CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 19hIOW, if you are the kind of person who is worried about treating people ethically, you are *probably* the kind of person who will channel that worry into actions to actually treat people ethically. As you say, not a guarantee, but it's a start. 110
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Vi, this is beautiful in so many ways. 🥰 010
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Violet "Vi" Rollergirl • NYC🗽touring✈️ CHI 10/13-17, EXXXOTICA NJ @violetrollergirl.com · 05/10/2026This is ~6mos old now but I finally read this and some of the linked paper about de-anonymization. It emphasizes my points about "data linkability" in my Remaining Face-In guide for sex workers: violetrollergirl.com/resources/fo... TL;DR: Work personas aren't enough to protect your legal identity.simonlermen.substack.comLarge-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMsWe measure the capabilities of LLMs to deanonymize users online. 131
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Even in pain, Marcy is dropping life lessons for us all. Thanks, Marcy. 🫂 110
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈🏴☠️🏳️⚧️ antifa angel @narchy.lol · 25/09/2026Our similarities are more important than our differences 082
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Violet "Vi" Rollergirl • NYC🗽touring✈️ CHI 10/13-17, EXXXOTICA NJ @violetrollergirl.com · 23/09/2026I'm super excited for and grateful to @meetelenamarchetti.com for organizing another of my cryptocurrency workshops with me. In Chicago on October 14! If my provider guides feel overwhelming, come practice what's in them in person with me and your peers. Plus, get a starter $ZEC gift for learning!luma.comChicagoland ZECsy Workshop: Cryptocurrency for Providers · LumaCryptocurrency gets a bad rap and, in many situations, it’s deserved. Most of the “crypto” sector is just not relevant, not helpful, and not intended for us as… 1144
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Violet "Vi" Rollergirl • NYC🗽touring✈️ CHI 10/13-17, EXXXOTICA NJ @violetrollergirl.com · 24/09/2026I mean, sure, okay. 👍🏻 Don't NOT do this. But why must I have *permission* to transact with others in the first place? Start moving away from banks entirely by using payment apps that are technologically unable to ban and debank us even if they wanted. Consider: violetrollergirl.com/resources/fo...violetrollergirl.comUsing Cryptocurrency (for Sex Workers) • Violet Rollergirl • Hacker chic companionshipA series of articles written for providers about why and how to use privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies like Zcash and Monero. 011
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Debanked? Don’t stop at opening a new account. FSC’s free Debanking Checklist + Complaint Tool can help you file an official complaint so that regulators understand how often lawful adult workers and businesses are losing access to financial services. www.freespeechcoalition.com/blog/did-you... 3170167
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈OneBlueIris, Tapatío Temptress @oneblueiris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sex workers are allowed to have boundaries. 16664151
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/10/2025This weekend, the UN Cybercrime Treaty opens for signatures, and the stakes for global digital freedom have never been higher. States must refuse to sign the Convention.eff.orgJoint Statement on the UN Cybercrime Convention: EFF and Global Partners Urge Governments Not to SignEFF and a coalition of civil society organizations have urged UN Member States not to sign the UN Convention Against Cybercrime. For those that move forward despite these warnings, we urge them to tak... 110361
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It didn't matter if CBP officer Luis Uribe's victims were sex workers, a prosecutor told jurors this week. It's possible for a sex worker to be raped, he told them. "Sex workers," he said, "can be credible." The jury agreed. From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...chicago.suntimes.comCustoms officer guilty of using gun, badge to sexually assault women in Chicago suburbsJurors concluded that U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Luis Uribe sexually assaulted four sex workers in 2022, convicting him of a series of crimes that could put him in prison for the rest ... 10676199
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Lorelei Lee (they/them) @loreleilee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And we can't have reproductive freedom or trans rights without sex workers' rights. The connection should be obvious. 07227
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it. 6672972107
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈⚡⚡MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE⚡⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In case you need to hear it: The world is burning, fascism has surged, and ain't none of us gonna live forever. Do The Thing. If it's not harming someone, Do The Thing, even if it's weird or pervy or scary or weird or kinda fucked up. Don't die wondering. 429483
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Thanks for posting this. More people should be Doing The Thing for themselves, IMO even if the world wasn't burning. 120
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Violet "Vi" Rollergirl • NYC🗽touring✈️ CHI 10/13-17, EXXXOTICA NJ @violetrollergirl.com · 14/09/2026Putting my existence on a ballot also turns me into a single issue voter. Anyone with time to berate us for this could instead choose to berate the politicians into regaining our votes. Choosing otherwise is not politics, it is violence. You become the useful idiots who do fascist's work for them. 1122
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Violet "Vi" Rollergirl • NYC🗽touring✈️ CHI 10/13-17, EXXXOTICA NJ @violetrollergirl.com · 14/09/2026"Crypto" is no monolith and "targeting" it as such could just destroy one of the most necessary survival tools for especially disenfranchised people including but not limited to trans people who need access to DIY HRT, sex workers who have been debanked, refugees across sanctioned borders, and more.violetrollergirl.comUsing Cryptocurrency (for Sex Workers) • Violet Rollergirl • Hacker chic companionshipA series of articles written for providers about why and how to use privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies like Zcash and Monero. 051
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 14/09/2026If you are a sex worker, I hope you feel some pride and I hope you feel supported, today and every day. ☂️ #sexworkerprideday 050
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Violet "Vi" Rollergirl • NYC🗽touring✈️ CHI 10/13-17, EXXXOTICA NJ @violetrollergirl.com · 12/09/2026Counterpoints: 1. tryst.link/blog/why-im-... 2. nbtv.substack.com/p/how-to-act... 3. violetrollergirl.com/resources/fo... Many cyber pros say crypto is only useful for fraud because they've only ever seen fraudsters use crypto. 🙄 It's as idiotic as saying only pedophiles use Tor. While using Tor.tryst.linkWhy I'm Telling All Sex Workers to Use CryptoViolet Rollergirl explains whys she thinks cryptocurrency can be a game-changer for sex workers wanting to protect their privacy, and how she avoid crypto "hype." 2134
