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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

Its the work week!

If you havent called yet, now is an extremely important time to contact your reps and demand they OPPOSE KOSA!

if your rep is a cosponsor, demand they drop their sponsorship!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 4d

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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Tlumpling @tlumpling.bsky.social · 1d

Day 14 of #lumptober for @chunkerbuns.bsky.social

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Tlumpling @tlumpling.bsky.social · 1d

I keep making lumptober lists and having no idea what to do for half the prompts piss

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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 5d

This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

Phone Numbers
• Stripe (California): +1 888 926 2289 (Say you're based in California before continuing.)
• Stripe (Headquarters): +1 (888) 963-8955
• Stripe (US): +1 (877) 887-7815
• Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67
Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372
Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309
• Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111
• Mastercard (AUS): +61 1800 120 113
• Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers for Mastercard Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3200
• Visa (US+ Can): +1 (800)-847-2911
• Visa (AUS): +61 1800 125 440 All region numbers for Visa
• PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161
• PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000
PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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Tlumpling @tlumpling.bsky.social · 2d

Day 13 of #lumptober for @lizardfunbags.bsky.social

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Tlumpling @tlumpling.bsky.social · 2d

I’m in freakish amounts of pain

Tlumpling @tlumpling.bsky.social · 3d

Day 12 of #lumptober for @allodoodl.bsky.social

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LetUsAllExist (🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🥬🎈🥬) @letusallexist.bsky.social · 4d

Here's my updated script (refined through calling a few times,) to tidy things up for time, and specifically apply to both of them.

Call daily if possible!

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Despoina She/They [Commissions Open] @desdarkdesigns.bsky.social · 4d

Another thing to do is to take this towards other parties, tell the greens you will support them if they take on the path against this.

Make it so the other parties start picking up the anti OSA, pro Paypros regulation, anti censorship route and if they do be loud about supporting them.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 4d

If youre in the UK and havent signed this petition, please do despite their response here. At 100k sigs they have to discuss it again

Petitions arent a silver bullet on their own, but they help communicate how many people do/dont support something. Its low commitment and worth doing!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 4d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 4d

#SaveSpeech

Canadians! The UK is attempting to push their own version of the Online Safety Act onto Canada via the bill S-209!

You need to contact your representatives in parliament and explain how this policy is catastrophically bad! Mention the discord data breach!

youtu.be/Qx_zi1hNTCI?...

UK Pushing Online Safety Act to OTHER Countries

YouTube video by CYBER WAFFLE

youtu.be

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megasoups.bsky.social @megasoups.bsky.social · 4d

KOSA just got a bunch of new cosponsors so, y'all, kindly tell them to knock it the fuck off.
Make this bill unpassable for the sake of keeping the open internet, enough of this censorship BS and "protect the children" excuses.

#savespeech #KOSA #stopkosa

www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 4d

#SaveSpeech

I want to remind people that when there is a call to action to "contact your reps", it needs to be more than once

Going forward, contacting your reps needs to become part of your routine, at the very least during the work week.

Sustained pressure over time is what matters!

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 4d

This means if you're in the UK and haven't signed this yet, please do. At 100k signatures they have to discuss it again.

Literally the least you can do!!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 4d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 4d

Its almost like anti-porn laws are never actually about porn. 🤔

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 5d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

www.wilx.com

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Tlumpling @tlumpling.bsky.social · 4d

Day 11 of #lumptober for @thegentlebro.bsky.social

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 4d

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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Tlumpling @tlumpling.bsky.social · 5d

God these rule

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 5d

Really hammer your reps about how catastrophic this is and how bad these laws are for peoples online safety

404 Media @404media.co · 5d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

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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Tlumpling @tlumpling.bsky.social · 5d

Day 10 of #lumptober for @badgerben.bsky.social

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Tlumpling @tlumpling.bsky.social · 5d

Bendy and the twink machine

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 6d

We're now finding out that as many as 70,000 people had their government IDs provided to prove their ages leaked by Discord. Like I wrote last week, this is an inherent risk (and made greater by a rushed process) of getting platforms to do age checks

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

www.theverge.com

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Tlumpling @tlumpling.bsky.social · 6d

Day 9 of #lumptober for @l19kitsune.bsky.social

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 9d

#SaveSpeech

If youre italian, you should contact your national parliament and voice your concerns about chat control and demans that it be opposed!

fightchatcontrol.eu

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 7d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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