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things I would do if you're a nsfw/kink creative now because I've been eerily prescient about every single wave:

a) get a personal site with your own domain you own. now. not a carrd or third party squarespace. not next week. now. get it online with ugly-ass html but get your links there.

b) if you have the money: join one or multiple of eff.org / cbldf.org / freespeechcoalition.com

partly because they're actively fighting this, partly because they have members-only Lawyers You Might Need. Hint. Hint. Canary.

c) Write Down Those Lawyer Contact Numbers in meatspace. phone number of a real human being especially on paper, On You.

I have been in contact with lawyers for a few months now as my doujin circle knows. this should be telling you Many Things.

d) www.ecrater.com is where i'm going to be tentatively testing a shop because i like the fact you can *not* have payment processes and order digital/physical products via purely mail order.

(... be prepared for this to fall through too in the next 1-6 months.)

e) friends and followers of nsfw artists who earn most of their income through it: now's the time to support them. they're going to need the grace and financial flexibility especially mental health wise. domain/shop transfer/refund/therapy bills ain't free.

check in on them, and often.

f) get a VPN, use it daily to acclimatize, have them on your hard drive, several VPN's preferable. this is for the age verification laws coming. Start reading up on secure, privacy-focused infrastructure (prioritize email > website > shop in that order).

eff.org has a *ton* of resources.

g) prepare for discord and tumblr to be hit in the next wave. have alternatives *and actively start using them* if they're mission critical platforms for you.

I've played with matrix though I quite fancy IRC. if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I say these things not to fearmonger but to give yourself the maximum amount of time to prepare. the pendulum *will* swing back. it did with the 80's moral panic. it will for this too.

you just have to outlast the bastards.

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Americans, if you donate at least $60 to PBS, you get access to Passport, their streaming service.

The $60 can be a one time donation (access for a year) or $5 a month. (Or of course, you donate more if you have it.)

Passport streams all the PBS programming, so documentaries, mysteries, musical programs, and news that you can get through PBS. Like Grantchester or Wolf Hall or other period dramas, or Ken Burns docs, or cooking shows, travel shows, Lucy Worsley stuff, mysteries, Jane Austen. All the nerdy things!

You also will occasionally get notices about local events where you, as a PBS member, can get in free or discounted to museums or concerts in your area.

This is just a bonus. You can also just donate whatever, whenever you feel like it.

You select a local PBS station but your donation goes across the entire system. You can do monthly or one time.

Also some employers will match donations. Your employer might!

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writing omegaverse CPR because apparently that's how my brain expresses itself these days

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WIP Big Bang Claims (Round 2): Arcane: League of Legends

Form and instructions can be found at link below!

Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) #006 Title: Pairing/Characters: Silco/Vander, Silco & Vi, Silco & Jinx Rating: Mature | M Warnings/Tags: Chooses not to use Warnings while there aren't scenes of graphic violence happening in the fic, there are references to past violence and the aftermath of that violence (description of injuries & long term healing, both physically and mentally). this fic also tackles the aftermath of domestic violence between the main pair, and it is ultimately a reconciliation fic where they get back together after years apart, and again while the domestic violence incident itself does not happen in the fic, the lasting trauma from it is referenced throughout and it IS a major point of discussion between various characters throughout, including between the main pair. Summary: The working title for this wip was 'parent trap au (remix)' because it is, mainly, a fic about Vi & Powder purposefully meddling to figure out what happened between Silco and Vander and how to get them back together. It's set in a modern au, and Silco and Vander are separated and have split custody of the girls. Years after the split, when they're older, Vi wants to switch places with Powder in order to interrogate Silco and try to understand the life her sister has been living, why she went with him instead of staying with her and Vander. Powder is entirely on board with using the opportunity to try and get Silco and Vander to meet again after years apart. Conveniently, the Distinguished Innovator's Competition is fast approaching, and it becomes the perfect bait in order to get the two in the same spot. But of course, is it ever just that simple?

#007 Title: all bleeding stops eventually Pairing/Characters: Caitlyn Kiramman/Vi Rating: Explicit | E Warnings/Tags: Chooses not to use Warnings. This is a The Pitt fusion. Summary: Oil and water, upper city and the fissures, EMTs and ER doctors. They don't mix. But enough agitation can emulsify just about anything. And if there's one thing the Pitt has in spades, it's agitation.

