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Gaza in ruins.

Tasneem's youngest daughter, Alma.

Please don't turn away from the suffering civilians in Gaza.

Give give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her family. They lost their home and their livelihood.

And find and help others if you can. We’re their only voice and means of survival. ❤️ 🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

No Kings As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

Today’s the day when millions of us join together to say as one: “No Kings!” Bring your whole family! And be sure to find a local group to join for sustained action & community aid.

If you haven’t already found where your local protest is taking place, you can find it here: www.nokings.org

It's actually remarkably easy to not ever use ChatGPT.

Europe's future is at stake: Open letter against Chat Control | Tuta European SMEs have united to direct a strong open letter to urge ministers of EU member states to oppose Chat Control and to defend privacy and a strong European tech industry.

Read our Open Letter: 👉 tuta.com/blog/open-le...

And learn why #ChatControl must be stopped:

🚨 Undermines Europe's digital sovereignty

🚨 Weakens everybody's security

🚨 Destroys trust in the European tech industry

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The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

Encryption lock with the Canada flag inside of it and celebration emojis in the background.

🎉Biggest #privacy win of the week: Bill C2 was blocked! 💪

Can't believe we missed this, it's a HUGE victory for Canadians - and the whole world. 🔒 🇨🇦

➡️ Learn more on bill #C2: tuta.com/blog/canada-...

📢 You can still sign the petition, the more, the merrier 👏 www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

I just called a bunch of democratic senators and I just wanted to say this to anyone who believes all hope is lost and we'll never be able to change things in this country. I was able to talk to Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada directly after a brief surprise because I was NOT expecting /1

Trojan horse labeled with "Protect Children" while "Mass Surveillance" sits inside and the "EU Member States" welcome it through the gate.

Today is the day  Mr. Hummelgaard wanted to push through a vote on Chat Control in the EU Council. But he failed! 🎉 

However, Chat Control will be back.

#ChatControl is nothing but a Trojan Horse for citizens and businesses in Europe. Why?

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Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors “With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

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!

NACC top 200 chart week ending oct 14 showing Evan Greer's AMAB/ACAB at 178

I'm number 178!

I'm number 178!

I'm number 178!

(seriously tho this is cool thanks for listening and sharing AMAB/ACAB y'all)

Can we help? gofund.me/edd687b8

Denmark has tabled next week's vote on Chat Control.

Yet, per Peter Hummelgaard:

"The Danish Presidency will, however, continue to work with the member states to find a solution, and therefore negotiations on the technical details of the proposal continue. It is urgent to find common ground."

According to @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social the vote for Chat Control, which was supposed to be today, has been tabled by Denmark.

But does mention that there is another vote in December and to stay vigilant. After all, there are still multiple countries in favour, so keep saying you don't want it!

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.

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#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...

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

#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

THE POLITICS OF GUILT AND ABUSE

My father was a politician, he abused me and my mother till we finally got the courage to leave him.

🧵👇 [1-12]

End the death penalty. End the death penalty. End the death penalty. End the death penalty. End the death penalty. DeathPenalty #StopExecutions #SaudiArabia

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

now is a good time to call your 🇺🇸reps about the age verification data leak on discord: www.theverge.com/news/792032/...

and payment processors on censorship and overreach: screenrant.com/manga-planet...

linking new developments so that you have something recent to bring up in your calls💥📣

Une carte de l'Europe intitulée « Help Stop #ChatControl! » montre les pays colorés selon la position de leur gouvernement sur le #ChatControl en 2025. La légende explique : Vert pour « Contre », Bleu pour « Indécis » et Rouge pour « Pour ». Les pays suivants sont pour (rouge) : Bulgarie, Chypre, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, France, Hongrie, Irlande, Italie, Lituanie, Malte, Portugal et Suède. Les pays suivants sont contre (vert) : Allemagne, Autriche, Estonie, Finlande, Luxembourg, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Slovaquie, Slovénie et Tchéquie. Les pays suivants sont indécis (bleu) : Belgique, Grèce, Lettonie, Roumanie. En bas de la carte se trouve l'appel à l'action : « Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu ».

