Mirrigold
@mirrigold.bsky.social
Yorkshire girl, a journalist, sub-editor and digital news producer for 20 years across the UK, now working freelance, dedicated reader, inveterate romantic, deluded optimist. 🏳🌈💗🎶☕🎨👩🎨📚
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LGBTQ+ Blogging at: https://mirrigold.com
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LGBTQ+ Blogging at: https://mirrigold.com
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so itchio has shadowbanned any games tagged with 'nsfw', 'adult', or 'erotic' so they don't show up in searches, and several devs have reported that their r18 games have been removed from the site with no warning
July 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
so itchio has shadowbanned any games tagged with 'nsfw', 'adult', or 'erotic' so they don't show up in searches, and several devs have reported that their r18 games have been removed from the site with no warning
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The censorship of 80+ games on Steam this week was apparently the work of Australian antiporn group Collective Shout, which partnered with US evangelicals to pressure Visa and Mastercard.
They claimed, without evidence, that the games involved child abuse.
Great work by @acvalens.net for VICE.
They claimed, without evidence, that the games involved child abuse.
Great work by @acvalens.net for VICE.
Group Behind Steam Censorship Policies Have Powerful Allies — And Targeted Popular Games With Outlandish Claims
The organization behind Steam's latest payment processor censorship, Collective Shout, appears to tell some misleading tales.
www.vice.com
July 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The censorship of 80+ games on Steam this week was apparently the work of Australian antiporn group Collective Shout, which partnered with US evangelicals to pressure Visa and Mastercard.
They claimed, without evidence, that the games involved child abuse.
Great work by @acvalens.net for VICE.
They claimed, without evidence, that the games involved child abuse.
Great work by @acvalens.net for VICE.
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VICE's owner Savage Ventures has requested the removal of my Collective Shout articles. This is due to concerns about the controversial subject matter—not journalistic complaints
Effective immediately, I will no longer contribute to Waypoint. I suggest letting VICE's owner know if this upsets you
Effective immediately, I will no longer contribute to Waypoint. I suggest letting VICE's owner know if this upsets you
July 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
VICE's owner Savage Ventures has requested the removal of my Collective Shout articles. This is due to concerns about the controversial subject matter—not journalistic complaints
Effective immediately, I will no longer contribute to Waypoint. I suggest letting VICE's owner know if this upsets you
Effective immediately, I will no longer contribute to Waypoint. I suggest letting VICE's owner know if this upsets you
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after a very frustrating call with Visa (US+CAN), I was told that Visa would like inquiries relating to using their bargaining power to destroy adult media to be sent, via email, to
askvisa@visa.com
they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.
askvisa@visa.com
they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.
Maybe we could find out.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
July 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
after a very frustrating call with Visa (US+CAN), I was told that Visa would like inquiries relating to using their bargaining power to destroy adult media to be sent, via email, to
askvisa@visa.com
they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.
askvisa@visa.com
they asked. to be sent. emails. you know what to do.
Happy Place
July 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Happy Place
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Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
June 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣
May 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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Honestly, such grim news from UK Supreme Court. We're going the way of US & everyone should be concerned.
Just let people live their quiet lives - just like they did before Wicked Witch & her flying goblins got all exercised about things that don't concern them.
Thoughts & big hugs to all xx 🏳️⚧️
Just let people live their quiet lives - just like they did before Wicked Witch & her flying goblins got all exercised about things that don't concern them.
Thoughts & big hugs to all xx 🏳️⚧️
April 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Honestly, such grim news from UK Supreme Court. We're going the way of US & everyone should be concerned.
Just let people live their quiet lives - just like they did before Wicked Witch & her flying goblins got all exercised about things that don't concern them.
Thoughts & big hugs to all xx 🏳️⚧️
Just let people live their quiet lives - just like they did before Wicked Witch & her flying goblins got all exercised about things that don't concern them.
Thoughts & big hugs to all xx 🏳️⚧️
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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
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March 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
HEY EVERYONE REMEMBER WHEN TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED FOR DENYING AID TO UKRAINE BECAUSE HE WANTED ZELENSKY TO LIE AND SAY BAD THINGS ABOUT BIDEN AND ZELENKSY WOULDN’T DO IT?
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
Maybe literally one fucking American newspapers could mention this in their, “think pieces,” about what happened yesterday.
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Look at this gorgeous piece of art! Special edition cover of the amazing @haileyturner.bsky.social A Ferry of Bones and Gold, the first in her utterly brilliant Soulbound series
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January 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Look at this gorgeous piece of art! Special edition cover of the amazing @haileyturner.bsky.social A Ferry of Bones and Gold, the first in her utterly brilliant Soulbound series
📚💙📚
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M/M authors and readers. Help me test out our own community space :)
themmwire.circle.so/feed
#mmromance
themmwire.circle.so/feed
#mmromance
January 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
M/M authors and readers. Help me test out our own community space :)
themmwire.circle.so/feed
#mmromance
themmwire.circle.so/feed
#mmromance
This is beyond fucked up and as someone in the fifth decade of my life, I have to shake my head at how - while many things are so much better than in my teenage years - others are rapidly backpeddling those five decades.
Meta is making big changes to hiring practices, sources told me and @mikeisaac.bsky.social
- no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses
- no goals for hiring women and minorities
- no more teams devoted to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
- no diversity preference for working with outside minority owned supplier businesses
- no goals for hiring women and minorities
January 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is beyond fucked up and as someone in the fifth decade of my life, I have to shake my head at how - while many things are so much better than in my teenage years - others are rapidly backpeddling those five decades.
Ello all the new peeps making their way here, I'm just as rubbish here at posting regularly as I am everywhere else 💗😁
Have an image of an eye (following a tutorial by James Julier on YouTube)
#Art
Have an image of an eye (following a tutorial by James Julier on YouTube)
#Art
January 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Ello all the new peeps making their way here, I'm just as rubbish here at posting regularly as I am everywhere else 💗😁
Have an image of an eye (following a tutorial by James Julier on YouTube)
#Art
Have an image of an eye (following a tutorial by James Julier on YouTube)
#Art
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waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
January 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
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Notes for newcomers from FB/threads about how things work. Welcome
You can find your people by looking for starter packs.
If you set up an account with an AI banner/avatar, have no bio and no posts
We will
We will
Block you!
The block facility here is well used.
Please add Alt text to posts.
You can find your people by looking for starter packs.
If you set up an account with an AI banner/avatar, have no bio and no posts
We will
We will
Block you!
The block facility here is well used.
Please add Alt text to posts.
January 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Notes for newcomers from FB/threads about how things work. Welcome
You can find your people by looking for starter packs.
If you set up an account with an AI banner/avatar, have no bio and no posts
We will
We will
Block you!
The block facility here is well used.
Please add Alt text to posts.
You can find your people by looking for starter packs.
If you set up an account with an AI banner/avatar, have no bio and no posts
We will
We will
Block you!
The block facility here is well used.
Please add Alt text to posts.
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While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
January 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
While we’re banning books…
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.
Be. Like. Finland.
Some #Art for today inspired by @larianstudios.bsky.social fabulous bratty vamp Astarion. Done with Procreate and yeah first time doing it digitally so be nice :D
January 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Some #Art for today inspired by @larianstudios.bsky.social fabulous bratty vamp Astarion. Done with Procreate and yeah first time doing it digitally so be nice :D
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Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.
thehardtimes.net
January 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
Winter garden inspired by a photo from author Vicki Locey
December 3, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Winter garden inspired by a photo from author Vicki Locey