I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too. We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.

Can't wait for GTA6 to sweep the indie awards next year

I normally avoid caring much about awards, but the TGA nominations actually suck ass. Clair Obscur hogs up fully half of the best performance nominations, and for some reason is listed in both of the indie categories as well. That overrepresentation might be "justified" by hype, but excludes others.

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

Ooh, "sloppers" is much better than "clankers". Focuses on the actor (the user/peddler), and the undesirable action, rather than a vague class of tools. Also seems to avoid the weird slur-esque vibes (as in Cylon/toaster) (and I'm guessing this is part of the motivation)

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I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

Do you like fun? Would you welcome a distraction from a world that is increasingly exhausting to perceive? Then I've got good news for you:

Ei mitä vittua teen aws:n kanssa joka päivä töitä ja tämä on silkkaa hulluutta. yle.fi/a/74-20191502

Had to share this from twitter just because

I am hearing that on his deathbed Dick Cheney received the light of Islam and unhesitatingly recited the Shahada. Even now she looks down on the Ummah from the gardens of Jannah. Truly there is no god but Allah, and Mohammad is his prophet!

This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥

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Very important factor to this

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Genuinely what the fuck is going on in Albania

Not seeing much on my timeline about it anymore, so here's a reminder: payment processors are still trying to censor NSFW content of all kinds, and are in fact getting more aggressive about it; I'm seeing stories of folks losing access every day Call them & tell them THIS IS BULLSHIT

If you're using Windows 11, Microsoft is now surveilling you in a new way. This may already be turned on on your computer, and you would not be notified; it activates whenever they detect you are in a "game", which in my experience Microsoft often false-positives on doublepulsar.com/microsoft-bu...

Project Gutenberg is one of those places that exemplifies what the internet was initially all about: studying, preserving, and celebrating the arts, especially the written word, and Greg Newby was a huge part of that. Thank you, Greg, and rest well.

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I really fear that we've lost all our momentum. Feels like I haven't seen any posts about this issue in a while, and it's STILL not resolved. Payment processors have been praying we'll stop calling and finally fall in line. Don't let the issue die. PLEASE keep calling!

i made this meme which is better than the article:

Siis poliisille ollaan antamassa luvan vakoilla kansalaisia ilman mitään konkreettista syytä epäillä rikoksesta? Tajuatteko kuinka orwellilaista tämä on?

All your protesting online, writing to your MPs, attending protests, sharing news, keeping the conversation going is making changes All your complaints against war, especially your tax funding it, govs selling arms…. Is turning the tides. Don’t stop. They can’t ignore the public forever.

i think this picture, from a public promo stream for a video games starring one of the most popular comic book characters of all time owned by the disney corporation, should be used on every single story about storefronts taking down lgbt content

Some parts of Baby Steps may be frustrating. That's okay. Take a step back, relax, and meditate. Tune in to our calming Baby Steps nature stream to find your zen. Those who don't own Baby Steps yet might find something in there too.

The Ruby community has a DHH problem tekin.co.uk/2025/09/the-...

Mediavallan keskittyminen on asia josta tässä maassa ei todellakaan puhuta tarpeeksi. On naurettavaa esittää ettei kaupallisella medialla olisi poliittista agendaa vaikka kuinka paljon itse lehdissä tuutataan journalistisen puolueettomuuden ylistystä: raha on valtaa on poliittista valtaa

Today Raven Geary of @unraveledpress.com reports on the spate of kidnappings and violence against immigrants in the Chicago area over the past week or so including a man who was shot to death by ICE on Friday. www.welcometohellworld.com/theyre-kidna...

WHAT THE HELL

Day 3 of demanding that @jay.bsky.team and @aaron.bsky.team resign. This article is blatantly false, and is inciting violence and harassment toward trans people. This is against Bluesky's stated ToS, and is yet more proof that said ToS is being selectively enforced by facist sympathizers.

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

thank you to every Fatale who helped us get to this point 💜💛

Today marks the anniversary of the death of devout Egyptian engineer and community activist Mohammed Atta. He may have expressed views that I do not personally agree with, but unlike the people posting here, my thoughts and blessings are with the real victims, which are his family. I'm really smart.

charlie kirk has received infinitely more sympathy and support from liberals than every single trans person, immigrant, and palestinian combined

It's funny how many users joined this site because of its unearned reputation as a place that doesn't coddle fascists, and since then Jay's been out here screaming, "No! Don't believe what you hear! We coddle fascists! We coddle them so much!"

Today marks the anniversary of the death of devout Egyptian engineer and community activist Mohammed Atta. He may have expressed views that I do not personally agree with, but unlike the people posting here, my thoughts and blessings are with the real victims, which are his family. I'm really smart.

“IDC how much we disagreed on; in spite of the vile hateful things he said & all the genocide & hate crimes he cheered on, I can’t celebrate someone’s death” Yeah that’s the fucking problem. You should care. You fawning losers would condemn mocking Hitler’s death if it was today

I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?

Politicians and rich people only condemn violence as "political" when it kills someone rich and famous. When trans people are targeted for violence by the state or by right wing influencers, when immigrants are racially profiles and put in camps, when protestors are brutalized, that's just normal.

Relevant.

While antifeminism is its own thing and has been steadily on the rise for a while, looking at stuff like this, TERFs, or Collective Shout, I wonder whether it's going to contribute towards a situation where social justice language and frameworks have been readopted as authoritarian/capitalist tools.

Oh, hey. Visa and Mastercard now say you can't pay for WoW. Magic the Gathering. FFXIV. DnD. Lord of the Rings. Because they're all "adult" content against their ToS just for being "fantasy". Let that sink in. Spread this like wildfire and have people in those circles call them. No quarter.

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If you send me a bug report on a game I’ve made because you’re using this device, I will make it my personal mission to hunt you down and ensure you cannot inflict your corruption on anyone else