Sparksflying
@fidgeting.bsky.social
So done with X, just looking for a blue sky. ‘We suffer more often in imagination than in reality’ - Seneca
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As of right now, Bluesky is only a little more than 100K users away from 25 MILLION!! The growth of this platform since Election Day has been absolutely INCREDIBLE!! 💙
bsky-users.theo.io
bsky-users.theo.io
December 11, 2024 at 4:13 PM
As of right now, Bluesky is only a little more than 100K users away from 25 MILLION!! The growth of this platform since Election Day has been absolutely INCREDIBLE!! 💙
bsky-users.theo.io
bsky-users.theo.io
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The reason the coup attempt in South Korea failed as quickly as it did is because South Koreans immediately rushed to the streets to say “we won’t let you do that” and force the military to decide whether they’d shoot their fellow citizens or not.
Important for us remember over the next 4 years.
Important for us remember over the next 4 years.
December 3, 2024 at 8:45 PM
The reason the coup attempt in South Korea failed as quickly as it did is because South Koreans immediately rushed to the streets to say “we won’t let you do that” and force the military to decide whether they’d shoot their fellow citizens or not.
Important for us remember over the next 4 years.
Important for us remember over the next 4 years.
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Joni Ernst wants the Defense Secretary job for herself, of course—but the fact that she's stepping out so publicly against Hegseth tells me he doesn't have the votes. There's a very real chance Trump could lose two of his original cabinet picks... and more to come (Tulsi, RFK.)
December 4, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Joni Ernst wants the Defense Secretary job for herself, of course—but the fact that she's stepping out so publicly against Hegseth tells me he doesn't have the votes. There's a very real chance Trump could lose two of his original cabinet picks... and more to come (Tulsi, RFK.)
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The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
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And it’s a wrap folks, Adam Gray won! They just dropped the final batch and he beat John Duarte. LFG!
December 4, 2024 at 1:08 AM
And it’s a wrap folks, Adam Gray won! They just dropped the final batch and he beat John Duarte. LFG!
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it's tuesday evening and we're korean
Absolutely zero shade at all, but why were so many reporters and politicians drunk on a Monday evening?
I am, incidentally, pretty drunk rn (the job is 24/7!!!). This is the most Korean thing I've ever done.
December 3, 2024 at 5:36 PM
it's tuesday evening and we're korean
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In that week when Musk bought Twitter & started bungling it, the possibility occurred to me that he'd bought it to end its usefulness as a pro-democracy tool. I'm so grateful for BlueSky & the fact that we're all here now & that it's increasing possible to get our news here too!
December 4, 2024 at 12:27 AM
In that week when Musk bought Twitter & started bungling it, the possibility occurred to me that he'd bought it to end its usefulness as a pro-democracy tool. I'm so grateful for BlueSky & the fact that we're all here now & that it's increasing possible to get our news here too!
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My feed is filled with useful info about what’s happening in South Korea and zero weird conspiracies blaming weather control devices. this is weird
December 3, 2024 at 4:44 PM
My feed is filled with useful info about what’s happening in South Korea and zero weird conspiracies blaming weather control devices. this is weird
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"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi Hasan
In 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:33 PM
"Trump won the crucial blue wall states... by 231,000 votes? So if just 116,000 voters across those three swing states – or 0.7% of the total – had switched from Trump to Harris, it is the vice-president who would have won the electoral college … and the presidency" - me for the Guardian:
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As a food writer I feel it's important to report that sometimes the solution to your problems is eating as much mac and cheese as physically possible
December 3, 2024 at 11:18 PM
As a food writer I feel it's important to report that sometimes the solution to your problems is eating as much mac and cheese as physically possible
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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
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This was the most “hold my beer while I slam my dick in the car door” thing I’ve ever seen from a career politician.
Just an incredible miscalculation.
Just an incredible miscalculation.
Soon after President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared emergency martial law on Tuesday, lawmakers voted to defy him, prompting the president to say he was lifting his order, just hours after he had issued it.
President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea Declares Martial Law, Then Backs Down
Soon after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration on Tuesday, lawmakers voted to defy him, prompting the president to say he was lifting his order.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:12 AM
This was the most “hold my beer while I slam my dick in the car door” thing I’ve ever seen from a career politician.
