Soen Ordo 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

the way i've always dealt with things like TOS changes that suddenly make my posts seemingly "bannable": above all, do not do their work for them. If you think your art might be against TOS, LET THEM say it. post as normal. if you just pull up stakes right away then youre doing their work for them

Some of the people I know act like they've never read a fucking history book.

Have you looked at the news?

Attacks on fundamental freedoms effect everyone.

There is no "but this won't effect me".

Transgender individuals are already being targeted by the bills I mentioned before. A lot of the lobbyists/ people supporting and/or making these same bills have ties to surveillance companies and the Heritage Foundation, a hate group disguised as a conservative think tank.

Privacy is the most important right you have. As we've seen, people in power are unwilling to abide by the same laws they force upon us.

So when we cry for justice, they want to know the names of who's speaking against them so they can intimidate us.

So let me, as someone who is studying cybersecurity and has been a privacy advocate for years, talk about something that a lot of you are either purposefully avoiding talking about, or ignorant of.

Age verification is actually identify verification.

It's mass surveillance.

Well shit, short characters are still in danger. That's not fair to the kobolds. Or corgis. Or any miniature species.

Hey, remember the numbers for all those payment processors? Flood their phone lines.

People who "just want to ban one kind of kink art" ALWAYS have a longer list in mind and conceding in any way will just embolden them to go after more. They're fascists looking for the easiest target that will meet the least resistance.

So did they still keep the dogshit against clothing? I heard they walked *some* shit back but my faith in subscribestar is zero.

This immediately came to mind.

If I tell you that you are in danger, it is not to fearmonger. It is to make sure that the community that I am a part of and the people who I love survive.

I never want to say "I told you so" over things I desperately hope never come to pass.

Oh my God it's worse than I thought.

This is literally puritan shit.

This is fucking hell.

I'm trying to be helpful but all I can say is, try to complain to the company directly, if they have phonelines, flood the lines with complaints. State how such broad sweeping rules could be used maliciously to artists.

Other than that, I'm not sure what to do. Do what you can to fight it.

I get this might not be very convenient, but it could be a means to skirt some of their bullshit.
Either way shit sucks.

So, the subscribestar thing. Shit's fucked. I offer a suggestion:

Use an image/file hosting service, upload a drawing of a square to substar, and then in the description, link the actual upload there. Or link to a telegram group where only members can join and view there.

Obfuscate.

A reminder to call your reps today! KOSA has been sandwiched into the KIDS Act and is still a huge censorship threat. You can use this tool- it takes just a few minutes:

www.badinternetbills.com

I thought it was a hotdog with a flared base.

Apparently you don't have to smoke the blunt all in one go. That explains why I need higher doses for back pain.

The Custodians are genecrafted by experts and are one of a kind individuals. The space marines are mass produced. If anything female Custodians make sense. You have no expense spared superhumans made by the finest artisans of Earth. It should be EASY for them to make female Custodians.

Just saw a video from someone who was butthurt that there's a female Custodian in warhammer. They said "mEn DeSeRvE sAfE sPaCEs" to which I say that's a strawman. Sisters of Battle are cool, but nothing in the lore says a Custodian *can't* be female.

Fuck around, find out.

I wanna put on a diaper and relax. Just wanna be puppy.

Hey when I sound the alarm about shit like this, it's because there is danger. The danger can be avoided, but only if we act now. Make the calls. Do it. You want a chance to make a difference? You want a chance to keep the internet free? Call.

If you owe me a favor, consider this me asking formally

It's not over. A senator's or house member's power is only as good as their constituencies. They NEED to know that they're not keeping power if they go this route. The calls do matter, and it frightens them.

It's an overwhelming amount of voices coming at them and they do feel pressure. Keep at it.

You better wake the fuck up now. If we don't make their lives ABSOLUTELY FUCKING MISERABLE, we're going be the ones who get shafted. And HARD.

You best believe that everything about the Internet we know is going to die and everything we know and love with it.

I've made my calls today. You need to.

The angry part of Bluesky remembered KOSA (now under the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, or H.R. 7757) exists but rather yell at you I'll say:

If you have REALLY bad anxiety (like me!), you can call your reps after hours! Voicemail counts! The site 5Calls give you a script to read off of:

Haha, human element but I'm a dog.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm anyone's comfort streamer. Like Joel (Vargskelethor) was my inspiration for streaming. Just stupid fun with a community that's capable of making some amazing things and experiences.

Streaming is 100% about the human element.

Oh I like this. I like this a lot. Their expression is perfect.

If this shit passes I will use my free "I fucking told you so" pass that everyone gets when their friend pulls some absolutely braindead shit.

You cannot believe how fucking many people have called this "political" for me bringing this up. Bitch this affects you too you lovable dumbass.