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I'm so tired of this puritanical bullshit.
Sex is healthy, sex fantasies are healthy, fiction is healthy.

I wish people would stop conflating BDSM and fiction with assault.
People have fantasies about power. That's normal!

Exploring feeling via stories is what humans do!

Bluesky is customizable enough that Porn can exist and you'll have minimal interactions with it. I haven't seen any explicit material since subscribing to lists and muting porn tags. Not once.

If you let them ban porn, then you'll let them label YOU as porn.

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Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.

TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!

Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

(this is the correct angle to play, you'll waste waaaay more of their time this way and piss them off waaay worse)

YIKES!!!!!! thank you for sharing this wlswarts!

copying this from the tumblr post for reference

I'll add that while there's nothing wrong with comfort art, there's absolutely something wrong if you're willing to engage ONLY with comfort art. You should be running into art that perplexes you or gets under your skin or makes you ask questions or that you dislike without calling for its removal.

Digital graphic with the text "anti-censorship campaign" and screenshots of headlines about how multiple storefronts have removed NSFW content due to pressure from payment processors and Collective Shout.

I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones

Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign

But we can EASILY top 1,000!

I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send!

↻💬♡ to boost

We CAN make a difference 💕

#itch #censorship

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This is the end of a great thread if you wanna read about the NSFW artist experience with consistent censorship laws

It's the reason I stopped doin porn and NSFW art because I actually STARTED my career as a pinup artist. Now I do it as a treat for clients on my discord.

Maybe we could find out.

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Lowkey it was fiction that first informed me that being queer and nb/trans was ok. Because my reality was curated to have no other examples of such. My environment used the "because I said so"-strat to tell me that all that was wrong.

reminder: collective shout is the cover org behind this recent conservative push for payment processors to mandate banning NSFW from several platforms. learn their names. they are using feminism as a cover to push their anti porn & anti queer agenda.
[source: Collective Shout website, about page]

I'm going to outline for you exactly how the christofacists win, because it's an obnoxiously simple strategy but a reliably powerful one. You know that post that's like "I don't trust y'all to eat the rich because you'll just target a bunch of doctors and actors and forget about the people who do the real damage?" That's our communal Achilles Heel. Here's the play: Collective Shout organizes a bunch of phone calls to payment processors demanding the elimination of NSFW/LGBT/ETC content. Payment processors go "oh, that's a lot of phone calls, we should do something" and then tell Steam and Itch to comply with those demands or be cut off from being able to do business. Then Steam and Itch have to make a decision between cutting off an arm and clamping down, or take a stand and shoot themselves in the head, functionally nuking their entire platform which, especially for Steam, have exponentially farther reaching ramifications.

Then our community gets mad at *them* and start calling them cowards and boot lickers and profess never to support them again. And like, yeah I get that getting mad at Itch is easy when you've got nothing to lose, but what the fuck with "I'll only support you, the comparatively small business with no real power as long as you can singlehandedly and successfully fight off the international might of the owners of theocratic capitalism with no further action from me?" like do people really not see the distance between creators and Itch (that's like, what? 30 people?) vs fucking Mastercard?? When the Goblin has Spider-man under his glider, we start throwing shit at him, we don't go "Damn, Spider-man, you said you'd save us. I guess you suck. Fuck you." So if you want to be more than a useful, reactionary pawn, I'm linking to a bunch of posts where smarter people than I are sharing payment processors phone numbers, scripts on how to talk to them, and other resources. If you do not pick up your phone and make that call you have *no* right to be mad at a company that has historically been pretty good about their support for creators and are likely trying to figure out how to weather this storm in real time.

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Cutting or defunding programs like Medicaid would create major gaps in state funding and devastate state budgets. We're running out of time to protect our health care. Tell Congress NO CUTS to Medicaid!
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The US house is currently debating this monumentally damaging bill. Please call your reps. Use your voice.

Post from Leah Greenberg saying, "This bill is a declaration of war on American families. It's the largest transfer of wealth in history from poor and middle-class Americans to the ultrawealthy, a wishlist made by the most awful people in the world."

post from Isiah Martin saying, "The Repubs just told some sick kid with cancer to get lost to give some guy with three yachts a tax cut to buy a 5th jet Car crash? Sorry, the hospital nearby closed because TRUMP defunded them They ALL knew this, but passed his big rip off bill anyway" THE GREAT AMERICAN SCAM!

@bensilverstein.bsky.social Whoops, Trump admits the big ugly bill is political suicide... while whipping votes for the bill. He has no idea what's in this monstrosity, but wants it passed as quickly as possible.

post from Representative AOC saying "The fact that all these Republican lawmakers are running around trying (& often, failing) to get specific carve outs in their own bill so THEIR community isn’t subject should tell you all you need to know. If they think it’s so great, why don’t they want it as-is for themselves?"

There's still time to stop this dangerous bill.

Call your GOP representative and tell them to vote NO on Trump's Tax Scam: indivisible.org/reso...

Or plan a visit to your local congressional office: www.mobilize.us/indi...

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: "Republicans can stare in the face their hypocrisy. These are people who are phonies. They faked this entire time that they had concerns & were going to vote against the bill, and of course they caved like a cheap suit every single time. Because they are essentially a cult"

Call these U.S. Representatives and tell them to vote NO on the “Big Beautiful Bill”. GA-09, Andrew Clyde IN-05, Victoria Spartz KY-04, Thomas Massie MD-01, Andy Harris MO-03, Bob Onder MO-07, Eric Burlison OK-02, Josh Brecheen PA-01, Brian Fitzpatrick PA-10, Scott Perry TN-02, Tim Burchett TX-03, Kitch Self TX-21, Chip Roy TX-27, Michael Cloud

There is still time. Call these Reps, and continue to raise hell. You can find their numbers at 5calls.org.

