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Bea @MCM London D-03 @anirevo toronto @bealenoir.bsky.social · Sep 19

#umamusume

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Phenn Sans Shame🏳️‍⚧️ΘΔ @handle.invalid · Sep 19

One of the sillier aspects of combating issues like this is that as the corpos start to realize they don’t actually have wide support, they start going silent. CS did the same after about the 3rd week

The lack of feedback can have a pseudo-chilling effect on activists, don’t let it
Do those dailies

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Sep 10

Remember if phone calls are too much for you, or if you need a break, mailing physical letters is another great vector to contact paypros or your representatives!

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Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · Sep 4

Every repost is a life for us ♥️🫂

Jamal abu hashem🇵🇸 @jamalzuhir.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here is Jamal from Gaza whose family lost everything and he is trying with all his might to rebuild their lives and help them with the crazy costs in Gaza and travel outside Gaza when the crossings open. I hope you support us. Your little support, even if it is $5

chuffed.org/project/1389...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!

Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...

chuffed.org

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh HELL yes

Screenshot of an announcement from SESAME WORKSHOP.
The Sesame Street library is coming to YouTube!
Beginning in January 2026, YouTube will have the largest digital library of Sesame Street content, with hundreds of full episodes coming to the Sesame Street channels.
Join us as we help children
everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, one episode at a time.

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · Sep 2

The Palestinian-led BDS movement has updated our priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets.

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Keiryuu Seo @keiryuuseo.bsky.social · Aug 29

Goldship doing everything but training :DDDDD
#umamusume #goldship #umamusumeprettyderby

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Phyriaxi @phyriaxi.bsky.social · Aug 28

#umamusume
1hr 60/100

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現在可動できるたわしぷりん @tawashipurinzo.bsky.social · Aug 28

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✧ Euphrasie @eudaemonix.bsky.social · Aug 24

I've also written a small blog post on my ko-fi with some updates and cheeky previews about umamusume merch and #PuyoPuyo merch that I'll be manufacturing in the future :)
ko-fi.com/post/OCTOBER...

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✧ Euphrasie @eudaemonix.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'm opening FLASH PREORDERS for my #Kriselle and #Vocaloid charms that I'll be selling at a con in October!
If you want early dibs now's the best chance to jump on it👀
ko-fi.com/eudaemonics/...

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · Aug 21

BDS is working!

The Norwegian Oil Fund — the world's largest sovereign fund — has divested from 23 Israeli companies due to their complicity in Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza.

Escalate popular and civil society pressure on the Norwegian government and MPs now.

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Camp @campfireharve.st · Jul 11

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!"

This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows:

Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity.

When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers.

Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · Aug 14

Adult games have *never* received so much mainstream press before, and it's reaching many players for the first time. We can come out of this healthier than ever, but we gotta work for it. Do your dailies!

Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · Aug 14

Stripe says it’s accepting payments for LGBTQ content
JVA site starts working with Visa again
Mastercard reportedly panicking and making Riot moderate messages

The tide is turning
We are going to win this
Keep calling
Keep writing
Keep fighting

You can do this

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Aug 13

as I said earlier, there is likely not a policy on file written in big red letters that says "fuck them gays".

This does not mean Stripe's policy re: Adult Content wont/doesnt effect queer creators disproportionately. It does.

The goal remains the same. Pressure their Adult Content policies.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · Aug 13

Stripe says support team reps were "totally wrong" about LGBTQ ban

aftermath.site/stripe-lgbtq...

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Valerie Halla @valeriehalla.dicot.moe · Aug 5

hey. have you been sitting out on calling payment processors? i get it. phone calls are annoying and difficult for a lot of people. maybe you’ve been putting it off until now. well, i have good news: now is actually a PERFECT time for you to START calling. you are Wave 2!

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spooky birthday madds ⚰️🎃🖤 @hyakushiki0087.bsky.social · Aug 1

So while Stripe and PayPal should keep getting calls, Stripe has said that their banking partners are giving them issues. Who are they?

• Fifth Third Bank (!!)
• Evolve Bank (!!)
• Goldman Sachs
• Citibank
• Barclays (UK)

Sources:
techcrunch.com/2020/12/03/s...

stripe.com/treasury

Keep calling.

Stripe Treasury is built in partnership with a network of banks, including Fifth Third Bank and Evolve Bank & Trust, to enable you to embed banking services in your platform. We’ve taken care of the upfront bank negotiations, compliance processes, and regulatory requirements. By combining Stripe’s technology, a streamlined setup and the proven foundation of our bank partners, it’s frictionless to get started and effortless to scale.

