Velvet Mousey
@velvetmousey.bsky.social
Moderate Cafter of Various Types. Fanfic Writer. Lurker. Occasional Video Game Player. 36yo Autistic Anxiety Case.
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Velvet Mousey
@velvetmousey.bsky.social
· Oct 20
While I know that everyone moving to these bluer skies has to essentially start from scratch on their numbers....
HI, EVERYBODY! WELCOME!
HI, EVERYBODY! WELCOME!
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Ten years ago you didn't hear some new scandal about Nazis every fucking day. This is not normal, and it's not okay.
October 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ten years ago you didn't hear some new scandal about Nazis every fucking day. This is not normal, and it's not okay.
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This is a big deal for several reasons:
1. Set up for the SCOTUS
2. The ruling is limited per the judge not believing they have power to go beyond the 5 institutions.
3. Jesus Christ, yall, my book might end up back on a shelf or two after being banned.
1. Set up for the SCOTUS
2. The ruling is limited per the judge not believing they have power to go beyond the 5 institutions.
3. Jesus Christ, yall, my book might end up back on a shelf or two after being banned.
The Defense Department banned nearly 600 books from schools on military bases — but in a win for free speech, a federal judge just ordered those books back to the shelves.
Federal judge orders Pentagon to restore LGBTQ+ books, gender & diversity lessons in military schools
Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez to comply immediately.
www.advocate.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This is a big deal for several reasons:
1. Set up for the SCOTUS
2. The ruling is limited per the judge not believing they have power to go beyond the 5 institutions.
3. Jesus Christ, yall, my book might end up back on a shelf or two after being banned.
1. Set up for the SCOTUS
2. The ruling is limited per the judge not believing they have power to go beyond the 5 institutions.
3. Jesus Christ, yall, my book might end up back on a shelf or two after being banned.
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Why did everyone suddenly stop acting like Tesla was a bad company you should be ashamed to own or drive all of a sudden? If anything Elon Musk just became way more of an overt nazi than before
September 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Why did everyone suddenly stop acting like Tesla was a bad company you should be ashamed to own or drive all of a sudden? If anything Elon Musk just became way more of an overt nazi than before
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To my sticker making friends who rightly hate AI: One less option to worry about when printing stickers!
Feel free to recommend other printers in the comments that we can all use instead, bonus points for Canadian companies
Feel free to recommend other printers in the comments that we can all use instead, bonus points for Canadian companies
September 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
To my sticker making friends who rightly hate AI: One less option to worry about when printing stickers!
Feel free to recommend other printers in the comments that we can all use instead, bonus points for Canadian companies
Feel free to recommend other printers in the comments that we can all use instead, bonus points for Canadian companies
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‼️Stop Payment Processors enacting censorship, SHARE THESE, I know you can bump those numbers up!
Canada has only 7.5k signatures: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
UK has only 5k signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Australia (has only 4k signatures): www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Canada has only 7.5k signatures: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
UK has only 5k signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Australia (has only 4k signatures): www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
‼️Stop Payment Processors enacting censorship, SHARE THESE, I know you can bump those numbers up!
Canada has only 7.5k signatures: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
UK has only 5k signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Australia (has only 4k signatures): www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Canada has only 7.5k signatures: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
UK has only 5k signatures: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Australia (has only 4k signatures): www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
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Is your personal data being weaponized against you when you shop?
Are you paying a different price for products than anyone else?
You may be thanks to a shady practice known as "surveillance pricing."
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) has introduced a bill to ban the practice.
Are you paying a different price for products than anyone else?
You may be thanks to a shady practice known as "surveillance pricing."
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) has introduced a bill to ban the practice.
The Shady World of Surveillance Pricing (Ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Is your personal data being weaponized against you when you shop?
Are you paying a different price for products than anyone else?
You may be thanks to a shady practice known as "surveillance pricing."
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) has introduced a bill to ban the practice.
Are you paying a different price for products than anyone else?
You may be thanks to a shady practice known as "surveillance pricing."
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) has introduced a bill to ban the practice.
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I just issued an executive order to safeguard vaccine access in Minnesota.
While the Trump Administration attempts to limit Americans’ access to preventative care, Minnesota will continue to be guided by science and the freedom to seek out medical expertise.
While the Trump Administration attempts to limit Americans’ access to preventative care, Minnesota will continue to be guided by science and the freedom to seek out medical expertise.
September 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I just issued an executive order to safeguard vaccine access in Minnesota.
While the Trump Administration attempts to limit Americans’ access to preventative care, Minnesota will continue to be guided by science and the freedom to seek out medical expertise.
While the Trump Administration attempts to limit Americans’ access to preventative care, Minnesota will continue to be guided by science and the freedom to seek out medical expertise.
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Reminder: Censorship is driven by capitalism.
This is never done to protect kids, it's done to protect advertisers.
This is never done to protect kids, it's done to protect advertisers.
YouTube have implemented an AI powered "Restricted Mode" designed to hide "mature content" & for many users it's defaulted to being switched ON
Here's what my channel looks like with & without it and MANY of my videos suddenly disappear.
So please make sure you have this Restricted Mode turned OFF
Here's what my channel looks like with & without it and MANY of my videos suddenly disappear.
So please make sure you have this Restricted Mode turned OFF
September 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Reminder: Censorship is driven by capitalism.
This is never done to protect kids, it's done to protect advertisers.
This is never done to protect kids, it's done to protect advertisers.
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there is a certain irony around tech bros who believe that the work of writers is largely worthless, while also claiming at the same time that they desperately need to use that written work - without compensating human authors - so they can make a bazillion dollars off LLM products.
