This is @cat-o-nine-fails / @kaleidoru here! Spicy Kinky blog of Evil for stuff I do not want to post elsewhere to not blindside / alienate people.
There will be:
- general generic nudity / forms of undress
- BDSM-themes (leather, latex, collars, harnesses etc etc)
- ...more will be added as I think of them
complaints? tell it to someone who cares, this is the Evil Zone baybee
With the way UK law is going with censorship getting pushed harder and harder, I am not sure on the future of this blog. In case you didn't know, they're going to be pushing for client-side scanning of devices to intercept and block explicit media or writing.
Right now, this is being pushed as a thing that is only to target and prevent the spread of CSAM (which is fair, nobody would be against that) but this is an invasive overreach and I guarrantee it won't stop there. It'll likely false-flag things, or block perfectly normal and legal things. Just look how bad Tumblr's bot was/is where it would false flag the most random things as being 'explicit' when they weren't.
I've already made sure to get my hands on VPNs and Tor because the government is trying to ban / force age verification for those next (which defeats the point of anonymity / privacy) but if client-side scanning happens, unless people make programs to block and get around this tech, I'm unsure what will happen.
I'll keep this blog up, of course, I'm just not sure what will happen just yet going forward.
This year has not been kind. I lost my mother back in april. I was giving every bit of money I had towards making sure our bills were paid and we could afford her carers. We barely had anything, and I was left even less than that. I can't afford repairwork for things when they go wrong... which is what has happened now.
My shower unit has failed. It can cost between £160 for repairs to £500+ for a complete replacement and installation. I have health conditions that affect my skin, making it dry and prone to forming wounds, so I need access to a shower badly. I can use a relative's shower for the time being, but it's not easy for me to leave me house due to my conditions.
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Please consider buying one, or reblogging this. I would really appreciate it!
When someone is being submissive? Giving up some control? You respect that. They are trusting you, relying on you. Don’t fucking betray that trust. Educate yourself, be respectful and keep them safe.
When someone is dominating you, remember! Their comfort level is just as important as yours. They are relying on you to communicate your needs and problems. Don’t suffer something in silence because you want to make things easy or better.
PEOPLE ARE NOT KINK DISPENSERS. People are. People. With lives and feelings and emotions. Give your partners respect, because they are giving themselves to you.
Earlier this year, Itch.io and Steam had to take down games due to pressure from companies like Mastercard, Visa, Paypal, and Stripe.
Mastercard, Visa, and other payment processors are still targeting material they deem obscene - whether or not it actually is.
We need to start calling again. Even if you don't like NSFW stuff or dislike porn - porn and nsfw is only the start of what they'll go after.
Among Mastercard's list of "high fraud risk" subjects in relation to Mastercard Threat Intelligence are the following:
Vtubing
Adult Content (which they define very loosely)
Tabletop Games
Video Games & their platforms
And likely more.
They're likely targeting political activism now in addition to this, and people who speak out against the companies. Notably now, Ana Valens is repeatedly having her payment processing accounts and platforms taken down or flagged as potential fraud - Buy Me A Coffee, Throne, Ko-Fi, Patreon - and in some cases, customer support from these platforms are citing information that hasn't been put on their platforms when explaining why they've targeted her accounts.
Completely SFW accounts of hers have been targeted, likely due to her speaking up about what the payment processors are doing and because of what she makes as a creative. She is at risk of debanking.
Spoke to a second source familiar with what’s going on with paypro censorship toward me. It seems I’ve been blacklisted among paypros as a c
This happening to her means that other creators - Vtubers, game devs of both video games and tabletop games, creatives, sex workers - are likely at risk of the same. For many, it's already happening to them.
Companies and corporations should not have the power to censor what people say and do, or where their money goes - political power like this should not lie in their hands.
We need to start calling the payment processors again and making noise. Contact people in your circles, talk to people, spread the word. Contact your representatives about censorship laws. Spend less money this holiday season.
This is not just about sex work or NSFW. This is about people's right to decide what they spend their money on, and in some cases, people's right to access their finances. It's about creative expression and whether or not what we make gets censored, about what we get to say online.
Below are some resources that include info on phone numbers to call, email addresses belonging to the offending companies, and how to call. Start making noise again. Focus on the fact that companies should not have this power over what people spend their money on, at all.
TELL VISA, MASTERCARD, STRIPE, and PayPal to STOP
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. Th