#008 Title: coffee at midnight (you are in love) Pairing/Characters: Mel Medarda/Vi Rating: Explicit | E Warnings/Tags: No Warnings apply Not Jayce Talis friendly Summary: Vi never enjoys bodyguarding for famous clients. They’re always rich, entitled, and demanding. When she gets assigned to guard the world-famous singer Mel Medarda, suffice to say she’s not exactly thrilled.

She expects a lot of things from the job – money, travel, and a giant pain in her ass...but she never expected to fall in love.

--Or, a popstar Mel x bodyguard Vi au--

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Mastercard and visa have reported to a couple news outlets that they are currently being swamped with calls and complaints. Keep up the pressure and try to (politely) insist that you leave a complaint via phone instead of letting the rep direct you to emails. It's way easier to be overwhelmed by a much smaller number of calls so each one counts for a bit more!

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AU concept: Luo bingge, who knows about that other binghe's shen (yuan) qingqiu, but has no clue how shen jiu BECAME that, regresses back to his days in cang qiong. There, he has to wrangle his own oversexed habits, his new fixation on nice!shizun, and the reality that he's definitely dealing with shen jiu

I have read many iterations of this basic concept and I am a sucker for it every time. so much fun for so many reasons and the massive gap between Luo Bingge's understanding (or lack thereof) of the situation and what is actually going on, combined with Luo Bingge's supreme confidence in himself as Protagonist who is supposed to be able to make anything happen (not going to let one little soul-crushing defeat change that conviction, no sir), combined with Shen Jiu's...everything...is, well.

crunch crunch.

so anyway! I have seen versions of this where Luo Bingge time travels on purpose, but I think this is more fun if it just happens. bam, my dude, welcome back to your hellish childhood! but hey, Bingge figures, at least this time he knows what is coming and can play the system and maybe figure out how to get himself his very own nice!Shizun. if the other him did it before then there has to be a way for the (better) him to also do it. anything I can do I can also do better, or something.

on the other hand: yeah. there's also now a fully grown man with fully grown mental issues existing in the body of a child, and this is a bit of a problem. a limiting factor, for one thing, in what he's actually capable of - he might be aware of the fact that he is a very special boy but he's still a boy. and yeah. there's the whole "got used to being able to have any beauty he (thought he) wanted" and that is now not the case. Ning Yingying likes him! but she also currently likes him sort of like a baby brother and five minutes ago she was his wife, so.

and then there's Shizun. who is very definitely not nice!Shizun. very definitely the same mean!Shizun that Bingge remembers from the first time around doing this. recapitulating childhood trauma for a second time for fun and profit, Bingge! but he can Rise From Adversity and Make It Work, surely. he Will have his very own nice!Shizun! he decrees it so.

part of what's going on here is, also: I don't think Luo Bingge really thinks of most people around him as, like, real people, and I say that with all the lack of judgment I can possibly have. I think Bingge has gotten used to living in the world Airplane built that revolves entirely around him to the point where everyone around him warps accordingly. that "protagonist energy" thing except the world you live in constantly reifies that you are, in fact, the protagonist. so therefore it is natural! that he can and will get what he wants, it's just a matter of figuring out how. since he was very young, Bingge has never met a foe he couldn't defeat or a woman who wouldn't fall into bed with him. hardships aren't an inevitability but a thing to be overcome.

or, well, they'd better be that because otherwise maybe his terrible childhood starts to look not like a period of adversity he had to endure to become strong but just meaningless suffering.

meanwhile I feel like Shen Jiu, professional paranoid, has little alarm bells pinging every time he looks at baby Bingge (who is probably often looking at him), going SOMETHING! IS! WRONG! and this is not going to help his generalized baseline loathing of this kid. HOWEVER, it might make him more cautious and warier - less I am going to crush you like a bug and more you are a dangerous possibly poisonous insect whose precise nature needs to be identified. this is not going to make him nicer, exactly, but it does mean he's less focused on aforementioned crushing and more on the identification part.

also possibly motivated to just like. get Bingge the hell out of his peak and make him someone else's problem entirely, but the plot's not going to let him get away with that.

and meanwhile meanwhile, baby Bingge tromping around in Shen Jiu's dreams trying to do his own little dissection/vivisection because if he can pin down what makes his mean Shizun mean then maybe he can change the inputs and fix it. this is not going to go well. for anyone.

feels like eventually we end up at the Endless Abyss and Bingge does just straight up drag Shen Jiu in with him.

honest to god I have no idea how I would resolve this one or play the scenario out but it would be a wild ride along the way! I think the two most interesting things in play for me here (other than the inherent crunch crunch of everything about bingjiu always) is the aspect I mentioned above where Bingge has effectively dehumanized everyone else around him and the one where Shen Jiu does see people as human but believes in the fundamental rottenness of humanity as a whole. and how that interacts with, like. questions of agency and trauma and the vortex of violence. idk. there's a reason I just think about bingjiu all the time and haven't written it.

