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Kate Sloan (she/her) @katesloan.com · 1d

some straight woman on reddit was like “I hooked up with a guy recently, and afterward, he asked me how I was feeling and whether I wanted a glass of water or a snack? wtf? what was he trying to pull?”

everyone in the comments is like “girl he was just trying to do aftercare”

the bar is in HELLLLL

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 2d

When I see people asking for recommendations for “a BBC dildo”, I get tempted to send them something like this:

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 4d

Just a random guess… but you haven’t watched this recently enough, have you?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTJv...

The Internet Is For Porn - Avenue Q - Original Broadway Cast

YouTube video by Broadway Classics

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Girl on the Net @girlonthenet.bsky.social · 5d

Great stuff. Just fucking great. Actual adult creators are drowning under censorship but the robot is allowed to give you bullshit no-ethics, no-soul erotica. Why not.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 5d

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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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 6d

Phew. I finally finished the most in-*depth* 😉 review I’ve ever written! I have a LOT to say about this compact sex machine from UEROS—although it isn’t flawless, it lives up to the expectations that come with its US $289 price tag and even makes it into my Top Picks list.
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UEROS Nexus Compact Sex Machine in-depth review - t4toy.com

Thrusting a vibrator is tiring, but full-size sex machines are bulky and expensive! What’s a lazy masturbator like me to do? UEROS may have the answer with this compact unit.

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 6d

Phew. I finally finished the most in-*depth* 😉 review I’ve ever written! I have a LOT to say about this compact sex machine from UEROS—although it isn’t flawless, it lives up to the expectations that come with its US $289 price tag and even makes it into my Top Picks list.
t4toy.com/reviews/uero...

UEROS Nexus Compact Sex Machine in-depth review - t4toy.com

Thrusting a vibrator is tiring, but full-size sex machines are bulky and expensive! What’s a lazy masturbator like me to do? UEROS may have the answer with this compact unit.

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 6d

Oooh, envy! 😁 I‘m looking forward to reading it!

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 8d

And it’s also *way* easier to write things myself than to meticulously fact-check the so-called AI’s output!

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 9d

there have always been people who like to write, and people who like to say they have written, and the latter really love the idea of AI and the former can not understand why you'd let a computer do the fun part.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9d

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 9d

THIS. A few months after my bottom surgery 18 years ago, my then-endocrinologist was looking at my bloodwork and was confused that I still had detectable testosterone sans testes. And he was like “weird, umm, should we put you back on the blocker?” Noooo, it’s good to still have just a little bit!

Cyra | Super Smash Cache @supersmashcache.com · 9d

EVERY BODY IS A TESTOSTERONE-BASED BODY, considering healthy women have way more testosterone than estrogen, too.

"Testosterone-based bodies" and "estrogen-based bodies" are often medically inaccurate word choices to replace the terms, "people with penises" and "people with vulvas."

Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 9d

sigh.

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 9d

Agree to disagree?

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 9d

I understood the idea, but labels serve *many* more purposes. They’re important, and we’ll still need to form bonds within a queer community regardless of how welcoming the wider world finally becomes someday.

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 9d

Even in such a world, we’ll still need to be able to find each other. For getting a date, even if nothing else!

But it’s especially important to have terms to describe us so we can learn what we are. I was in my 20s before I knew what a trans person was and that I wasn’t all alone in this world.

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 10d

I appreciate the love behind your idea. But it’s very important for us to have terms like LGBT so we can understand ourselves, find each other, and form communities. 🏳️‍🌈
Don’t worry though, we still understand Chiitan meant it from a place of love and support! 💖

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🎂 Sydney Screams 🎉 BIRTHDAY MONTH @sydneyscreams4u.bsky.social · 11d

porn is not evil.
sex is not evil.
pleasure is not evil.
kink is not evil.

none of them are things to feel shame or embarrassment about.

none of them deserve the heavy-handed censorship that they're facing.

resist oppression (even if you don't partake in what is being oppressed)

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 11d

Truth. I am forever trying to insert an “e” into that word because it just looks so wrong the way it’s spelled.

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 12d

“According to one source, the other side already has a counter attack waiting in the wings: the number 5,318,008.” 😆

(The Beaverton is basically Canada’s The Onion. But this is Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, so who can say whether it’s REALLY satire?)

Alberta government to ban the number 58,008 in schools

CALGARY — With the province's teachers on strike, Danielle Smith’s UCP government has tabled new legislation banning the use of the number 58,008, in order to “protect Alberta’s most precious resource...

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 12d

I love glass sex toys! Don’t worry, they’re *way* safer than they sound. 🙂 This ribbed one from Gläs is beautiful, affordable, and a great option for exploring if you’re new to this idea.
(They’re very difficult to photograph, though… it looks nicer in person. 😅)
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Gläs Purple Rain review - t4toy.com

Glass is a fantastic material for sex toys, but is this one a good choice? The ribbed texture won’t be to everyone’s liking, but it’s an affordable way to try it out!

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 14d

Oooh! 🥰

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Frost || 3D Models & Reviews @3dfrost.bsky.social · 15d

Discord's customer service system was compromised, including age verification data.

This is exactly one of the reasons why we don't want age verification by government ID to access online adult spaces.

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What data was involved?

The data that may have been impacted was related to our customer service system. This may include:

Name, Discord username, email and other contact details if provided to Discord customer support
Limited billing information such as payment type, the last four digits of your credit card, and purchase history if associated with your account
IP addresses
Messages with our customer service agents
Limited corporate data (training materials, internal presentations)

The unauthorized party also gained access to a small number of government‑ID images (e.g., driver’s license, passport) from users who had appealed an age determination. If your ID may have been accessed, that will be specified in the email you receive.

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 15d

“If I had to restart my sex toy collection, I'd go straight for the Crave Duet Classic above all other mini-vibes … how often do you see this deep penetration princess this excited about an external vibrator?”

Wow, that is HUGE praise from Cyra @supersmashcache.com! I need to check it out myself! 😁

Review: 5 Reasons Crave's Duet Vibrator Is Perfect for Me - Super Smash Cache

Meet the Crave Duet, the two-pronged, totally cordless clitoral vibrator that ruined hundreds of other micro massagers for this sex toy reviewer.

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 16d

Being brave and finally trying to accept that Satisfyer isn’t going to get their shit together any time soon (if ever) regarding Fun Factory. I moved three of their truly fantastic toys from my Top Picks into a new “Top Picks Emeritus” list. 😢
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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 17d

October is finally here! It’s t4toy’s first anniversary, and it’s also when — at long last — I get to start talking about “my 18 year old pussy” despite being in my 40s. 😂🏳️‍⚧️

October is here!! - t4toy.com

It’s October 2025 — t4toy’s first anniversary! Thank you to all the readers who make this worthwhile. There’s also something else I’m celebrating this month…!

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Denise Dailey 🏳️‍⚧️🔞 she/her @t4toy.com · 17d

October is finally here! It’s t4toy’s first anniversary, and it’s also when — at long last — I get to start talking about “my 18 year old pussy” despite being in my 40s. 😂🏳️‍⚧️

October is here!! - t4toy.com

It’s October 2025 — t4toy’s first anniversary! Thank you to all the readers who make this worthwhile. There’s also something else I’m celebrating this month…!

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