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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · Jul 24

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kitt kogut @himdianajones.bsky.social · 17h

Let them know what you think.

Gov. Healey: 617-725-4005
AG Campbell: 617-727-2200
Fenway: 617-267-0900

cis Bostonians specifically, we need you to step up. I'm already seeing my local trans circles raise hell about this, but we need you, too. I wrote a phone script. Use it and spread it:

Hello, my name is [name] and I'm a [transgender] constituent living in [City], Massachusetts. I'm calling to bring to Gov. Healey's attention the deeply alarming development coming from Fenway Health, in which they've recently announced they will no longer provide gender affirming healthcare to patients under the age of 19 in order to retain their federally recognized status. This is in utter direct violation of our state constitution, specifically Chapter 127, in which quote, "Access to reproductive health care services and gender-affirming health care services is a right secured by the constitution and laws of the commonwealth. Interference with this right, whether or not under the color of law, is against the public policy of the commonwealth." This is also in contradiction of Boston declaring itself a sanctuary city for transgender people, the resolution which states Boston has, quote, "a specific commitment to protecting transgender and gender-diverse individuals. Taxpayer-funded agencies shall not comply with federal efforts to strip resources that safeguard their rights. Boston will not cooperate with federal or state policies that harm transgender and gender-diverse people and remains committed to ensuring their access to healthcare...without fear or discrimination."

As Massachusetts' first openly gay Governor, I'm aware that this past August Gov. Healey signed updated Shield laws protecting gender affirming healthcare in Massachusetts. Jordina Shanks, the CEO of Fenway Health herself, said these protections are quote, "a landmark victory for health care, human dignity... and that Massachusetts stands as a national beacon of equity and compassion." I am in complete and utter disgust, yet unsurprised, that a leading institution in gender affirming healthcare is capitulating to federal threats that are not law, and acting in direct opposition to the city of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is a deep betrayal of their transgender patients. I urge Gov. Healey to bring all powers of the state to investigate and reverse this gross over-compliance on the part of Fenway Health.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8h

Repeat Covid infections increase your risk of Long Covid.

We are in a mass disabling event that too many people are choosing to ignore.

Every infection is a dice roll with disability, and many (children included) are being infected once a year or more.

Mask up, clean the air, get boosted!

Repeat COVID-19 Infections Could Double Your Risk of Long COVID

The latest study shows that getting repeat COVID-19 infections can come at a high health cost.

time.com

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 10h

i think that part of having a lot is purposefully unlearning empathy (something innate to us as a species), and a lot of well-off people will do everything they can to pass that unlearning down to their children, bc if you stop and look too hard, well, it starts to look a bit evil after a point.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2d

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12h

I assure you there is a non-trivial amount of the social media population who finds me exasperating and enervating when I show up unbidden in their feeds. I strongly encourage them to mute or block me. No one who finds me annoying here should have to deal with me! Expunge me! Be free of me!

d4sbwitu @d4sbwitu.bsky.social · 13h

What kinda sad, sad person would be better off without you in their feed? My day is slightly darkened by the thought.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 14h

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 15h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 14h

my mp basically said he won't do anything right now since the senate acts independently, and i responded that that's fine, but i will be keeping an eye on the bill's progress and continuing to express my concern, as well as potentially coming to speak to him in person.

✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 14h

i also believe you should emphasize a need for expert opinions such as child psychologists and cybersecurity experts, and increased government pressure for existing "child-friendly" spaces like youtube kids and roblox to actually have proper moderation instead of report-based moderation.

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 14h

adjust as needed for your mp's values but highlight
- data breaches
- the inefficacy of age gating and the need for proper education on internet safety and sex ed for young persons and parents.
- online privacy and free speech concerns.
- concerns about third parties having canadian ID data

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 14h

currently bill s-209 is still in senate and our MPs have no jurisdiction over the senate. however, if it makes it past senate, as hon. sen. julie miville-dechene's PREVIOUS two bills on this have done, it will important our MPs vote no, so definitely do contact your MP and express concern.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 4d

#SaveSpeech

Canadians! The UK is attempting to push their own version of the Online Safety Act onto Canada via the bill S-209!

You need to contact your representatives in parliament and explain how this policy is catastrophically bad! Mention the discord data breach!

youtu.be/Qx_zi1hNTCI?...

UK Pushing Online Safety Act to OTHER Countries

YouTube video by CYBER WAFFLE

youtu.be

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 16h

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641

I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.bsky.social · 1d

Just some questions to consider when writing the Accessibility notes for your event or your venue!

white text on a blue background, with an icon of a person in a wheelchair beside the heading "accessibility at your events".

the body text reads, "Some things to consider adding to your Accessibility section for your event and/or your venue, from a disabled man.

“The venue is semi-wheelchair accessible” is a good place to start, but when planning a night out, more information is better than less!

Accessibility is the most basic thing I look for in a venue, especially for events."

$white text on a blue background, with an icon of a cane beside the heading "accessibility at your events". Firstly, not all wheelchairs look the same. Motorised and power chairs might be wider, longer, or heavier than lighter chars without a motor - these chairs may need more space to go through doorways. Secondly, wheelchair-users are only a fraction of disabled people who may have additional access requirements - some people use canes, crutches, frames, rollators. Some may be photosensitive or use hearing aids, etc.$

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Carmine Pen Press @carminepenpress.bsky.social · 1d

#CallForSubmissions Flash fiction & essays relating to neurodivergent sexuality.

Authors will be paid 4¢ per word.

carminepen.com/submissions/fiction-nonfiction/

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 1d

a villain of that flavour is what i would call "a sympathetic villain." we understand they're evil and we understand why they're evil and we understand how they became evil.

but in fact not every villain should be one we sympathize WITH.

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 1d

i think people often confuse "a villain you should sympathize with" and "a sympathetic villain." by this i mean that a villain should have reason and we should be made to understand those reasons. it should be possible to follow the line of logic, even if that line of logic is utterly reprehensible.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

the protagonist isn't always the hero. they are just the person the book is about. sometimes authors write books about people who are bad and it does not mean that the author is bad

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 1d

unhinged aspect successfully accomplished, i suppose.

✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 1d

i see no point in talking to you about this if you can not refrain from insulting a complete stranger. you know absolutely nothing about me, and your decision to be unkind towards me does absolutely nothing but prove my point. i'm sorry you've clearly been hurt, but being mean to me won't fix that.

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Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈💖💜💙 @kellyamangan.bsky.social · 1d

In case you aren’t aware, any video you see with the label “Sora” is A.I. generated. It’s fake.

Do NOT make or share #AI videos. It contributes to misinformation, and to a larger culture of disrespect for truth and disregard of reality.

Plus it enriches capitalist techbros raping the planet.

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 1d

and i dont mean love in the romantic sense, or even in the sense of positive. sometimes we love things hatefully. sometime we love things so much we put our agony for their loss to paper. sometimes the ache of loss is the love. or maybe its carnal desire. its all equal.

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 1d

no genre is inherently better or worse than any other. mindless smut is not less literary, nor does it have less value, than a war and peace or hamlet. all stories written with love and passion have inherent and equal value.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

objective quality is fake and most people are really just judging how much they enjoyed something instead of how well it accomplished the thing it was setting out to do, because answering that question requires being curious about what it was trying to do

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 2d

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 3d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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✨ achilles king | denouement won't make you sad @hellostarshine.bsky.social · 1d

you did this to spite me specifically (/silly)

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