And yet, Stripe doesn’t want to become a bank. As usual, the company is focused on infrastructure and payments. It partners with banks, such as Evolve Bank and Goldman Sachs in the U.S. Eventually, Stripe also plans to launch Stripe Treasury in other countries thanks to partnerships with Citibank and Barclays.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Jul 29

A PayPal call center supervisor said they actually completely agree with me. They said that if enough people call PayPal they would be forced to take notice. I explained the Patreon/Itch/Steam situation and they said they're a creative themselves & that they hope the situation improves.

CALL THEM

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Void🔞 | VGen @voiddebris.bsky.social · Jul 29

‼️Important Update‼️

There have been increasing reports of people receiving verbal abuse when calling in complaints

So we've put together steps + a script to follow if this happens!

Please be careful out there

↻💬♡ to help spread the info!

***Important Notice***

If you are calling Visa, there have been increasing reports of harassment from Visa representatives, including calling people rapists

If this happens to you, please take the following actions:

1) Stay calm! Do NOT engage in harassment back

2) Request to speak to a supervisor

3) If they refuse or hung up on you, call back and *immediately* escalate to a supervisor

4) Put in a complaint of the behavior (script below)

5) Afterwards *or* if they refuse to take your complaint, submit a BBB complaint (script below)

Call Center Abuse Complaint:

Hello,

I'm calling to submit an official complaint about abuse I received from a call center representative today. I called at (time) and spoke with (name, if you know it). Their behavior was beyond inappropriate. The representative said (provide details).

Once finished submitting that complaint, tell them you would still like to file the initial complaint you called about.

BBB script:

I'm filing a complaint in regards to their conduct when I called in to inquire about the situation between them and several gaming platforms. Upon mentioning the nature of my call the representative on the phone was exceptionally rude to me. They (insert details here).

This sort of behavior is unprofessional and unacceptable. This should not be how they treat their customers.

BBB script pt 2 (what you're looking for them to do in response):

I would like a formal apology, my initial complaint to be processed, and the company to re-train their call center staff to prevent such occurrences in the future.

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🍉Miryx @evendarkersig.bsky.social · May 17

any and all donations or shares would be deeply appreciated, and. thank you!!!
ko-fi.com/marxsoul
#mutualaid

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Malachite Tigerbunny @malachitetiger.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Itch/Steam thing dropped off the trending tab.

Therefore it's time to remind you again to swamp the payment processors with more calls.

If the call volume dies down in under a week they aren't going to learn their lesson. Make them regret it.

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Vertn @vernt.bsky.social · Jul 26

Call call call. Visa is literally begging us to stop calling and send emails. Calls cost them way more money and they can't use key words to filter them out

Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · Jul 26

Welcome to the weekend! You made it sailor. Which censorious payment processor would you like to call first? Thanks to my moot @dieselbrain.bsky.social for the Stripe number, can confirm it works

stop-paypros.neocities.org

MasterCard
• 914.249.2000 (Global Headquarters, US)
• 636.722.6100 (Operaction Center, US)
• 971.4.391.4200 (Dubai HQ)
• 305.539.2300 (Latin America HQ)
• 914.249.6518 (North America HQ)
• 1-800-627-8372 (US Only)
• 1800-120-113 (Australia)
• +1-636-722-7111 (International)
• customer_support@mastercard.com
• List of executives' Linkedin profiles

Visa
• +1 650 432 3200 (Headquarters, US)
• 1-800-847-2911 (US + Canada)
• List of phone numbers by region
• 1-888-289-9322 (Confidential
Compliance Hotline)
• askvisa@visa.com

PayPal
Unfortunately, PayPal doesn't have any e-mail address, as it uses its website's customer support. You will need to log in to your PayPal account if you wish to access Customer Support lines or messages. Here's a few lines we found so far :
• 1-402-935-2050 (US + Canada)

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social
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the number below doesnt work, as Stripe has changed their number, and is demanding a $2.99 fee to even tell you what it is.
however, this number DOES still work and will let you leave a message:
(877) 887-7815

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Liabell /リアベル☄️ ✨ @liabell.bsky.social · Jul 26

happy birthday undertale, when my horses have dog stats for the ura finale i'll play ut music over the race and fucking pray

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mysillycomics @mysillycomics.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Radiant G🌈✨ @radiantg.bsky.social · Jul 26

On itch io, payment processors, and the developers and creatives affected

I wrote about the itch deindexing, stripe, a religious group & a call to action + shared amazing words from 25 affected creators who took their time to write me.

🔁 RTs Appreciated 🔁
#itch #indiedev #visualnovel #comic #novel

On itch.io, payment processors, and the developers and creatives affected - Press SPACE to Jump

Itch.io deindexed adult, LGBTQIA+ and Furry media en masse across their site on July 23 due to pressure from payment processors, so creators are speaking up.

pressspacetojump.com

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