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Ranga Krishnan @rangakrishnan1.bsky.social · 2d

It is more "attached" to it. No integration between Matrix and ATProto at the protocol level.

Ranga Krishnan @rangakrishnan1.bsky.social · 2d

It is Bluesky specifically -- as the integration is done at the application level.

We have not created any linkage between ATproto and Matrix at the protocol level.

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Ranga Krishnan @rangakrishnan1.bsky.social · 2d

We will be adding this feature (BYOMA). The second part of being able to see the DMs in Element by logging into the synapase server we use, is already supported.

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Ranga Krishnan @rangakrishnan1.bsky.social · 3d

I speak next week about our work to add E2EE DMs in Bluesky using the Matrix protocol. The event will be live streamed by the Matrix conference.

cfp.2025.matrix.org/matrix-conf-...

We will launch a Bluesky service using this technology soon.

@arathorn.net @kurtopsahl.bsky.social @micahflee.com

E2EE Direct Messaging in Bluesky with Matrix Matrix Conference 2025

See a demo of E2EE encrypted DMs in Bluesky powered by Matrix. We will highlight the simple user experience and other advantages of this approach to adding E2EE to Bluesky.

cfp.2025.matrix.org

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the-wolves.bsky.social @the-wolves.bsky.social · 18d

Palo Alto #TeslaTakedown Wednesdays have been going strong since March, and this is just the start!

It's time to practice your freedom to protest before the MAGA madness labels all protesters as Antifa. This is not hyperbole!

Join us!

#NaziMusk
#MigraMusk
#BoycottTesla

@teslatakedown.com

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Athena Gabriel ❌👑 @athenagabriel.bsky.social · 18d

California DOES not back down from a fight!

#VoteYESOnProp50

Let’s support our team 💙💙💙

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Cathy 🖤 💀 🧡 @coco.sheshed.rocks · 24d

#IAmAntifa 🇺🇸✌🏽💙

THERE IS NO ORGANIZATION CALLED "ANTIFA."
ANTIFA stands for anti-fascism.
World War |I veterans are
ANTIFA because they fought fascism.
Anyone against fascism is
ANTIFA.
There is no membership card.
Anyone can be ANTIFA.
Everyone should be ANTIFA.
#SheShed
I AM.....
ANTIFA

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Do Not Obey. We are Democracy. @zangerliberia.bsky.social · 19d

#IAmAntifa

VAfromNY @vafromny.bsky.social · 19d

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23d

The Washington Post Fired Karen Attiah, But They Only Elevated Her

The Post fired Karen Attiah, its last Black opinion columnist, because she posted about America's history of coddling white violence. Well, she's got a few things to get off her chest.

thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-washin...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21d

News Analysis: For President Trump, a wide-ranging crackdown on mainstream media institutions and political opponents is not about hate speech, but about speech that he hates — namely, speech that is critical of him and his administration. nyti.ms/3VsCyO4

Donald Trump, wearing a red tie, speaks with both hands extended. A headline reads: "In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates" Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21d

Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 21d

Did Trump’s DOJ shut down this bribery investigation? Was it Attorney General Bondi or FBI Director Patel?

The act was caught on camera. The administration must turn over the tapes to Congress.

Every decision made by Homan must be scrutinized for possible corruption.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 22d

A Black teen named Kalief Browder was falsely accused of stealing a backpack. He spent 3 years tortured at Rikers & died by suicide

A wealthy white man named Tom Homan was caught by FBI accepting bribes. He was promoted to a powerful law enforcement position

This is what white supremacy looks like

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texastwinkie.bsky.social @texastwinkie.bsky.social · 22d

Cracks are starting to show in very deep red Texas.

GOP Texas sheriff backs newsom for president.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22d

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

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Ranga Krishnan @rangakrishnan1.bsky.social · 23d

@jay.bsky.team Howdy!

How are things things with E2EE DMs in bsky? Has an approach been agreed to by the dev team?

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Ex-Evangelical @ex-evangelical.bsky.social · 24d

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 24d

🚨NEW: "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.

Trump ain't sleeping tonight. 🤣

This is a must-watch. 🔥

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24d

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

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They See Blue @theyseeblue.org · Aug 30

Vote YES on CA Prop 50 this year!
#gerrymander #texas #califórnia #prop50 #trump
TheySeeBlue.org/join

Vote YES on CA Prop 50 this year!
TheySeeBlue.org/join

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Aug 30

Feel like it's worth periodically reiterating that "conservative" is not a protected class.

Being a minority puts you in a protected class. Hating minorities just makes you a dick. There is no moral or legal requirement for any organization to have some minimum number of dicks.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Aug 30

This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.)

h/t @joshuajfriedman.com

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Firefighter arrested by US border agents was on track for legal status, lawyers say

Lawyers say arrest of man fighting Bear Gulch fire in Oregon was illegal and demand immediate release from detention

www.theguardian.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Aug 30

💯

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · Aug 30

Can I get a witness brothers and sisters.

Anyone on American soil has a right to due process, It's guaranteed by the Fifth & Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution, guaranteeing fair treatment under the law regardless of citizenship status.

Can you feel it
Come on down

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Paul Eric Scannell @pauleric70.bsky.social · Aug 30

MSNBC just played a devastating montage of all the times Republican Congressman were booed just this week. The American people are sick and tired of the Republican Party.

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