Albee
@beakerson.bsky.social
I made no impact on that other social site and I shall carry on doing so relentlessly on this one.
What was the name of those ‘files’, again?
January 4, 2026 at 10:50 AM
What was the name of those ‘files’, again?
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Last year, Meta had to reckon with an alarming realization about its Chinese advertising customers: They were defrauding Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users worldwide. The company has tolerated the fraud to safeguard billions in revenue reut.rs/4oXsgC2
Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to mini...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Last year, Meta had to reckon with an alarming realization about its Chinese advertising customers: They were defrauding Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users worldwide. The company has tolerated the fraud to safeguard billions in revenue reut.rs/4oXsgC2
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.
The American people need more from their leaders.
@alexwinter.com just watched Adulthood and really enjoyed it! Gonna need a lie down now, got a little tense towards the end lol.
November 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@alexwinter.com just watched Adulthood and really enjoyed it! Gonna need a lie down now, got a little tense towards the end lol.
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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PS - The amount we pay in royalties is 100 times the per-listen rate that Spotify pays. And it's free to listen! Very minimal ads too. FunHouseRadio.com
FunHouse Radio
Novelty Records, Parodies, Weird Covers, Outsider Music, Oddities, Mashups, Comedy, Nonsense & Cringe.
FunHouseRadio.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
PS - The amount we pay in royalties is 100 times the per-listen rate that Spotify pays. And it's free to listen! Very minimal ads too. FunHouseRadio.com
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social just wanted to point out that the first ever episode of SNL is currently on YouTube (here in the U.K.), so if you watched Saturday Night, you can now see the actual episode that was made.
February 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social just wanted to point out that the first ever episode of SNL is currently on YouTube (here in the U.K.), so if you watched Saturday Night, you can now see the actual episode that was made.
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The WITCH HEAD NEBULA
December 15, 2024 at 12:03 PM
The WITCH HEAD NEBULA
My first visit to a Cheesecake Factory. Just not in the US.
December 12, 2024 at 2:47 PM
My first visit to a Cheesecake Factory. Just not in the US.
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The worst part
Musk is worth around $232 billion
So $250 million is about .001% of his wealth
It’s like if someone with assets of $500,000
Gave a $585 donation
So
Thanks to excessive greed and Citizens United
Not only can billionaires buy our elections
It doesn’t even cost them all that much
Musk is worth around $232 billion
So $250 million is about .001% of his wealth
It’s like if someone with assets of $500,000
Gave a $585 donation
So
Thanks to excessive greed and Citizens United
Not only can billionaires buy our elections
It doesn’t even cost them all that much
A quarter of a billion dollars. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/u...
Elon Musk Spent Over $250 Million to Help Elect Trump
The enormous spending from the world’s richest man quietly fueled allied groups and was revealed only now, as Mr. Musk plays a key role in the presidential transition.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:40 AM
The worst part
Musk is worth around $232 billion
So $250 million is about .001% of his wealth
It’s like if someone with assets of $500,000
Gave a $585 donation
So
Thanks to excessive greed and Citizens United
Not only can billionaires buy our elections
It doesn’t even cost them all that much
Musk is worth around $232 billion
So $250 million is about .001% of his wealth
It’s like if someone with assets of $500,000
Gave a $585 donation
So
Thanks to excessive greed and Citizens United
Not only can billionaires buy our elections
It doesn’t even cost them all that much
Does anyone else submit typos and other errors through Kindle? And if so, do we know if that process actually works?
December 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Does anyone else submit typos and other errors through Kindle? And if so, do we know if that process actually works?
@susiedent.com loving Unspeakable. Could I suggest a new word please?
Regrit. The sudden and unwelcome rush of mixed emotions—irritation, dread, and mild disbelief—that hits when you're reminded of someone you'd mentally filed away and hoped never to think about again.
Regrit. The sudden and unwelcome rush of mixed emotions—irritation, dread, and mild disbelief—that hits when you're reminded of someone you'd mentally filed away and hoped never to think about again.
November 29, 2024 at 12:42 PM
@susiedent.com loving Unspeakable. Could I suggest a new word please?
Regrit. The sudden and unwelcome rush of mixed emotions—irritation, dread, and mild disbelief—that hits when you're reminded of someone you'd mentally filed away and hoped never to think about again.
