Hey, so remember when I said I was gonna make an alt just for character designs so I didn't just spam sales posts here? I finally did that. You can check out @briarfey.bsky.social if you're here for the designs I do, otherwise I won't be sharing designs or adopts posts here anymore.

New TOS censorship of fictional adult content is a massive overreach and makes this definitively not a free and open platform. It demonizes survivors and silences artists. Everyone is telling you a much healthier way is to give us better tools, like more robust labels, to moderate ourselves

If you're screaming about TOS changes and haven't screamed into the feedback form yet, you should do that!

Also not saying this place doesn't suck with how it's run, and I would prefer to leave, but there aren't other alternatives that don't also suck, so I'm sticking it out for now, shrug emoji etc.

Hey, so remember when I said I was gonna make an alt just for character designs so I didn't just spam sales posts here? I finally did that. You can check out @briarfey.bsky.social if you're here for the designs I do, otherwise I won't be sharing designs or adopts posts here anymore.

art as escapism is fine but art cannot JUST be escapism, art cannot always be comforting, or make you happy, or bring you joy. sometimes art does the opposite, for a reason (or not!), and that kind of art is just as important too, if not more sometimes

I'm being so real right now, learn how to engage in media as art and not a reflection of your own real life morals. consume things that make you uncomfortable and understand why it makes you uncomfortable. Don't just base yours and others morals standings on the media you consume.

mess up proportions, fuck up with lighting, make mistakes with whatever stuff we're drawing. Because now if something, ANYTHING is off, it immediately makes people think it's AI. And it's hell on earth.

I see the posts by writers reclaiming m-dashes and all the stuff that is supposed to be a "tell" of Ai use but IS used by Ai because it was stolen from writers to begin with. And I hope they do understand what we - artists, go through, when not only were we robbed of our styles, but our right to

Stop pretending this shit isn't happening and doesn't affect you. Speak up, for fuck's sake.

...I'm sorry, what? It took me a re-reading of this to notice something truly unbelievable - 'Fantasy' is now off-limits. Fucking excuse me?

"Porn bans" ALWAYS lead to trans bans Michigan bill seeks to lock up trans people for posting selfies.

Michigan lawmakers have introduced a bill prohibiting the any "depiction or description" of trans people or trans existence online, including it in a bill banning "pornographic" material The bill would completely erase trans people online, equating them with porn.

Keep. Calling! Keep. Talking. About. This. Issue! Because if we don't do something about it, then NO ONE will! So, c'mon, let's fight back, and fight back harder!

Keep talking about this issue. We give them an inch, they'll take a fucking mile. Paypros, lawmakers, anyone that wants to impede on our rights and privacy. Don't stop your calls. #SaveSpeech yellat.money stop-paypros.neocities.org

🙃 www.404media.co/age-verifica...

Seeing "I think ending online anonymity is good, actually" posts in the wild and I am going to lose it entirely. What the fuck is wrong with you?

"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

They're already testing the waters on internet censorship, so we need to stop it before it gets worse. Call your reps! Tell them to vote NO on SCREEN ACT, KOSA, and IODA. #SaveSpeech Link to find your rep: www.congress.gov/members/find...

#SaveSpeech I made a simplified version of this graphic for low vision and/or neurodivergent folks, and anyone else who might benefit! Please let me know if any changes need to be made for accessibility and thank you to the OP! USPS letter mailing guide: www.usps.com/ship/letters...

IMO it's understandable that coverage of the #SaveSpeech pressure campaign (& the situation with CCs/paypros writ large) has slowed down, as there haven't been any new Events for a little bit, and this isn't REALLY anyone's fault. "PAYMENT PROCESSORS: STILL SHIT" does not a compelling headline make

Respect to Dieslbrain and many other creators for helping by providing info, links, numbers, emails, etc. almost on the daily! It's a long fight against censorship and protecting our rights for privacy and speech. I know it can feel tiring but don't let up! Keep calling! #SaveSpeech

pornhub has been geoblocking various US states for years due to nearly identical laws, only most people believe that is justified censorship bluesky geoblocking is good and forces the public to experience the full impact and consequences of these new "safety" laws

Hey! Are YOU someone who struggles to make phone calls like I do, but also lack the time or physical ability to mail letters? Still want to contribute to #stoppaypros? I just learned you can mail letters remotely with a digital service like Letterstream! Here's how: savespeech-letter-pack.carrd.co

Just a periodic reminder that it's a good idea to bookmark your favorite artists' sites, sign up for their newsletters, and follow them everywhere you can. (My links are in my profile & pinned post!). Because of the current climate of censorship you never know where we'll get kicked off of next.

