PSA: please do not play ARC Raiders, and in fact discourage others from buying ARC Raiders. You want AI hype to die faster? You want microtransaction epidemic but AI this time to not happen again?
Then dont entertain their "oh its just a little bit of AI" nonsense.
Then dont entertain their "oh its just a little bit of AI" nonsense.
December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
PSA: please do not play ARC Raiders, and in fact discourage others from buying ARC Raiders. You want AI hype to die faster? You want microtransaction epidemic but AI this time to not happen again?
Then dont entertain their "oh its just a little bit of AI" nonsense.
Then dont entertain their "oh its just a little bit of AI" nonsense.
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after several days of perfectly fine but not especially libbed up seasonings like korintje cinnamon and sandwich sprinkle we've got another heater
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
after several days of perfectly fine but not especially libbed up seasonings like korintje cinnamon and sandwich sprinkle we've got another heater
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us: stand your ground on the phones with MC and Visa but be kind to the rep on the phone!
scold fetishists: you're horrible for stressing out those workers. you're not getting anything done. excuse me while I go repost my daily 20+ furry porn accounts, half of which have had their paypal nuked
scold fetishists: you're horrible for stressing out those workers. you're not getting anything done. excuse me while I go repost my daily 20+ furry porn accounts, half of which have had their paypal nuked
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
us: stand your ground on the phones with MC and Visa but be kind to the rep on the phone!
scold fetishists: you're horrible for stressing out those workers. you're not getting anything done. excuse me while I go repost my daily 20+ furry porn accounts, half of which have had their paypal nuked
scold fetishists: you're horrible for stressing out those workers. you're not getting anything done. excuse me while I go repost my daily 20+ furry porn accounts, half of which have had their paypal nuked
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To my mind once a credit card company starts forbidding legal purchases for "moral" reasons they show that they are morally okay with any allowed legal purchase. That introducedls culpability. Does Mastercard want to be on the hook for a gun purchase? Does Visa want to be an accessory to a murder?
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
To my mind once a credit card company starts forbidding legal purchases for "moral" reasons they show that they are morally okay with any allowed legal purchase. That introducedls culpability. Does Mastercard want to be on the hook for a gun purchase? Does Visa want to be an accessory to a murder?
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Did you call Mastercard and Visa? Did you remind them you won’t stand for censorship?
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Did you call Mastercard and Visa? Did you remind them you won’t stand for censorship?
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Let’s change gears. Do some good
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
action.aclu.org
July 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Let’s change gears. Do some good
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
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still angry. you would think maybe the people who care for rare little groundwater animals in places with ongoing water shortages would also care about the encroach of useless generative AI toys and the construction of massive water-sucking data centers and things like that. guess that's just me
December 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
still angry. you would think maybe the people who care for rare little groundwater animals in places with ongoing water shortages would also care about the encroach of useless generative AI toys and the construction of massive water-sucking data centers and things like that. guess that's just me
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CALL NOW. These freaks will not give up, and we can't give up on speaking out either
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
CALL NOW. These freaks will not give up, and we can't give up on speaking out either
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If everyone who sees this can make just 2 calls to Visa and Mastercard today — as someone who just started I promise it’s not as scary or time consuming as it seems! It’s also extremely rewarding.
Today is the day! Make some phone calls to Visa and Mastercard if youre able to and keep it going as much as you can muster until monday!
December 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If everyone who sees this can make just 2 calls to Visa and Mastercard today — as someone who just started I promise it’s not as scary or time consuming as it seems! It’s also extremely rewarding.
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By treating them with respect and kindness, you're not only helping to gum up the system but you're also not feeding into the exploitative nature of call centers (where the goal is largely for customers to vent their anger on agents and then give up their concerns). Reserve anger for CEO's.
December 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
By treating them with respect and kindness, you're not only helping to gum up the system but you're also not feeding into the exploitative nature of call centers (where the goal is largely for customers to vent their anger on agents and then give up their concerns). Reserve anger for CEO's.
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Recently we had a FOIA Forum where we focused on our reporting about Flock. This includes how to file public records requests for audit logs, footage, and other ideas for FOIAing surveillance companies—so you can access them too.
Here's the Video for Our Seventh FOIA Forum: Flock
Here is the archived video of our FOIA Forum about how to do reporting on Flock.
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Recently we had a FOIA Forum where we focused on our reporting about Flock. This includes how to file public records requests for audit logs, footage, and other ideas for FOIAing surveillance companies—so you can access them too.
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Flock exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using overseas workers. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social:
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social:
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
December 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Flock exposed training materials and a panel which tracked what its AI annotators were working on. It showed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of U.S. communities, is using overseas workers. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social:
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
Story by @josephcox.bsky.social:
www.404media.co/flock-uses-o...
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DIDN’T CALL THIS WEEKEND?
THAT’S OKAY! CALL TODAY!!!
THAT’S OKAY! CALL TODAY!!!
Today is the day! Make some phone calls to Visa and Mastercard if youre able to and keep it going as much as you can muster until monday!
December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
DIDN’T CALL THIS WEEKEND?
THAT’S OKAY! CALL TODAY!!!
THAT’S OKAY! CALL TODAY!!!