Regrit. The sudden and unwelcome rush of mixed emotions—irritation, dread, and mild disbelief—that hits when you're reminded of someone you'd mentally filed away and hoped never to think about again.
Have to say, after years of following the news and politics as closely as I have, it’s proper nice to have a little holiday from it all. Anyone else taking a little mind vacation?
November 20, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Have to say, after years of following the news and politics as closely as I have, it’s proper nice to have a little holiday from it all. Anyone else taking a little mind vacation?
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With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
November 17, 2024 at 10:50 AM
With Bluesky user numbers rocketing, more official news accounts are arriving.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
Here is a starter pack of major media outlets.
Feel free to repost, I’ll keep this updated as more arrive.
So if you nothing about podcasting but wanted to make one, where would one start?
November 16, 2024 at 5:49 PM
So if you nothing about podcasting but wanted to make one, where would one start?
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"Don't Engage, Just Block" absolutely IS the Bluesky motto. The notion of a "Bluesky Elder" is vaguely ridiculous but the ONE THING that we oldheads are good for is telling the new folks that blocking without engagement is praxis, and encouraging them to do it early and often.
"Don't Engage, Just Block" should be the Bluesky motto.
We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.
We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.
Just blocked a retail account that spammed itself and its products into an unrelated comment thread of mine, so, retail accounts, let that be a heads up, that sort of activity is not going to work out for you here. "Don't Engage, Just Block" applies to you too, if you do things like that.
November 15, 2024 at 3:31 PM
"Don't Engage, Just Block" absolutely IS the Bluesky motto. The notion of a "Bluesky Elder" is vaguely ridiculous but the ONE THING that we oldheads are good for is telling the new folks that blocking without engagement is praxis, and encouraging them to do it early and often.
Any Dungeon Crawler Carl fans on here? Discovered LitRPG as a genre and am now hooked. Don’t worry SF writers, I still love you too.
November 15, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Any Dungeon Crawler Carl fans on here? Discovered LitRPG as a genre and am now hooked. Don’t worry SF writers, I still love you too.
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I should probably post more, but it turns out I have very little to say.
November 15, 2024 at 2:33 PM
I should probably post more, but it turns out I have very little to say.
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In the week since the U.S. presidential election, Elon Musk has used X, the social media platform he owns, to reiterate his support for President-elect Donald Trump. Some of X’s users have decided they want to post elsewhere. Among the largest beneficiaries of that desire is Bluesky. nyti.ms/48JtYAt
Bluesky Adds One Million New Users After Election
With one million new accounts added since the U.S. elections, Bluesky has solidified itself as an option for people looking to change their social media service.
nyti.ms
November 13, 2024 at 6:46 AM
In the week since the U.S. presidential election, Elon Musk has used X, the social media platform he owns, to reiterate his support for President-elect Donald Trump. Some of X’s users have decided they want to post elsewhere. Among the largest beneficiaries of that desire is Bluesky. nyti.ms/48JtYAt
I don’t know if it’s good news. I genuinely liked Twitter (before). Sad news, perhaps.
Good news: Twitter is collapsing.
And this chart doesn't even show the last two weeks—which have seen the largest exodus in site history.
There are reports from Newsweek and others that Twitter may merge with Truth Social.
If that happens, the last collapse of Twitter may happen almost overnight.
And this chart doesn't even show the last two weeks—which have seen the largest exodus in site history.
There are reports from Newsweek and others that Twitter may merge with Truth Social.
If that happens, the last collapse of Twitter may happen almost overnight.
November 13, 2024 at 7:02 AM
I don’t know if it’s good news. I genuinely liked Twitter (before). Sad news, perhaps.
The thing I miss about (old) Twitter was its usefulness as a news resource. Hoping this place will be that new resource so please do point me in the direction of credible news sources!
November 10, 2024 at 12:13 AM
The thing I miss about (old) Twitter was its usefulness as a news resource. Hoping this place will be that new resource so please do point me in the direction of credible news sources!
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The slow trickle of MAGA folks over here underscores how much their experience of online is entirely dependent on people getting mad at them. It also underscores how even they, given the option, would rather not hang out with themselves either.
November 9, 2024 at 6:24 PM
The slow trickle of MAGA folks over here underscores how much their experience of online is entirely dependent on people getting mad at them. It also underscores how even they, given the option, would rather not hang out with themselves either.