Focus on child safety combined with "consent" from fictional characters (especially with animation) is a schematic nightmare. Arguments about how old a character looks/if aging them up is still underage art/if fictional character can consent will be a mess of false reports and time wasted on appeals

NSFW culture While on the surface this seems fairly reasonable the term "consensual" is often abused. The process for determining what actually constitutes removal and what is bias or false reporting is not going to be thorough enough. It NEVER is. This is a slippery slope towards removing all NSFW

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)

COVID is airborne. You can be contagious with COVID at anytime without any symptoms. COVID is still just as dangerous as ever to vulnerable people. If you are leftist or progressive or liberal who cares about the vulnerable but who doesn't at least mask in essential public spaces, why not?

I’m going to say this louder this time: if you are lying about having a high-risk condition to get a Covid vaccine, all good, do what you want to do BUT show some actual goddamn respect for people who *actually* have that condition and start masking.

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

to anyone knee-jerk thinking "pedophile apologia": if you make an exception for 'pedo' art, those in power can label your barista AU art pedophilia if someone has cat ears in it. your ff14 fanart of moogles is now pedophilia. when there's an 'exception' there are no exceptions, only arbitration.

look you can allow art that grosses you out to exist or you can be a fascist. "But surely there can be an exception for--" nope. exceptions mean you're a fascist. "But--" NOPE. fascist.

The problem is, calling someone a "pedo gooner" over fictional content isn't just "feedback", it gives ammo to conservatives. And they're shooting at us. I'm triggered by underage content. I get it. But just mute and blacklist, or you're putting more bullets into the rest of us, including yourself.

There is genuinely no excuse for acting like this anymore. We are *actively watching* fascism take hold, with censorship destroying lives. You *cannot* compare fiction to real world harm, no matter how uncomfortable it makes you. Remind people of this when you see it.

Education is the enemy of fascism.

anyway. since all social media is owned by the same Nazis, can all the cool Bluesky peeps come back to Tumblr. it's at least got a rich fandom history, love for artists, and a CEO who only hates one minority instead of all of them (and he's much easier to bully. bitch crashes out constantly)

you know, I'm really starting to think going back to Twitter isn't really as morally dubious anymore, considering this is what we're working with here

sure is a great day to remember that Republicans caused more people to die than 9/11 did EVERY DAY for YEARS due to ongoing Covid denial that more children are gunned down EVERY YEAR than the number of 9/11 deaths that the racism that emerged after 9/11 has killed an INNUMERABLE AMOUNT OF POC

Blue state governors: Time to hit back.

Remember if phone calls are too much for you, or if you need a break, mailing physical letters is another great vector to contact paypros or your representatives!

Some wholesome Trek content to start the week right #startrek #tng #voyager #ds9

White Christian Taliban shit right here. Time to stop tiptoeing around it. These people are fanatics pursuing a Holy War. It’s a critical piece of the threat assessment that should inform our strategies. (Psst. They’re not just going to hand back power.)

WARNER: Do you accept the fact that 1 million Americans died from covid? RFK Jr: I don't know how many died W: You're the secretary of health and human services. You don't have any idea how many Americans died from covid? RFK Jr: I don't think anybody knows that W: How can you be that ignorant?

Careful what you say on a Hinge date! She could be an undercover right-wing media reporter exposing your entire department’s Epstein cover up…

シフランおめでと～！！ #isatfanart

This is getting shared a *lot*, so I want to really encourage direct action. You can call a payment processor using information at stop-paypros.neocities.org Calling is important for them - each call to their support costs them money. The goal is literally to cause them trouble until they yield.

1 September, sooo! Happy birthday, Siff! Drew this art for this ocassion, based on this pic I took shortly after Siff plush arrived to me >:3c #instarsandtime #isat

hey if youre sick of seeing all this shit about Payment processors and censorship ID laws etc trust me, us folks talking about it are sick of having to post about it too. we wanna be posting about anything else right now but we are collectively at a point of no return we HAVE to fight this. NOW.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act. TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets! Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

Fuck censorship. They're coming after you next, whether you make porn or not. I have never sold NSFW services or artwork, yet here's my termination from Stripe! Fully SFW, innocent headshots of furries = adult content. This is what we've been trying to fucking tell y'all this whole month!

絵柄を変えたくて模索中…… これは塗りの練習に描いたシフラン

TLDR; it's in our best interest to keep up the pressure on these companies and be as VOCALLY and VISUALLY annoying as possible. The goal for average joes like you and me at this juncture is BRAND DAMAGE. Stay loud, stay annoying, connect their effect on free expression with their brand

This is my favorite so far!

If you look around you and know you’d be laughed at or shit talked by the people around you for actually being authentically you, secrets and all— leave. You will find acceptance elsewhere.

More and more people reporting today that Stripe - the payment processor that Itch said were putting the most pressure on them - now have staff actively confirming that yes, they are censoring LGBT content, adult or otherwise. That this is official company policy. This seems kinda significant.

sorry I’m political I’m an artist

Can't believe people don't get this; but the reason this payment processor shit has to be all or nothing is because once these freaks establish a line on what fiction is or isn't okay the line will only move further and further in. You have to fight against the line entirely.

If we care about our right to express ourselves freely on this (or any) platform, sexual or non-sexual, we have to put in the work, and make a scene. They have to know we aren’t fucking around.

More real-time fact checking of the Liar in Chief please!

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later

Be aware that another shitty bill has been introduced: The SCREEN Act. If passed, it would require Full. Age. Verification. Like KOSA, call all your reps & tell them what a horrible idea this is. Spread this pls. Link: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c... #screenact #badinternetbills #stopkosa

Hey Americans, if this passes you'll be uploading your ID to every social media and website to access it.

Visa and Mastercard released their public statements on censorship! Visa and Mastercard are pretending they don't make any judgments on legal purchases, but Collective Shout CLEARLY told us they successfully pressured payment processors. KEEP CALLING! IT'S WORKING!

When I see other artists who are still on twit with the excuse that’s the furthest reach they get, numbers-wise, I just think about how most of that traffic is simulated with bots. Apparently it’s 75% bots.

Bluesky doesn't penalize you for using links, tags, using key words like Patreon or commissions, and doesn't have a central algorithm on your following feed, which means all the power rests on you to help your favourite creators be seen!

Legitimately, nobody should be condemning "proship" content after all this. It should be exceedingly clear now that "anti" is a fascist mindset. NSFW, kink, and yes even taboo fiction needs to be protected. Censorship of *any* fiction will always lead to disaster.

I feel the furry fandom has a lot of apologizing to do when it comes to their nsfw/kink artists. Those folks have been saying this shit about expression and censorship for years while getting doxxed and smeared and kicked out of support circles all the while.

Oh, this is genius. Follow this line of questions -- try to eat up as much of their time, keep them from hanging up on you, AND it lets them know you're opposed to their archaic censorship.

Keep calling Visa. It’s working.

Also reminder to call your BANK as well, and let them know you're horrified with Visa and Discover's policies and lack of customer care! Tell them you don't feel safe using their cards when their policies are so abysmal!