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den @dendalionch.bsky.social · Oct 19

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den @dendalionch.bsky.social · Apr 28

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den @dendalionch.bsky.social · May 10

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Life. @transtextual.bsky.social · Jul 24

I would argue based on my understanding that the actions of Collective Shout do not comply with the ACNC Act, but I am no legal brain so if you do know Australian Laws regarding charities and not-for-profits then feel free to comment specifics.

you can of course register complaint regardless.

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Life. @transtextual.bsky.social · Jul 24

this is worth repeating honestly.

if you are in Australia and would like to look more into it, you can do so here:
www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · Jul 25

We can get Collective Shout prosecuted. Australians, get on this.

Life. @transtextual.bsky.social · Jul 24

this is worth repeating honestly.

if you are in Australia and would like to look more into it, you can do so here:
www.acnc.gov.au/raise-concern

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Genderflux Superfluid @rewhan.bsky.social · Aug 5

A reminder not to let the National Center On Sexual Exploitation's official-sounding name fool you: they're the rebranded busybody group "Morality In Media", whom you might remember from such hits as "Trying to have Life Of Brian pulled from theatres" and "trying to connect queerness to mass murder"

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Aug 5

NCOSE takes a swing. As I predicted, they're a key player in all of this. They've been obsessed with Steam since 2018, when Steam actually opened the door to adult content after NCOSE tried to get a ton of visual novels (like HuniePop) pulled

NCOSE commenting on the Collective Shout situation: "This isn't about censorship, it’s about protecting women and girls by not promoting games based on the sexual torture of women and children". Check out the full blog, from a gamer's perspective, link below! 🎮
https://buff.ly/wKD2z7i

#gamer #videogame #steam #NCOSE #endexploitation #sexploitation #explicitcontent

Image shows a gamer inf ront of a monitor running a Nintendo Switch 2, seemingly. "Hundreds of Rape and Incest Games Removed from Steam: A Gamer's Perspective" is listed

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That Dirty Star Platinum Artist🔞 @creamiplatinum.is.sick.fyi · 26d

Anyway, here’s your form of consent, Bluesky.

Meme from Parks and Recreation of Ron handing a paper to an officer and saying “Not to worry. I have a permit.”

Followed by a closeup image of the paper being held by the officer, edited to read:

“Every fictional character I’ve drawn and will draw having sex, has consented to being drawn that way. They told me themselves.”

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Void🔞 | VGen @voiddebris.bsky.social · 25d

Do NOT believe the misinfo going around

There absolutely have been MASSIVE TOS updates

Most notably:

1) Specifying no FICTIONAL noncon
2) No "dangerous" kink
3) No DISCUSSING self harm, suicide, or substance abuse unless its "educational"

So what can we DO about it?

#SaveSpeech

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Multiple cropped screenshots showing portions of the bsky TOS before and now. Before: "iv. Encouraging self-harm or suicide
v. Depictions of excessive violence, gore, torture, dismemberment, or non-consensual sexual activity". Now: "ii. We do not allow sexual content involving non-consensual activity including synthetic, simulated, illustrated, or animated versions. iv. Do not create, share, or promote sexual content involving realistic risk of death or serious injury. i. Do not share content, methods, instructions, or promotion of self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, and extreme dieting practices.
ii. Do not share methods, instructions, depictions, or promotion of dangerous stunts or abuse of dangerous or controlled substances. 5. Protected Expression
B. Support, Recovery, and Mental Health:
i. Personal recovery experiences or survivor stories shared to promote healing and community support rather than encouraging harmful behavior.
ii. Sharing verified mental health resources, crisis prevention".

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🔞 ☁︎⋆𝕊𝕃𝔹'𝕤 𝕊𝕜𝕪 𝕃𝕒𝕟𝕕⋆☁︎ 🔞 @slbskyland.bsky.social · 6d

You really think anyone who's shoving Age Verifications online would do that? Just go and violate data protection laws?

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Sgt. Hare Apollo @sgthareapollo.bsky.social · 6d

When it comes to music, “If the cover art’s AI, I’m passin’ it by!™”

Share if you agree

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 6d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6d

The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.

The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”

These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.

Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...

www.propublica.org

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 6d

A small victory! Chat Control has been tabled for now, but it can [and likely will] be brought up for vote again in December

In the meantime, EU citizens will need to continue pressuring their respective govts to oppose chat control

However, do so knowing that pressure WORKS.

Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 6d

Denmark has tabled next week's vote on Chat Control.

Yet, per Peter Hummelgaard:

"The Danish Presidency will, however, continue to work with the member states to find a solution, and therefore negotiations on the technical details of the proposal continue. It is urgent to find common ground."

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 6d

First look at "Primal" Season 3 (by Genndy Tartakovsky).
Coming January 2026 on Adult Swim.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 6d

If you ever stuck up for "ideological diversity ' or good faith debate or whatever and thought guys like Thiessen were part of that congratulations you are a huge sucker and Thiessen and the other conservatives are laughing at you now that they won.

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 6d

Thiessen having a good chuckle about his fired liberal colleagues - some of whom he worked with for 15 years - is a good reminder that token conservatives at mainstream news outlets are/were there to destroy them, not to contribute to them.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6d

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 6d

Make shorter games with worse graphics and fewer shareholders

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 6d

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 6d

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 6d

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6d

"Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History"

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured & dangerous psyche. But now Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses, writes John Harwood for Zeteo.

Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

zeteo.com

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 6d

Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.

Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls while praying outside an ICE facility.

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power to the people on the streets ✊🏼 @strivingally.bsky.social · 7d

Dems need to understand this.

Not a single criticism Republicans level at them is ever made in good faith.

Therefore it’s impossible to compromise, placate them, or gain their respect.

They hate you for existing & they’ll call you communist extremists regardless of how hard you reach out to them.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

“They’re all Antifa now”

Laura Ingraham screenshot that reads: THEY'RE ALL ANTIFA
NGL
NOW
DEMS MELT UNDER PRESSURE
THE ANGLE ALERT

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M-AAAH!!!-tty 👻 @mattythemouse.bsky.social · 6d

No, but for real, remember how Obama picked up a Republican healthcare plan, and Republicans called him socialist for it? Remember how Obama deported more people than Trump and Republicans are still like “Democrats are for open borders!”

power to the people on the streets ✊🏼 @strivingally.bsky.social · 7d

Dems need to understand this.

Not a single criticism Republicans level at them is ever made in good faith.

Therefore it’s impossible to compromise, placate them, or gain their respect.

They hate you for existing & they’ll call you communist extremists regardless of how hard you reach out to them.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

“They’re all Antifa now”

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 6d

I wonder if the lesson that when someone tries to pay you in blood money you fucking refuse will sink in from this experience.

Vulture @vulture.com · 6d

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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