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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!!!

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Tuesday that she signed an executive order seeking greater transparency from federal immigration officials. She said the city will submit regular Freedom of Information Act requests to find out who ICE is detaining and on what grounds.

SOMEONE HAS A GENDER YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND? I DON'T UNDERSTAND FRENCH... THAT'S HOW STUFF WORKS SOMETIMES BUT THE LANGUAGE STILL EXISTS @QUEEEERCHAMELEON

Picture of an owl, looking at the camera, wings pinned back and gliding above a picture of the same owl looking at the camera and raising one wing.

"Morning, Jim!"
"Hey, Tom."

Happy Pride Month 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Be gay do crow stuff

#pridemonth #pridecrows

The Freedom Flotilla is sailing again to break the siege of Gaz@ and bring the people there aid, food and medicine 🙏🇵🇸

(Actions) are what we all have to do and focus on! We all can act somehow, we all can help somehow, we should focus on that and do our best and all we can to help the people in Gaz@

We're about 3 lines deep into the "first they came for" poem. It's not a very long poem, folks

🎯

Grainy, black and white photo showing two long-haired cats. When is inside of a basket that’s turned on its side. The other is sitting on top of the basket. Text at the bottom reads “the alarm”. Very small text in the lower left corner reads copyright 1902 Albee Bertrand.

The Alarm. Postcard from my collection. Copyright 1902, unsent.

two poorly drawn kittens. the one on the left has a calm but annoyed expression, while the kitten on the right has its mouth open and tongue sticking out, as if coughing

a pic of two kittens sitting on a concrete surface. the kitten on the left has dark ears and a grumpy expression, while the lighter-colored kitten on the right appears to be coughing, with its tongue out and eyes closed. some text annotations around them label their reactions with words like: bleagh, cough, and ptoey

cough ptoey blegh

Every piece of early Pikachu art is a blessing on this imperfect world

YIPEE!!!

Oh to be a red-eared snapper turtle sunning oneself in a pond at a centuries-old zen temple in the ancient shogunal capital.

I just checked in at the Atlanta airport and the kiosk wanted me to show a "passport or permanent residence card."

The airline rep who was helping me said "I don't know why it's doing this it's been doing it all morning."

The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS

ADHD is forgetting unfinished projects exist until the next time you see them, and forgetting bills and paperwork exist until the next time you see them, and forgetting friends exist until the next time you see them.

Blue jays do this to us all the time!!! Sometimes it IS a hawk, but I swear 50-60% of the time it's just a blue jay in the tree trying to scare away the birds and squirrels from our feeders so they get all the treats

The remote work debate was funny because it forced the question "Is a job something valuable you do or is it a place you go to be watched like daycare" and the answer for a lot of them was yeah it's the daycare thing now come on inside recess is over

I guess I’m only shopping at Costco now, which is fine. I needed a 300-pack of Twizzlers anyway.

Here’s a common scam going around that you should know about: Sometimes cats will meow at you like they haven’t been fed, but in fact someone DID feed them, and they’re just trying to get fed again- stay alert! 🚨

The ceasefire does not take effect until Sunday - until then, Israel is still trying to do as much harm as they can.

We still need your support and donations to supply medical aid, food supplies, and more on the floor in Gaza.

Hi! I think that might actually be a killdeer! We get a lot of them in northern Ohio during breeding season, but it looks like probably half of NC is a year-round zone for them. They love nesting in parking lots and other flat, rocky areas, so that's where we spot most of them!

TIRED: mom, dad, I'm non-binary
WIRED:

i love to simultaneously watch 2 or 3 youtube videos so the thoughts go away

Eleven counts. The first two both invoking terrorism. The ruling class is treating killing one of their own, with the motive being related to the evils of our health care system, as a fundamentally different act than if you or I were to be murdered.

Your occasional reminder to Glaze - [or Nightshade then Glaze] your art and renders. It's important to get into the habit.

Take a coffee break, go for lunch, take a walk etc

Protect the work you post online, even if you gotta save for web.