Gabriel H.
@gabrielhill11.bsky.social
Photographer | Animal lover | Art enthusiast 🎨
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Bluesky is amazing because I can actually follow what the f*ck is going on in the world again on a social media app. Finally.
November 23, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Bluesky is amazing because I can actually follow what the f*ck is going on in the world again on a social media app. Finally.
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Same with me. For over a decade, there’s never been a site to reliably curate news other than Twitter. In just the last few days, I’ve seen news break here before I saw it on Twitter.
Bluesky, with a well curated follow list, has already replaced Twitter for me as the place to immediately see what's happening of relevance to me as a media producer in the independent media space
November 23, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Same with me. For over a decade, there’s never been a site to reliably curate news other than Twitter. In just the last few days, I’ve seen news break here before I saw it on Twitter.
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If Jack Smith writes a report and Garland releases it, that's actually a pretty baller move: releasing a report on an incoming president. If he doesn't release it, I'll join y'all in calling him an ineffective jerk.
November 22, 2024 at 8:45 PM
If Jack Smith writes a report and Garland releases it, that's actually a pretty baller move: releasing a report on an incoming president. If he doesn't release it, I'll join y'all in calling him an ineffective jerk.
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I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.
November 23, 2024 at 5:29 AM
I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.
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Counter terrorists beware. There's a new sheriff in town.
November 23, 2024 at 4:02 AM
Counter terrorists beware. There's a new sheriff in town.
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Remember, it’s okay for
radio, cable, local news, newspapers, podcasts, youtube, facebook, and twitter to be right wing echo chambers.
But IT IS NOT OKAY for a new app that’s starting to gain traction to be a left wing echo chamber.
NO NO NO NOT FAIR!
😠 😭
radio, cable, local news, newspapers, podcasts, youtube, facebook, and twitter to be right wing echo chambers.
But IT IS NOT OKAY for a new app that’s starting to gain traction to be a left wing echo chamber.
NO NO NO NOT FAIR!
😠 😭
November 23, 2024 at 1:42 AM
Remember, it’s okay for
radio, cable, local news, newspapers, podcasts, youtube, facebook, and twitter to be right wing echo chambers.
But IT IS NOT OKAY for a new app that’s starting to gain traction to be a left wing echo chamber.
NO NO NO NOT FAIR!
😠 😭
radio, cable, local news, newspapers, podcasts, youtube, facebook, and twitter to be right wing echo chambers.
But IT IS NOT OKAY for a new app that’s starting to gain traction to be a left wing echo chamber.
NO NO NO NOT FAIR!
😠 😭
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People who say "I hate to say I told you so" are lying their asses off, because that shit feels so fucking good, and we're about to gorge ourselves on 4 years worth.
November 22, 2024 at 4:06 AM
People who say "I hate to say I told you so" are lying their asses off, because that shit feels so fucking good, and we're about to gorge ourselves on 4 years worth.
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My "left wing twitter" is like 30% bird pictures and for some reason that makes perfect sense?
November 23, 2024 at 6:44 PM
My "left wing twitter" is like 30% bird pictures and for some reason that makes perfect sense?
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Well, now I know we made the right decisions
November 22, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Well, now I know we made the right decisions
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Probably the only time I was grateful for a MTG tweet.
November 22, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Probably the only time I was grateful for a MTG tweet.
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I love that when I say "the good place" and "the bad place" everyone knows exactly what I'm talking about.
November 23, 2024 at 12:32 AM
I love that when I say "the good place" and "the bad place" everyone knows exactly what I'm talking about.
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I’m finding the community here far more engaging and respectful, while still wickedly funny. Happy to be migrating to these friendlier skies.
November 22, 2024 at 4:27 AM
I’m finding the community here far more engaging and respectful, while still wickedly funny. Happy to be migrating to these friendlier skies.
