you need to stop giving into to doomer impulses. these are fights we can win. We've won some of them BEFORE, with LESS public outcry (tho do not let that engender passivity!) quite a few of these dogshit bills have failed before! we can change the future!

❗ 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! 👇

Again, please PLEASE don't listen to cis journalists saying that this isn't an emergency. The more pressure we put on Dems now, the more trans people we can potentially save.. Don't give up because some white cis guy said it "isn't so bad." Please listen to the trans people asking for you to call.

It's midnight. We are officially in a government shutdown. No clean CR was passed. Congress moves on to negotiating during what could be a protracted closure. Thank you all for calling to let them know that whatever gets negotiated, anti-LGBTQ provisions cannot be in the final appropriations bill.

when you make your calls today, continue to hammer that trans healthcare cannot be thrown under the bus for the sake of business as usual, and that KOSA must be opposed however, additionally, if your senator voted against the funding plan, I think you should tell them "thank you".

y'all need to REALLY REALLY YELL ABOUT THIS. leave messages, send emails, call them when theyre in their offices tomorrow, YOU NEED TO BE LOUD ABOUT THIS. www.congress.gov/members/find...

Oh yes, this is clearly now.

KOSA is now in red alert priority. Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA We need to turn out in numbers against this!

I've seen losers trying to downplay the positive effect of the Gov shutdown for w/e reason. "ICE is paid for already" is the big one That isn't true. It's budgeted for, and it's an extremely expensive operation they need all that money for to push new hiring. It has to be rationed now. Thats good.

be firm. threaten to take away their precious votes. make it abundantly clear that you would rather the govt shut down than throw trans people under the bus

Saying this as someone who _used to be_ explicitly anti-noncon, Do NOT separate yourself from this issue. The people in charge of these censorship rules never care about how consent works. They don't care about sexology. They don't care about victims, creators, or any motives but their own.

People who are not very concerned over new bsky NSFW policies should look at how bsky treating correctly labeled art It's gonna be very messy and nobody will benefit from that

Good rundown of the current online platforms that allow NSFW/adult content and what the limitations and potential drawbacks of each are. If you post/read a lot of NSFW content I recommend subscribing: uncensoredartists.beehiiv.com/p/where-can-...

Don’t automatically assume that your elected officials will do the right thing because we know that half of them won’t and may try to capitulate under pressure. Call your elected officials and be a constant, unceasing pain in their ass. You elected them to work for you not the other way around.

On a real note, It is really distressing that people are being weird and puritan over MY work. Like I fit that straight white guy furry label pretty hard I feel, so if they're gonna come after ME that's really telling. We gotta fight back and be louder than these fucking idiots, now!

Let's make sure that we're remembering to do this too. It's been a whirlwind, but Jimmy Kimmel's return is a sign that we can still make a difference with payment processors too.

Something I do want folks to know about this situation with BlueSky- It is, in essence, the exact same as the one with MasterCard / Visa. And just like with the payment processors, the best thing for us to do is to become tremendous pains in the ass. Make them miserable. Ruin their ratings.

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

Many people and institutions that fight back are winning. This is a large part of the reason to scorn the people and institutions that have caved. When this is over their lives should be made miserable. More, I mean.

If youre in Ohio, you should really take the time to contavt your state and federal level representatives about Age-verification!

Found a 3d painting program and gave it a spin creating a VRChat avatar for myself. Base is the Faelyn.

From D. L. Mayfield:

omg this is such an important point not just the nsfw artists who are getting squeezed but plenty of ppl were here primarily for the art they and wanted to build a naughty skyline non-twitter on feedback let them know that twitter is shit but ur account still exists and is getting tempting again

Actively talk about how insane this is let people who are not online know how much this will impact them and how fucking creepy is. Stuff like this pass easily due to apathy and distractions like what’s going on in global politics. Once shit like this is in no government will chose to remove it

If you havent joined in the effort yet, if you havent called any reps, or sent letters to paypros etc etc You can still hop on and help. Now is the time to try! Because we will only get out of this by trying! stop-paypros.neocities.org

This is a call to action, hypnofolks! Bluesky was supposed to be a place to express ourselves without having to support X. It would be tragic to see such a promising contender for hypnokink commerce to be lost.

I don't see much chance of this passing as written but important to to know what they're trying to do to take away your rights and control your life. And the people who push bills like this don't go away. They come back again and again with more "reasonable" bills to chip away at your Liberty,

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.

There are 340 MILLION OF US. Don’t you dare get despondent. STAND UP. And go GET YOUR COUNTRY BACK. Please. Let us not cower. This is all absolutely ridiculous. Come on now.

Weird how this *remains relevant*

do not kill the part of you that is cringe, kill the part of you that cringes

Hey, trying to explain Online Censorship to people who arent in the nsfw scene or who arent as online as you are, and need some help? This video is actually a really great primer on the current situation, and why we have to develop an absolutist stance on free speech for EVERYONE's sake.

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 don't like talking about anything drama related because i'd rather keep my mouth shut and only post my work, but i'm sick of nsfw spaces being burnt because spineless owners want to make fascists happy. you are pathetic bsky, as a sexual abuse survivor censoring cartoon porn doesn't help anyone

You want to hurt bluesky? A blackout won't do shit. Make it unmarketable. Make every advertiser run away. Do a home alone scenario on them but with pornography instead of traps

Bluesky literally hide my comment telling them they're just Elon's cocksuckers😆 They're dead serious on accommodating well this place for Paypros. Not even Tumblr shot their feet this fast.

this is why i encourage people to call/mail their representatives on issues too. This is WHY a lot of them get really nervous when they get a bunch of phone calls yelling at them, not because theyr hearts and minds are being changed but because theyre seeing their cushy ass job at risk

Since Bluesky is having its Tumblr moment, here's consensual tiddy for them to clutch their pearls about. Maybe they should put more focus on the hateful stuff bleeding into this site from Twitter in stead ey? :3

I have a feeling when bluesky's "anti-porn" rule goes into effect it's not going to ban us but instead shadowban and silence us just like twitter's nonsense. A fate worse than death for any artist. I'd rather have a gun to my head and at least know I'm going to die than silently be site ignored.

Yeah just roll over and take it, we should just not ride the bus for a couple days then go right back to it on this specified end date we pinned up on the bus terminal. That'll show em. Lock in, get serious. Stand up and fight, get louder. If you want to organize something, organize some noise.

As respectful and polite as I can say it, doing a blackout when you need to be vocal is playing exactly into what they want and incredibly idiotic. You should be making a fuss about it, you should be drawing attention and forcing them to pay attention to the community. That's what will get shit done

if you want to help yell at Bluesky over the TOS, this thread has a lot of helpful info on options you can take!

This is a BAD idea from a tactical pov all this means is an issue that bsky mods do NOT want controversy around will have NO posting about it for a full week a large number of people who come back from the "blackout" will likely not start up the complaints again it hamstrings the cause

Calling paypros and bugging your reps about paypros is still worth doing. Continue making your calls!

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

#SaveSpeech US legislators are pushing harder to pass KOSA and repeal section 230. Call your representatives ASAP and make your voice heard! Advocate for protecting section 230, and demand your reps oppose KOSA!

This is an excellent piece by @acvalens.net, highlighting all the ways adult game makers like myself are getting squeezed by nearly impossible requirements imposed by platforms desperately hoping to appease increasingly fickle payment processors