completely true.
I saw my boss immediately flip on an issue because we got like ten emails in a day. Trust me, they do worry about being flooded with this stuff.
I saw my boss immediately flip on an issue because we got like ten emails in a day. Trust me, they do worry about being flooded with this stuff.
I was told directly by an aide on a call today that when a bill comes before a congressman, they specifically take their data from these calls and say "this is how many/who called in to vote yay/nay for this bill"
they actually do factor in how many people call on issues like these. do your calls!
they actually do factor in how many people call on issues like these. do your calls!
#SaveSpeech
its the work week, so remember to contact your US representatives! Tell them to OPPOSE the following bills:
Kids Online Safety Act (s.1748)
Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (s.1671)
SCREEN Act (s.737)
FADPA (H.R.791)
ACPA
Block BEARD Act
www.congress.gov/members/find...
its the work week, so remember to contact your US representatives! Tell them to OPPOSE the following bills:
Kids Online Safety Act (s.1748)
Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (s.1671)
SCREEN Act (s.737)
FADPA (H.R.791)
ACPA
Block BEARD Act
www.congress.gov/members/find...
August 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I used to work for a politician answering their phones and responding to their emails, and I can tell you from my experience this is completely true.
I saw my boss immediately flip on an issue because we got like ten emails in a day. Trust me, they do worry about being flooded with this stuff.
I saw my boss immediately flip on an issue because we got like ten emails in a day. Trust me, they do worry about being flooded with this stuff.
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this is why adult creators are really emphasizing that non-creators be the ones who contact paypal. Of all the paypros, PP is the most likely to act in a retaliatory manner towards individual accounts. If you dont make adult content or youre just a commissioner, you are able to help a LOT
Whenever I've called PayPal and brought up issues with adult content they have always asked me first if I'm engaging in selling it through my account. Paypal wants to know if it can target you when you question its policies.
I like how you, as a NSFW creator, need to seek permission - but doing so obviously puts you on their radar and risks getting shit-canned just for trying to be "legit" about it
August 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
this is why adult creators are really emphasizing that non-creators be the ones who contact paypal. Of all the paypros, PP is the most likely to act in a retaliatory manner towards individual accounts. If you dont make adult content or youre just a commissioner, you are able to help a LOT
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There's one entity I won't be contacting over this bc I have my entire business set up through it; all my money runs through it. It has a long history of debanking adult-industry ppl. If you're a follower of mine and love my work, please take up the baton for me and make a call. It would mean a lot
August 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
There's one entity I won't be contacting over this bc I have my entire business set up through it; all my money runs through it. It has a long history of debanking adult-industry ppl. If you're a follower of mine and love my work, please take up the baton for me and make a call. It would mean a lot
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Please share this info for this Censorship must be defeated for Humanity to progress:
(For your civil rights and rights to Express yourself matter, for you always matter)
#TransRights 🏳️⚧️
(For your civil rights and rights to Express yourself matter, for you always matter)
#TransRights 🏳️⚧️
Boosting because IT'S vitally important.
Make calls demanding this censorship be defeated once and GOOD!
Expression of Art, Music and all creative forms all are valid.
Never stop calling for our arts must be protected.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️
#SayNoToCensorship ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻
#RespectMinorities 🫂🌎
Make calls demanding this censorship be defeated once and GOOD!
Expression of Art, Music and all creative forms all are valid.
Never stop calling for our arts must be protected.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights 🏳️⚧️
#SayNoToCensorship ✊🏽✊🏼✊🏾✊🏻
#RespectMinorities 🫂🌎
August 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Please share this info for this Censorship must be defeated for Humanity to progress:
(For your civil rights and rights to Express yourself matter, for you always matter)
#TransRights 🏳️⚧️
(For your civil rights and rights to Express yourself matter, for you always matter)
#TransRights 🏳️⚧️
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if you havent made any calls, or shipped any letters or sent any emails yet, and you feel like its "too late":
dont. its not too late. now is literally a perfect time to start joining in and contacting legislators and paypros in whatever way works best for you.
its a marathon, not a race!
dont. its not too late. now is literally a perfect time to start joining in and contacting legislators and paypros in whatever way works best for you.
its a marathon, not a race!
for those of you that have somehow made it this long without ever calling: you literally just have to list the bills. you don't have to give a reason. if you get a person, they won't ask you why. if you get a voicemail, just say your address at the beginning. it took me less than 5 minutes to call 3
August 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
if you havent made any calls, or shipped any letters or sent any emails yet, and you feel like its "too late":
dont. its not too late. now is literally a perfect time to start joining in and contacting legislators and paypros in whatever way works best for you.
its a marathon, not a race!
dont. its not too late. now is literally a perfect time to start joining in and contacting legislators and paypros in whatever way works best for you.
its a marathon, not a race!