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I did it! I wrote up my Posting Middle Classes Theory, and tried to explain why I think Threads failed where Bluesky succeeded: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/down-in-th... (free to read)
November 22, 2024 at 11:38 AM
I did it! I wrote up my Posting Middle Classes Theory, and tried to explain why I think Threads failed where Bluesky succeeded: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/down-in-th... (free to read)
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Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
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In honor of Golden Tate playing for the Giants (which I completely forgot happened)….who is the player/team combo that no one remembers? I’ll start:
November 22, 2024 at 5:02 PM
In honor of Golden Tate playing for the Giants (which I completely forgot happened)….who is the player/team combo that no one remembers? I’ll start:
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we've got a Prospect article coming up on a neat trick the Montgomery County MD government is doing--when developers are struggling to get projects financed, perfect time for the state to step in with cheap capital. developers get to build but the government owns the resulting project
This is a pretty good illustration of my basic principles:
1) Real rent reductions come when developers overbuild
2) Developers always overbuild when you let them
3) Our tight construction limits in California means we don’t let them
www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco...
1) Real rent reductions come when developers overbuild
2) Developers always overbuild when you let them
3) Our tight construction limits in California means we don’t let them
www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco...
November 22, 2024 at 5:56 PM
we've got a Prospect article coming up on a neat trick the Montgomery County MD government is doing--when developers are struggling to get projects financed, perfect time for the state to step in with cheap capital. developers get to build but the government owns the resulting project
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Lol of course they did
In a late-night deal, Dems agreed to allow the incoming Trump administration to fill four appellate court judge nominations.
www.foxnews.com/politics/sen...
www.foxnews.com/politics/sen...
Senate showdown: GOP secures deal with Schumer to save coveted appellate judges for Trump
Senate Democrats and Republicans struck a midnight deal Wednesday that would secure four crucial appellate court judge nominations for President-elect Trump.
www.foxnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Lol of course they did
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The truth is, none of us really know what the next four years will look like. It’s incredibly difficult to predict what happens next. It does not feel good.
November 21, 2024 at 3:01 AM
The truth is, none of us really know what the next four years will look like. It’s incredibly difficult to predict what happens next. It does not feel good.
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I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.
#woke
#woke
November 21, 2024 at 1:23 PM
I'm totally OK with being called woke. It just means that I'm showing off my green flags. Happy to follow others with green flags.
#woke
#woke
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Whenever we make ourselves smaller for them, they just shrink our box again.
November 21, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Whenever we make ourselves smaller for them, they just shrink our box again.
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The Founders put ‘advice and consent’ in the Constitution for a reason. They wanted Senators to have oversight over Cabinet picks of a President to ensure that they were properly vetted. Winning an election 49.89%-48.24 doesn’t dispense with that constitutional responsibility.
November 20, 2024 at 8:18 PM
The Founders put ‘advice and consent’ in the Constitution for a reason. They wanted Senators to have oversight over Cabinet picks of a President to ensure that they were properly vetted. Winning an election 49.89%-48.24 doesn’t dispense with that constitutional responsibility.
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so is anybody even going to bother to go through the motions of calling for Trump to divest from his businesses this time around, or did we just give up on that one too?
November 20, 2024 at 5:40 PM
so is anybody even going to bother to go through the motions of calling for Trump to divest from his businesses this time around, or did we just give up on that one too?
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We left X and joined Bluesky because those against our parks said, “If you don’t like it, leave.” So we did. And now they’re saying, “No, come back so we can say mean things to you—it makes us feel important.”
November 21, 2024 at 3:01 AM
We left X and joined Bluesky because those against our parks said, “If you don’t like it, leave.” So we did. And now they’re saying, “No, come back so we can say mean things to you—it makes us feel important.”
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Fun fact: there was a trans woman in the bathroom I was using today.
You’ll never believe what I did next:
I pissed. I washed my hands. I nodded to them on the way out, and I went on about my day because I’m not a fucking psychopath who cares what bathroom people use.
You’ll never believe what I did next:
I pissed. I washed my hands. I nodded to them on the way out, and I went on about my day because I’m not a fucking psychopath who cares what bathroom people use.
November 20, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Fun fact: there was a trans woman in the bathroom I was using today.
You’ll never believe what I did next:
I pissed. I washed my hands. I nodded to them on the way out, and I went on about my day because I’m not a fucking psychopath who cares what bathroom people use.
You’ll never believe what I did next:
I pissed. I washed my hands. I nodded to them on the way out, and I went on about my day because I’m not a fucking psychopath who cares what bathroom people use.
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“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
-Plato
-Plato
November 21, 2024 at 9:04 PM
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”
-Plato
-Plato