Just an incredible miscalculation.
Just an incredible miscalculation.
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I think President Biden should pardon a shit ton more people -- a bunch of marijuana convictions, but mostly preemptive pardons to take trump's retribution targets off the backs of his press and political "enemies list."
No fucks left, Joe.
Just do it.
No fucks left, Joe.
Just do it.
December 3, 2024 at 7:30 PM
I think President Biden should pardon a shit ton more people -- a bunch of marijuana convictions, but mostly preemptive pardons to take trump's retribution targets off the backs of his press and political "enemies list."
No fucks left, Joe.
Just do it.
No fucks left, Joe.
Just do it.
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The real-time reporting of South Korea today was far easier to follow along on Bluesky than X. It’s these moments that define these platforms. Bluesky really does have the juice.
December 3, 2024 at 9:06 PM
The real-time reporting of South Korea today was far easier to follow along on Bluesky than X. It’s these moments that define these platforms. Bluesky really does have the juice.
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Kash has had these terrible sniffles for years. How odd.
December 3, 2024 at 10:32 PM
Kash has had these terrible sniffles for years. How odd.
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The people of South Korea didn't wait, they showed up. Immediately.
December 3, 2024 at 9:56 PM
The people of South Korea didn't wait, they showed up. Immediately.
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Joe's pardon of Hunter makes me think POTUS is aware of the coming danger. Hopefully, this is the beginning of the pardons and not the end.
December 3, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Joe's pardon of Hunter makes me think POTUS is aware of the coming danger. Hopefully, this is the beginning of the pardons and not the end.
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Why do you hate immigrants so much Bill
“I like to sit in on meetings.”
—Elon’s mom, describing how she sits behind Vivek and her son as they contemplate how to cut the federal budget
—Elon’s mom, describing how she sits behind Vivek and her son as they contemplate how to cut the federal budget
December 3, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Why do you hate immigrants so much Bill
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I’m gonna keep subpoenaing Hunter Biden’s penis. ‘Sleepy Joe’ didn’t pardon his penis, and I ain't stopping until I get some.”
December 3, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I’m gonna keep subpoenaing Hunter Biden’s penis. ‘Sleepy Joe’ didn’t pardon his penis, and I ain't stopping until I get some.”
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I am not going to stop calling for an FBI background check of Tulsi Gabbard and neither should you.
December 3, 2024 at 2:28 AM
I am not going to stop calling for an FBI background check of Tulsi Gabbard and neither should you.
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Boo fucking hoo.
McConnell cries foul after 2 Democratic judges cancel retirement after Trump victory
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vented his displeasure Monday after two Democratic-appointed federal judges reversed their decisions to retire in what appear to be efforts to stop Pr…
thehill.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:37 PM
Boo fucking hoo.
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It’s honestly pretty impressive. It took one of my posts 45 mins to appear on my timeline yesterday.
Meanwhile, BlueSky has grown by millions of users and is running just fine.
Meanwhile, BlueSky has grown by millions of users and is running just fine.
Spent a little time on Twitter this afternoon.
It's become even less usable, if you can imagine.
It's become even less usable, if you can imagine.
December 4, 2024 at 12:01 AM
It’s honestly pretty impressive. It took one of my posts 45 mins to appear on my timeline yesterday.
Meanwhile, BlueSky has grown by millions of users and is running just fine.
Meanwhile, BlueSky has grown by millions of users and is running just fine.
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How to cope with an increasingly turbulent world?
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
December 2, 2024 at 11:40 PM
How to cope with an increasingly turbulent world?
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
Currently, I'm cuddling with Mabel & avoiding reality entirely.
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54 cases of Whopping Cough here in the CA Bay Area
WHOPPING COUGH!
Kids can die from this
And we have vaccines to prevent it
Fucking Moron anti-vaxxers
WHOPPING COUGH!
Kids can die from this
And we have vaccines to prevent it
Fucking Moron anti-vaxxers
December 3, 2024 at 11:28 PM
54 cases of Whopping Cough here in the CA Bay Area
WHOPPING COUGH!
Kids can die from this
And we have vaccines to prevent it
Fucking Moron anti-vaxxers
WHOPPING COUGH!
Kids can die from this
And we have vaccines to prevent it
Fucking Moron anti-vaxxers