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As the evergreen phrase goes "if they couldn't be bothered to acrually wrote the thing why should I bother to read it"
I don't care that a "Thing" exists, I care about what it is and how it came to be
The whole point of making is to put a bit of yourself into it
This get your bag mentality isn't
I don't care that a "Thing" exists, I care about what it is and how it came to be
The whole point of making is to put a bit of yourself into it
This get your bag mentality isn't
“People don’t have a choice if work makes them use A/I”
I refuse to use A/I. I voice that on any project I touch.
If you’re making “A/I dubs” of animes, you’re the same as a scab during a strike.
Just because it keeps YOU secure, doesn’t mean you’re absolved from the damage you’re causing others.
I refuse to use A/I. I voice that on any project I touch.
If you’re making “A/I dubs” of animes, you’re the same as a scab during a strike.
Just because it keeps YOU secure, doesn’t mean you’re absolved from the damage you’re causing others.
November 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
As the evergreen phrase goes "if they couldn't be bothered to acrually wrote the thing why should I bother to read it"
I don't care that a "Thing" exists, I care about what it is and how it came to be
The whole point of making is to put a bit of yourself into it
This get your bag mentality isn't
I don't care that a "Thing" exists, I care about what it is and how it came to be
The whole point of making is to put a bit of yourself into it
This get your bag mentality isn't
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As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.
Only you have the power to kill it.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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Agents need these jobs for medical insurance. A lot of them are sympathetic to your concerns. MC global (upper level of corporate, above regional corporate) is hounding bosses to end this and bosses are snapping at workers as a result. Please be kind when you call, they’re getting slammed (2)
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Agents need these jobs for medical insurance. A lot of them are sympathetic to your concerns. MC global (upper level of corporate, above regional corporate) is hounding bosses to end this and bosses are snapping at workers as a result. Please be kind when you call, they’re getting slammed (2)
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Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
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The lines are getting clogged from calls and Mastercard is feeling very pressured, they're looking into how to act in response. They're collecting information on callers to have a better understanding of who is calling in re the censorship issue
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The lines are getting clogged from calls and Mastercard is feeling very pressured, they're looking into how to act in response. They're collecting information on callers to have a better understanding of who is calling in re the censorship issue
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Today is the day! Make some phone calls to Visa and Mastercard if youre able to and keep it going as much as you can muster until monday!
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Today is the day! Make some phone calls to Visa and Mastercard if youre able to and keep it going as much as you can muster until monday!
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Mastercard is REALLY trying to pass the buck off onto banks (who, granted, ARE part of the problem but its still mostly MC and Visa)
do as Ana says here and tell them your bank told you to contact THEM. easy way to tack on more time in the call
stop-paypros.neocities.org
do as Ana says here and tell them your bank told you to contact THEM. easy way to tack on more time in the call
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Mastercard is REALLY trying to pass the buck off onto banks (who, granted, ARE part of the problem but its still mostly MC and Visa)
do as Ana says here and tell them your bank told you to contact THEM. easy way to tack on more time in the call
stop-paypros.neocities.org
do as Ana says here and tell them your bank told you to contact THEM. easy way to tack on more time in the call
stop-paypros.neocities.org
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I got banned from Ko-Fi for THIS drawing. It’s absolutely not “tHe MoSt eXtReMe NsFw aCcOuNtS.” You and your community are being attacked.
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I got banned from Ko-Fi for THIS drawing. It’s absolutely not “tHe MoSt eXtReMe NsFw aCcOuNtS.” You and your community are being attacked.
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I keep seeing people trying to play down the payment processor situation, saying it's only the extreme NSFW accounts getting sacked.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
I'm devastated, if I don't find an alternative that works with argentinians I'm contemplating the worst, I can't do regular jobs, art was my job for around 15 years
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
November 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I keep seeing people trying to play down the payment processor situation, saying it's only the extreme NSFW accounts getting sacked.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
Well. One of the cutest SFW furry artist got banned from PayPal. What more proof do y'all need that we need to keep fighting the good fight?
Also go support Nakufin.
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As a corollary to this: there are a lot of artists who will black-list you from BUYING art if you have AI slop in your profile. Seeing AI is an instant, immediate red flag for most artists because it's a signal that you do not respect artists (yes, that includes using it "until I can get real art").
Just so you know...
Art directors, Art enjoyers, Art buyers and Artists talk with each other. Nobody wants AI slop, specially when there is real art out there as an alternative. You can totally get blacklisted, not only on the industry, but inside fandoms for defending AI precarization and theft.
Art directors, Art enjoyers, Art buyers and Artists talk with each other. Nobody wants AI slop, specially when there is real art out there as an alternative. You can totally get blacklisted, not only on the industry, but inside fandoms for defending AI precarization and theft.
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As a corollary to this: there are a lot of artists who will black-list you from BUYING art if you have AI slop in your profile. Seeing AI is an instant, immediate red flag for most artists because it's a signal that you do not respect artists (yes, that includes using it "until I can get real art").
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Remember the hassle I had with Ko-fi recently? Artist @mattythemouse.bsky.social is being put through the ringer now
Going in for round two.
November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Remember the hassle I had with Ko-fi recently? Artist @mattythemouse.bsky.social is being put through the ringer now