ꜱʏʟᴀʙɪᴛᴇ

This goes into that “deprofessionalization” of the game industry article that went around a few months ago. People who don’t understand the work or care about the value of the people doing the work or honestly even care about quality at all. They just want to not have to pay workers.

#horror #memes

An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ASEXUAL? (ALSO KNOWN AS "ACE" OR "ACES") There are many different types of attraction including romantic, aesthetic and sexual. Asexuality refers to someone who experiences very little or no sexual attraction to people of any gender. ACE INDIVIDUALS CAN STILL FEEL... ROMANTIC ATTRACTION Desire for a typically romantic relationship with another person EMOTIONAL ATTRACTION Wanting an emotional connection with another person AESTHETIC ATTRACTION Attraction to someone based on their general appearance SENSUAL ATTRACTION Wanting to touch, hold, or cuddle someone PHYSICAL ATTRACTION Where a person finds another person's physique pleasing PLATONIC ATTRACTION Wanting to be friends with another person

An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: ASEXUALITY, LIKE ANY IDENTITY, IS COMPLEX. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ASEXUAL IDENTITIES WITHIN ASEXUALITY INCLUDING: ASEXUAL SPECTRUM ASEXUAL No sexual attraction is experienced at all. Used as an umbrella term and used as a separate identity DEMISEXUAL May experience sexual attraction, but only once a deep, emotional bond occurs GREY SEXUAL Feels weak sexual attraction and/or attraction so rarely there's no desire to act on it

An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: WAYS TO BE AN ALLY TO ASEXUAL FOLKS EDUCATE YOURSELF ON ACE IDENTITIES IF SOMEONE COMES OUT TO YOU AS ACE, BELIEVE THEM PROVIDE SUPPORT + VALIDATION CELEBRATE +AFFIRM THEIR IDENTITY RESPECT THEIR RELATIONSHIPS CALL OUT ACE-ERASURE + ACEPHOBIA WHERE YOU SEE IT EDUCATE OTHERS DON'T ASK INTRUSIVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOMEONE'S SEX LIFE DON'T ASSUME EVERYONE NEEDS SEX OR ROMANCE TO BE HAPPY TOGETHER WE CAN EVOLVE THE MEANING OF RELATIONSHIPS + HELP TO REDUCE THE STIGMA SURROUNDING ASEXUALITY.

An infographic created by @BRIANNAVIEIRA & @THEQTHERAPIST for #ACEAWARENESSWEEK in asexual flag colors black, white, gray, and purple Understanding Asexuality: ASEXUALITY SITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MANY OTHER LGBTQIA IDENTITIES WHICH MEANS SOMEONE WHO IS ASEXUAL CAN ALSO BE... HETEROROMANTIC Romantic attraction to people of another gender. PANROMANTIC Romantic attraction towards people of all genders/regardless of gender. BIROMANTIC Romantic attraction towards men + women. HOMOROMANTIC Romantic attraction towards people of the same gender. AROMANTIC One who does not experience romantic attraction to people of any gender. PLUS MANY MORE! (SEARCH: "TYPES OF ROMANTIC ORIENTATION")

It’s Asexual Awareness Week

🖤 Oct 19 - 25, 2025
🩶 Celebrate identities
🤍 Build community
💜 Advocate for acceptance

I’m a proud 🖤A🩶C🤍E💜 with some info to share. Take a look ⤵️ and THANK YOU for your support!

AceWeek.org #Asexual #AsexualAwareness #AceAwarenessWeek

No Kings Denver speaker Joe Salazar (fmr Dem state rep) tells me they estimate 25-30k gathered in Denver today, similar to the No Kings protest earlier this year. This view is from photographer Cheney Orr for the New York Times. #copolitics

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [LOCATION] I'm messaging to demand [SENATOR] oppose S. 1748, the Kids Online Safety Act, also known as KOSA. This broad legislation does not protect anyone and instead will be used to block any speech that the Trump administration’s partisan FTC disagrees with. It pushes the “duty of care” onto websites and social media platforms to remove content that is “harmful to children”. It would lead to overcompliance, mass censorship, and remove access to crucial information re: everything from mental health, LGBT topics, substance abuse, eating disorders and more. Additionally, while large, corporate platforms like X can shoulder the weight of “duty of care”, smaller websites cannot, leading to greater and greater concentrations of power online into giant corporate platforms rather than small and medium sized businesses. KOSA will not make kids safer. It will make the internet more dangerous for anyone who relies on it to learn, connect, or speak freely. Lawmakers should reject it, and fast. Thank you for your time and consideration. IF SENATOR COSPONSORED KOSA: Additionally, I want to remark on [SENATOR]’s cosponsorship of this bill. I think it is shameful that [SENATOR] has backed a bill as transparently bad as KOSA. This will not keep kids safe, it is an excuse to censor the free and open internet. I will not be voting for nor donating to [SENATOR] in any future campaigns if they do not drop their co-sponsorship of this bill, and I will encourage everyone in my life to do the same. Do the right thing.

‪
#SaveSpeech

If you're like me and you are struggling to contact your senators re: KOSA via their phone lines this week, I recommend attempting to send physical letters or emails in the meantime.

Here is a script you can use to contact your reps!

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Wisconsin wants to force all adult sites to block VPNs – here's what we know The bill has now landed in the Senate for consideration

#SaveSpeech

Theres an Age Verification bill in the Wisconsen senate that is aiming to force Adult websites to block VPNs

The bill is SB-130 /AB-105!

Folks in WI need to get out and yell at their state reps about this!

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

Buy Eskiworks a Coffee Become a supporter of Eskiworks today!

