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IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FASCISM

PORNOGRAPHERS HAVE YOUR BACK

DO YOU HAVE THEIRS?

‘I feel violated’ - Queer Creators Lose Livelihoods in Itch.io bans The recent Itch bans on queer and NSFW content have damaged careers and put countless people out of work. Though some are now on the verge of homelessness, they’re still organizing and fighting back. TNN delves into what’s at stake on the frontlines of the fight against anti-queer censorship.

Over the past month, independent content hosting platform Itch.io has been systematically banning queer & NSFW content. We talked to creators about how this impacted them, and how they’re fighting back.

Written by @thefreeradical.org and edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social

anyway, i highly recommend this book for unpacking the politics of what is going on right now. It's open access. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...

want to make sure your favorite artists *can* send r18 doujins at all? call.

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some scripts: stop-paypros.neocities.org

Deploying the feds and discussing abolishing DC's local government in response to an assault where the police responded quickly enough to arrest two perpetrators *as they left the scene* are disproportionate, potentially dangerous, and offensive overreactions.
 
#HandsOffDC

Even if DC crime weren’t at a historic low point, President Trump's recent comments would be misguided and offensive to 700K+ DC residents.
 
Federal interference is the problem. The solution is #DCStatehood.
 
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This is the core problem with the Buttigieg "we have to find common ground" framing. The question isn't sports, it's whether trans people will be allowed to exist as trans in public. Everything else—politically and strategically—is downstream from that.

There is a belief among upper class Americans that society would be better if its lower levels were composed of worker bees who don’t have to bother with critical thinking or general life enrichment (and that they’d be happier this way) and this attitude pervades across political parties

I saw this floated with the Digital Economy Act in 2019. Was at a conference with the BBFC, which at that time was charged with regulating adult online, similar to Ofcom now, and they said that Visa/MC were prepared to stop processing — globally! — for any platform that didn’t comply with UK law.

In other words, you may not be on UK soil but Visa and Mastercard are, and Visa/Mastercard will follow the direction of the UK.

Given what's been happening in the gaming space over the past few days (and the adult industry for years), that's terrifying news for free speech.

From an Ofcom guidance: Business disruption measures 9.4 9.5 9.6 Business disruption measures are orders made by a court on an application from Ofcom. They apply to third parties which are able to disrupt the provision of the regulated service and thereby reduce the risk of harm to UK citizens and consumers. The third party need not be an Ofcom regulated entity and may not have had any previous dealings with Ofcom. The Act provides for four types of business disruption measure: a) a service restriction order; b) an interim service restriction order; c) an access restriction order; and d) an interim access restriction order. A service restriction order is an order applying to one or more providers of 'ancillary services' to a non-compliant regulated service. An ancillary service is a service that facilitates the provision of the regulated service (or part of it) (for example, payment processing services) or one that displays or promotes content in relation to the regulated service (for example an ad server). 110 The criteria with which a court must be satisfied to grant an application for an order are set out in section 144(3) and (4) of the Act and include that the court must be satisfied that the service provider has failed and is continuing to fail with an enforceable requirement or with a Technology Notice under section 121(1) of the Act. 111 A service restriction order requires the ancillary service against which an order is obtained to take steps aimed at disrupting the relevant regulated service in the UK...

Ofcom says that if you refuse to censor yourself under the Online Safety Act, it will force payment processors and ISPs to stop doing business with you.

When the government can't shut you up, the banks and credit cards will.

Absolutely terrifying.

www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...

Extremely funny that this is hiding in a WH40k game, an IP where everyone is horny but no one is allowed to say or do anything about it.

What dc really needs is a bunch of Mormon ex-Marine Brooks Brothersed motherfuckers getting laughed at on the streets of SE

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

Encouraging everyone to go read the July Executive Order on homelessness that no one really paid attention to. I fear they want DC to be the test case.

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hey. Remember that Dragon priestess?

#eldenring

'This policy doesn’t just breed contempt for specific laws—it undermines the concept of legitimate governance. When laws are this disconnected from technological & social reality, it signals the people making them don’t understand what they’re regulating or don’t care whether their policies work.'

"But I don't share porn or look at porn or make anything pornographic so it won't affect me"

Until they decide something you DO make or consume is "obscene" and they go after that too. Namely literally ANY queer content... also, looking at you Entire Furry Fandom.

We should ALL be angry about this

🧝‍♀️

Sex is getting scrubbed from the internet, but a billionaire can sell you AI nudes Grok’s nonconsensual deepfakes show how hollow the online safety push can be.

"In the new ... internet, girls can’t learn about periods on Reddit and artists can’t sell smutty games on Itch.io, but a military contractor will make you nonconsensual deepfakes of Taylor Swift taking her top off for $30 a month." — @thedextriarchy.bsky.social www.theverge.com/internet-cen...

I wanted to see how it would feel to have a lil comic that supplements the garden witch animation from yesterday.

I'd love to know if reading a comic like this impacts your perception/enjoyment of the animation, because I'm new to inter-disciplinary storytelling experiments like this ❤️

a green space marine covered in bones and wielding a large headsmens axe.

A Space Marine commission I did for a client on discord <3
#warhammer40k

Today's reminder to keep the pressure on! They're hoping we'll shut up, get tired or bored, and just walk away.

If we keep trashing their operational metrics, they'll fold first.

why are trans girls so cute what the FUCK godDAMMIT what the shit is this how is this even POSSIBLE i can't even with this bury me under a pile of them please and thank you jesus CHRIST

Unwinding after a run
#NIGHTREIGN #furryart

This is sending me, imagining Anton’s “STRIKE!”

something i tried today that seemed to get good mileage was using the "hey i saw this statement by Visa that said:-" as an opener, and then segueing it into "and i bring that up because i want to buy (mainstream thing that technically is against their content policy. ex: GoT)"

#commission

You see more trans women in online spaces specifically because we have been forced out of every other venue.

We have to build our own networks online where the tools to build a platform are slightly more accessible than the ones held by traditional media gatekeepers.