256 Pi / The Wonky Angle
@256pi.bsky.social
Editor, Musician, Internet Reviewer, Random YouTube Person. Posts about electronic music, YTPs, various other stuff. (he/him, ace/aro, AuDHD)
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With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
With SCREEN Act and KOSA on the legislative block this week, there couldn't be a better time for Fight's "Stop Online ID Checks" Week of Action.
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
Today's action: Share and sign the petition.
Find out more here: www.stoponlineidchecks.org
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Please keep putting pressure on PayPal. Stories like this are becoming more and more common. Artists don’t deserve to lose their source of income over payment processors being puritanical/anti-small business.
I'm devastated, if I don't find an alternative that works with argentinians I'm contemplating the worst, I can't do regular jobs, art was my job for around 15 years
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Please keep putting pressure on PayPal. Stories like this are becoming more and more common. Artists don’t deserve to lose their source of income over payment processors being puritanical/anti-small business.
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It would be extremely cool if a bunch of people called payment processors over Black Friday weekend to ask why they're telling people what they can and can't buy with their own money. This holiday season, give the gift of calling payment processors over Black Friday weekend
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It would be extremely cool if a bunch of people called payment processors over Black Friday weekend to ask why they're telling people what they can and can't buy with their own money. This holiday season, give the gift of calling payment processors over Black Friday weekend
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This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
The Black Dog @theblackdog.bsky.social - Loud Ambient (Album Review) youtu.be/Fh2TmUJQrvE
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Black Dog @theblackdog.bsky.social - Loud Ambient (Album Review) youtu.be/Fh2TmUJQrvE
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November 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
#SaveSpeech
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
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PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
There has been a noticeable reticence in left and liberal circles to voice full-throated support for pornography, even as it's become increasingly clear what the open end goals of the censorship movement are
In a lot of ways other leftists chose this path folks. They shrugged and didn’t care when Patreon banned a ton of hypnosis and TF creators, or when YouTube started their ASMR crackdown. Now it’s coming for queer porn creators, more and more. Who will stand up?
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
PORN IS ART, PORN IS GOOD, PEOPLE MAKING PORN IS A SIGN OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY
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This is why yall need to continue to contact your representatives about paypros, this is banking discrimination
Friend tried to donate to my Throne, flagged by fraud detection at Bank of America — bank identified the transaction as specially for “giantess voretuber Ana Valens”
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
November 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is why yall need to continue to contact your representatives about paypros, this is banking discrimination
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EU folks need to call your reps TODAY. NOW.
🚨 Denmark is attempting to force #ChatControl 2.0 through the back door TODAY!
Take action now!
fightchatcontrol.eu
Take action now!
fightchatcontrol.eu
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
EU folks need to call your reps TODAY. NOW.
Clark - Steep Stims (Album Review) youtu.be/OPJ_mIbBB04
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Clark - Steep Stims (Album Review) youtu.be/OPJ_mIbBB04
wow that is one very uninteresting list of grammy nominations, really don't have a horse in this race
I guess both of my votes would go to Skrillex? but grammys don't like awarding producers over singers so I'm expecting the awards go to Tame Impala and PinkPantheress (latter album's good at least)
I guess both of my votes would go to Skrillex? but grammys don't like awarding producers over singers so I'm expecting the awards go to Tame Impala and PinkPantheress (latter album's good at least)
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
wow that is one very uninteresting list of grammy nominations, really don't have a horse in this race
I guess both of my votes would go to Skrillex? but grammys don't like awarding producers over singers so I'm expecting the awards go to Tame Impala and PinkPantheress (latter album's good at least)
I guess both of my votes would go to Skrillex? but grammys don't like awarding producers over singers so I'm expecting the awards go to Tame Impala and PinkPantheress (latter album's good at least)
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Last week Balmat released µ-Ziq's 1979, @mikeparadinas.bsky.social' 2nd album for the label. Today we're back with 1979's surprise-released* companion album MANZANA!
(*unless you were in the Bandcamp listening party last week, in which case you knew)
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/manzana
(*unless you were in the Bandcamp listening party last week, in which case you knew)
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/manzana
Manzana, by µ-Ziq
13 track album
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Last week Balmat released µ-Ziq's 1979, @mikeparadinas.bsky.social' 2nd album for the label. Today we're back with 1979's surprise-released* companion album MANZANA!
(*unless you were in the Bandcamp listening party last week, in which case you knew)
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/manzana
(*unless you were in the Bandcamp listening party last week, in which case you knew)
mikeparadinas.bandcamp.com/album/manzana
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#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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Sobering news for a lot of top Democrats, tonight, as they realize people would prefer they actually fucking do something.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Sobering news for a lot of top Democrats, tonight, as they realize people would prefer they actually fucking do something.
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this marketing decision from huge corporations going hard at LLM products has just been outrageously corrosive to public discussion, and i'm going to be angry about it forever
My biggest grumble is how everything else just gets rolled up under this huge ‘AI’ marketing banner. Machine learning? Fuzzy logic? Split-span decision trees? Computer vision, 2D convolution mapping and tracking? All AI now. Boo!