I am quite frankly desperate to make ends meet this month. We are $900 short on rent alone despite everything, and could really use any help we can get. I'm taking autumn YCH commissions and accepting any other help I can get to make sure the check clear in just a few days here.
ko-fi.com/eskiworks

the embodied spirit of pumpkin spice

martin the warrior

garlic from the graphic novel by Bree Paulsen

A little witch boy

I need to make more art with autumnal vibes

Writer D. L. Mayfield’s advice for resisting fascism.

From D. L. Mayfield:

DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025

I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!

Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship

Silence is compliance!

Do NOT believe the misinfo going around

There absolutely have been MASSIVE TOS updates

Most notably:

1) Specifying no FICTIONAL noncon
2) No "dangerous" kink
3) No DISCUSSING self harm, suicide, or substance abuse unless its "educational"

So what can we DO about it?

#SaveSpeech

1/🧵

a man and a woman. The man is labeled Adult NSFW Artist. He says "I Consent". The woman is labeled "Adult NSFW Art Fan" and she says "I Consent". A Crying wojak drawing with the bluesky logo on its forehead screeches "No you can't it's not in the guidelines". The caption reads "Isn't there somebody you forgot to ask?"

the myth of a free platform for artists

#CASSINI ORBITER #SATURN MISSION
Target: #Enceladus
Time: 2017-07-14
Body Center Distance (km): 938418.69
Camera: Narrow Angle Filter: CLEAR

opus.pds-rings.seti.org/opus/#/COISS...

NASA/JPL/j. Roger

relevant life lesson from comics on this one

Friends! We begin the calls for this bill MONDAY when offices open.

The bill, introduced by Rep. Brian Mast, is HR 5300. There is no due process! If Marco Rubio decides your passport is gone, it is GONE.

Previous draenei char of mine, I had done a portrait for her but sadly never really used the character. Oh well!

#warcraftart #warcraft #draenei #art #artist #fantasart

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

A digital illustration of an opossum walking on its hind legs holding a sign that says “abolish ice”. The image is very high contrast and is mostly red, black and white with some yellow highlights.

I was going to wait on publishing this one but it seems even more relevant now. No human being is illegal.
#resist #abolishice

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”

Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.

No questions asked.

No proof required.

Pass it on.

this survey took less than two minutes

yes, it's inane. do it anyway

Figure I may as well spread the word on this as if there wasn't enough shit to worry about: They're trying to pass SOPA again under the guise of the BlockBEARD bill and some other bills.

I'm seeing fewer posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation, and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them and losing them money.

Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.

⬇️

Don't freak out! The current 2025 Senate KOSA bill has less cosponsors than in 2024. House of Representatives has no 2025 KOSA bill.

The article is from May 2025 & Congress is in August recess. Contact your senators & rep to oppose KOSA if you haven't already but they're not voting any time soon.

I’m so glad to see so many folks calling, but while I am seeing a lot of pressure on Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal, don’t forget Stripe.

The Itch team labeled them as enemy number one in this fight. Call Stripe. Wear them out!
#itchio #indiegames #stripe

WHY? On July 2025, Steam, a popular storefront to purchase games on PC, and itch.io, a storefront that sells games, comics, tools, resources and much more, have recently delisted several NSFW games, after the group Collective Shout published an open letter to payment processors such as Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and more. As a result of this letter, payment processors have strongarmed Valve and itch.io into enforcing restrictive new TOS policies on what kind of content their platforms can host and sell. Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and Paypal have been censoring free speech and legal business on the internet for TOO LONG. Their most recent targets are Steam and Itch.io, but they have also been pressuring websites like Pixiv, Patreon, Fansly, Onlyfans and MORE for years, applying draconian standards for what kind of adult/pornographic content platiorms and their users can host and sell. If we as consumers and creators want to regain ground on this issue, we have to make our voice heard. HOW? BOMBARD THEM WITH PHONE CALLS Collective Shout, the organization that lobbied to have Steam and Itch.io change their TOS, did so with only around 1000 phone calls. Visa and MC have backed down from pressuring Onlyians to remove adult content entirely due to public backlash. Clogging their phone lines for an extended perlou, over a mont at the absolute least, will almost gudrantee that these compantes will at least have to pay attention to the backlash. this list is not exhaustive. but some contact points for the 4 targets are: 1. VISA: (US + Can): +1 [8001-847-2911 US option selection for operator: 1-1-2 or 1-1-3 2. MASTERCARD: (US): +1 (8001-307-7309 US option selection for operator: 1-1-2-2-2-1 Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111 3. STRIPE: (Headquarters): +118881 963-8955 (France): +33 805-11-19-67 Stripe: complaints@stripe.com 4. PAYPAL: (US): +1 (888)-221-1161 (outside US): 1-402-935-2050 Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

Cheat Sheet v.2

nothing from the prior version is incorrect, but ive made it a little easier to read, plus included a bit more helpful information

imgur link: imgur.com/a/wWaLY2i

more comprehensive info can be found here:
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money

MAKE YOUR CALLS!!!

In summary:

- This call campaign needs to last at least a month
- As many calls as possible, so bring your friends
- Make sure each call lasts as long as possible
- Each time you make a call, mention it's not the first time you've called about this

Cartoon monster lady, Sue, in a "Don't Stop Calling T-shirt, pointing at a personification of "puritan activist groups" looming over a personification of "payment processor" Sue's Dialogue: YOOHOO! These motherfuckers think they can pick and choose what you do with your own money. You wouldn't let them do that, would you?

Hey if you hate censorship and want to do more than just doompost online, you can actually do something: Being annoying!

Hoards of people have been blowing up the phones of payment processing companies to pressure them not to bend to the whims of puritan groups.

stop-paypros.neocities.org