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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 5d

Kinda odd that the reason they denied his appeal seems to be different than the explanation for why they suspended him in the first place.

People putting their head in the sand saying "I don't understand why people are mad." Cmon. Side with management if you want but don't be wilfully ignorant.

Aveta👾🇭🇹 @aliafonzy.blacksky.app · 5d

Unfortunate update: Link reached out to BlueSky and got email back now on reason.

His appeal is denied. He will remain permanently banned on BlueSky’s side.

Here are the screenshots he just sent me as of 8:22 AM EST(my time)

A screenshot of an email from the Bluesky Moderation Team with the subject line “Bluesky Account Behavior” sent at 22:15. The email states that a Bluesky account controlled by the recipient, with the handle @spacelawshitpost.me, posted a reply with an image where the alt text reads: Charlie Kirk sitting in a white T-shirt that says “Freedom.” A negative consequence follows. The email indicates this post violates Community Guidelines regarding violent or threatening speech, specifically listing threats of violence or physical harm against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public, and incitement of self-harm or suicide.

A screenshot of an email continuation from the Bluesky Moderation Team displaying a bulleted list of Community Guidelines violations. The first bullet point describes threats of violence or physical harm as including threats or encouragement of violence against individuals, groups, institutions, or the general public. The second bullet point defines incitement of self-harm or suicide as content that encourages self-harm or suicide. The third bullet point explains wishes of harm as expressions of a desire for harm directed at a specific person or group. Below the bullets, a paragraph states that users may not use Bluesky to break the law or cause harm to others and that all users must be treated with respect. The next paragraph informs the recipient that as a result of these violations, your account has been taken down. A closing paragraph thanks the user for doing their part to keep Bluesky a welcoming and empowering place for all users and instructs them to email moderation@blueskyweb.xyz if they have questions or wish to appeal the decision. The email ends with the signature Bluesky Moderation Team.

A screenshot of an email from the Bluesky Moderation Team sent at 08:11 with the subject line Re: Bluesky Account Behavior addressed To: Hide My Email. The email reads:

Hi there,

Thank you for reaching out to appeal the takedown of your account on Bluesky. We have carefully reviewed your case, including the information you provided and the activity that led to the suspension of your account.

After investigating, we have determined that your account activity was in violation of our community guidelines, specifically promoting hateful content or being disruptive to other users. We take these guidelines seriously to ensure a safe and respectful environment for all our users.

As a result, we regret to inform you that your appeal has been denied, and your account will remain suspended. This decision is final and cannot be reversed. We understand that this may be disappointing news, but we must prioritize the well-being of our community and maintain a consistent enforcement of our policies. We encourage you to review our community guidelines to better understand the expectations we have for user behavior on our platform. Please do not create new accounts, since those will be taken down for ban evasion.

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 5d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 5d

She wasn't really "deported," was she?

She was in international waters when Israel illegally boarded her ship, detained her, and then bought her into Israel before shipping her to Greece.

That sounds like a lot of things but "deported" is not one of them.

Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 5d

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law

“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”

www.teenvogue.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 5d

Fighting to keep Jesse Singal on here, but banning Palestinians, and trans people and people like Link (over Charlie Kirk of all things) and also mocking users who challenge their choices is an interesting choice for Bluesky's CEO/engineers.

Anyway, unban Link.

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 5d

What if we all just post the word Link over and over again repost it and like then until even the normies are bothered?

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d

Adalah lawyer: flotilla abductees subject to legal proceedings without counsel; confined to 3m x 3m room in large numbers; denied food, water and medical care; and subjected to verbal and physical abuse.

Women and Arabs received notably worse treatment, including denial of hijab and right to pray.

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 5d

To be fair, this one took three weeks to name the government ministers, re-used all the same ones as the previous government (which was tossed out for good reasons), announced it yesterday evening, got throunced in the media, and tended in his resignation this morning at 10.