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
this marketing decision from huge corporations going hard at LLM products has just been outrageously corrosive to public discussion, and i'm going to be angry about it forever
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Tell Mastercard and Visa about this. When you call tell them you're going to petition your bank to switch. Doesn't matter how much you think they would. It happened.
Funny story: my bank recently sent out an emergency notification letter, which stated they were sending me a new debit card, because they had changed vendors. The old card was a MasterCard. The new one arrived - it’s Discover.
Looks like even banks are noping out of MasterCard’s madness.
Looks like even banks are noping out of MasterCard’s madness.
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Tell Mastercard and Visa about this. When you call tell them you're going to petition your bank to switch. Doesn't matter how much you think they would. It happened.
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Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - The Makin' Magick II Album (Review & Catalog In Brief) [Patreon Request] youtu.be/NKHcR77OURA
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - The Makin' Magick II Album (Review & Catalog In Brief) [Patreon Request] youtu.be/NKHcR77OURA
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Texas and Utah have passed ID verification laws (KOSA) for all appstore use.Texas starts 1/02/26 Utah starts in July. Contact your reps!! tell your senate to vote no so it isnt made federal!! support organizations who are against this like eff!
contact senate: act.eff.org/action/tell-...
contact senate: act.eff.org/action/tell-...
Texas Age Verification Starts Jan 1: ID Required for ALL Apps
Starting January 1, 2026, Texas will require age verification to download ANY app, including weather and sports apps—thanks to SB2420. Apple and Google are warning this destroys user privacy, similar laws are coming to Utah and Louisiana, and there's a federal bill to make it nationwide. I break down what this law actually does, why it's dangerous for both adults AND children, and what you can do to fight back before it's too late. Update! Big tech is suing Texas now! Check out the updated coverage: https://youtu.be/OsMt-KMeS-g Techlore empowers individuals with practical digital privacy knowledge, security tools, and advocacy resources to protect your data and reclaim your digital identity. 📱 RESOURCES IN VIDEO: • Texas SB2420: https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB2420/id/3237346 • Apple's Announcement: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=btkirlj8 • Google's Blog: https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/public-policy/google-legislative-proposal-for-keeping-kids-safe-online/ • Ars Technica Coverage: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/apple-and-google-reluctantly-comply-with-texas-age-verification-law/ • Discord Breach Explained (No Text to Speech): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnuyT8FgSpA 🔎 RELATED VIDEOS: • https://youtu.be/USNy6fwJyME ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Introduction 00:20 How is this happening?! 01:20 Good Parental Controls Exist! 02:08 Google & Apple's Reluctance 03:10 Current & Future Implications 06:16 Serious Harm to Children & Privacy 09:42 What You Can Do 🔐 TECHLORE RESOURCES: • Homepage: https://techlore.tech • Go Incognito Course: https://techlore.tech/goincognito • Forum: https://discuss.techlore.tech • Privacy Tools: https://techlore.tech/resources 🧡 SUPPORT TECHLORE: • All Methods: https://techlore.tech/support • Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/techlore • YouTube Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs6KfncB4OV6Vug4o_bzijg/join 📺 MORE TECHLORE: • Surveillance Report: https://www.youtube.com/@surveillancereport • Techlore Clips: https://www.youtube.com/@techloreclips 🌐 FOLLOW ELSEWHERE: • PeerTube: https://techlore.tv • Mastodon: https://social.lol/@techlore • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/techlore.tech • Twitter: https://twitter.com/TechloreInc • Telegram: https://t.me/techlorefeed #texas #ageverification #techlore
act.eff.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Texas and Utah have passed ID verification laws (KOSA) for all appstore use.Texas starts 1/02/26 Utah starts in July. Contact your reps!! tell your senate to vote no so it isnt made federal!! support organizations who are against this like eff!
contact senate: act.eff.org/action/tell-...
contact senate: act.eff.org/action/tell-...
reposting this, the fundraiser is at 85% and close to being fulfilled but hasn't gotten attention in a while and could stand an extra push to get them across the finish line
I like this label very much and want them to stay in business so any help you can send is appreciated bsky.app/profile/256p...
I like this label very much and want them to stay in business so any help you can send is appreciated bsky.app/profile/256p...
wanted to signal boost this, the Neotantra label (ambient music label co-run by Lee Norris aka Metamatics/Norken/Nacht Plank) is in a tight spot financially and might be in danger of closing down, so they're running a fundraiser to be able to keep the label going: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £3000 to The next stage for Neotantra – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to The next stage for Neotantra. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
reposting this, the fundraiser is at 85% and close to being fulfilled but hasn't gotten attention in a while and could stand an extra push to get them across the finish line
I like this label very much and want them to stay in business so any help you can send is appreciated bsky.app/profile/256p...
I like this label very much and want them to stay in business so any help you can send is appreciated bsky.app/profile/256p...