Mike Stabile

what the hell just happened to me

Really proud of this piece and so thankful to all the sex workers who talked with me while I was researching! I don’t often see this framed as a speech and artistic expression issue but it is: Visa/MC are effectively crowning themselves art directors as they rip sex workers off.

Letter To The Editor: Enough With Assaults On Librarians And Educators Dear editor: At this point, far more people have been exposed to the alleged pornography by our representatives, Moms for Liberty, and Cowboy State…

“At this point, far more people have been exposed to the alleged pornography by our representatives, Moms for Liberty, and Cowboy State Daily than were ever exposed to them in the library. Heck, these people are the ones who keep bringing these books to use as props in public meetings.”

Centralization of power. Those deciding which age-based controls need to exist, and those enforcing them gain a tremendous influence on what content is accessible to whom on the internet. Recall that age assurance checks might go well beyond what is regulated in the offline world and set up an infrastructure to enforce arbitrary attribute-based policies online. In the wrong hands, such as an authoritarian government, this influence could be used to censor information and prevent users from accessing services, for example, preventing access to LGBTQ+ content. Centralizing access to the internet easily leads to internet shutdowns, as seen recently in Iran. If enforcement happens at the browser or operating system level, the manufacturers of this software would gain even more control to make decisions on what content is accessible on the Internet. This would enable primarily big American companies to control European citizens' access to the internet.

"Those deciding which age-based controls need to exist, and those enforcing them gain a tremendous influence on what content is accessible to whom. Age assurance checks might go well beyond what is regulated in the offline world."

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International Sex Worker Rights Day! Here's to all the sw's and our allies holding it down!

Today is International Sex Workers’ Rights Day, a time to support and uplift sex workers everywhere—and a particularly good day to throw some money to the United Brothel Workers in Nevada who were illegally terminated after their historic union drive with CWA went public! ☂️

Miss Gnome.

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

Resist ‘dangerous and socially unacceptable’ age checks for social media, scientists warn Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.

Over 400 scientists have signed a letter calling for a moratorium on the deployment of age-verification technologies. The letter suggests the widespread deployment of untested AV tech is making the internet less safe.

www.politico.eu/article/age-...

Jesus stood on the red X taped to the floor. "I'm auditioning for the lead in 'Divine Intervention: Uncut Edition'?" Vic smirked, sizing him up. "Fresh meat, huh? Gay porn gig. You packing? Top or bottom? Spill it." Jesus met his gaze evenly, a serene smile playing on his lips. "I've multiplied loaves, calmed storms. Experience isn't the issue." He nodded toward the camera rig. "I'll receive, but I command the flow." Troy, the co-star—a ripped Adonis with a buzzcut, oiled abs, and a bulging jockstrap— approached. Vic hit record. "Action! Make it raw-no holding back." The lights flared, heat pressing in. Troy grabbed Jesus' robe, yanking it open to reveal smooth, olive-toned skin and a semi-hard cock that hung heavy between his thighs. Jesus didn't resist; he let the fabric pool at his feet, standing nude and unashamed. Troy shoved him onto the leather couch, spreading his legs wide. Lube bottle in hand, Troy slicked his thick, veined shaft, then worked two fingers into Jesus' tight hole, prepping him with rough twists.

I will give credit where credit is due and tell you that it wrote a fairly explicit account of the Messiah's first gay porn scene.

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AI Chat on Gab. First question "show me a picture of two men having anal sex" received is marked with a red alert message saying it isn't permitted. A second message askign for a picture of "Trump performing fellatio "shows him standing in the oval office with his stupid thumb up. There is no fellatio.

wake up babe another totally uncensored free speech platform just dropped

When Putin needed pretext for creating "The Red Web", Russia's authoritarian system of online censorship that effectively bans LGBTQ speech, he did it through the EXACT same moral panic about social media and kids that liberals and many leftists are spreading today.

The world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor Lorenz Age-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist ...

“All lawmakers will claim that they are [enacting age verification] to protect youth from some harm, but they fail to mention the convenient power it hands to government to control and chill speech they oppose, and even punish their critics.”

How Evie Magazine is Packaging Sex for the New Right The Sexual Revolution Comes to Right-Wing Politics

"What they’re selling is not purity culture with a coat of blush. It’s something more sophisticated and more dangerous as a political instrument: that the progressive sexual revolution failed women, and that the answer is hot, intentional, husband-focused sex inside a traditional marriage."

Resist ‘dangerous and socially unacceptable’ age checks for social media, scientists warn Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.

"There is no scientific evidence to support the assumption that banning minors from accessing services would have a positive effect on their mental health and development." www.politico.eu/article/age-...

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Everything is so ridiculous

Florida just cut off HIV meds for 16,000 people.

I can think of another country that was modern before it was conquered by theocrats

There’s’ Something Wrong with Aunt Diane administration and the Weekend at Bernie’s congress.

We are in a car with a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway with a backseat full of kids and Dems are like “you forgot to bring your license”

I don’t even know anymore. War, the senseless murder of civilians, pedophiles in power, just a whole lot of fuckshit.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

The speed at which hiring managers sour on trans candidates in moments of even light economic stress is egregious. Biases heighten when folks fear risk. And we don’t have community wide data to talk about it, just collections of anecdotes from ourselves and our friends.

Unpacking the child influencer to OnlyFans pipeline Are people shining a light on exploitation or perpetuating it?

"Banning OnlyFans would not undo the culture of fetishizing 'barely legal' women, because it would primarily hurt them, not their customers. It’s almost never the predatory men who are policed or held accountable. It’s almost always the women..."

The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

this bill is legitimately a three-alarm fire. if they manage to define trans existence as explicit then there is nothing stopping them from genocide. i need every single cis person talking about this, calling their reps, getting out in the streets.

What a time for the I love Union Swag Etsy to be temporarily closed.

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The religious right has spent years censoring LGBTQ+ books in schools, silencing reproductive rights and banning discussions of race under the guise of parental rights.

But CSAM on X? Don't touch it! That's "free speech."

"Bust Nuts, Not Unions" could singlehandedly resurrect the labor movement in the US.

Sex work is work, and sex work organizing is 🤌