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♡ Autistic Digital Rights Activist & video game streamer at https://joystick.tv/t/u/joshuaacasey?t=1797a72c ♡ Forever in love my bestie 💕 @bunnyislewd.bsky.social 💕 ♡ Radical Leftist Anti-Fascist ♡ Social media volunteer for @c4osl.org

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Joshua Casey 😷🎮🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 @joshuacasey.net · May 29

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Hi, I'm Joshua! I'm an #ActuallyAutistic nerd, gamer, video game streamer (rarely!) and #HumanRights activist. Check out my website joshuacasey.net for all my social links & the extremely rare blog post!

Joshua Casey - Digital Activist and Streamer

Joshua is an autistic gamer and digital activist that is passionate about human rights, free speech, anti-censorship, privacy, autistic people’s rights, sex worker’s rights, criminal punishment system...

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22m

“This is essentially despotism as a service.”

Over two decades, a little-known company called First Wap created a surveillance empire. Its phone tracking tech has targeted politicians, journalists, actors, and maybe even you.

A groundbreaking investigation from @lighthousereports.com:

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

www.motherjones.com

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 22m

Government is force, and your home is your sanctuary. The Supreme Court must require particularized probable cause for any warrantless entry, no matter the reason.

Can police enter your home without a warrant? The Supreme Court will soon decide.

Should a simple call to emergency services be enough to justify sending heavily armed officers into someone's home?

reason.com

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Louise Ting @neuro-observant.bsky.social · 1h

Most autistic people I meet *like* being autistic. It’s core to who they are & comes with many strengths

What’s hard is surviving in a society that rarely accommodates, respects or tries to understand us

There’s a BIG difference between being autistic & being unsupported

Let’s not confuse the two

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Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 3h

The “age verification” and the “human identification” problem are the same problem. It upsets me to be around people who think they’re working on the first, but don’t understand they’re actually working on the second.

a woman in a purple sweater says they are the same picture

ALT: a woman in a purple sweater says they are the same picture

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Joshua Casey 😷🎮🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 @joshuacasey.net · 1h

i am again begging people to stop throwing around the word "addictive"

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 2h

An Ohio lawmaker introduced a bill to ban human + chatbot marriages. Sen. Josh Hawley wants to make it a federal crime for minors to chat with AI companions.

Calm down, everyone.

reason.com/2025/10/15/s...

Sex robots are here… and it's ok

We're seeing the rise of artificially intelligent 'chatbot' companions capable of romance and naughty talk, from G-rated to pornographic.

reason.com

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Michael Collins Morton @mcollinsmorton.bsky.social · 18h

The mindless millions believe that the pandemic of Covid-19 is over.

The mindless millions believe that Covid-19 is a "mild" disease.

The mindless millions believe that wearing a respirator mask is not necessary.

The mindless millions are completely wrong on all counts.

#COVID19

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Joshua Casey 😷🎮🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 @joshuacasey.net · 7h

JFC That's insane. The possibly most common acronym found on (most, if not, every) website is considered a "slur" by bluesky.

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Fight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 20h

A win! SB 771 - an online censorship bill in CA - was vetoed by Newsom yesterday after it passed both the CA senate & assembly

Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 1d

Breaking: Gavin Newsom VETOES SB 771

www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u...

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
OCT 13 2025
To the Members of the California State Senate:
am returning Senate Bill 771 without my signature.
This bill seeks to hold social media platforms 'iable for algorithms that relay
content violating specified California civil rights laws to their users.
support the author's goal of ensuring that our nation-leading civil rights laws
apply equally both online and offline. likewise share the author's concern
about the growth of discriminatory threats, violence, and coercive harassment
online. am concerned, however, that this bill is premature. Our first step should
be to determine if, and to what extent, existing civil rights laws are sufficient to
address violations perpetrafed through algorithms. To the extent our laws prove
inadequate, they should be bolstered at that time.
For this reas
, I cannot sign this bill.
Sinc ely,
Ga
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 8h

Ofcom is flexing its powers in the Online Safety Act to impose age verification on anyone who livestreams.