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#ApresJ20 - Association Covid Long France @apresj20.bsky.social · 5d

💡 6 octobre – Journée nationale des aidants

Aujourd’hui, nous voulons mettre en lumière toutes celles et ceux qui accompagnent au quotidien une personne atteinte de #CovidLong.

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 6d

On peut même mettre résultats aux élections ? Ça c'est super cool

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 6d

Oui, ou préparer les mélanges secs (avec masque), mais le renouvellement d'air permet de repouvoir respireren sécurité plus vite...

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 6d

It is a perfectly good dinosaure find, the skull on one side, the pelvis on the other !

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 6d

And "being illegal" only stops them for so long. The current situation in the US shows that they can get rid of any qualms within months, and then limits and laws get trashed daily

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 6d

We’re on a speedrun to bluesky banning anti ai hate speech but leaving anti trans hate speech awesome

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 6d

Really super interesting !
This one might not be what you are looking for, but it is quite evocative of what it looks like in the field...

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 6d

She is playing ding dong ditch and I am the one left behind to be barked at...

A street, a large dog is forcing its head under a garden portal towards a smaller, leashed dog that is turning to run

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 6d

Si je peux me permettre, pour un atelier un petit coin de cour ou de jardin pas entièrement bétonné où tu peux rincer le matos couvert de terre au jet sans risque pour les canalisations ça change tout...

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Frames @oxinabox.bsky.social · 7d

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"

I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.

We know exactly how LLMs work.

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Mona Chollet @monachollet.bsky.social · 7d

« Ils ont traîné la petite Greta [Thunberg] par les cheveux sous nos yeux, l'ont battue et l'ont forcée à embrasser le drapeau israélien. Ils lui ont fait tout ce qu'ils pouvaient imaginer, en guise d'avertissement pour les autres » www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 8d

Plestia Alaqad’s new book features her diary entries reporting on the ground in Gaza for 45 days after October 7. after a hospital is bombed on day 10, she uses the word genocide.

2 years later—as the UN has finally called it one—she says, “turns out, that's only the beginning.” @teenvogue.com

Journalist Plestia Alaqad Is Publishing Her Diaries From Gaza: "A Dystopian World"

"Every time I read it, I just feel disbelief — is this real? Did I really live that? Are there still thousands of people in Gaza living that?”

www.teenvogue.com

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 7d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 7d

Another from that shape series, Cinnabar and saturation gold inside

Oval ceramic pendant with an inside window on a matte gold glaze with pebbles emerging. The outside is bright, deep red glaze

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 7d

A pendant of a shape from an lld tutorial I bought for polymer clay years ago. Love the colors, there is oatmeal and rainforest in there.
These are all glazed on all sides, I made supports with kiln resistant metal spikes.
The hair ornament is oatmeal in a band on the middle, on mullberry.

Ceramic pendant with inside space with a texture and golden glaze. The outside part has shiny glaze going from light turquoise to golden brown

Back of the ceramic pieces, also textured and glazed. There are small dots where the support touched the pieces in the kiln

Arched oval ceramic piece with two holes, lilac and blue shades guided by the texture.

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 7d

A few ceramic pendants and magnets.
My favorite is this teleost fish dentary, oxides on red glaze. Have to make more.
The saturation gold glaze makes great inside surfaces where it cannot run away.
An example is this frog pendant with celadons glazes on the outside.
#pottery , #ceramics, #sciart

Ceramic molding of a fish dentary with rounded teeth in two rows, highlighted with oxides. It rests on a shiny red glazed shape.

Ceramic frog pendant with an ellipse shape and a frog climbing on it. The frog is covered with translucent green, the shape is darker with mat gold on the inside. Seen from above

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 13d

Watch this again just to change the chemistry in your brain from today's news

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 16d

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

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MagDo @trematomus.bsky.social · 7d

They are beautiful !

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 9d

Israel has kidnapped hundreds of people in international waters.

They were trying to break an illegal siege which is starving the people of Gaza.

The flotilla is the best of us 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/israel-kid...

Israel kidnaps Gaza flotilla

Piracy in plain sight.

www.owenjones.news

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