Mike Rodriquez
@glowrocks.bsky.social
Bluesky allows moderation reporting to be weaponized against normal users. This will kill the platform.
Don't think it out loud; that's what got me banned for a day w/no warning.
Impossible to put into writing what should happen to the agents whose job is taking fathers from daughters, but you can certainly think it.
August 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Don't think it out loud; that's what got me banned for a day w/no warning.
Reposted by Mike Rodriquez
Donald Trump just appointed Heather Honey, an election denier who tried to overturn the 2020 election, in charge of overseeing U.S. elections.
August 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Donald Trump just appointed Heather Honey, an election denier who tried to overturn the 2020 election, in charge of overseeing U.S. elections.
Reposted by Mike Rodriquez
Thesis: Trump is ticking off his authoritarian to do list quickly
Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding
Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort
Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding
Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort
I find this @donmoyn.bsky.social piece helpful in clarifying why I disagree with the "America is already in competitive authoritarianism" thesis.
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
August 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Thesis: Trump is ticking off his authoritarian to do list quickly
Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding
Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort
Antithesis: While Trump is *trying* to tick off his authoritarian to do list, he's not fully succeeding
Synthesis: Each item on this check list is not a binary but a spectrum, and we're *way* too far down the spectrum for any comfort
Reposted by Mike Rodriquez
The shooter was trans.
The shooter was a fan of Brenton Tarrant and Anders Breivik.
One of these pieces of information hit the press and one of them didn't.
The shooter was a fan of Brenton Tarrant and Anders Breivik.
One of these pieces of information hit the press and one of them didn't.
For the record, I've seen enough to be pretty sure the Minneapolis shooter was trans, but I don't think it matters — cis people don't care whether it's false or true, just that it conforms with their existing bigotries so they can pretend to believe it
August 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The shooter was trans.
The shooter was a fan of Brenton Tarrant and Anders Breivik.
One of these pieces of information hit the press and one of them didn't.
The shooter was a fan of Brenton Tarrant and Anders Breivik.
One of these pieces of information hit the press and one of them didn't.
Reposted by Mike Rodriquez
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?
Reposted by Mike Rodriquez
This is evil.
🚨Border Patrol arrested two firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire at the time.
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
When the other members of the crew asked for a chance to say goodbye, a Border Patrol agent told the crew member “you need to get the f*ck out of here. I’m going to make you leave.”
August 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This is evil.
@bsky.app what does it take to get a human to review a temp ban?
I know (from Masnick's game if nothing else) how hard moderation is, but when mistakes are made, and not rectified, that's the shit that kills (whoops, bad word) platforms.
So - what do I do?
I know (from Masnick's game if nothing else) how hard moderation is, but when mistakes are made, and not rectified, that's the shit that kills (whoops, bad word) platforms.
So - what do I do?
August 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
@bsky.app what does it take to get a human to review a temp ban?
I know (from Masnick's game if nothing else) how hard moderation is, but when mistakes are made, and not rectified, that's the shit that kills (whoops, bad word) platforms.
So - what do I do?
I know (from Masnick's game if nothing else) how hard moderation is, but when mistakes are made, and not rectified, that's the shit that kills (whoops, bad word) platforms.
So - what do I do?
Reposted by Mike Rodriquez
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse.
ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras
A 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S.
www.wunc.org
August 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse.
ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.
Back from the dentist to find my account suspended.
Some AH reported an old post which was not even in violation.
Are others having Bsky moderation weaponized against them?
@mmasnick.bsky.social any tips? maybe I should just go play the moderation game that just arrived :-)
Some AH reported an old post which was not even in violation.
Are others having Bsky moderation weaponized against them?
@mmasnick.bsky.social any tips? maybe I should just go play the moderation game that just arrived :-)
August 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Back from the dentist to find my account suspended.
Some AH reported an old post which was not even in violation.
Are others having Bsky moderation weaponized against them?
@mmasnick.bsky.social any tips? maybe I should just go play the moderation game that just arrived :-)
Some AH reported an old post which was not even in violation.
Are others having Bsky moderation weaponized against them?
@mmasnick.bsky.social any tips? maybe I should just go play the moderation game that just arrived :-)
@jeneane.bsky.social hey, this is Mike. I just got back from having a tooth extrracted to find bsky suspended my account.
I can't even look at my followers so am trying to remember their user names.
I did nothing wrong.
Some AH weaponized their reporting system against me.
@joshuajfriedman.com
I can't even look at my followers so am trying to remember their user names.
I did nothing wrong.
Some AH weaponized their reporting system against me.
@joshuajfriedman.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@jeneane.bsky.social hey, this is Mike. I just got back from having a tooth extrracted to find bsky suspended my account.
I can't even look at my followers so am trying to remember their user names.
I did nothing wrong.
Some AH weaponized their reporting system against me.
@joshuajfriedman.com
I can't even look at my followers so am trying to remember their user names.
I did nothing wrong.
Some AH weaponized their reporting system against me.
@joshuajfriedman.com
@burningbird.net Hey, this is Mike.
I just got back from getting atooth extracted and found my bluesky account suspended.
I'm trying to remember as many of my followers as I can, but the system won't even let me see my account.
This is absolute BS. Anyway, I needed to reach out to someone.
I just got back from getting atooth extracted and found my bluesky account suspended.
I'm trying to remember as many of my followers as I can, but the system won't even let me see my account.
This is absolute BS. Anyway, I needed to reach out to someone.
August 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
@burningbird.net Hey, this is Mike.
I just got back from getting atooth extracted and found my bluesky account suspended.
I'm trying to remember as many of my followers as I can, but the system won't even let me see my account.
This is absolute BS. Anyway, I needed to reach out to someone.
I just got back from getting atooth extracted and found my bluesky account suspended.
I'm trying to remember as many of my followers as I can, but the system won't even let me see my account.
This is absolute BS. Anyway, I needed to reach out to someone.