That means locking down accounts of under-18s and forcing everyone else to submit to privacy intrusive age checks.

Reply to the consultation ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/online-safet...

Online Safety Act consultation on livestreaming, content scanning and takedowns

The Online Safety Act The Online Safety Act (OSA) has given Ofcom powers over what we say, see and do online. Services have to comply with a large set of complicated rules and regulations. They risk…

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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 8h

The limit does not exist when it comes to the Online Safety Act.

Ofcom is pushing at the edges of this law to age-gate livestreaming. This will prevent young content creators from engaging with audiences and put a lid on self-expression.

Find out more ⬇️

www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/online-...

The Online Safety Act is Coming for Livestreaming

Ofcom has launched a blandly titled consultation on “Additional Safety Measures” designed to implement the next round of duties within the Online Safety Act (OSA).

www.openrightsgroup.org

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Carol Fenton @cfpdx.bsky.social · 1d

Portland cops continue to run failed Nordic / Equality / End Demand / Anti-Sex Work Stings - which is NOT a way to ID a possible "victim" of trafficking OR provide any services.

NO trafficking charges resulted from the failed sting.

www.portland.gov/police/news/...

Human Trafficking Missions Yield Positive Results

Human trafficking missions in the month of September yielded positive results including arrests and the recovery of a firearm.

www.portland.gov

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 21h

Activism and community building online may be critical, but it's also increasingly subject to surveillance. Trans and queer activists are looking toward new models, with degrees of visibility that balance safety with surveillance, just as sex workers have learned to do.

The return of the trans underground

The internet once helped trans people connect and organize. Now it’s a dangerous liability. What comes next?

www.theverge.com

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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 16h

Jacob Soboroff is very brave for this reporting. At a time when other news outlets are cowering in fear, he's fulfilling the highest order of journalism, which is truth telling and holding the powerful accountable.
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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 17h

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 22h

A 15-year-old girl was assaulted while alerting her community about ICE raids. The Department of Homeland Security denies any involvement, ICE misrepresents the footage, and then continuously alters its narrative.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 23h

One of the craziest stories I've seen in a long time. If you think Trump and his administration are extreme and depraved, just wait until you learn about the young guns who are positioning themselves to take over the reigns in the next few decades

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Mari @marimerope.bsky.social · 23h

If in the year 2025 you think people are still “overusing” the word Nazi or fascist, you need to face the present. It’s not hyperbolic or hysterical to call them what they are, they share the same language and beliefs as the Nazis

Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 23h

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Joshua Casey 😷🎮🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 @joshuacasey.net · 22h

It'll be interesting how this plays out considering that payment processors HATE adult content

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Joshua Casey 😷🎮🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 @joshuacasey.net · 22h

google does have a search for porn feature. It's called: turn off SafeSearch

Joshua Casey 😷🎮🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦🇵🇸 @joshuacasey.net · 22h

can we PLEASE stop spreading the bs that "sex addiction" is a thing (it's not)

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WTTW - Chicago PBS @wttw.bsky.social · 1d

Some steps to protect rideshare drivers include “Know Your Rights” trainings for the drivers and their families across the Chicago area, while also working to add signage around the O’Hare rideshare lot prohibiting entry for civil immigration enforcement.

https://to.wttw.com/3IVQldt

Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Rideshare Group Aim to Protect Drivers After ‘Unacceptable’ O’Hare Parking Lot Raid

Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Illinois Drivers Alliance plan to launch “Know Your Rights” trainings for rideshare drivers across the Chicago area, while also working to add signage around the O’Hare r...

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Public Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 1d

We have a free press for a reason.

This kind of Orwellian censorship is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.

Pete Hegseth does not get to decide what is reported to the public.

You would think a former news host would know that?

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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 1d

Please, tell me again how I'm wrong when I say that the GOP isn't just racist, they're genuinely fascist when they think no one is in the room with them.

I'm not paranoid: I just understand the GOP better than the people who tell me I'm wrong. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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