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More and more people reporting today that Stripe - the payment processor that Itch said were putting the most pressure on them - now have staff actively confirming that yes, they are censoring LGBT content, adult or otherwise. That this is official company policy.

This seems kinda significant.

Hi Itch, author of the original article here. Thanks for ignoring my repeated requests to comment, and then coming out of the woodwork days later to claim that my article - which verified each game's indexing status independently - is 'full of misinformation.'

You're full of it. (thread)

Time for stripe to fix their hearts or die.

This bill is a gross problem on its own, BUT they are also setting the stage to declare any and all queer content pornographic, in order to be able to make our art and our very existence illegal too:

This is so deeply bad.

I appreciate how Zohran Mamdani treats Cuomo like an enemy to defeat instead of a 'respected colleague' the way democrats campaign against their opponents

"Andrew Cuomo is a sex offender who murdered the elderly at the request of his donors"
yes indeed, more like this please!

We're not in theoretical "they could come after sfw queer content LATER" territory anymore. It is being used to come after sfw queer content NOW.

Spread this around, send the article to any and every news outlet/content creator you can think of. The alarms need to be sounded

And KEEP CALLING

I don't want to hear anyone say that it's "easier" for lesbians to get representation than it is for gays ever again.

Keep the pressure on, KEEP CALLING!

I have learned more about the origins of Abrahamic religions in the last 48 hours than I have in the last 29 years of my existence.

Why?

👐✨🌈Worldbuilding Exercises🌈✨👐

...Also ADHD-fueled curiosity pulling me down seemingly-endless rabbit holes, but mostly the first thing

Pauline wakes up Rosalina asking if she’s awake. An old habit of hers since her childhood in DK Bananza.

Pauline’s Old Bedtime Habits (1/2)
#rosalina #pauline #yuri #donkeykong

A guar against a trans flag background. Text says "every time you repost this guar a transphobic policymaker dies".

Page of the comic. From the comic script: PAGE 3 - PANEL A Closeup of Zero, who is looking to the right. We’re close to them so we can see the implant in their ear. ZERO IS BLIND, AND LUCKILY THEIR RADAR IMPLANT STILL WORKS. PAGE 3 - PANEL B We’ve zoomed out and moved to the right from our previous position. Zero is on the left, looking right. One is now on the right side, kneeled down to look more closely at Zero, who is still laying on the ground. Zero and One both look extremely surprised. THEY DETECT A STRANGE ROBOT DIRECTLY AHEAD! PAGE 3 - PANEL C We’re zoomed in on just the faces of Zero and One, as they look at each other. Zero is on the left, and One is on the right. DESPITE BOTH SPEAKING, NEITHER SPEAKS THE SAME LANGUAGE! ZERO: WHAT ARE YOU? ONE: WHAT ARE YOU? PAGE 3 - PANEL D Zero is now standing up, rubbing their head with their right hand, because it hurts. They look injured and confused. Zero is standing on the left side of the frame. One is on the right side of the frame, looking judgemental, but concerned. THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER! ZERO: I DON’T FEEL SO GOOD. ONE: YOU DON’T LOOK TOO GOOD. PAGE 3 - PANEL E With Zero’s head on the left, and One’s head on the right, they’re looking at each other very hard, trying to figure out what the other one is, because they can’t just ask a question. Zero is even rubbing their chin with their index finger. ZERO: IT’S METAL LIKE A ROBOT, BUT IT HAS LEAVES AND LOOKS LIKE A DEER. MAYBE IT’S A LIVING ROBOT OF SOME KIND? ONE: IT’S SQUISHY LIKE A PLANT, BUT IT MOVES LIKE A ROBOT. MAYBE IT’S AN ANIMATE ORGANIC LIFE OF SOME KIND?

I'm a disabled trans author living with hunger.

Please follow my comic on Kickstarter.

Zero & One is about a youth in the deep future making friends with a living robot, despite a language barrier.

VERY NONBINARY

#comicsky #mutualaid

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Riot Games Accused of Blocking Mastercard Discourse in VCT Chat As multiple different parts of the art, entertainment, and gaming industries are being impacted by ongoing crackdowns from various payment processors, it appear

Riot Games is accused of actively suppressing any negative comments related to Mastercard or otherwise mentioning the anti-game/NSFW censorship movement on its esports broadcasts.

The decision to do so was reportedly made internally, according to an obtained statement.

www.si.com/esports/news...

A thread of multiply marginalized queer/trans artists who are *very* affordable, and who can do character commissions of book covers for you.

Just make it exist first, you can make it good later

So we can’t use any public bathrooms without fear of harassment.

We can’t play sports.

We can’t serve in the military.

We cant have jobs where we might make someone uncomfortable.

We’re not even allowed to be mentioned by swaths of organizations.

But sure. No discrimination to be seen here.

Things took a turn for the worst. Now My partner's senior dog is having health complications, and we made the tough decision to have him euthanized in-home tomorrow:

$630 In-Home Wknd Appt
$380 Private Cremation (so we get his ashes back)

Any donations toward this cost would be greatly appreciated

Don't forget to keep the pressure up on all the payment processors, it's absolutely working!

we're not out here trying to ban anyone wearing a maga hat from the grocery store

maybe we should start

at the core of all the trans people in public spaces "debate" is this:

I don't care if you don't personally like seeing someone in public

shut up, keep it to yourself, and let them live their fucking lives

The Blue-State Hospitals Carrying Out Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda In states where gender-affirming care remains legal, some hospitals have nonetheless stopped providing it. What gives?

The lawsuit charges the Trump administration with targeting trans people “relentlessly” and “unlawfully,” refusing them “longstanding, medically necessary, often lifesaving care.” trib.al/Lm85A7m

STOP KOSA

Buy my card game, please. It has a gay cat in it. kiaayomahkwa.itch.io/open-hangar

Ah, a "coding error".

Seven hours left to get this charity bundle with 30+ games, 30+ books, and many other misc goods for $10 USD! Plus, you get to help support communities impacted by wildfires in Canada.

itch.io/b/3125/canad...

They don't want a thousand Mozarts. They want a trillion cattle.

Very easy slam dunk issue for Dems that will be ignored because their consultants are scared of trans athlete polling.

The lie that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was justified is still being perpetrated in the US. We live in a country of cognitive dissonance because we have never grappled with this war crime, nor the racist justification for it. There is a reason they did not drop nukes on Europe.

Ok, if this happens to you-it's a scam. Someone signs your email up for a bunch of subscriptions (some kind of bot) & then buys something expensive and in the deluge of emails, hopes you won't notice. Lucky we caught it and denied the $3000 computer charge. Changing passwords. Good luck out there.

a reminder as to how computing, algorithms, llms, ai, and all that often does nothing more than amplify the pre-existing biases the humans that program them have

An infograph meme quoting a moment from the movie "The Incredibles". There is black text that reads: Alright, listen closely. I'd like to help you with the ads, but I can't. I'd like to tell you to click on the gear icon and select "Report Playback Issue". But I can't. I also do not advise you to select anything related to how the advertisement is offensive or inappropriate; I wouldn't expect Twitch to do something about the ICE ads if they get flooded with enough reports. Below, there are images that are as follows: From left to right, top to bottom. Mr Incredible whispering to an old lady in an office building. A screenshot of Twitchs' Settings menu with "Report Playback Issue" highlighted. A close-up of Mr Incredible whispering. A screenshot of Twitchs' Report Playback Issue menu with a dropdown menu containing options.

An info-graph regarding this post:

#Twitch #VSky #MeltTheICE #NoICE