Themturk
@themturk.bsky.social
Graphic Designer. Graduated Becker College 2020. Expect Trails, Megaman, RPGs, and a lot of art!
Icon by @ashmish.com here on Bsky!
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themturk217
Icon by @ashmish.com here on Bsky!
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themturk217
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#SaveSpeech
The European Council has agreed on a version of Chat Control that it wishes to push forward in 2026.
This version contains "voluntary" mass scanning, mandatory universal age checks, and isolating minors from apps.
Chat Control still needs to be fought.
CALL YOUR MPs/MEPs!
The European Council has agreed on a version of Chat Control that it wishes to push forward in 2026.
This version contains "voluntary" mass scanning, mandatory universal age checks, and isolating minors from apps.
Chat Control still needs to be fought.
CALL YOUR MPs/MEPs!
Reality Check: EU Council Chat Control Vote is Not a Retreat, But a Green Light for Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance and the End of Right to Communicate Anonymously
Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has "backed away" from Chat Control, the negotiating mandate endorsed today by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent infrastructure...
www.patrick-breyer.de
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
#SaveSpeech
The European Council has agreed on a version of Chat Control that it wishes to push forward in 2026.
This version contains "voluntary" mass scanning, mandatory universal age checks, and isolating minors from apps.
Chat Control still needs to be fought.
CALL YOUR MPs/MEPs!
The European Council has agreed on a version of Chat Control that it wishes to push forward in 2026.
This version contains "voluntary" mass scanning, mandatory universal age checks, and isolating minors from apps.
Chat Control still needs to be fought.
CALL YOUR MPs/MEPs!
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Santa Ragione spoke up, but how many more won't because of this exact problem? If you're a primarily PC developer, Steam *is* your lifeblood. Steam might be great for consumers but they are absolutely, 100% a monopoly and it isn't healthy that their competitors are not viable.
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Santa Ragione spoke up, but how many more won't because of this exact problem? If you're a primarily PC developer, Steam *is* your lifeblood. Steam might be great for consumers but they are absolutely, 100% a monopoly and it isn't healthy that their competitors are not viable.
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Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
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i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
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defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
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If you don't get that the "yucky porn games" are the gateway to censor further media that YOU personally think is acceptable, you need to get your head out of your ass. They're trying to divide people into smaller groups so their collective power is also smaller. Kill the cop in your head.
Already seeing folks say, "Well, HORSES isn't YUCKY PORN like other games are, so..." which is super frustrating.
Now is NOT the time to be throwing the hentai games you happen not to like under the bus. Your rage should be directly at payment processors.
Join the fight
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Now is NOT the time to be throwing the hentai games you happen not to like under the bus. Your rage should be directly at payment processors.
Join the fight
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
If you don't get that the "yucky porn games" are the gateway to censor further media that YOU personally think is acceptable, you need to get your head out of your ass. They're trying to divide people into smaller groups so their collective power is also smaller. Kill the cop in your head.
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Santa Ragione are a well-known studio, covered by a great many mainstream outlets. Their latest game will not be releasing on Steam for... reasons? Steam won't tell them why, won't tell them what needs fixing, and won't communicate in general.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Santa Ragione are a well-known studio, covered by a great many mainstream outlets. Their latest game will not be releasing on Steam for... reasons? Steam won't tell them why, won't tell them what needs fixing, and won't communicate in general.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
Every other store will carry it. Just not Steam.
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#SaveSpeech
if you're Canadian, you may have heard about a handful of bills that have free speech and anti-surveillance orgs worried, so ive made a cheat sheet of info about what makes each one worrying! We need to block these bills!
please contact your reps!
oncanadaproject.ca/findyourrep
if you're Canadian, you may have heard about a handful of bills that have free speech and anti-surveillance orgs worried, so ive made a cheat sheet of info about what makes each one worrying! We need to block these bills!
please contact your reps!
oncanadaproject.ca/findyourrep
November 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
#SaveSpeech
if you're Canadian, you may have heard about a handful of bills that have free speech and anti-surveillance orgs worried, so ive made a cheat sheet of info about what makes each one worrying! We need to block these bills!
