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Sickening. Every journalist in America should think deeply about the fact that most American politicians are willing to accept and indeed facilitate the murder of our colleagues.

Want to see billboards in every major city that just say

'Power Bill Too High? Thank "Generative AI"' and then a link to a website all about "AI" and data center energy and water use

stop using chatgpt (etc), stop using it, there is no reason to use it

Cancel Edit image Save I'm just ugly not trans, train driver told colleagues Aslef union appears to push back against Supreme Court ruling on definition of "woman" Gareth Corfald Transport spondent A train driver insisted they were not transgender but "just ugly" when challenged by colleagues after the Supreme Court ruling on sender. The unnamed driver made the remark following April's ruling, in which the highest judges in the country said "sex" in equality law refers to biological sex, The "just ugly" comment was quoted in a submission made by Aslef, the train drivers trade union, to an Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) consultation. In its submission, Aslef said: "Since the ruling, there have been examples of our members being questioned about their biological sex by colleagues to the level where one member felt the need to explain to their colleagues that they are just ugly. All text describes images for blind and low-vision users, and helps give context to Anybody can interact Labels + English 221

wait a second!! anti-trans laws... hurt... everybody?!!

who could have ever guessed?!!

Spoke with an anon source who had an interesting insight into Visa policy. Per a convo with their bank on the Steam/itchio situation today, Visa put new restrictions into place due to a new "government policy." The exact phrase used by Visa. No specific country was listed as the source of the policy

I'm seeing less 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.

Breaking911 @Breaking911 : REP. MIKE FLOOD, (R-NEB.): "Do you think that people who are 28-years-old, that can work, & refuse to work, should get free healthcare?" TOWN HALL CROWD: "YESSSSSSSSSS!"

lmaooooo this dumb shit just doesn’t fly anymore

I... never would have expected GOG to do a big porn giveaway to protest censorship, but hey, it's high profile enough to bring the site to its knees so CLEARLY it's spreading awareness.

Every single multinational turns into a smol bean when pressured, but Mastercard holding the actual keys to global ecommerce as a whole and acting like this makes me think you should call and specifically ask them what the fuck they mean by this.

Here's Philly rap legend Freeway canvassing with LeVar Burton singing the Reading Rainbow theme. You can see how much it touched Burton.

National media loves to hate Philly because of the Eagles fans from the Northeast, but fuck all that noise Philly is the best.

So they're -fucking LYING- about it now, too!

Keep calling their asses, babes. Call them out on this shit. Directly. Tie up those lines.

Make it LOUD AND CLEAR that CENSORSHIP does infinitely more damage to their ~precious brand~ than any porn game ever will.

Bluesky doesn't penalize you for using links, tags, using key words like Patreon or commissions, and doesn't have a central algorithm on your following feed, which means all the power rests on you to help your favourite creators be seen!

RSS is the *real internet*
It's what really enables podcasts to exist, not Spotify.

Newgrounds' approach to verifying age is interesting and transparent.

Fuck yeah. www.libreoffice.org

J6 Pedos and Cop Killers get pardoned. Asthmatic Korean PhD student who grew up here, has a green card, a silly weed misdemeanor 15 years ago, and is trying to create a Lyme disease vaccine, is detained without due process after coming back from his bro’s wedding. I’m sorry, what is our country???

Keep up the pressure! #SaveSpeech

Look, this is why people say defund the police. We can’t build better things when all the money goes to policing, and we can’t demand accountability from police when they have the power and leave us on the hook for the liability

I think we need to make way more noise about the fact that itch will straight up STEAL YOUR MONEY if they decide your work isn't acceptable

ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

I made a quick and dirty anti-censorship cheat sheet to help onboard people and direct their energy in a productive direction. This isnt as comprehensive as various websites being shared around, but it should be easy to share and save.

Save the png and repost as widely as you can

a snippet from Itch's updated creator FAQ. it reads, "Our policy is not an invitation to push the boundaries of what is acceptable. Violations that result in administrative action are permanent with no chance of appeal. Any funds on the account will not be eligible for payout. There is no second chance."

what really gets me is this bit that's supposed to discourage "rules lawyering" because it doesn't go both ways. if any creator on itch became a target for whatever reason, how difficult would it be to find something that might possibly violate a rule in their work, no matter how tame it is?

I will not be quick to forget when Itchio went to court for games and just how long they let us host our horny work. Lots of folks are new to itchio: I am not. I've been there since 2017 and I do not believe Leafo and the team are malicious. Did they fuck up? Yes. But we need to aim higher.

So, WFM guy here, I crunch call center numbers all day and advise management on performance and staffing requirements. Here are some concrete goals to keep in mind with any sort of calling campaign: 🧵

MasterCard • 914.249.2000 (Global Headquarters, US) • 636.722.6100 (Operaction Center, US) • 971.4.391.4200 (Dubai HQ) • 305.539.2300 (Latin America HQ) • 914.249.6518 (North America HQ) • 1-800-627-8372 (US Only) • 1800-120-113 (Australia) • +1-636-722-7111 (International) • customer_support@mastercard.com • List of executives' Linkedin profiles

Visa • +1 650 432 3200 (Headquarters, US) • 1-800-847-2911 (US + Canada) • List of phone numbers by region • 1-888-289-9322 (Confidential Compliance Hotline) • askvisa@visa.com

PayPal Unfortunately, PayPal doesn't have any e-mail address, as it uses its website's customer support. You will need to log in to your PayPal account if you wish to access Customer Support lines or messages. Here's a few lines we found so far : • 1-402-935-2050 (US + Canada)

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social Follow the number below doesnt work, as Stripe has changed their number, and is demanding a $2.99 fee to even tell you what it is. however, this number DOES still work and will let you leave a message: (877) 887-7815

Welcome to the weekend! You made it sailor. Which censorious payment processor would you like to call first? Thanks to my moot @dieselbrain.bsky.social for the Stripe number, can confirm it works

stop-paypros.neocities.org

It’s important to remember that this is not going to be fixed in 24 hours. We might have to do activist work on this for a hot minute. But, if we all stay focused and support each other, we can keep this going for a really long time. Longer than any of these companies have the patience for.

this should be a felony

Every single UBI experiment has resulted in life-changing positive impact for its recipients and a boon to the overall economy.

Cons: Wealth hoarders’ money high scores may not break records as fast