"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said this morning "we are now witnessing the final days and weeks" of the Iranian regime as other European countries summon Iran's ambassadors over the increasing violence." www.bbc.com/news/live/cj...

I just think it's weird Williams was apparently at our local Costco like four weeks ago and barely recognized and now he's being mobbed in LA

Like one of the key criticisms against Gretzky right now is he doesn't even bother showing up in Canada and then the episode is about him not showing up in Canada... and then on a real life level it's clear the show producers also couldn't convince him to show up in Canada

IIRC, there's a new employee in charge of on-boarding politicians/journalists and this would be part of that work, too — potentially absent of anything in the past 48 hrs

Alternate explanation: Bluesky product folks see an opportunity to capitalize on current round of X news, verifying accounts from politicians in possible swing countries improved their pitch as an off-ramp

I'll be honest I forgot it existed

Good example bsky.app/profile/nabe...

HOWEVER, I will still say that amongst the very wide range options between "ban X" and "keep doing what we're doing" is for ministers in concerned governments to cease using X as a comms platform.

Not saying they should or will, just factually stating it occupies a middle ground of options

Thank you for the correction! bsky.app/profile/akur...

I stand corrected — he also posted to Threads, which you *can* see without logging in. Deleting original post