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Do emails that notify the account owner of suspension currently mention which specific post triggered the suspension? (Because if not, they really should…)
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Do emails that notify the account owner of suspension currently mention which specific post triggered the suspension? (Because if not, they really should…)
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Sarah’s THEY KNEW is literally about how the pervasive lack of transparency and accountability in governance makes conspiracy theories thrive and destroys civic trust. Feels a little on the nose.
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Sarah’s THEY KNEW is literally about how the pervasive lack of transparency and accountability in governance makes conspiracy theories thrive and destroys civic trust. Feels a little on the nose.
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Sarah Kendzior has never violated a TOS in her life. She doesn't even engage in back and forth arguments with other users. I don't know what she could possibly have done to be suspended. What the hell, @safety.bsky.app?
November 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Sarah Kendzior has never violated a TOS in her life. She doesn't even engage in back and forth arguments with other users. I don't know what she could possibly have done to be suspended. What the hell, @safety.bsky.app?
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@pfrazee.com why was Sarah Kendzior suspended?
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
@pfrazee.com why was Sarah Kendzior suspended?
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durbin sucks ass, of course, but it's telling of the rest of the senate dems that he has been allowed to be the senate whip for the party the entire time. this is the guy who's supposed to get *other* people in line
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
durbin sucks ass, of course, but it's telling of the rest of the senate dems that he has been allowed to be the senate whip for the party the entire time. this is the guy who's supposed to get *other* people in line
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Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Abolish the Senate. I am absolutely dead serious.
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Smoke Signal is an event & RSVP platform built on ATProto.
@ngerakines.me just dropped a massive upgrade for organizers & attendees - a new design, profiles, rich text, integrated email notifications, private content for attendees, verified RSVPs, and even MCP support.
@ngerakines.me just dropped a massive upgrade for organizers & attendees - a new design, profiles, rich text, integrated email notifications, private content for attendees, verified RSVPs, and even MCP support.
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Smoke Signal is an event & RSVP platform built on ATProto.
@ngerakines.me just dropped a massive upgrade for organizers & attendees - a new design, profiles, rich text, integrated email notifications, private content for attendees, verified RSVPs, and even MCP support.
@ngerakines.me just dropped a massive upgrade for organizers & attendees - a new design, profiles, rich text, integrated email notifications, private content for attendees, verified RSVPs, and even MCP support.
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care
This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person
They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
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SCOOP: YouTube deleted accounts of 3 major Palestinian human rights organizations— Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights — as a part of the Trump admin's campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes. ✍🏽w/ Nikita Mazurov
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
SCOOP: YouTube deleted accounts of 3 major Palestinian human rights organizations— Al-Haq, Al Mezan, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights — as a part of the Trump admin's campaign to stifle accountability for alleged Israeli war crimes. ✍🏽w/ Nikita Mazurov
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
theintercept.com/2025/11/04/y...
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It's insane that this even needs to be said.
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme. He spent a month in jail.
The 61-year-old Tennessee man plans to sue after authorities dropped charges over a political Facebook post. Free-speech advocates say it’s a symptom of a wider crackdown.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's insane that this even needs to be said.
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
“A free country does not dispatch police in the dead of night to pull people from their homes because a sheriff objects to their social media posts,” @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social speaking to @willoremus.com.
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Smash your Ring doorbell to pieces first thing today if you haven’t already.
Oakland PD wants to join Flock’s sprawling surveillance network, which means connecting public & private systems including Ring doorbells, businesses and drones that will fuel 🧊dirty work.
Go to bit.ly/noflock-oakland to support the fight ✊🏽
Go to bit.ly/noflock-oakland to support the fight ✊🏽
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Smash your Ring doorbell to pieces first thing today if you haven’t already.
Daylight Savings Time is strange to me. We would rather change their clocks rather than change the conventional work day to start later in the winter. It seems our modern idea of work is more immutable than clocks, our relation to the sun, and time itself.
DST is why most Americans wake by alarm in darkness. Permanent Standard Time would let us sleep longer and awaken naturally to sunlight, for health!
October 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Daylight Savings Time is strange to me. We would rather change their clocks rather than change the conventional work day to start later in the winter. It seems our modern idea of work is more immutable than clocks, our relation to the sun, and time itself.
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In areas with increased SNAP take-up rates, grocery prices increased *less*
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
In areas with increased SNAP take-up rates, grocery prices increased *less*
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this is something that individual members of Congress could do tomorrow. The government is shut down so they could use their district offices. I suggested in January that they turn those offices into full on community centers where people could find each other re: mutual aid etc...
If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation.
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net
October 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
this is something that individual members of Congress could do tomorrow. The government is shut down so they could use their district offices. I suggested in January that they turn those offices into full on community centers where people could find each other re: mutual aid etc...