A screenshot of 5calls.org. It's has the number and name for my local house representative. There is also a written script provided to use.

A screenshot of a part of 5calls.org website. Put in your locatioon, pick a struggle (a topic lol), and info will come up for you (ie; your rep's name and number and a script you can read during your phone call).

I JUST CALLED MY HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE TO LET EM KNOW I OPPOSE THE "One Big Beautiful Bill Act".

Steps:

1. Went to 5calls.org
2. Picked a topic I cared about
3. Entered where I live and BOOM I get a script and phone number to call.

DASSIT! YOUR TURN!!!!

THE BBB VOTE IS STILL ON. After a procedural vote was passed, House Reps were meant to start voting at 5:30 AM EST. Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries was meant to hold a 1 hour speech on the floor, but he is still on the floor filibustering and trying to delay the vote so Americans have time to wake up and continue to call their representatives. •WE'VE GOT TO KEEP THE PRESSURE ON. THE FOLLOWING REPS ARE MOST VULNERABLE...

The vote is STILL ON! Representatives are still on the floor while Hakeem Jeffries is filibustering long enough to allow Americans to wake up and to prevent this bill from passing in the middle of the night. KEEP THE PRESSURE ON! (1/

current possible NO VOTES IF ANY OF THESE ARE YOUR REPS, CALL THEM NOW! BIG MAD NO FOR NOW KTF (KNOWN TO FOLD) MEDICAID MAD Troy Nehls Thomas Massie (always no) Victoria Spartz Don Bacon Warren Davidson Eric Burlison Chip Roy Juan Ciscomani Josh Brecheen Andy Harris ICK LaLOta David Valadao Greg Steube Jeff Van Drew Jen Kiggans Bob Onder Marjorie Taylor Greene Rob Bresnahan Keith Self Greg Murphy Jeff Hurd Dan Crenshaw David Valadao Randy Fine Young Kim Tim Burchett Andy Ogles Ralph Norman Andy Biggs CALL 202-224-3121

If any of these representatives are your representative, PLEASE give them a call NOW and tell them to vote NO on the bill.

Call 202-224-3121 🚨

Call these U.S. Representatives and tell them to vote NO on the “Big Beautiful Bill”: AZ-06, Juan Ciscomani CA-22, David Valadao CA-40, Young Kim CA-41, Ken Calvert CO-08, Gabe Evans FL-07, Cory Mills FL-13, Anna Paulina Luna FL-27, Maria Elvira Salazar IA-01, Mariannette Miller-Meeks IA-02, Ashley Hinson IA-03, Zach Nunn MI-07, Tom Barrett MO-02, Ann Wagner NJ-07, Tom Kean Jr. NY-17, Mike Lawler OH-07, Max Miller OH-10, Mike Turner OH-15, Mike Carey PA-01, Brian Fitzpatrick PA-07, Ryan Mackenzie PA-08, Rob Bresnahan PA-10, Scott Perry TN-05, Andy Ogles TX-15, Monica De La Cruz VA-01, Rob Wittman VA-02, Jen Kiggans WI-01, Bryan Steil WI-03, Derrick Van Orden

These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell.

Oppose H.R. 1: the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" - PASSED SENATE - SENT BACK TO HOUSE (UPDATED 7/1) ⭑ 5 Calls Updates July 1, 2025: The Senate has passed H.R. 1 by a vote of 50-51, with J.D. Vance providing the tie-break YES vote. Republican Senators Paul …

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Please please please call your reps NOW, if I can do it despite being a stuttering mess whenever I have to make phone calls, then I know you can do it too! I believe in you! Fight for your future, and the futures of all those around you. I swear to you its worth your time

Meredith Lee Hill on Twitter: “Speaker Johnson this morning acknowledges he doesn't have the votes to pass the rule yet - "we're working on all that right now" he tells @nicholaswu12 "working through everybody's concerns and letting them know this is the best possible product we can produce."”

As of right now, House Republicans don’t have enough votes to pass Trump’s Tax Scam that would gut Medicaid to give billionaires more tax cuts.

Keep calling GOP representatives: indivisible.org/resource/cal...

Join a phonebank to contact voters in key GOP districts: www.mobilize.us/moveon/event...

If you care about Medicaid, I need your help. These kids are the best chance we have of saving Medicaid.

Families are on the way to DC. We need to cover van rentals and hotel rooms. I will not, I will NOT, waste your money or time.

Can you help get this donation link in front of your people?

because it has to pass again in the house everyone PLZ call and writer your congresspeople AGAIN and tell them they MUST votes against it. The current Medicaid bill lasts til Jan 2026, then it will kick 20 Million people off Medicaid. 40% of all children are on Medicaid. 70mill Americans total.

Millions will lose health care.

Hundreds of thousands of jobs will be lost.

Electricity costs will skyrocket.

Needy families will lose access to food.

The GOP’s budget bill does all that so Donald Trump can give hundreds of billions in tax breaks to his rich friends.

Let's remember that Chucky I-wanna-go-on-book-tour Schumer could have filibustered this MONTHS ago. But no....

Time to call your reps!! Do it daily. Email and fax too.
#fuckchuck #traitorousten #fdt #fightfascism

PLEASE call your reps it takes <5 min and most of the time you get a voicemail
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