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Michel Maksimova
@michelmaks.bsky.social
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phd student at uic. they/them. queer game studies, crip theory, digital media, decoloniality, intersectionality & interdisciplinarity.

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Reposted by Michel Maksimova
voiddebris.bsky.social
Complaint letter! You can copy/paste or edit

You can use the same info for a call!

Paypal:
Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161

Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050

Hours: 6am - 6pm PT

Online (for non-users or logged out - UK bc US site ONLY allows logged in users): www.paypal.com/uk/cshelp/co...

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Complaint Letter Template Customer Complaint Dept, This message is to lodge an official complaint about the ongoing rampant restrictions your company has placed on legal sales made by legitimate businesses. These restrictions are not only counter to the concept of freedom of speech and expression, but they harm consumers, businesses, and they harm your company’s bottom line. The following actions are absolutely necessary to protect the freedoms of your client base and the sustainability of legitimate business practices: Remove from your Terms of Service any mention barring the use of your service for sale and purchase of legal products. Contact Steam (Valve), Itch.io, and any other company you have previously put pressure on to retract your content restrictions. Put in place protections to prevent such restrictions from being put in place in the future without ample warning and time to contest them. If these changes aren't made then I, along with many others will be forced to seek other options for processing payments. Sincerely, A Concerned Customer. Contact Information Mastsercard Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372 Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111 Online Form Submission Visa Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911 Click Here For Non-US Numbers Online Form Submission Paypal Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161 Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050 Hours: 6am - 6pm PT Online Form Submission (UK site is linked as you’re able to submit a complaint without an account).
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Reposted by Michel Maksimova
herokibs.com
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 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Reposted by Michel Maksimova
arisenby.bsky.social
leafo could've just fucking posted in the discord "this was not our call, statement coming shortly" but no, he had to fucking hit that "haha o7" in response to you bending the knee to puritan censorship, directly leading to people losing their ability to make money off of their work. shame on yall.
July 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
michelmaks.bsky.social
Under what criteria and reasoning have pages been and will be removed? As the process is ongoing, artists need a chance to protect their art from removal and audiences — to archive stories that could be lost.
July 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Reposted by Michel Maksimova
acvalens.com
* Complain en masse to PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, etc
* Loudly and openly blame specific payment processors on social media
* Flood the replies of Visa, MasterCard’s posts
July 24, 2025 at 4:28 AM