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Leyln 'Mijo' Sawyer dos Santos Alden🔞

@salmonvhs.bsky.social

Foi bom enquanto durou gente estarei indo me refugiar nas terras longínquas do whatsapp e do discord

a person is holding a jar that says change the world my final message

ALT: a person is holding a jar that says change the world my final message

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September 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM

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Void🔞 | VGen

@voiddebris.bsky.social

Here's the message I sent in

You ABSOLUTELY are welcome to copy/paste or use it as a jumping off point

Let them know we don't need this kind of "help"!

3/🧵

Screenshot of a feedback form with the text:

I'm writing about the upcoming change to the Bluesky TOS. Bluesky put out a feedback request and despite many people voicing concerns about the changes, very concerning updates have been maintained.

Bluesky has MANY moderation tools that users can utilize themselves to restrict content that they don't want to see without needing to prevent the content from being published on the site as a whole. Aside from content labels, there are user-run moderation lists and feeds so that anyone can curate their content easily.

Despite this, you have chosen to move forward with some incredibly harmful policies that restrict free speech. I implore you to remove the following policies:

1) The restriction of FICTIONAL kink content. Non-con, dub-con, and “dangerous” kink content that is FICTIONAL does not harm anyone.

2) The restriction of content depicting or discussing self harm, suicide, and substance abuse. Requiring content about these subjects to only be “educational” is extremely harmful to those dealing with these issues. Stigma only serves to further endanger people in crisis.

If these policy changes are not removed then I, among many others, will have to look for a different platform to use.

September 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM

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Void🔞 | VGen

@voiddebris.bsky.social

Do NOT believe the misinfo going around

There absolutely have been MASSIVE TOS updates

Most notably:

1) Specifying no FICTIONAL noncon
2) No "dangerous" kink
3) No DISCUSSING self harm, suicide, or substance abuse unless its "educational"

So what can we DO about it?

#SaveSpeech

1/🧵

Multiple cropped screenshots showing portions of the bsky TOS before and now. Before: "iv. Encouraging self-harm or suicide
v. Depictions of excessive violence, gore, torture, dismemberment, or non-consensual sexual activity". Now: "ii. We do not allow sexual content involving non-consensual activity including synthetic, simulated, illustrated, or animated versions. iv. Do not create, share, or promote sexual content involving realistic risk of death or serious injury. i. Do not share content, methods, instructions, or promotion of self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, and extreme dieting practices.
ii. Do not share methods, instructions, depictions, or promotion of dangerous stunts or abuse of dangerous or controlled substances. 5. Protected Expression
B. Support, Recovery, and Mental Health:
i. Personal recovery experiences or survivor stories shared to promote healing and community support rather than encouraging harmful behavior.
ii. Sharing verified mental health resources, crisis prevention".

September 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM

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key-lime pie

@keymonster.bsky.social

I am a SFW artist and I stand with NSFW artists and creators.
Do not participate in the blackout.
Shout your opposition to censorship loudly. Shame on the bsky moderation team. Do not comply in advance.
No one is free until everyone is free.

#bskycensorship #blueskyblackout2025

Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Sep 21

DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025

I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!

Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship

Silence is compliance!

September 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM

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O. 🐙

@ololivia.bsky.social

One reason why I came to bsky from Instagram was that I was tired of only posting sfw drawings and if I didn't, I'd get shadowbanned or worse...

Here we have a nice thing called "labels", so every time I click on "show" I consent to viewing nsfw.
Why additional censorship?

#BskyCensorship

September 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM

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Keezy Young🌼

@keezyyoung.bsky.social

i am concerned for the reason that (among others) even content that bluesky has deemed acceptable will be flagged given that EVERY time i've posted an artwork including artistic nudity, it has been labeled as sexual content, and my attempts to appeal have been universally ignored #bskycensorship

September 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM

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Bea&Giò

@beagio.bsky.social

And so, it seems that even BlueSky wants to join the bigoted censorship that reigns supreme on social media. Shame!

I'd like to say it surprises me, but... U_u
#bskycensorship

PS We're not participating in #blueskyblackout2025 ...think the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves.

#nsfwart

Bea and Giò, naked, hold up two protest signs.

September 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM

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lucien

@mynqzo.bsky.social

#bskycensorship awful to see yet another website cave its back in on censorship because it cannot handle art where characters dont look at the viewer and explicitly say ‘I Consent’ before fuckin

September 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM

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doodlemancy ✨

@doodlemancy.com

i'm against the new TOS because no matter how uncomfortable you are with certain subjects, it's very easy to see how bad-faith interpretations of art could be weaponized, especially against marginalized artists, who are more likely to be targeted for harassment

#bskycensorship

September 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM

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Suzanne ✨🌑

@tendermiasma.com

Bsky's new TOS says it alone has the power to determine whether a fictional drawing shows consent

Demand that they REPEAL this harmful and misguided rule and to give us tools to protect creative freedom instead!

Post your porn with the tag #bskycensorship

Demand bsky listen to its users

September 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM

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Devil-Hex 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🔞

@devilhex.bsky.social

Fuck puritans, fuck conservatives, fuck fascists, and fuck the bootlicking moderation team. Anyone who is anti-nsfw is not a leftist, just a bootlicker. #bskycensorship

Instead of participating in a blackout that probably won't work, I've decided I'm just going to be annoying and obstinate lol.

September 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM

Leyln 'Mijo' Sawyer dos Santos Alden🔞

@salmonvhs.bsky.social

Fui ver ichi the killer né
Tô chorando que tem um outro filme só sobre o ichi e o mangá foca pra caralho nele sendo que o kakihara CARREGA ESSE FILME NAS COSTAS. POR ALGUM MOTIVO QUEREM MUITO QUE A GENTE VEJA COISA SOBRE A TARTARUGA COM UM 1 AMARELO NAS COSTAS.

😭😭😭DIS DA CHICAGO GRIM REAPER