Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialonion person @junlper.beer · 28/09/2025we must abolish ICE 21394881490
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Once again, the moderate position is for ICE to be abolished and Border Patrol to be gutted, and massive civil rights prosecutions leading to prison time. Anybody running on anything less is kicking the can down the road. 4230431015
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 28/09/2025I can’t tell you how much good could be done right now by average citizens socially cold-shouldering anyone tangentially working for ICE. 13994842208
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialdigby @digby56.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Nobody cares about the victims in the Dallas ICE shooting apparently. The first I've heard about one of them was on CNN today. He's fighting for his life in the hospital --- he was brought to the US when he was 13. He's 33 now. No criminal record. I just don't know what to say anymore. 121165195117
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens. Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America. 18143391310490
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Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialChristine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Hey, it would mean so much to me if y'all kept up the pressure with phone calls to payment processors to show to them how much people care and that they can't just ignore it—my livelihood depends on adult games not being censored! You can find info and phone scripts here: stop-paypros.neocities.orgstop-paypros.neocities.orgStop payment processors from censoring games! 1124241936
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Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialBrian Bergstrom @brianbergstrom.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Jeremy Tiang really hits the nail on the head here (as would be expected). Translation is caught between two forms of capitalist exploitation: using a per-word freelance structure to provide a bare minimum fee, and playing on its artistic nature to compel free ancillary labor alongside 215178
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialSargoth (gyromantically haberdashing iamb) @longersky.com · 27/08/2025let's gooooooooooo 114752
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialX ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 01/09/2025was thinking about this again and realized a fun way to sum it up:: "why is making an alternative impossible?" 1. who is behind the adult content ban? visa and mastercard. 2. whose logos appear on almost any payment card people would use to buy adult content? that's right, visa and mastercard. 14718
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2025The president is sending the military to control American cities and if you're a reporter who's framing that illegal power grab as "pushing the boundaries of constitutionality" or "acting boldly to fight crime" or whatever, please go find another line of work where you won't get us all killed. 470334749204
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialDave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I know, I know, but: The president of the US saying, literally, "we're going in" in reference to sending the military to an American city for no reason beyond terrorizing the local population should be the most immediately impeachable shit imaginable 6854063710791
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialjab lung @mobute.bsky.social · 02/09/2025you'd think the governor of illinois basically going "we're being invaded by an authoritarian" would be something you'd see real easy on the front page of most everything an hour later 110126322715
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialDreadXP @dreadxp.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Call 1-604-901-2336 to learn more about VILE: Exhumed Go to vileisbanned.com to grab VILE: Exhumed now! 07038
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialBlank Master 😘 Hypno-dom ✨ Washer of Brains @blankmaster.bsky.social · 12/08/2025I posted about this the other day, but just got around to playing it this evening. A very dark, but sadly familiar, story that explores themes of misogyny, and parasocial relationships. Definitely check it out (after viewing the content warnings), and support the developer. These stories matter. 13213
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I think one of the things people misunderstand about being anti-ChatGPT and related products is that they are being forced into institutions and other products and services in ways that affect all of our lives whether they work or *not* and we will all have to deal with the consequences 483343689
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/08/2025Every time you use ChatGPT or something like it, you’re helping to train an algorithm that is actually being developed to do things like this 221762816
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialACLU @aclu.org · 29/07/2025Steam and itch.io have removed thousands of video games in recent weeks deemed to be "adult content" in order to comply with strict rules from payment processors like Mastercard. These policies censor artists engaged in lawful speech. Mastercard shouldn't be the gatekeepers of our digital freedom.theguardian.comWhy did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces?Digital distribution platforms Steam and itch.io have tightened their rules about adult content – under pressure from payment processors. Why has this happened and where will it lead? 6875163547
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialFanatic's Bakery | Vartist @freakypops.bsky.social · 20/07/2025We need to fight for Adult content before its too late, Even if you don't believe in Furries or any of the fetishes banned through censorship, they won't stop until media entirely aren't allowed to show Anything these groups don't agree with. More info linked below www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...congress.gov 2434226
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialFanatic's Bakery | Vartist @freakypops.bsky.social · 20/07/2025There is a bill right now in the US trying to pass It would make it illegal for any financial service provider to prohibit or inhibit any legal transaction It's called the "Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.410 in the Senate" Call your representatives if you live in the US !!!! 5155784130
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialPronouns in BIOS @goosewho.games · 30/07/2025When I tried to purchase the new Queer Games Bundle, both my bank card (Visa Debit) and my credit card (Mastercard) rejected the transaction immediately. Only option that worked was payment direct from my bank account. I guess I have a direct example for these calls. 211642
