Mike Redline

The UK speedran straight from porn to educational material in the regulation-to-censorship pipeline. We were warning people of this kind of thing but it happened faster than I expected.

To echo others: that MasterCard is proactively reaching out to its advertising partners to try and blunt the impact of the pressure campaign is one of the surest signs the pressure campaign is having an effect (and after just two weeks, too!) Don't let up! Call/mail their asses!! #SaveSpeech

NCOSE is an anti-porn, Christian morality group that used to be known as Morality in Media. They have campaigned against gay marriage and sex ed. They published an article called "Connecting the Dots: The Line Between Gay Marriage and Mass Murders". So yeah...anyway, KEEP CALLING PAYMENT PROCESSORS!

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...

Call your reps and tell them we don't need them getting up in our personal business and be ANGRY about it

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.

@sailorrooscout.bsky.social Can you, please, boost this?

Literally none of the time you spent calling Visa/MasterCard this week will matter if this shit passes

Yes it's exhausting to have more calls to make

But this *is* life or death

Censorship is the first stage of removing marginalized people from public life, and then from life itself

Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.

illustration shows the outline of a soaring bird, filled in with the colors of the queer and trans pride flags. text over the top reads "QUEER GAMES BUNDLE."

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.

itch.io/b/3062/

Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces? Digital distribution platforms Steam and itch.io have tightened their rules about adult content – under pressure from payment processors. Why has this happened and where will it lead?

Steam and itch.io have removed thousands of video games in recent weeks deemed to be "adult content" in order to comply with strict rules from payment processors like Mastercard.

These policies censor artists engaged in lawful speech. Mastercard shouldn't be the gatekeepers of our digital freedom.

What to Know About the Kids Online Safety Act What to know about the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, which has been reintroduced and has a second chance.

THEYRE AT IT AGAIN
CALL YOUR REPS, WE HAVE ANOTHER BILL TO KILL

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To whichever #loser thinks it costs $60 to make a meal at home, I get 100% of groceries for two (all meals) for $150-ish for a while week. I can get it to $120 easy if I went more thrifty.

This is not cheap crap, either. Heck, I can make an excellent chicken & rice bowl to feed 5 people for $8.

You arn't focused on anything except towing the line of your special interest money and establishment Dem losers. Endorse Mamdani.

This reasonably priced two-bedroom offers homebuyers the exciting chance to help push out the working-class residents who have called the neighborhood home for generations.

Real Estate: Fantastic Displacement Opportunity

Fuck using the term "net worth" to describe how much money someone has.

Any firefighter or soup kitchen worker has more "net worth" than a thousand billionaires.

Steam cracks down on some sex games to appease payment processors New rule against “certain kinds” of adult content accompanies removal of “incest” games.

Much as I am loathe to do this during my rest week, I must climb once again into the belfries to sound the red alarm about censorship.

Visa and MasterCard are currently forcing Steam to tighten their restrictions on NSFW games, which is a Really Bad Sign, for a lot of reasons.

🚨 Techno-fascist billionaire Peter Thiel is building the surveillance state of Trump’s dreams.

His company Palantir is now working with Trump’s regime to track ALL Americans using AI.

This isn’t sci-fi. It’s happening. And Thiel HATES when you talk about it. So talk about it.

#50501Movement

Peter Thiel is a techno-fascist billionaire who works behind the scenes. He may not be as well-known as Elon Musk, but he’s definitely more dangerous.

With his surveillance company, Palantir, powering ICE and his influence over JD Vance and the tech-right, he is actively trying to rid of democracy.

No I mean it.
I don't care if you have 100k followers.
stop using Twitter.
there's no excuse.

A colored pencil drawing of Mr. Nose the fox surfing a wave on a surfboard that has an extra-stylized drawing of a monster-truck-fox and the caption "monster fox". Above the ocean is the floating text "F is for yarf", and smaller drawings of Mr. Nose and a hermit crab.

This comic features Mr. Nose, a fox, and also the hermit crab caricature I've been drawing for over 30 years now.

sometimes you just find a scene that feels kinda crazy

Fujica GW690i | Kodak Gold 200
#filmphotography

Delete your spotify.

Demolition Man sequel production notes.

i know a lot else is going on, but US folks PLEASE call your senators - they are actively set on trying to ban trans healthcare on Medicaid entirely which trans people like me who are on Medicaid actively depend on for life-saving healthcare

Miku handshake forged in the fires of fan meetups, Hank would be impressed #fortnite

Allan är homosexuell – ska utvisas till Ryssland ”Detta är mer än ett brott, det är maktmissbruk”

Help out by sharing this and put pressure on the Swedish migration authorities to reconsider their decision and let him out of detention.

He’s done nothing wrong and is afraid for his life.

#FreeAllan #LGBTQ

www.flamman.se/allan-ar-hom...

Being able to wash inside is premium. Good lookin racecar!

1926: Atlantic City Opened One of the Greatest Speedways in the World - Mr. Local History Project The year is 1926. Welcome to the “Board Bowl,” which had 80,000 fans and was one of the world’s greatest motorsport spectacles—and it was right here in New Jersey! It’s… Read More »1926: Atlantic City...

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To watch Frank Lockhart avg 147.7mph at this board track in 1926