I've spent my entire life being told that everything I do is useless, mocked and being told no one should be paid for "underwater basket weaving," and now they're like, "I must steal all the underwater basket weaving lore because it's imperative for my survival"
Eat farts, my dudes.
Eat farts, my dudes.
September 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
there is a certain irony around tech bros who believe that the work of writers is largely worthless, while also claiming at the same time that they desperately need to use that written work - without compensating human authors - so they can make a bazillion dollars off LLM products.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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Right now there's a petition in Australia to establish a law that would prevent organizations like "Collective Shout" from forming harassment campaigns. This is only for Australians to sign, but it's also encouraged for others to share the petition. #SaveSpeech
Link: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Link: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
September 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Right now there's a petition in Australia to establish a law that would prevent organizations like "Collective Shout" from forming harassment campaigns. This is only for Australians to sign, but it's also encouraged for others to share the petition. #SaveSpeech
Link: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Link: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
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1. We have normalized having a toddler in the White House who uses random " marks ("HOTTEST"?). How is any of the below normal? How are we okay with this?
2. We have a president who doesn't want us to cover, in our museums "how bad Slavery was". Was it not bad? Imagine if Reagan had said this? FFS
2. We have a president who doesn't want us to cover, in our museums "how bad Slavery was". Was it not bad? Imagine if Reagan had said this? FFS
August 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
1. We have normalized having a toddler in the White House who uses random " marks ("HOTTEST"?). How is any of the below normal? How are we okay with this?
2. We have a president who doesn't want us to cover, in our museums "how bad Slavery was". Was it not bad? Imagine if Reagan had said this? FFS
2. We have a president who doesn't want us to cover, in our museums "how bad Slavery was". Was it not bad? Imagine if Reagan had said this? FFS
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💯No exaggeration this is HANDS DOWN, the BEST, ABSOLUTE BEST talk/video/coverage of the censorship issue I HAVE EVER SEEN. 5 minutes in I knew it was going to be amazing, and EVERY point she made had me going 'YES, THIS EXACTLY!' Please watch this, share it everywhere, & send it to everyone you know
im gonna get yelled at extremely badly for this one but i am right.
censorship is coming for you next (& you're cheering it on)
YouTube video by Ophie Dokie
youtu.be
August 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
💯No exaggeration this is HANDS DOWN, the BEST, ABSOLUTE BEST talk/video/coverage of the censorship issue I HAVE EVER SEEN. 5 minutes in I knew it was going to be amazing, and EVERY point she made had me going 'YES, THIS EXACTLY!' Please watch this, share it everywhere, & send it to everyone you know
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Far-right influencer Laura Loomer complained online about a few severely injured Palestinian children arriving in the U.S. for life-saving medical interventions and the State Department announced it has suspended all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza.
Pure evil
Pure evil
August 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Far-right influencer Laura Loomer complained online about a few severely injured Palestinian children arriving in the U.S. for life-saving medical interventions and the State Department announced it has suspended all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza.
Pure evil
Pure evil
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Now would be a good time to start making demands. Like reinstating payment processor support for DLSite.
Yes, even for the stuff you think is gross and weird and wrong. Because it's fiction.
Yes, even for the stuff you think is gross and weird and wrong. Because it's fiction.
OH MY GOD WE ARE WINNING YALL
KEEP CALLING DO NOT STOP
DO NOT STOP CALLING LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING!!!
KEEP CALLING DO NOT STOP
DO NOT STOP CALLING LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING!!!
August 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Now would be a good time to start making demands. Like reinstating payment processor support for DLSite.
Yes, even for the stuff you think is gross and weird and wrong. Because it's fiction.
Yes, even for the stuff you think is gross and weird and wrong. Because it's fiction.
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They’re rewriting history.
August 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
They’re rewriting history.
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If only there was an unnecessary technology of highly dubious ethics, that requires vasts about of water, that could be banned instead 🤔
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
If only there was an unnecessary technology of highly dubious ethics, that requires vasts about of water, that could be banned instead 🤔
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UK folks - reiterating that it's super important that you download Wikipedia for offline use like now-ish if you want to guarantee you can keep having that incredible resource!!
www.howtogeek.com/260023/how-t...
www.howtogeek.com/260023/how-t...
August 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
UK folks - reiterating that it's super important that you download Wikipedia for offline use like now-ish if you want to guarantee you can keep having that incredible resource!!
www.howtogeek.com/260023/how-t...
www.howtogeek.com/260023/how-t...
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Mamdani has as much as Cuomo, Adams, and Sliwa COMBINED.
August 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Mamdani has as much as Cuomo, Adams, and Sliwa COMBINED.
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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?
ok then. one angle of attack then needs to be actively bombarding Visa and Mastercard's phone numbers and emails.
are customer support phone numbers/emails the best avenue to start with or is there a better option?
are customer support phone numbers/emails the best avenue to start with or is there a better option?
July 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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
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Can places please stop fucking calling this the cutesy name the Nazis want you to call it and just call it what it is: the Everglades Concentration Camp. Please?
"They give you food only once a day, food that even has worms in it," Izquierdo said.
Detainees being held at ‘Alligator Alcatraz' describe conditions at Everglades facility
Florida still has not released the number of people being detained at what they call “Alligator Alcatraz” – but for the first time, we’re hearing from several men who are being held inside the facilit...
www.nbcmiami.com
July 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Can places please stop fucking calling this the cutesy name the Nazis want you to call it and just call it what it is: the Everglades Concentration Camp. Please?