I feel like I'm genuinely being gaslit when I log on here.

99% of media throughout human history is men sexualizing women (films, live action porn, animation, pop music, fashion industry whatever), but once you have a smaller genre like dark romance or yaoi fanfic that sexualizes men back it’s five million think pieces about why it’s a social problem

And do all this to poorly solve an arguable non-problem. Like you'd need the great China firewall to have a shot at "solving" this and even then. Giving up an open, free internet for the ILLUSION of child safety.

damn crazy how sex workers and porn were the canary in the coal mine and we all predicted this years ago. almost as if what’s happening with paypros right now is an indicator of where everyone is heading as well

When I see people on here unknowingly join moral panics around child safety and technology, I think about how the future of this very platform hangs in the balance of this legislation that is designed to force us back onto big tech platforms. It’s not about the kids. It’s about all of us

A lot of people need to get their heads out of their asses real quick and start speaking up

Mississippi has made it clear censorship has arrived and we are THE line of defense. Move now or every day you're going to wake up saying "what now?" until there are no more headlines that aren't government-approved

Call your House reps and senators. I don't care what shade of blue or red they are. Name KOSA, SCREEN, IODA, and state-level ID legislation in general and WARN. THEM. OFF.

#SaveSpeech The FSC has a website for tracking online ID Bills. action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verifica... These are all states with ID laws introduced (but not enacted) and the bill numbers tell your state reps to vote NO www.usa.gov/state-governor www.congress.gov/state-legisl...

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

I joked a while back that artists should bring back webrings, but I'm kind of not joking. I think artists should start linking to each other's personal sites, carrds, etc. (with permission). As search engines succumb to enshittification, this sort of "word of mouth" increases in value

On one hand my characters are pretty important to me as I do have an emotional connection to what I create and they're also tools for storytelling that can convey deep and complex ideas and themes but also they're literally just toys and I like dressing them up and mashing them together.

If you're looking for the easiest thing with a decent impact: e-mail ALL of your state reps and put what you're opposing in the e-mail title. They have assistants who check their e-mails and they see what people are saying NO to. Oppose KOSA, Screen, all of those. Emphasize standing with sex workers

PayPal user turned to Reddit and itch, claiming their account was nuked for purchasing NSFW games on itchio. Need to stress that this is a one-off situation at the moment and I have not seen any others claim to have experienced this recently itch.io/t/5234280/bu... www.reddit.com/r/lewdgames/...

This happened to me, too sorta. My PayPal that I'd had since 2007 was nuked in July w/o warning for using it to hold my Itchio funds. It took me getting in touch w the BBB to finally get an answer aside from "you violated TOS." I sell LGBTQ+ books on Itchio & withdraw my $ to PayPal.

I finally made my contribution. Take the initiative! If you do it, it means more people like you will also have been convinced to! Don't let the government insert itself to be everyone's Parental Controls!

Their TOS says they can nuke you for basically any reason if one of their safety team sees you doing anything on any site that doesn't line up with their corpo doctrine. That also means posting art that isn't okay on Patreon on another subsite behind a paywall too, somehow.

I really hate the concept of "talent". not only does it convince people who are genuinely capable of giving up early, but it completely undermines the reality that I fucking WORKED MY ASS OFF to be good at what I do, all so people can feel justified burning generations of coal for a copy machine.

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Happy Silksong

Jealousy II A better look at side A of my card for Riverbed Collective‘s Mint Condition deck. I have this as an A4 and A5 print now and it looks incredible sized up. #art #bodyHorror