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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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October 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Original was “depictions of […] nonconsensual sexual activity,” now it’s “sexual content involving nonconsensual activity,” incl “illustrated or animated versions”
It’s a specific narrowing, this does seem like an escalation due to the emphasis on illustration and animation. Those words matter here
It’s a specific narrowing, this does seem like an escalation due to the emphasis on illustration and animation. Those words matter here
Not to bang on about this but... this was in the previous community guidelines too. And the one before. And the one before. I don't think they just ever enforced it?
Still think it's bad, but this isn't a new thing.
Still think it's bad, but this isn't a new thing.
The bad news keep coming
These go into effect Oct 15th
These go into effect Oct 15th
September 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Original was “depictions of […] nonconsensual sexual activity,” now it’s “sexual content involving nonconsensual activity,” incl “illustrated or animated versions”
It’s a specific narrowing, this does seem like an escalation due to the emphasis on illustration and animation. Those words matter here
It’s a specific narrowing, this does seem like an escalation due to the emphasis on illustration and animation. Those words matter here
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Wanna post this again because I still see some people saying "they just want to ban rape, what's the big deal?" and this is an excellent explainer.
You might see several artists mad about the bluesky policy update banning non-con, even artists who do not make that kind of material, and wonder why it's such a problem. If that's you, here is a quick breakdown:
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September 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wanna post this again because I still see some people saying "they just want to ban rape, what's the big deal?" and this is an excellent explainer.
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@bsky.app
Fictional characters aren't fucking real. Do better. This is ridiculous, and many of those who helped build your platform will leave and shit talk you until the end of time for this nonsense.
Do. Better.
Fictional characters aren't fucking real. Do better. This is ridiculous, and many of those who helped build your platform will leave and shit talk you until the end of time for this nonsense.
Do. Better.
Better revisit those guidelines, because this garbage is absolutely unacceptable
September 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
@bsky.app
Fictional characters aren't fucking real. Do better. This is ridiculous, and many of those who helped build your platform will leave and shit talk you until the end of time for this nonsense.
Do. Better.
Fictional characters aren't fucking real. Do better. This is ridiculous, and many of those who helped build your platform will leave and shit talk you until the end of time for this nonsense.
Do. Better.
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Lastly, but not leastly, keep calling paypros and follow the people leading the movements/looking for solutions. They are the goats. #savespeech
@cereza.zone
@acvalens.net
@voiddebris.bsky.social
@dieselbrain.bsky.social
@conjured.ink
Be sure to use their websites too.
@cereza.zone
@acvalens.net
@voiddebris.bsky.social
@dieselbrain.bsky.social
@conjured.ink
Be sure to use their websites too.
September 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Lastly, but not leastly, keep calling paypros and follow the people leading the movements/looking for solutions. They are the goats. #savespeech
@cereza.zone
@acvalens.net
@voiddebris.bsky.social
@dieselbrain.bsky.social
@conjured.ink
Be sure to use their websites too.
@cereza.zone
@acvalens.net
@voiddebris.bsky.social
@dieselbrain.bsky.social
@conjured.ink
Be sure to use their websites too.
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This is the building blocks of mass surveillance and FASCISM, people. Fight back NOW.
Deeply disturbing. Missouri is implementing age verification for 18+ sites through its AG. No vote, no legislation, just the Attorney General implementing the policy and forcing AV on its residents
www.komu.com/news/state/n...
www.komu.com/news/state/n...
New Missouri AG announces age verification requirement for explicit sites
Missouri will require pornographic websites to verify users' ages to prevent minors from accessing explicit content.
www.komu.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is the building blocks of mass surveillance and FASCISM, people. Fight back NOW.
