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painter of sexually-charged horror, AuDHD, queer, nonbinary, Transformers appreciator they/them https://leekalba.itch.io/

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Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · Apr 13

gonna try this one last time:

posting art to my patreon, nothing is paywalled, but if you like what I do, patronage could help me keep doing it.

patreon.com/LeeMakesStuff

The Creative Outlets of a Disabled Introvert

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Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 4h

I've been adding the tag GenAI so that it can be filtered out with that system

Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 6h

oh man, Squirm is one of those episodes of MST you have to bootleg

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 11h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 14h

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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Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 7h

a man with a bag on his head sits next to a girl on a green couch

ALT: a man with a bag on his head sits next to a girl on a green couch

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 14h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

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Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 8h

"verified"

The Verge @theverge.com · 13h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 12h

John Byrne sucks, actually

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Charlie Ashby @charlie-ashby.co.uk · 15h

RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.

His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.

A massive loss 💔

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 1d

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 1d

shame since he looks nice

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641

I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 2d

because of all the future cases of Covid?

Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 2d

no, sports betting has become a huge industry and that's not good at all
I shouldn't see 5 ads an hour for gambling aps when watching fucking Star Trek

Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 2d

People Under the Stairs

Scream is his worst movie

BJ Colangelo @bjcolangelo.bsky.social · 3d

What do you think is Wes Craven’s best film that isn’t part of the A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET or SCREAM franchises?

I feel like everyone will have a different answer and that’s really interesting to me.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 2d

This has been *confirmed*: so not only did this make it through dozens of levels of decisions where no one spoke up to say "this is unethical and looks like shit", it's also so bad it was instantly spotted by thousands of people like me who in a split second said "hey that looks like shit".

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 3d

Someone tell me Disney didn't just use a bunch of fucking AI slop for the new Wonder Man show

Wonder Man screenshot featuring merchandise which appears to be decorated with AI slop.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 3d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 3d

You know what you did

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 4d

I don't really know anything about the lore but I do enjoy the aesthetic

Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 4d

I just watched this the other night; first time since 93, so back then I didn't know most of the cast

I knew Frank Oz

Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 4d

I was just watching a doc which featured Portland and a giant sign on the side of a building that proclaimed "stay weird, Portland"

I'd say they are

Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 4d

as I told David: because no one gives a shit about Cyberforce (especially not Sylvestri)

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 4d

that mech is super cool though

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Tiwaz @leetiwaz.bsky.social · 4d

always