🇫🇷VOUS ÊTES INCROYABLES ! ❤️ Votre mobilisation a stoppé le #ChatControl ! L'Allemagne ne cède pas, il n'y a pas de majorité au Conseil de l'UE. Le secret de la correspondance est sauvé pour l'instant ! Célébrons cette immense victoire ENSEMBLE ! 🎉 […]

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A map of Europe titled "Help Stop #ChatControl!" shows countries colored according to their government's stance on ChatControl in 2025. The legend explains: Green stands for "Against", Blue for "Undecided", and Red for "In Favor". The following countries are in favor (red): Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. The following countries are against it (green): Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The following countries are undecided (blue): Belgium, Greece, Latvia, Romania. At the bottom is the call to action: "Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu".

🇪🇺YOU ARE AMAZING: ❤️ Your protest stopped #ChatControl! I hear Germany isn't caving in; so there's no majority in the EU Council. Digital privacy is safe for now! Let's celebrate this huge success TOGETHER! 🎉
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Eine Europakarte mit dem Titel „Help Stop #ChatControl!“ zeigt die Länder farblich nach der Haltung ihrer Regierung zur Chatkontrolle im Jahr 2025. Die Legende erklärt: Grün steht für „Dagegen“, Blau für „Unentschieden“ und Rot für „Dafür“. Folgende Länder sind dafür (rot): Bulgarien, Dänemark, Frankreich, Irland, Italien, Kroatien, Litauen, Malta, Portugal, Schweden, Spanien, Ungarn und Zypern. Folgende Länder sind nicht dafür (grün): Deutschland, Estland, Finnland, Luxemburg, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Slowakei, Slowenien und Tschechien. Folgende Länder sind unentschieden (blau): Belgien, Griechenland, Lettland, Rumänien. Am unteren Rand steht der Aufruf: „Act now! www.chatcontrol.eu“.

🇩🇪IHR SEID DER WAHNSINN: ❤️ Euer Protest hat die #Chatkontrolle gestoppt! Ich höre: Deutschland knickt nicht ein, es gibt also keine Mehrheit im EU-Rat. Das digitale Briefgeheimnis ist vorerst gerettet. Lasst uns diesen Erfolg GEMEINSAM feiern! 🎉
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[Original post on digitalcourage.social]

A map listing all EU member states opposing or neutral about chat control, undecided regarding chat control and in favour for it

Potentially good news about chat control as it seems Your protest stopped #ChatControl! I hear Germany isn't caving in; so there's no majority in the EU Council. Digital privacy is safe for now! Let's celebrate this huge success TOGETHER! 🎉
Details: www.patrick-breyer.de/en/citizen-p...

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal] @MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372 1-800-307-7309 US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111 Aus: +61 1800 120 113 UK: 0-800-96-4767 All region numbers here (and here ) Stripe California: 888-926-2289 US: 877-887-7815 France: +33 805-11-19-67 Paypal Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161 Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050 UK: +44 (0203)-901-7000 Visa Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911 US option selection: 1, 1, 2 or 1, 1, 3 Headquarters: +1 (650)-432-3200 Aus: +61 1800 125 440 Phone (outside US): click here

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

Donate to Ryah needs your help!, organized by Spooka Lucca Hello, my name is Lucca, aka SpookaLucca, and I am raising funds for my friend Ryah, who is really … Spooka Lucca needs your support for Ryah needs your help!

hi everyone! you know i don't normally ask for money (esp. for myself), but i have a friend in great need here in Vancouver who needs help.

my friend Ryah, who is a trans woman and immigrant from mexico, needs help with medical expenses to get diagnosed so she can get better and support herself.

Resisting Local Authoritarianism and Multipolar Imperialisms in Georgia The protests in Georgia point beyond a choice between Europe and Russia, rejecting both local authoritarian rule and foreign economic domination.

On October 4, in protest against the rigging of the municipal elections, demonstrators in Tbilisi tore down the gates of the presidential palace and stormed the courtyard.

For background on the stakes of the ongoing social movement against the Georgian government:

crimethinc.com/GeorgiaRevol...