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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 17h

Barry no

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 20h

Thank you, imposter syndrome

strawbaby jam @strawbbfields4ever.bsky.social · 1d

always remember who was there for you at your lowest. thank you cigarettes

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 1d

I just reasoned with my 2 for the first time. I reminded him of something he agreed to, and instead of having a fit he said "ok" and walked away. There is no greater feat of diplomacy than getting a toddler to honor a bargain.

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 1d

What is a powerpoint? A miserable little pile of facts!

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 1d

This is the correct approach. Anyone who takes the time to advocate for AI on a microblogging platform does not deserve your attention

Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 2d

this AI crap has exactly the same vibe as Chili Discourse, a bunch of bad faith shitheads trying to make nothing into something through sheer volume

I'll be doing my part by blocking every single AI advocate that crosses my path bc I simply do not care enough to sort them out

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 1d

Like I said, I'll keep my eyes open as I would anywhere else on the internet

Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 1d

"Officer, you wouldn't accuse a broccolady of murder would you?"

Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 1d

@[email protected]. I think we're already toot moots

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 1d

I'll never look at navigating directories the same way

Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 1d

This is how I do packs of instant oatmeal. Whole packet dry into the mouth, then a big gulp of water. Swish it around then filter out the water like a mighty baleen whale. Then gulp down the oatmeal.

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 1d

This is Nancy erasure

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 1d

I would like to wish those 5 a very happy redistribution of wealth.

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 1d

I haven't been around for quite a while but this doesn't resonate with my memory of the place. I'll keep an eye out though, as I would anywhere.

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 2d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 2d

lots of people know Łink from what he did to promote alt text usage here. this tip about pretending you’re describing an image over the phone has been burned in my brain since i saw it

bluesky post from
@knilirabaj.bsky.social that says

It's pretty cool you're using that alt text accessibility feature. It's not cool that you're not really describing the image though. Nice and simple is a good start. Descriptive and accurate is the way to go. You'll get the hang of it. Try pretending you're describing the picture over the phone.

July 1, 2023 at 10:33 PM Everybody can reply

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ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 2d

Never forget Hannah 🔨

Jon P @jdp23.thenexus.today · 2d

I'd phrase it differently. Hannah had been banned for the "hammers" non-threat before that. Aveta was at the center of events related to Bluesky's moderation, where instead of enforcing their policy against racist speech they eventually decided to suspend the racist user on other grounds.

“A user with a virulent racist history wishing harm on a BIPOC is different from the same comment in a debate about MCU versus DCEU movies from otherwise well behaved users,” Obasanjo wrote. “A legalistic discussion of whether ‘someone should push you off of a tall building’ is a ban worthy offense misses the point completely. The question is whether you tolerate openly racist people wishing harm on BIPOC on your app or not?”

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 2d

This is kind of where I'm at. Between yesterday and today I've had a second window open to my Masto account just to start lurking again. It's harder to find people there than here, but I'm going to keep an eye out for The Good Ones.

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Dragon Moll Z 🎃 @dopestatistics.bsky.social · 2d

We care about consistency

Which is why we unbanned the guy who got flagged by the auto system and permabanned one of the favorite posters

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C.A. Pinkham @eyepatchguy.bsky.social · 2d

Link is so nice that our personal history involved me disliking him for no good reason before we’d even interacted, him gently asking why, and ultimately him being so goddamned nice that I couldn’t keep hating him while looking myself in the fucking mirror

Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 2d

Edgy "gentle reminders to use alt text"

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 2d

Edgy "gentle reminders to use alt text"

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👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 2d

oh... so it really isn't that hard, huh?

interesting.

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 2d

That's the very first thing that comes to mind for me

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ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 2d

Łink’s the reason I learned what alt text is and why it matters.

He helped shape Bluesky’s early culture of accessibility.

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 2d

That's a fair warning, but I'm comfortable with the moderation in infosec.exchange.

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Ian 🎃 BOOwers 👻 @iggdawg.com · 2d

Link was pretty much the kindest person on this platform. Easily one of the most positive influences here, even just from the "please use alt-text" perspective.

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