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My sister sent this to me, and as a lesbian in MA I can't say anything lmao

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Steam, Itch.io and the banning of explicit and LGBT+ Content. What can we do?

[All images in this post have alt/id text if you need it or want to copy paste anything]

With no warning, Itch.io, a site where many host their indie games, comics, books and more, has started purging and shadowbanning explicit and LGBT+ works. Creators got no warning. And if they were still owed payouts from these works, Itch.io is saying they won't give them their money as they 'broke the rules'. Rules that were only just set in place, with no warning, and therefore no way for creators to try and draw out their money or delete these 'offending' works before they got banned under the new rules.

So Itch.io has been the most recent to fall to the demands of a group that's been contacting Visa and Mastercard and convincing them to threaten sites/businesses with 'stop selling what we consider to be explicit content on your sites of we'll stop allowing your site to have transactions with Visa and Mastercard'. Steam folded, and now Itchio has too. And a reminder earlier this year Gumroad also stopped allowing explicit content, further back than that Patreon banned some kinks and fetishes even if it's depicted in fiction not real life, and I don't have to explain to you guys the great Tumblr explicit content ban of 2018.

And as always remember this doesn't stop with sexually explicit work as LGBT+ stories and people are often labelled as explicit and already we're seeing works being taken off Itch.io that are about LGBT+ and especially trans stories. Other non-sexually explicit works I've seen already getting shadowbanned, delisted or deleted are SFW games featuring furries/anthros, SFW dress up games (because when you take the clothes the model is nude), and the aforementioned SFW games that include LGBT+ characters and stories.

I'm compiling here information I've seen around various social medias, mostly Bluesky, because I haven't seen all these things shared over here.

I don't personally have explicit content on itch, but I had been considering one day selling things on there and I do currently have explicit content on my Patreon, my main source of income, and am terrified that Patreon is going to fold next (if anyone knows alterative for hosting audio content behind a paid subscription service please let me know so I can start maybe making a back-up in case the worst happens). Because for me personally if Patreon goes next, it's not like I can go out and easily get another job. Not only because in general finding and getting a job is difficult enough, but I'm autistic and have chronic pain and have been constantly getting sick or new pains over the last few years and don't feel safe being trans in the UK right now and all of that combined rules me out of a lot of jobs and makes me feel unsafe to apply to any. I'm so grateful I've been able to make a community around my work, but if Patreon caves next and I just leave my SFW posts on Patreon... 10% of my Patreons are signed up to the SFW tier, 90% are signed up to the explicit tier... I know if Patreon caves I will go from someone living comfortably who's searching to move out of my parents so I can live in a safer environment to someone who can no longer even afford the rent I pay to my parents. I'll try and get an alterative found and set up in case that happens and I can only hope you guys will follow me to whatever other site I have to set up... but it feels unlikely that people will get a whole new account on a whole new payment provider just to support me on a website they might never have heard of...

But what can we do right now?

A petition you can sign (international but you do have to give your name, email, and postal/zip code):

Get calling:

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372

MasterCard (UK): 0800 964 767

Mastercard (International.): +1-636-722-7111

Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911 / 1-800-VISA-911

Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440

Visa (UK) : 0800 891 725 or use their international call collect +1 303 967 1096

Visa (International): (call collect - it costs them $): +1-303-967-1096

PayPal (US): 1-888-221-1161

PayPal (UK): 0800 358 7911 from landline, +44 203 901 7000 mobile

PayPal (International): 1-402-935-2050

(numbers gathered from these posts X X X )

Don't know what to say on the phone? Here's a script written by timidtanuki:

Creators have had their work removed off Itch.io with no warning and since it's been removed for 'breaking the rules' (rules that were suddenly in place with no warning) they aren't entitled to get their payouts. Just like other sites such as Youtube and Twitch and Etsy, Itch.io hold onto money from their users in a wallet and then give them payouts. So there is money creators have made, are owed, that Itch.io is not giving to them.

