I think one of the saddest things about being a millennial is remembering a time when technology was advancing in a way that made life better and easier and more exciting instead of actively, intentionally worse

he deserves the most stylish outfits #jarlaxle #forgottenrealms #legendofdrizzt #dnd

Northsky is a separate service running on the same protocol as Bluesky and Blacksky (the ATprotocol). This means open communication between our services, but different management! You can keep your likes, follows, lists, blocks, etc... if you migrate to our service. And still talk with Bsky users.

❗ Quick reminder that age verification on Bluesky is fully client side! Meaning you can easily get around it! More on it here! gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e2... #bluesky #age #verification #bypass 👇 Repost so people who need it will find this post! 👇

Conjured Ink is a community of creatives, developers, and supporters building software, support structures, and curated documentation to make it easy for people who make things to be able to share it or sell it independently, without relying exclusively on large platforms.

If you’re feeling particularly sad or dysfunctional right now and you’re an American, it’s important to remember that the wheels are kind of coming off our society and to be kind to yourself. Your struggle w/ depression or anxiety may reflect the reality of the world we live in and dealing with that

I don't use ao3 but I've still donated to them every year for several now. It seems it's becoming increasingly important. ime pillowfort gets no engagement and is quite dead, but they also accept credit card payments. I think the places that do are on borrowed time and popularity draws sauron's eye

In the wake of the last few days news and the blood and suppression the GOP is calling for, you would think democrats would be thinking twice about section 230 and the tools they would be handing over with KOSA

I'm considering having a meeting with one of my local reps, face to face, about this issue. I saw folks do it in Seattle, so why can't I do it here? I would love if my local rep yelled at these companies with me.

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#SaveSpeech I'm going to be updating this infographic as soon as i can, but in the meantime, please add the following issues to your list of issues to call about. These all suck! demand action from your legislators! www.congress.gov/members/find... www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

The official Canadian Petition to reign in payment processor censorship has stalled out just under 10k signatures. This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

I've been making a genuine effort to use the term "fanworks" instead of "content" I feel like it's important, with the rise of fandom fracturing into a "consumer demands" type of vibe instead of the old hobby enjoying and friendship vibe I am more used to

Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... #nsfw #censorship #canpoli @acvalens.net

Need a script? Again: yellat.money has your back!!!

The fog of war is lifting What we are learning is that these two parties are responsible for all of the censorship going on. Banks working with PayPal / Stripe, and card networks like MasterCard

The irony of adult content bans to me and how often they're pushed by advertisers and payment processors is that it shows a complete disconnect towards the average consumer, especially within the spaces they're coming into and trying to push their advertisement onto.

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PRESSURE PAYPAL! it's good that visa and mastercard call centers are feeling the pinch, but it's not just on them! put the pins on paypal! every adult artist you know lives in fear of the paypal freeze out--but as customers, you're safe! support us with a call!

Hey, it would mean so much to me if y'all kept up the pressure with phone calls to payment processors to show to them how much people care and that they can't just ignore it—my livelihood depends on adult games not being censored! You can find info and phone scripts here: stop-paypros.neocities.org

Oh yeah let's double our efforts now. Since these bastards are involved dont let up. They've been trying this shit since 2018

just contacted my reps. here's a script for those who want it:

Hey Americans, if this passes you'll be uploading your ID to every social media and website to access it.

Wow. CBC just covered the Steam / itchio situation. DONT STOP CALLING MASTERCARD, VISA, PAYPAL, STRIPE www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/s...

Also, as I said elsewhere: If you're European like me, ask why Australian extremists pressuring American companies towards unilateral sanctions for consumers and producers impacts what I, a European consumer, want to do with my money. EU consumer law is no joke.

Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue Stripe feeling the pressure ACLU put out a statement CBC covered all this What you are doing is WORKING You are getting RESULTS KEEP CALLING KEEP WRITING WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!

The script to oppose KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) AKA The Big Bullshit Censorship Bill is now up on @5calls.org We’ve already seen the results of this over the last few days in the U.K. with their Online Safety Act (OSA). Let’s make sure it dies off again. Call your reps ☎️

This is extremely cool. GOG is taking a stand against payment processors caving to fundamentalist religious groups and is offering a bunch of "banned" games for free. freedomtobuy.games

hellu this is my BG3 tav Delphinia - w - Locked doors? No problem! Eldritch blast! #BaldursGate3 #BG3 #dnd #OCs #Tav

Keep calling! 💪

THIS IS HUGE FOR US KEEP CALLING THEM BECAUSE IT'S WORKING Their willingness to bend to some loud conservatives mean they hate nothing more than bad publicity!!

Visa says they're still drowning today! Payment processors think that we're not organized enough to keep this up but it's we either prove them wrong or submit to global censorship so it's. not much of a contest. Keep calling all 4!!

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Members, the Coop is calling on you to participate in our upcoming zap sessions to take collective action regarding censorship & pay discrimination for 18+, erotic, and NSFW artists. Look out on Discord for more info about when and how to join, coming soon. Art by @itsnero.com

Things are getting nuts

So, WFM guy here, I crunch call center numbers all day and advise management on performance and staffing requirements. Here are some concrete goals to keep in mind with any sort of calling campaign: 🧵

Friendly reminder for those that don't know it in the midst of this #Visa and #MasterCard situation. Their automated systems rely on inputs to do their job, but repeated entry of a completion key when prompted (such as the #) will usually result in your call being pushed through to a person. 🙏🏻😎🩷

Currently on the phone with Visa Instead of starting with a complaint, I approached this as a Confused American Consumer who doesn't understand why they can't buy things off a website they use The call center rep immediately asked if it was about Steam/itch (cont)

Cooking some food for an audience of me

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yeah sure i'll post it here as rent-lowering gunshots (my design for felyn's vhaeraun)

aldiirn's type being disaster rogues and he joins the church of the biggest disaster rogue of them all... anywho, i want to have some vhaeraun appearances in act 2 so here's an initial doodle. def lifted higgs' hood because like, both are trolls with gold masks #sketch

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not now bro i'm romanticizing the monstrous, eroticizing the grotesque, and glorifying the perverse

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