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Notice how the initial, absurd story - police were frightened into ignoring sex crimes by Woke HR and the Guardian - was automatically believed. It was in the Times! It quoted senior police and politicians! Well, what if the paper is a malicious wingnut boobyhatch and these people were bullshitting. 6357117
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialstill mambo @strangeauthor.blacksky.app · 30/07/2025who tf calls someone a rapist for calling them about a concern 0559
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialPitchDarkEdge @pitchdarkedge.bsky.social · 30/07/2025A Stripe rep hung up on me when they realized they told me they're disallowing "LGBTQ content" in transactions, so either they're slipping up more or just being more honest about their real intentions. Keep the pressure up, keep calling, maybe start recording what they're telling you. 1539472463
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialWagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.bsky.social · 30/07/2025i just got this from PayPal. anyone have experience with this? I have no idea what triggered it 5728780
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialkat blackheart @gothfem.me · 30/07/2025i am Literally Begging somewhere to hire me please. i'm a generational talent for front-end web development, i have so much experience, i need someone to just take a shot on me instead of getting hit with automated rejections or a "you're too talented in things other than just engineering" 8349129
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialQuestionable Taste Hours @goodnighteye.bsky.social · 30/07/2025The ACLU picking up gamer censorship news is definitely breaking containment let's goooooo 1288130
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialDigi-Taya @digi-taya.bsky.social · 29/07/2025At first it was explained as "They're making them get rid of illegal content". But the fact that it's also been targeting LEGAL content is so messed up. Don't set a precedent for credit card companies having the power to decide what legal purchases people can or cannot make. 07413
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialH.K // デビル零 #PlayMoreVF @devilrei.bsky.social · 28/07/2025There has been a concerted, ongoing effort to launder regressive sexual concepts as being part of "social justice" by radfem and anti-porn groups, and it continues to sadden me how many young (and especially queer) folks just eat it up without question 3354118
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialCasey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 24/07/2025I'm mostly just boosting things that folks can do about this, how you can take action, because you should never assume that this is a foregone conclusion. It's not. None of it is. Never was. 310118
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialCerberusXt @cerberusxt.bsky.social · 13/07/2025When Superman saves Palestinian children. 5847851369
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialNitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 15/07/2025you've heard about the college kids who can't do anything without ChatGPT's help—but what about the students who oppose generative A.I. for myriad reasons and refuse to rely on it as a shortcut? well, I found and spoke with a few of them here: slate.com/life/2025/07...slate.comWhat It’s Like to Be a Student Who Hates ChatGPT“Everyone is using it”—almost everyone. 622295867
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialWorking Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 14/07/2025The United States summed up in two headlines. 5874522865
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Treating an illegitimate court as legitimate is just as corrosive to the rule of law as is treating a legitimate court as if it were illegitimate. 7722157
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 13/07/2025I wrote about being a person of privilege in a supremacist society while trying to oppose supremacy, and the some ideas on how best to avoid becoming an obstacle to that struggle. www.the-reframe.com/be-bolder-no...the-reframe.comBe Bolder, Not a BoulderAdvice to my fellow people of privilege on not being an obstacle. Part 1 of 2. 1031682
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Niccolaides when asked if he had read the books that the Red Deer School Board chair claims are part of a book ban list... "I don't have the time" #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 3182475695
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialCalgary Canuck @calgarycanuck.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Admitting you're not sufficiently literate to read a children's books is not the win you think it is. 219710
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialJade // ⌈Tautology⌋ ΘΔ& @tautology.systems · 10/07/2025I've been looking for work for almost a year. If you're looking for a creative writer, editor, library clerk, bookseller, or customer service rep, please reach out to hello [at] fionna from the inter [dot] net so we can talk! 18262
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/06/2025I'll also add that from a precedent perspective, Obergefell is one of the worst modern decisions ever written. There's a reason no one cites it. It's a jumbled mess that sets no constitutional review standard. It's still unclear what exactly the standard is for claims based on sexual orientation. 324316
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/06/2025The reason the Times has to focus so much on Chase Strangio as a scapegoat for Skrmetti is that the movement leaders running legal strategy were basically all the same cis ones who did marriage equality. The whole narrative falls apart when you realize that. 9770107
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialKye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 21/06/2025ICE is the cartel. They kidnap, cage, and traffic human beings without any due process or accountability. And they do it with your tax dollars. Burn it all down. 9138131071
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialAutumn Dryad ❥ ✊🏾 @kraehenherz.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Please help Maddie, it would mean the world to me! 11514
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 20/06/2025I really wish middle class journalists would STOP projecting their own racism onto working class people and I also wish they would type the word “white” as working class people are disproportionately people of colour 1028774
Reposted by @fermentingonline.bsky.socialMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 20/06/2025Just heard that Steph Richards has a meeting with Wes Streeting, who won't meet any legitimate widely supported trans community organisations whatsoever. Shameful that she's once again putting herself ahead of the community. 715921
