what fucks me up about the Bluesky TOS update is fucking every adult creator i know wants MORE labels and filter options. we WANT more granular control over the labels and spoilers we can put on our work so people who want to curate their timeline to avoid us CAN DO SO

As a porn artist I'm not asking the SFW crowd to be into the freaky shit we're onto. Everyone has boundaries. But an effort to understand this world would be appreciated. Talk to sex workers. ask them about their experiences in the industry. Work WITH us to create a safer internet.

It is a long running bipartisan position that ‘terror’ suspects can be killed without evidence or process and that ‘drugs’ are a major problem that require a military solution. Both wrong, but this is how we got here.

Bluesky moderation has proven that they cannot identify actual sexual content. I do not trust them to ban only noncon sex And even then noncon deserves to exist with flags. Also the rules about self harm are ridiculous They do not owe anyone to be educational about their experience #bskycensorship

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

“When we’re talking about LGBTQ content creators and queer content online, what we're talking about is an algorithmic silencing of this content,” EFF’s Paige Collings told @bayareareporter.bsky.social - even as anti-LGBTQ hate content proliferates on the same platforms. www.ebar.com/story/15829...

I left a 1 star review on the app store explaining how disappointed i was with their updated adult content policy. I highly recommend doing so yourself too!

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.

THJEYRE TAKING SO MUCH SPACE

While I am generally not the target market for any sort of nonconsensual sexual content, there is absolutely no world in which you can trust to the discretion of moderators in judging this sort of thing. It will always end badly, and in a different place from where YOU thought the line was.

Collective action works I'm not personally invested in this guy but take the lesson: Collective action works

Disney made it HARDER to cancel - more steps online They're desperate! Keep the pressure on. Qasim Rashid reviews the manipulative new steps and offers some good advice.

The TikTok ownership deal outlined by the Trump Administration on Monday solves none of the purported problems that the ban legislation was supposed to address, but instead creates new problems.

I cannot emphasize this enough: The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent. They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so. Doomers are not realists.

as silly as Jimmy Kimmel of all people getting some folks to dip their toes into direct action, this is an opportunity we can take advantage of. have some family you want to reach re: censorship online, and you see them responding positively to the kimmel situation? Use this as an opening!

I'm not participating in a blackout because the point is moderation and others want me and those like me gone, and I would much rather continue to occupy the space I helped build rather than give everyone a chance to feel how much "better" it is without me. why wither when you can be a thorn.

Begone puritan

in other words, you ignored the entire feedback and made a decision without our consent. that's a bit hypocritical of you, oh wow

Ain't it cute how swaths of people being in danger of losing their freedoms and their livelihoods is seen as "drama" by the people looking down from the top of the tower.

actions that will contribute more to pushing against bluesky's censorship than a blackout: -submitting a feedback request -@ing moderation about it -commenting on mods posts about it -making and sharing memes (ex: "i consent!" sticker) -leaving an app store review -just generally posting about it

#bskycensorship awful to see yet another website cave its back in on censorship because it cannot handle art where characters dont look at the viewer and explicitly say ‘I Consent’ before fuckin

Do NOT believe the misinfo going around There absolutely have been MASSIVE TOS updates Most notably: 1) Specifying no FICTIONAL noncon 2) No "dangerous" kink 3) No DISCUSSING self harm, suicide, or substance abuse unless its "educational" So what can we DO about it? #SaveSpeech 1/🧵

Anyway, these policies and guidelines are following pay processors demands 'cause we know BlueSky will need to implement sources of income sooner than later, and they're bending the knee to Visa and Mastercard to comply. So keep pressuring paypros! stop-paypros.neocities.org

Bluesky needs to ABANDON this new attempt at censorship against the art that is being allowed to be posted. It's COMPLETELY HYPOCRITICAL of what they are supposed to be about. NO CENSORSHIP FOR NSFW ARTISTS! #bskycensorship #artisticfreedom #freedomofexpressionfirst

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.

Here's the message I sent in You ABSOLUTELY are welcome to copy/paste or use it as a jumping off point Let them know we don't need this kind of "help"! 3/🧵

i want to stress: i firmly believe that we, just us normal people, can push back against this global wave of censorship. we CAN do this. there may be temporary setbacks, lost battles, but i do firmly believe that with sustained action, we can make our futures better for art and human expression.

I am a SFW artist and I stand with NSFW artists and creators. Do not participate in the blackout. Shout your opposition to censorship loudly. Shame on the bsky moderation team. Do not comply in advance. No one is free until everyone is free. #bskycensorship #blueskyblackout2025

Bluesky is a wonderful place that has flourished in large part because of its artists and intolerance towards facists/Nazis. The Updated policy currently going into effect Oct 15 could fuck that up and we should be very vocal about it. Here are some specific things to mention in feedback (THREAD)

HOW TO LET BSKY KNOW THEIR POLICY CHANGES HARM ARTISTS: A GUIDE FOR MOBILE USERS! 🧵 Sending feedback is SUPER easy, and takes just a few clicks! 1. Open the left tab menu, and click that "feedback" button 2. Put your concern in the box. I'll copy paste a script to use! (CONT.)

Restricting the expression of sexuality through fiction and art made by adults, for adults – including those you find personally disturbing or offputting – is conservative censorship, full stop. When that censorship disproportionately affects subgroups, that's also discrimination. For shame.

Whenever sites come up with new rules like this I thing about how if you were a creator who was making something every bit on the level with a hugely popular and acclaimed series, would you be allowed to share it? Like, if you were sitting on the next Game of Thrones, you couldn’t share that here.

So relieved to see people take it upon themselves to explain what's happening with the new bsky TOS when someone asks. My mentions are too messy to get to everyone and it shows it's a concern sitewide and not just to a few loud artists. Really appreciated

So am I allowed to reference the critically acclaimed film classic Alien(1979) on Bluesky or have the goon police decided a franchise built on a metaphor for violent rape and forced impregnation by a creature with a dick for a head is suddenly too much for their modern sensibilities? #bskycensorship

Hi. Fill up the phone lines of valve as well as the paypros please. Thanks. Sooner rather than later preferably.

also your regular reminder of this

If you have tattoos, cover them.

The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.

I don't think pointing out the fascists' 'hypocrisy' is a good use of time. It's not hypocrisy, it's hierarchy. They actually do believe that they have the right and obligation to dominate you because they are superior to you. They are using their power not being hypocritical.

a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.

The primary diff between writing fiction and nonfiction is when you write nonfic, you research a topic for 2 weeks and then write 1000 words on it and when you write fiction you research a topic for 2 weeks and get one sentence out of it.

Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.

“This extension and expansion of ICE’s PenLink contract underlines the federal government’s enthusiasm for indiscriminate and warrantless data collection on as many people as possible,” EFF’s Beryl Lipton told @Forbes.com. www.forbes.com/sites/thoma...

everyone in media being freaked out about kimmel and not about all the college kids getting blackbagged during protests the last couple of years is a textbook example of class solidarity

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.

Apparently ChatGPT also thought “Soda Pop” was a banger and decided to take credit for the lyrics?

Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, I want to post a little reminder that many library cards will allow you free access to Kanopy, an amazing streaming channel. If your library card doesn't work, you can often sign up for other libraries in your region.

Mastercard also had a statement in here that it would leave erotic fiction alone. Remind them of what they said in 2012