People are recommending that if you still have works on Itch.io to turn down the revenue sharing to 0% so that Itch.io no longer takes a cut or your money if you no longer want to support Itchi.io finically but don't want to remove your works from their platform. X

Other Bluesky posts and calls to action I've seen:

radiantg.bsky.social is asking for anyone on Itch.io who got their game deindexed, removed , or payouts turned off to reach out to them (espeically if you make explicit and/or LGBT+ games) for a piece of journalism about what is happening.

sleepyhart.bsky.social is making a threat of all the games that Itch.io has censored/removed from their site search function. Obviously be aware this will include 18+ only games, games with sexual content and other dark or heavy themes.

thetransfemininereview.com wants you to reach out to them if you're a trans creator on Itch.io who is being affected by this so they can make an accurate report. they say 'authors' in their post and I'm unsure if they also want game devs to reach out.

dropdownbear.bsky.com wants you to reach out if you have purchased things on Itch.io that you can now no longer access because of this ban. they can include them in a report being filed with the Australian Consumer Commission as this may be a violation of Australian Consumer rights. If you are Australian you can no longer access things you purchased of Itch.io you can report directly with this guide.

It's a scary time for adult creators and sex workers. It's a scary time to be trans. Support creators. And if anyone knows of any alternate payment providers that allow explicit work, and/or alternate websites to Itch (and in case things get worse, also give me Patreon alternates please) where people can host, sell and/or offer paid subscriptions to writing, images, videos, audios, games and more please leave them in the replies. And please help share this post, the posts I'm linking too, and any other resources you can find.

Minors DNI. Ageless blogs DNI. I want resources and help but I don't reply to this post or follow this blog if you're under 18, this is an explicit blog and not for anyone under 18.

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Round 2 Of WIP Big Bang Claims Is Open!

Round 2 of the claims lists WIP Big Bang are now live! There are two pages worth of summaries to choose from, and the form to submit your choices are on the summary lists. Round 2 claims for WIPBB is open until July 31st.

You may claim up to two projects for each claims list this round (ie, you may claim up to two fics for WIPBB and up to two art projects for WIPRB), and you do not have to already be a participant of WIPBB or WIPRB to pick up a fic or an art project to claim. Claims are on a first come first served basis.

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Round 2 Of WIP Reverse Bang Claims Is Open!

Round 2 of the claims lists WIP Reverse Bang are now live! There are many summaries to choose from, and the form to submit your choices are on the summary list. Round 2 claims for WIPRB is open until July 31st.

You may claim up to two projects for each claims list this round (ie, you may claim up to two fics for WIPBB and up to two art projects for WIPRB), and you do not have to already be a participant of WIPBB or WIPRB to pick up a fic or an art project to claim. Claims are on a first come first served basis.

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cooking while chronically ill

baking with arthritis or other chronic hand pain

living with chronic migraines

adhd meal plan

chronic pain tips

getting yourself to eat

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WIP Big Bang/WIP Reverse Bang Check-In #3 Is Live!

Check-in #3 will be open from July 22nd to July 29th. Please remember it is open to both WIPBB and WIPRB participants and is optional.

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I saw this and I thought Tumblr might enjoy it

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hey everybody, rent is coming due in 10 days and I'm starting to get scared. I'm back to work but my next paycheck is not going to be nearly enough and we're also going to need to eat, let alone cover other bills. if we can get 600 for rent, plus 400 to cover the electric bill, and ~300 for food, I think we'll be OK. please reblog if you can't donate! you can also check out my wife's ebay shop, I'll link that in a reblog

venmo: @willow-weatherall

cashapp: $painapplepie

paypal: @painapplepie

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Hey, scum villain fans and fan artists?

There are a TON of SVSSS WIPs here looking to be claimed by an artist!

Yes one of them is mine, yes, I would LOVE to get art for it. (Just ask and I’ll tell you which one it is.)

So far this has been a very chill, laid back exchange. And! You don’t have to already be signed up to claim something!

Click on link 2 above, scroll down to almost the end of the list, and start browsing some incredible SVSSS food.

Then make note of your top three by NUMBER, go back to the top of the list, and click the google form to submit your claims in order of preference!

Round 1 Of WIP Big Bang Art Claims Is Open!

The claims lists for the 2025 round of WIP Big Bang is open! The form to submit your choices are on both the summary lists (we have two pages of summaries for WIPBB). Round 1 claims for both events are open until July 24th.