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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 1d

Man it really sucks that people heard “Jews and Israelis aren’t synonymous” and interpreted that to mean “you can be as antisemitic as you want if you just say Israeli instead of Jewish”

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Chris Miller @iamcurious.bsky.social · 7d

WOW....👀👀👀

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SeanH @drunkondespair.bsky.social · 7d

Why not? Ciao, babies.

#StrikeForMutualAid 🍉 Cockroach Queer Trans Kafka 🦇⚧️ @alexpetrovnia.bsky.social · 10d

I OFFICIALLY CALL BLUESKY USERS TO DO A MUTUAL AID / DIRECT SUPPORT POSTER'S STRIKE.

No content except things that directly support marginalized people.

Flood the site with the people Jay would love to forget she is personally killing.

And nothing else.

#StrikeForMutualAid

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 10d

You could try a poster’s strike. I hear that works

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Charlotte the Host Origami @carolotta.me · 7d

evidently łink was loadbearing. maybe he should'nt have been, but that's a skill issue on management's part

they're hollowing out the utility of this place

-𝚖𝚘𝚡 ❆ ☃︎︎ ❆ @moxiest.art · 7d

"why is this dipshit in our feed??"

oh, Link's modlists aren't here anymore

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Atalanta Pendragonne (They/Them) @atalanta.bsky.social · 7d

Not just @postingtreyf .

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Wendigo Wires 👻 @joparkerbear.bsky.social · 7d

Solidarity with the many accounts who actually have been canceled by an egomaniacal, unhinged Jay Gruber, who can’t take a hint of criticism over her poor decisions

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Atalanta Pendragonne (They/Them) @atalanta.bsky.social · 7d

I never got a response to my attempts to appeal the "rude" label I got slapped with... feels like a pattern.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 7d

Here is how I appealed the suspension. It took them about an hour to respond. All in all I was down for about 4 hours.

Hello, I have been suspended for a post accusing me of threatening violence. If you look at the thread the post is part of, 1 am describing the evangelical belief system about the rapture, which includes the mass murder of Jews.
I, a Jew, was not making threats against Jews.
I, a Jew, was educating about the dangers that the evangelical community poses to Jews in order to *protect us*
This is obviously and clearly not a threat or an excuse for suspension.
Please reinstate my account.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 7d

Amanda shared already but here’s the post they suspended me for. It’s ~ two weeks old. And let’s be very clear: we don’t actually know why this happened. Was it a reporting brigade? A weird delayed automated mod AI action? The timing is definitely suspicious I can’t lie.

"All the Jews have to die or convert to trigger the rapture. Then our dead bodies surround Jerusalem and they climb over us to reach Jesus, who will bring them to heaven. It's why they're all Zionists obsessed with Israel.
Cause they need Jews to go there so we can die"
This post violates our Community Guidelines regarding violent or threatening speech. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
• Threats of violence or physical harm: This includes threats or encouragement of violence against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public.
• Incitement of self-harm or suicide: Content that encourages self-harm or suicide.
• Wishes of harm: Expressions of a desire for harm directed at a specific person or group.
In addition, users may not use
Bluesky
I TO
break the law or cause harm to others. All users must be treated with respect.
As a result of these violations, your post has been taken down, and your account has been suspended for 24 hours.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7d

also just feels important to point out that after a whole wave of trans users were suspended for pointing out JK Rowling’s transphobia, now apparently we are suspending Jewish users for pointing out Christian Zionists’ antisemitism

the pattern is, uh

not subtle

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 7d

it is genuinely shocking how much rage @jay.bsky.team and the devs seem to have for their user base. suspending Erin Biba over an old post just because she’s been criticizing you is deeply fucked up. fix this shit.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Synn Frost 🏳️‍⚧️ @synnfrost.bsky.social · 7d

This is fucking ridiculous....

John Breen’s Body @acab.dad · 7d

This is the image and the alt text that got Link permabanned from Bluesky servers

A reply with an image; alt text reads: 'Charlie Kirk sitting in a white T-shirt that says
"Freedom." A negative consequence follows!

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Atalanta Pendragonne (They/Them) @atalanta.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah. Anything I say is hidden. Tried appealing, crickets. I wonder how many people without a big following are being quietly erased like me.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 7d

Unlike Jesus, I have returned.

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 7d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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Atalanta Pendragonne (They/Them) @atalanta.bsky.social · 7d

I'm glad.

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#StrikeForMutualAid 🍉 Cockroach Queer Trans Kafka 🦇⚧️ @alexpetrovnia.bsky.social · Sep 12

As is literally cracking jokes about Charlie Kirk, who definitionally cannot be harmed by them bc he is dead

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pata-hikari.bsky.social @pata-hikari.bsky.social · Sep 12

Meanwhile wishing ill on JK Rowling is actionable

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RI Smith @rismith.bsky.social · Sep 11

Or when Jay refused to acknowledge a user who used the n-word in their username until investors revolted. Or when she said that a user telling a black person to die didn't break the rules because it wasn't a specific threat.

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Wootmaster @wootmaster.bsky.social · Sep 11

PS: this is not the first time bluesky has followed marching orders from nazis.

You'll remember that @rose.bsky.team was caught following an account on twitter created to target and harass users on bluesky, particularly trans women.

Also that time they protected S*ngal from their own TOS

Screenshot of rose.bsky.team following Libsofbluesky

screenshot of safety.bsky.app that reads "We do not currently take action on accounts that share Bluesky screenshots with commentary, unless that commentary violates our Guidelines yadda yadda"

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 7d

So basically the people who run this place are targeting my friends - cool, cool

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 7d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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Atalanta Pendragonne (They/Them) @atalanta.bsky.social · 7d

I've been hidden under a "rude" label for about a month, I think there's a growing trend.

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Atalanta Pendragonne (They/Them) @atalanta.bsky.social · 7d

Damn my "rude" label might have been part of a growing trend.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 7d

I desperately want it to work here. I cane here FOR people like Link because Elon chased us all away.

This bums me out.

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 7d

Hey, @jay.bsky.team.

As a disabled person, it's disheartening to see one of the foundational pushers of alt text, a Black STEM voice, a queer advocate, and a huge voice for the disabled community gone over a poor taste joke.

Having Link here is good for so many people.

Please reconsider?

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Expensive Fjord (Neovagina Evangelion) @gammarae.design · 7d

Aaron and Jay trying so hard to fabricate evidence to absolve them of their lack of professionalism that they themselves forgot that we can literally look at the alt text as it was and see they're making this shit up.

They are so bad at their own jobs they forgot how the protocol works.

Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 7d

Important update, with emails sent 9 hours apart,

Link said the alt text they gave in email isn’t him. He does not write in all lowercase .

Screenshot of text message sent just now of him replying to me.

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Rie @gftomatoes.bsky.social · 7d

This ain't it, @jay.bsky.team

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 7d

The all-knowing bsky mods gave Erin Biba a 24 hour suspension for a months-old skeet about Christian Zionism, and I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that this happened when she’s been vocally criticizing Jay

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