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Avery Angel 🪽 [NSFW] @awaywithavery.com · 12/09/2026Cryptocurrency (well, zcash) is good for privacy. Privacy is not just for “criminals,” it is good (essential) for everyone; it’s a *human right.* As Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike noted, we should *all* have something hide: moxie.org/2013/06/12/w...moxie.orgWe Should All Have Something To HideSuddenly, it feels like 2000 again. Back then, surveillance programs like Carnivore, Echelon, and Total Information Awarenesshelped spark a surge in electronic privacy awareness. Now a decade later,... 052
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Violet "Vi" Rollergirl • NYC🗽touring✈️ CHI 10/13-17, EXXXOTICA NJ @violetrollergirl.com · 10/09/2026It is easier to convince yourself that the median voter wants you to cave on trans rights if you, yourself, are unsure about whether trans rights are for people worthy of rights. Cowardice and bigotry are always cut from the same cloth. One's politics are an effect, not the cause, of one's ethics. 192
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I sometimes wonder whether the bigotry or cowardice comes first -- were they looking to take the bigoted position and saw a politically expedient way to get there, or did they chicken out when their rise to power seemed at risk? But then I realize it doesn't matter as the end result is the same. 😠 220
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 10/09/2026static.klipy.comAnimated Hand Gestures with Cartoon FaceAlt: Cartoon face with an animated hand giving a thumbs up to the below message, indicating agreement with Vi, who might just be always right. 000
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 09/09/2026And that's not even counting the debanking that happens to people engaged in unambiguously legal activity like running an OnlyFans page. I wish more people understood that privacy in communication and money is for everyone. 100
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 09/09/2026One often hears an argument that people don't need privacy if they don't have anything to hide/aren't doing anything illegal. That's bullshit, but even on its own terms, who gets to decide what (or who!) is illegal? As shown here, what's legal now can too easily become "illegal" by fiat. 110
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 08/09/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 0335256
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 07/09/2026😉 Well, you do post a lot about sports trans (complimentary). 021
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Today's Labor Day and sex work is work. Ladies, I encourage you to reply with your shielded @z.cash addresses so admirers 😉 can show their appreciation, privately. If you don't have a zcash address, see @violetrollergirl.com's excellent guides. Admirers, you know what to do! RT for visibility.violetrollergirl.comUsing Cryptocurrency (for Sex Workers) • Violet Rollergirl • Hacker chic companionshipA series of articles written for providers about why and how to use privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies like Zcash and Monero. 041
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Violet "Vi" Rollergirl • NYC🗽touring✈️ CHI 10/13-17, EXXXOTICA NJ @violetrollergirl.com · 05/09/2026Relatedly, I'm often told by (cis) workers that your clients read and appreciate my resources, not just about crypto but opsec generally: violetrollergirl.com/resources/ I've struggled with how to phrase this so I'll just be direct: your clients should be tipping me. NONE of them have EVER done so.violetrollergirl.comResources • Violet Rollergirl • Hacker chic companionshipViolet's portal page for free cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and other informational resources for sex workers and our clients or customers. 1207
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 26/08/2026That story took a turn! Still sorry for your losses, but happy you're getting what helps you feel better. 110
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Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Violet "Vi" Rollergirl • NYC🗽touring✈️ CHI 10/13-17, EXXXOTICA NJ @violetrollergirl.com · 25/08/2026Move slowly and care about things. 0103
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Evie★NYC @meetevienyc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026i enjoy being clear in my communication - about boundaries, about what i love, about my wishes + desires etc. the men i enjoy spending time with also love this. they often tell me how this is both reassuring and hot. and i feel the same! i adore chatty men 1214
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈♍ Bee 🐝 @sweetbee.vip · 21/08/2026Identity and age verification are solving two different [overlapping] problems My concern is mostly with age verification where systems becoming more and more censored as they are forcing invasions of privacy in order to access content/information 131
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You should be proud of this well-written report and the important work it documents. Let's hope it has an impact of broadening awareness beyond the sex worker (and ally) communities of these discriminatory actions by the financial industry. 110
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Lorelei Lee (they/them) @loreleilee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Really proud of this community-led participatory research paper, Closed Without Warning: Material Marginalization of People in the Sex Trades, describing sex workers' experiences with financial discrimination: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comClosed Without Warning: Material Marginalization of People in the Sex TradesThe exclusion of sex workers from financial services raises critical concerns about justice, autonomy, and economic rights. Sex workers report increased vulnera 1209
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 20/08/2026💯 agree. Also can't scream bodily autonomy with a footnote that says unless you want to change your sex or gender. 050
CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈 @crover98.bsky.social · 11/08/2026I for one find your takes, especially about our trans friends, to be very ❤️🔥 HOT ❤️🔥 takes. 000
Reposted by CRover ~~ ally 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈Violet "Vi" Rollergirl • NYC🗽touring✈️ CHI 10/13-17, EXXXOTICA NJ @violetrollergirl.com · 09/08/2026I didn't make it clear enough in my first post about this that if you are a companion or a creator who accepts @z.cash ($ZEC) at least for deposits and you want to be listed in this part of my cryptocurrency education guides for clients and customers, get in touch! Inclusion criteria is pretty lax:violetrollergirl.comFinding Providers Who Take Cryptocurrency • Violet Rollergirl • Exquisite trans courtesanExamples and suggestions for finding providers who accept cryptocurrency and who help keep your financial dealings private. 011