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Grocery stores run on razor-thin margins. The overnight disappearance of the demand stimulated by food stamps will be very bad for their business. Bad enough to exacerbate food deserts. Bad enough to put downward pressure on the overall food supply.
October 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Grocery stores run on razor-thin margins. The overnight disappearance of the demand stimulated by food stamps will be very bad for their business. Bad enough to exacerbate food deserts. Bad enough to put downward pressure on the overall food supply.
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Damn. It’s now become cystal clear that, like Pritzker, Johnson’s gonna use his uniformed muscle to run interference for ICE.
We’re on our own.
We’re on our own.
October 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Damn. It’s now become cystal clear that, like Pritzker, Johnson’s gonna use his uniformed muscle to run interference for ICE.
We’re on our own.
We’re on our own.
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coop bluesky now
Bluesky has rapidly grown to a $1.05 billion valuation while promising "no ads." But VCs expect returns within a few years. Rejecting surveillance capitalism and returning profits to investors—can these coexist?
Who Owns Bluesky?
plurality.leaflet.pub
October 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
coop bluesky now
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"It’s no accident that US political operatives have been singling out Bluesky as a target for political control and retribution for months."
The open networks of Bluesky & Mastodon are the only social media networks not yet under the Trump admin's thumb.
The open networks of Bluesky & Mastodon are the only social media networks not yet under the Trump admin's thumb.
There was already a *lot* going on with Bluesky, and now it's under even more pressure. I wrote about how I think about moderation, affordances, expectations, human needs, and powerful trolls for @techpolicypress.bsky.social
www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
www.techpolicy.press/trump-admini...
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks | TechPolicy.Press
The administration’s antagonistic entry to the platform is best understood as a game of chicken, writes Erin Kissane.
www.techpolicy.press
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"It’s no accident that US political operatives have been singling out Bluesky as a target for political control and retribution for months."
The open networks of Bluesky & Mastodon are the only social media networks not yet under the Trump admin's thumb.
The open networks of Bluesky & Mastodon are the only social media networks not yet under the Trump admin's thumb.
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$40 billion to Argentina’s right-wing government.
The entire USAID budget was $34 billion.
The entire USAID budget was $34 billion.
ARGENTINE PESO COLLAPSES TO RECORD LOW — DOWN 99.8% SINCE 2009
October 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
$40 billion to Argentina’s right-wing government.
The entire USAID budget was $34 billion.
The entire USAID budget was $34 billion.
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everyone: we don’t want kings
rightwing media: this is a confusing protest line, no one is claiming trump is a king
the entire trump administration:
rightwing media: this is a confusing protest line, no one is claiming trump is a king
the entire trump administration:
October 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
everyone: we don’t want kings
rightwing media: this is a confusing protest line, no one is claiming trump is a king
the entire trump administration:
rightwing media: this is a confusing protest line, no one is claiming trump is a king
the entire trump administration:
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For the moment I'm going to assume this is an automatic take down by maga brigading. But Bluesky moderation is about to be completely broken by the .gov accounts, and their chuds that they are encouraging to join.
Oh they’re really protecting the pedophiles this is bad
October 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
For the moment I'm going to assume this is an automatic take down by maga brigading. But Bluesky moderation is about to be completely broken by the .gov accounts, and their chuds that they are encouraging to join.
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A reminder: nothing is truly private on Bluesky. Blocked accounts can still find ways to see your posts.
That said, the point of blocking is to starve trolls of oxygen (and these accounts are now all only staffed by DOGE trolls) & to keep your own peace of mind as close to intact as possible.
That said, the point of blocking is to starve trolls of oxygen (and these accounts are now all only staffed by DOGE trolls) & to keep your own peace of mind as close to intact as possible.
Go ahead and block whatever .gov account you want but it’s not going to make any difference to their ability to monitor posts at all.
October 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
A reminder: nothing is truly private on Bluesky. Blocked accounts can still find ways to see your posts.
That said, the point of blocking is to starve trolls of oxygen (and these accounts are now all only staffed by DOGE trolls) & to keep your own peace of mind as close to intact as possible.
That said, the point of blocking is to starve trolls of oxygen (and these accounts are now all only staffed by DOGE trolls) & to keep your own peace of mind as close to intact as possible.
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Before blocking please also consider a small act of resistance that doesn't require feeding any trolls. Every small act of citizenship slows down the propaganda apparatus.
October 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Before blocking please also consider a small act of resistance that doesn't require feeding any trolls. Every small act of citizenship slows down the propaganda apparatus.
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📣 Reporters covering #NoKings protests in Chicago over the weekend may want to print this latest temporary restraining order that prohibits federal agents from using excessive force against journalists and peaceful protesters.
🖨️ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
🖨️ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
📣 Reporters covering #NoKings protests in Chicago over the weekend may want to print this latest temporary restraining order that prohibits federal agents from using excessive force against journalists and peaceful protesters.
🖨️ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
🖨️ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...