Diana Abel
@dlabel51.bsky.social
Retired college professor; mother of three adult children & three grandchildren. Blue voter since 1972; deeply concerned about the world my grandchildren will be forced to live in - especially my two granddaughters!
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Former Musk pal: “He's snorting ketamine and tweeting at all hours...[his behavior is] palpably, visibly deranged....We’re seeing the total derangement of a personality based on social media addiction....[his] 'service to humanity' is boosting to 200M followers obvious lies and conspiracy theories.”
Former Pal Claims Elon Musk Is Battling Tweet Addiction
“We’re seeing the total derangement of a personality,” said philosopher Sam Harris.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Former Musk pal: “He's snorting ketamine and tweeting at all hours...[his behavior is] palpably, visibly deranged....We’re seeing the total derangement of a personality based on social media addiction....[his] 'service to humanity' is boosting to 200M followers obvious lies and conspiracy theories.”
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Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.
www.theverge.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.
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I became less and less active on social media after 2020.
I thought I was just burned out after how intensely active I was b4 the 2020 election.
Now, I think it was just because Twitter was sucking more and more. Bluesky has reminded me how good social media can be when it isn’t a toxic snakepit.
I thought I was just burned out after how intensely active I was b4 the 2020 election.
Now, I think it was just because Twitter was sucking more and more. Bluesky has reminded me how good social media can be when it isn’t a toxic snakepit.
November 24, 2024 at 1:47 PM
I became less and less active on social media after 2020.
I thought I was just burned out after how intensely active I was b4 the 2020 election.
Now, I think it was just because Twitter was sucking more and more. Bluesky has reminded me how good social media can be when it isn’t a toxic snakepit.
I thought I was just burned out after how intensely active I was b4 the 2020 election.
Now, I think it was just because Twitter was sucking more and more. Bluesky has reminded me how good social media can be when it isn’t a toxic snakepit.
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Threads is an echo chamber on the left, Twitter on the Right, I hope this stays a sane normal place where some disagreement can be politely explored. Too much to ask??
November 24, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Threads is an echo chamber on the left, Twitter on the Right, I hope this stays a sane normal place where some disagreement can be politely explored. Too much to ask??
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@unusualwhales.bsky.social is a great account to follow for real time info on a wide variety of topics.
BREAKING: Dr. Oz invested in businesses regulated by the agency Trump wants him to lead.
For example, he has a stake in UnitedHealth Group, $UNH, worth as much as $600,000, as well as shares in pharmaceutical firms.
Oz’s investments total tens of millions of dollars.
For example, he has a stake in UnitedHealth Group, $UNH, worth as much as $600,000, as well as shares in pharmaceutical firms.
Oz’s investments total tens of millions of dollars.
November 24, 2024 at 9:29 PM
@unusualwhales.bsky.social is a great account to follow for real time info on a wide variety of topics.
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New must read: "But since Trump won the election, the mask is fully off: Project 2025 is the agenda."
via @democracydocket.com
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...
via @democracydocket.com
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...
How to Combat the Dangers of Project 2025
From a reintroduction to Schedule F to a whole host of other proposals, legal organizations are preparing to fight Project 2025 in the courts.
www.democracydocket.com
November 25, 2024 at 12:43 AM
New must read: "But since Trump won the election, the mask is fully off: Project 2025 is the agenda."
via @democracydocket.com
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...
via @democracydocket.com
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...
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November 25, 2024 at 12:46 AM
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A lot of folks are giving up in advance. Capitulating before a single skirmish.
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
November 20, 2024 at 6:43 PM
A lot of folks are giving up in advance. Capitulating before a single skirmish.
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
Well, not this old warrior. I’ve seen much worse from the U.S. government in my day. I’m concerned for our country, but not a bit scared of these miscreants. I’m ready to do my part.
Who’s with me?
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Alert: The guy who runs the largest anti-progressive blocklist—the one seeking to eliminate from Bluesky anyone who wrote on the Trump-Russia scandal—speaks Russian and uses the Russian imperialist spelling (Kharkov) of the city he studied in (Kharkiv) on his LinkedIn. Be wary of @numb.comfortab.ly.
November 20, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Alert: The guy who runs the largest anti-progressive blocklist—the one seeking to eliminate from Bluesky anyone who wrote on the Trump-Russia scandal—speaks Russian and uses the Russian imperialist spelling (Kharkov) of the city he studied in (Kharkiv) on his LinkedIn. Be wary of @numb.comfortab.ly.
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I'm sorry I'm just having trouble coming to terms with the fact that the CEO of this platform somehow managed *not* to be a billionaire techbro hellbent on shoving his head up the Republican Party's ass in an effort to curry political influence.
Thank you @jay.bsky.team
Thank you @jay.bsky.team
Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
November 20, 2024 at 5:49 AM
I'm sorry I'm just having trouble coming to terms with the fact that the CEO of this platform somehow managed *not* to be a billionaire techbro hellbent on shoving his head up the Republican Party's ass in an effort to curry political influence.
Thank you @jay.bsky.team
Thank you @jay.bsky.team
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Greetings Bluesky Friends!
I've just finished my FIRST Starter pack, including many of your favorites (and mine) from the Other Place, now doing their thing in The Good Place.
Share this far and wide, add some SUPER folks!!!
go.bsky.app/8NLDrND
I've just finished my FIRST Starter pack, including many of your favorites (and mine) from the Other Place, now doing their thing in The Good Place.