Reposted by Michael Stephens
These people are not arguing or operating in good faith. Their strategy is to exploit all the tools of democracy to enact fascist rule. They want to exploit your kindness and charity to gain enough power to kill you all. They will commit any atrocity and whine like a child if you dare to fight back.
August 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
These people are not arguing or operating in good faith. Their strategy is to exploit all the tools of democracy to enact fascist rule. They want to exploit your kindness and charity to gain enough power to kill you all. They will commit any atrocity and whine like a child if you dare to fight back.
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also hey remember: Emails may not be effective against paypros but here's confirmation they ARE against legislators!
so any wall flowers out there whose nerves are burnt out from making phone calls, sending physical/digital mail is a great option!
EVERYONE has the capacity to do SOMETHING
so any wall flowers out there whose nerves are burnt out from making phone calls, sending physical/digital mail is a great option!
EVERYONE has the capacity to do SOMETHING
I used to work for a politician answering their phones and responding to their emails, and I can tell you from my experience this is completely true.
I saw my boss immediately flip on an issue because we got like ten emails in a day. Trust me, they do worry about being flooded with this stuff.
I saw my boss immediately flip on an issue because we got like ten emails in a day. Trust me, they do worry about being flooded with this stuff.
I was told directly by an aide on a call today that when a bill comes before a congressman, they specifically take their data from these calls and say "this is how many/who called in to vote yay/nay for this bill"
they actually do factor in how many people call on issues like these. do your calls!
they actually do factor in how many people call on issues like these. do your calls!
August 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
also hey remember: Emails may not be effective against paypros but here's confirmation they ARE against legislators!
so any wall flowers out there whose nerves are burnt out from making phone calls, sending physical/digital mail is a great option!
EVERYONE has the capacity to do SOMETHING
so any wall flowers out there whose nerves are burnt out from making phone calls, sending physical/digital mail is a great option!
EVERYONE has the capacity to do SOMETHING
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Since MB doesn't seem active on here and it's worth seeing a crosspost
August 20, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Since MB doesn't seem active on here and it's worth seeing a crosspost
Reposted by Michael Stephens
I was told directly by an aide on a call today that when a bill comes before a congressman, they specifically take their data from these calls and say "this is how many/who called in to vote yay/nay for this bill"
they actually do factor in how many people call on issues like these. do your calls!
they actually do factor in how many people call on issues like these. do your calls!
#SaveSpeech
its the work week, so remember to contact your US representatives! Tell them to OPPOSE the following bills:
Kids Online Safety Act (s.1748)
Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (s.1671)
SCREEN Act (s.737)
FADPA (H.R.791)
ACPA
Block BEARD Act
www.congress.gov/members/find...
its the work week, so remember to contact your US representatives! Tell them to OPPOSE the following bills:
Kids Online Safety Act (s.1748)
Interstate Obscenity Definition Act (s.1671)
SCREEN Act (s.737)
FADPA (H.R.791)
ACPA
Block BEARD Act
www.congress.gov/members/find...
August 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I was told directly by an aide on a call today that when a bill comes before a congressman, they specifically take their data from these calls and say "this is how many/who called in to vote yay/nay for this bill"
they actually do factor in how many people call on issues like these. do your calls!
they actually do factor in how many people call on issues like these. do your calls!
Reposted by Michael Stephens
Hey this is really fucking dire! Keep calling Stripe. This aligns with nothing they've previously told us
Fuck censorship. They're coming after you next, whether you make porn or not. I have never sold NSFW services or artwork, yet here's my termination from Stripe! Fully SFW, innocent headshots of furries = adult content. This is what we've been trying to fucking tell y'all this whole month!
August 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hey this is really fucking dire! Keep calling Stripe. This aligns with nothing they've previously told us
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Collective shout is a convenient scapegoat. The current administration’s considering this one of their objectives to abolish section 230 of the online communication decency act.
The section that absolves websites and online programs of being held responsible for user content.
More of project2025.
The section that absolves websites and online programs of being held responsible for user content.
More of project2025.
It Turns Out, Steam’s Adult Content Ban Has Been Plotted For A Year And Is Spearheaded By One Of Project 2025’s Leading Voices
Plans to abolish Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act could have dire consequences for games.
www.thegamer.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Collective shout is a convenient scapegoat. The current administration’s considering this one of their objectives to abolish section 230 of the online communication decency act.
The section that absolves websites and online programs of being held responsible for user content.
More of project2025.
The section that absolves websites and online programs of being held responsible for user content.
More of project2025.