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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 8h

so punk

Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 9h

shit, I know they defunded NPR but this is pretty unforgivable

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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 13h

gfys

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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone in Hove: Remember that Peter Kyle made this happen. He was told this would happen, he was told that the law wouldn't even have the benefits they claimed it would, and he did it anyway. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social are doing move fast and break things with our lives.

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 1d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 1d

omg, they're alt texting their exorcisms

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bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 1d

wtaf are you talking about

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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, one fifty million, their reporting on this is going to be incredible. Imagine the resources they must have!

Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 2d

Oh man, @cbsnews.com and @thefp.com are going to rip this guy who hates free speech to shreds. I can't wait!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 3d

As one of the countless people *actually* cancelled by Bari Weiss, via her vast favor-trading networks of fellow nepotistic gatekeepers in media and publishing, I think both of these asinine dipshits should go fuck themselves.

Matt Yglesias QT'ing Corey Walker

I didn’t rejoice at her cancellation and got cancelled myself at roughly the same time, but I am sincerely jealous that no regime-aligned billionaire has even fit to curry favor with the Trump administration by giving me a huge sum of money.
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The vitriol against Bari Weiss is just thinly-veiled jealousy by people who rejoiced at "cancelling" her in 2020 and are furious she managed to get fabulously wealthy in an infamously brutal and low-paying industry.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 4d

I enjoy how people with lists called "leftist pigs who deserve helicopter rides" are ignored so the devs can focus on what's *really* important, defending digital cancer

carrion🐛 @carrion.bsky.social · 4d

just don’t create a moderation list, bluesky said that’s bad

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 4d

The grand unified “Everyone is Twelve” theory is a legit contribution to contemporary thought and critique. We really are ruled by evil adult children!

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 4d

Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 4d

instead we get the CEO acting like a teenager screaming WAFFLES at everyone

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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 4d

This is the heart of how bluesky's fucking up. They see everything as a tech problem not an ethical one. If your VC money can't fund fair moderation then let's have the conversation about how to do it better.

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 4d

This approach keeps our system scalable and fair as we grow. Every decision must be explainable, repeatable, and based on evidence our tools can reliably evaluate. We’re also working to make our decisions clearer and more transparent. 8/9

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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 4d

you're clearly targeting people you don't like and then lying about it

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 4d

Anyway nice try Nazis you still haven’t gotten me.

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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 4d

when I look at the groupchat and feel sad I often reach to your stuff to give a gentle reminder of the good

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 4d

Unlike Jesus, I have returned.

Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew @amandasmith.bsky.social · 4d

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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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 4d

Remove jay's ability to post. It would lower the temperature of the moderation discourse. You can't have the mods swinging around trolling while you're trying to have a productive debate about how this stuff works.

Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 4d

doing the detective work I think I called him "a snivelling waste of space". So, fair, I'd block me for that.

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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 4d

I can't remember what I did to get blocked but it wasn't as good as that.

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Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 4d

I love my peak design one but there's some issues with the company now...

Rob Stanley @rjstanley.bsky.social · 4d

I wasn't sure what to do with the one about cherishing being able to present traditionally. Like, it's definitely useful but I'd rather a world where it wasn't?

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