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this is nightmarish and should alarm you no matter what your opinions on pornography are
September 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
this is nightmarish and should alarm you no matter what your opinions on pornography are
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Death by a thousand cuts. These censorious paypros and bills in committee will eat away at our ability to provide for ourselves. This is a sure outcome if we give up, but if we keep yelling we give ourselves another possibility
Adult games can no longer launch in Early Access on Steam. This is devastating for small projects (like my own!) because EA can be a much-needed lifeline while games are still in development
Heavy Hearts dev Dammitbird received the following notice from Steam, noting “your app has failed our review because we're unable to support the Early Access model of development for a game with mature themes”
This strikes me as overcompliance and censorious on Steam’s part
This strikes me as overcompliance and censorious on Steam’s part
August 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Death by a thousand cuts. These censorious paypros and bills in committee will eat away at our ability to provide for ourselves. This is a sure outcome if we give up, but if we keep yelling we give ourselves another possibility
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
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Not someone with call center experience but some customer service experience and: I say this is very likely to be a descalation attempt. Not only because it contradicts what other reps are saying, but because you generally don't give so many unprompted details about the inner workings to a customer
Another Visa rep I spoke with did say there were a lot of calls about the video game policy but they were decreasing. Unclear if this is a deescalation tactic but I do encourage you to keep the pressure on
July 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Not someone with call center experience but some customer service experience and: I say this is very likely to be a descalation attempt. Not only because it contradicts what other reps are saying, but because you generally don't give so many unprompted details about the inner workings to a customer
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Visa and Mastercard have killed more art than every studio combined and most people don't even know about it
Valve just updated their Steam rules to ban content that “may violate rules set by payment processors or banks.” Sounds boring. It’s not. It’s the quiet normalization of financial censorship and it’s going to hurt LGBTQ+ games and devs
July 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Visa and Mastercard have killed more art than every studio combined and most people don't even know about it
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When old headlines feel way too current
April 24, 1940, published in syndicated newspapers by the United Press.
July 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
When old headlines feel way too current
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DHS and ICE must be reined in. If you see them “roving” in such patrols, call it out as illegal and document it.
July 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
DHS and ICE must be reined in. If you see them “roving” in such patrols, call it out as illegal and document it.
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Thinking about the Cave of Hands, some of the art dating back to 7,300BC, where 25% of the hand prints are thought to be that of children. Imagining those people gently holding their child up to the cave walls, and using their tiny little hands as a stencil. Art = love = the human soul
July 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thinking about the Cave of Hands, some of the art dating back to 7,300BC, where 25% of the hand prints are thought to be that of children. Imagining those people gently holding their child up to the cave walls, and using their tiny little hands as a stencil. Art = love = the human soul
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I know many people my age still have a lot of nostalgia around Harry Potter and might be tempted to watch the new HBO TV series.
Please, I'm begging you, do not tune in.
J.K. Rowling is singularly motivated. The new Harry Potter series is a cash cow intended to fund anti-trans bigotry.
Please, I'm begging you, do not tune in.
J.K. Rowling is singularly motivated. The new Harry Potter series is a cash cow intended to fund anti-trans bigotry.
J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”
🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk
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May 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I know many people my age still have a lot of nostalgia around Harry Potter and might be tempted to watch the new HBO TV series.
Please, I'm begging you, do not tune in.
J.K. Rowling is singularly motivated. The new Harry Potter series is a cash cow intended to fund anti-trans bigotry.
Please, I'm begging you, do not tune in.
J.K. Rowling is singularly motivated. The new Harry Potter series is a cash cow intended to fund anti-trans bigotry.
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If Cuomo wins the mayorship, he will run for president - we have to stop him in his tracks. (And phew, @aoc.bsky.social connecting stopping Cuomo to ending the gerontocracy is extremely my shit.)
June 15, 2025 at 12:52 AM
If Cuomo wins the mayorship, he will run for president - we have to stop him in his tracks. (And phew, @aoc.bsky.social connecting stopping Cuomo to ending the gerontocracy is extremely my shit.)
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time for my new favorite tumblr post
June 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
time for my new favorite tumblr post
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Do not split
the hong kong protestors used the phrase "do not split" to mean that the radical protest and peaceful protest arms of the movement should refuse to criticize each other.
June 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Do not split