please contact your reps!
oncanadaproject.ca/findyourrep
if you're Canadian, you may have heard about a handful of bills that have free speech and anti-surveillance orgs worried, so ive made a cheat sheet of info about what makes each one worrying! We need to block these bills!
please contact your reps!
oncanadaproject.ca/findyourrep
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if youre calling paypros and looking for a talking point to use as a jumping off point, this is a great angle to go for!
alongside just wasting their time, hammer the idea that their actions are LOSING them money!
alongside just wasting their time, hammer the idea that their actions are LOSING them money!
I know it's more about clogging their phone lines but I also feel like telling them their stupid policies might prevent (or HAVE prevented) you from getting certain Black Friday deals and that you feel forced to seek other payment methods MIGHT be a good angle for this point in time specifically
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
if youre calling paypros and looking for a talking point to use as a jumping off point, this is a great angle to go for!
alongside just wasting their time, hammer the idea that their actions are LOSING them money!
alongside just wasting their time, hammer the idea that their actions are LOSING them money!
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IGN is paying attention to censorship again. Use their momentum, call visa and mastercard, tell them you read the article, ask them why they're censoring legal stuff
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
IGN is paying attention to censorship again. Use their momentum, call visa and mastercard, tell them you read the article, ask them why they're censoring legal stuff
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
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Corporations are relying on shame to stop folks from fighting to keep porn around. An amazing way to fight against this stuff is to simply not be ashamed of sex and sexuality; even if you think some of it is "cringe". You'll do yourself a favor by eliminating your shame about sex.
When you fight censorship, you're also fighting for things you might not exactly like and it's something you gotta get comfortable with. I promise you, the fetish game you turn your nose up at is NOT YOUR ENEMY. You must think of the bigger picture, you must not fall for the bait.
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Corporations are relying on shame to stop folks from fighting to keep porn around. An amazing way to fight against this stuff is to simply not be ashamed of sex and sexuality; even if you think some of it is "cringe". You'll do yourself a favor by eliminating your shame about sex.
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Idk how many times people are gonna have to say "stop using ai it is literally killing us" before people listen.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Idk how many times people are gonna have to say "stop using ai it is literally killing us" before people listen.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
No not even as a joke. don't go near this shit.
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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people older than me and people younger than me are equally ignorant of climate change as a global crisis
Captain Planet target audience stands firm
Captain Planet target audience stands firm
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
people older than me and people younger than me are equally ignorant of climate change as a global crisis
Captain Planet target audience stands firm
Captain Planet target audience stands firm
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Every time another country does something awesome I feel like that scene of Squidward watching Patrick and SpongeBob
Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Every time another country does something awesome I feel like that scene of Squidward watching Patrick and SpongeBob
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Mastercard is bleeding, get in there. Make some calls. Get some cool family members in on it over thanksgiving
The lines are getting clogged from calls and Mastercard is feeling very pressured, they're looking into how to act in response. They're collecting information on callers to have a better understanding of who is calling in re the censorship issue
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Mastercard is bleeding, get in there. Make some calls. Get some cool family members in on it over thanksgiving
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
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[metroid] i had an idea for this in 2021ish but i can finally say i nailed it this time. go my gunship maid gijinka
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
[metroid] i had an idea for this in 2021ish but i can finally say i nailed it this time. go my gunship maid gijinka
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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also the art of Zero hooked into the stasis machine from the start of the game is very good
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
also the art of Zero hooked into the stasis machine from the start of the game is very good
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Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Fun fact: this is explicitly why Dick Wolf created Law & Order: he violently hates defense attorneys and felt tere weren't enough shows about how defendants and their lawyers are scum
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
(also when somebody "gets off on a technicality" that actually means the cops committed a crime against them)
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go to silent hill, get a cool arm
(*results may vary)
(*results may vary)
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
go to silent hill, get a cool arm
(*results may vary)
(*results may vary)