Human beings aren't meant to be productive 24/7. They're not meant to be more vanilla than edible vanilla :/ You don't need to vibecheck employees, students, or the population at large thru mass surveillance, constantly. Those in power asking for such measures should be vibechecked instead.

This is one of the MAJOR reasons I ended up moving to Bluesky. I deeply hated that porn artists were consistently shadowbanned on the other platform, whether or not they tagged their content to avoid being flagged. I end up not being able to find art or artists either bc they left or they r banned.

[Threaducation: NSFW Moderation & Personal Responsibility) There's a lot of talk about Bsky's new TOS nonsense, which kicks in on October 15th, but most of the users here don't even KNOW they have moderation settings to avoid NSFW content they don't wanna see. That needs fixing RIGHT NOW! 1/6

I'm firmly on the side of autism in this war on autism.

putting this on your timeline again

"guess I'll start pirating again" there won't be anything to pirate if payment processors refuse to allow payments to artists to be processed. there won't be anything to pirate because all the nsfw artists will have been censored into the nether.

You exhaust me and you exhaust every other artist I follow.

Maybe I feel jaded

It feels like a LOT more people and orgs need to see this and understand it. It is baffling to be informed of this exact thing only to then ALSO be asked to sign up for a protest, by the same orgs. PLEASE understand there is liability in this. #ottawa #drawtheline

The only way to solve this problem long-term is through collective political action. Decentralization won't save you. Cryptocurrencies won't save you. VPNs won't save you. Open source won't save you. Only mass organization.

I was at this intersection not even two weeks ago, had already had a stressful day and finding this ridiculous sign was just insult to injury. it aggravated me so bad in the moment

I'm sure it's a good sign that I'm seeing multiple people posting back to back posts saying TURN OFF VIDEO AUTOPLAY

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

This is why my parents hate driving through downtown Ottawa

If you're Canadian, what's happening abroad is going to happen here too. We've already got S-209 to worry about, so while we're at it, let's tackle this issue by any means necessary.

do not give into thoughts like “nothing matters”, it’s not true. everything matters as long as we are all alive

Found a little treasure that seems to have recently opened in the Galeries de Hull mall, in Gatineau! It seems to be a new thrift store?!!! Un p'tit trésor semble avoir ouvert récemment dans les Galeries de Hull, à Gatineau! Il semble être une nouvelle friperie?!!! #ottawa #gatineau

Porcelain plates that I painted in China this week

This also applies to the major social media platforms. They are, at this point, state-controlled media, suppressing anything relating to protests. Keep fighting back. Don't use the major platforms, they'll screw you over, and if you do anyway, have backup plans just in case.

Maybe I speak from a place of privilege but what kind of city implements a youth bus pass then later takes it away? Make it a bit more expensive, change how it works, whatever, but don't take it away??? Kids need to use the bus!!! Gatineau's doing it better right now!!! what an embarrassment!!!

*Why is so much censorship bullshit happening all at once?" Because this is The-Push. They've been tightening the screws for years now to the point the internet is now passively more censored than daytime tv from 30 years ago, and now they're trying to do one last push to snuff out free speech

Bro I'm gonna start asking artists why they don't link their patreon in their main post at this point 😭 I'm seeing this come up too often it saddens me

This is good. There is hope yet. If nothing else, this level of coverage will start the discussions needed, and address the elephant in the room.

and you can add as many links as you want with deck.blue by using the [text](link) syntax without wasting your 300 characters!

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Solo dev Cara Cadaver has announced that her indie horror game Vile: Exhumed has been banned from Steam. and the reason is...well, it's pretty odd.

It's monday, yet feels like a sunday...

I've slapped together approximately 173 pages of material that aims to teach programming a personal website with HTML and CSS to artists, animators, writers, music producers, etc. F*ck It, Let's Make a Website Part 1 is now live ✨ Go here to read: bit.ly/filmawPartOne More info below 👇

Hey if you hate censorship and want to do more than just doompost online, you can actually do something: Being annoying! Hoards of people have been blowing up the phones of payment processing companies to pressure them not to bend to the whims of puritan groups. stop-paypros.neocities.org

they won't stop at steam or itch io. they're gonna go after patreon and subscribestar too. we can still stop this!! but man I am just... so tired. tired and scared that I'm gonna wake up one morning in the very near future and everything I've built is just. gone. please support nsfw creators. please

things I would do if you're a nsfw/kink creative *now* because I've been eerily prescient about every single wave: a) get a personal site with your own domain you own. *now*. not a carrd or third party squarespace. not next week. *now*. get it online with ugly-ass html but get your links there.

hello, please sign🙏 action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

screw it imma start making propaganda posters to stop this dumb payment processing fascism. here's one

there is no reason to submit to the censorship and othering of adult & queer content lying down, even if it doesn't affect you (yet)! the time to push back is right now, don't let them shift the window on what's "acceptable" again, fuck that. Queer and adult content is part of a healthy internet

Once again, there is an ACLU petition specifically made to stop Mastercard from unlawfully policing adult content. It’s getting pretty grim for us out there. Please sign and/or spread the word. action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

Something i've realized is that i love drawing porcelain ♡

If you, a business, are reliant on an open source project to function it is YOUR responsibility to assess and ensure the health of that project by either contributing to it yourself or by using an alternative if project health cannot be guaranteed.

A legend found in the wild

I got a lovely note and wooden bookmark from @archive.org today to thank me for being a monthly donor for 5 years. It’s the least I can do — I listen to @archive.org hosted recordings of Grateful Dead concerts every single day and it brings me immense joy.

FFXIV is trying out Bluesky! 🦋 Follow us and 🔁 while you're here so you and fellow Warriors of Light never miss #FFXIV news on Bluesky! For our fans around the world, be sure to check out our regional accounts as well! ❤️ @fr.finalfantasyxiv.com @de.finalfantasyxiv.com @jp.finalfantasyxiv.com

I think today might be my first actually-to-get-somewhere trip on Line 2: a Line 1->Line 2->bus/walking trip. It’s such a nice train. Feels like a steward should be offering me a hot, lemon-infused towel and glass of Prosecco.

I find this satisfying in the same was as when I see cool fake brands in videogames with really clever designs. Some visual designer nailed it.

We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first. You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Vivipary!! When seeds sprout while still being attached to the fruit🍓

This reminds me of a couple of recent trends I've seen. I've heard about bee houses, and I've heard about aerogardens, and I've heard about easy-to-grow microgreens. If it's small, easy, convenient, and – ESPECIALLY – cheap, think twice and do your research. It's likely too good to be true.

PSA FOR ARTISTS

Look at Cookie

> "Joe Biden YCH" > *erupts into laughter*

A child