Share this far and wide, add some SUPER folks!!!
go.bsky.app/8NLDrND
November 20, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Greetings Bluesky Friends!
I've just finished my FIRST Starter pack, including many of your favorites (and mine) from the Other Place, now doing their thing in The Good Place.
Share this far and wide, add some SUPER folks!!!
go.bsky.app/8NLDrND
I've just finished my FIRST Starter pack, including many of your favorites (and mine) from the Other Place, now doing their thing in The Good Place.
Share this far and wide, add some SUPER folks!!!
go.bsky.app/8NLDrND
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Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.
We need to get back to reading and critical thinking
Because 2024 feels different from 2016.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.
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Everything that is happening with the new Trump administration is to scare you.
To make you want to put your head under the covers and never surface.
Do not.
You are needed.
Because they are going to face a resistance they were not prepared for.
No more playing around. 🖖
To make you want to put your head under the covers and never surface.
Do not.
You are needed.
Because they are going to face a resistance they were not prepared for.
No more playing around. 🖖
November 19, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Everything that is happening with the new Trump administration is to scare you.
To make you want to put your head under the covers and never surface.
Do not.
You are needed.
Because they are going to face a resistance they were not prepared for.
No more playing around. 🖖
To make you want to put your head under the covers and never surface.
Do not.
You are needed.
Because they are going to face a resistance they were not prepared for.
No more playing around. 🖖
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I agree.
They can do this if they’re willing to cause a Second Great Depression and risk a civil war.
Americans don’t yet realize what cuts this deep would do to us—how many would be out of work, unhoused, unable to feed their children; how many would die unnecessarily; or the anger it will cause.
They can do this if they’re willing to cause a Second Great Depression and risk a civil war.
Americans don’t yet realize what cuts this deep would do to us—how many would be out of work, unhoused, unable to feed their children; how many would die unnecessarily; or the anger it will cause.
Trump believes Vivek and Elon Musk can cut $2.5 trillion from the federal budget.
November 19, 2024 at 8:57 PM
I agree.
They can do this if they’re willing to cause a Second Great Depression and risk a civil war.
Americans don’t yet realize what cuts this deep would do to us—how many would be out of work, unhoused, unable to feed their children; how many would die unnecessarily; or the anger it will cause.
They can do this if they’re willing to cause a Second Great Depression and risk a civil war.
Americans don’t yet realize what cuts this deep would do to us—how many would be out of work, unhoused, unable to feed their children; how many would die unnecessarily; or the anger it will cause.
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Trump’s pal Putin—openly a murderer—has struck again.
A tragic, cowardly assassination of exactly the sort Trump would love to start carrying out in America.
A tragic, cowardly assassination of exactly the sort Trump would love to start carrying out in America.
November 19, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Trump’s pal Putin—openly a murderer—has struck again.
A tragic, cowardly assassination of exactly the sort Trump would love to start carrying out in America.
A tragic, cowardly assassination of exactly the sort Trump would love to start carrying out in America.
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Done
Hey Kinzinger you need to follow: @rawtraveltv.bsky.social. Great guy!
New documentary on Ukraine: youtu.be/w5kb_cuSzgM?...
New documentary on Ukraine: youtu.be/w5kb_cuSzgM?...
My Summer in Ukraine - Documentary Film
YouTube video by RawTravel
youtu.be
November 20, 2024 at 12:51 AM
Done
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I don't want to make too much of this, because there are so many important things to focus on, but I want to thank the 200,000 of you who have placed trust in this feed.
I promise to use every skill at my disposal to honor that trust in the very dark days we all fear may be ahead for our country.
I promise to use every skill at my disposal to honor that trust in the very dark days we all fear may be ahead for our country.
November 20, 2024 at 1:44 AM
I don't want to make too much of this, because there are so many important things to focus on, but I want to thank the 200,000 of you who have placed trust in this feed.
I promise to use every skill at my disposal to honor that trust in the very dark days we all fear may be ahead for our country.
I promise to use every skill at my disposal to honor that trust in the very dark days we all fear may be ahead for our country.
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No matter what happens, he's STILL a convicted felon.
FOREVER.
FOREVER.
November 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
No matter what happens, he's STILL a convicted felon.
FOREVER.
FOREVER.
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When I say that the right is dominating the left on almost all platforms, this is what I mean. I hope Democratic officials take this into account every day. If you want an ecosystem that will advocate for YOU, then YOU need to help build it. Give interviews to creators, break news with creators...
November 20, 2024 at 5:43 AM
When I say that the right is dominating the left on almost all platforms, this is what I mean. I hope Democratic officials take this into account every day. If you want an ecosystem that will advocate for YOU, then YOU need to help build it. Give interviews to creators, break news with creators...
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In times like these, community is everything. That's why we are so honored to be part of this pro-democracy Bluesky community. It's great to see how quickly this platform is growing, reconnect with familiar faces, and actually be able to follow the latest news again! Let's keep this energy going!!!
November 19, 2024 at 1:49 AM
In times like these, community is everything. That's why we are so honored to be part of this pro-democracy Bluesky community. It's great to see how quickly this platform is growing, reconnect with familiar faces, and actually be able to follow the latest news again! Let's keep this energy going!!!
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Would love to hear from a Republican worried about food or housing costs how exactly deporting 10 million people who grow and pick our food and build our houses is going to lower food or housing costs.
November 19, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Would love to hear from a Republican worried about food or housing costs how exactly deporting 10 million people who grow and pick our food and build our houses is going to lower food or housing costs.