Jo Alchin
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Jo Alchin
@joalchin.au
· Dec 14
Bluesky radmitting that their largely centralised automod system on their decentralised-but-not-really platform is stuck with all the same problems of Xitter and Meta. SocMed is dead if we don't move to decentralised human-moderated communities ASAP. Like on the Fediverse blahaj.zone/@jo
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“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
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This one explains capitalism better.
November 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This one explains capitalism better.
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Link helped build the culture . They claimed they were being equal and supportive to Rudy building Blacksky
Folks had no problem making press off Blacksky as the hope of the federated web
No one checked to make sure there was real autonomy
Folks had no problem making press off Blacksky as the hope of the federated web
No one checked to make sure there was real autonomy
I would also start asking why everyone including the folks who want “no masters”
Have no problem demanding Black people do the free labor of culture and moderation with no recompense
And have such a violent/ erasure reaction to why we stepped back or “raceblind” analysis of American protest
Have no problem demanding Black people do the free labor of culture and moderation with no recompense
And have such a violent/ erasure reaction to why we stepped back or “raceblind” analysis of American protest
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Link helped build the culture . They claimed they were being equal and supportive to Rudy building Blacksky
Folks had no problem making press off Blacksky as the hope of the federated web
No one checked to make sure there was real autonomy
Folks had no problem making press off Blacksky as the hope of the federated web
No one checked to make sure there was real autonomy
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narcotically accelerationist Bluesky execs explaining their disco visions for a decentralized protocol (2025, colorized):
October 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
narcotically accelerationist Bluesky execs explaining their disco visions for a decentralized protocol (2025, colorized):
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We're in the age of cults. It's about who has the biggest following that will kill for them that wins the game. Right now it's the christian nationalists who really think their extreme fringe version of reality can be stitched over top of actual reality.
October 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We're in the age of cults. It's about who has the biggest following that will kill for them that wins the game. Right now it's the christian nationalists who really think their extreme fringe version of reality can be stitched over top of actual reality.
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It is a shockingly poor decision bsky.app/profile/aman...
Suspending Erin Biba, a Jewish woman for this skeet is nasty work. Between this and intentionally misreading Link’s use of a meme as a threat, bsky mods are more than willing to ban based on the Spirit Of The Law for *some* posters but never Jesse Singal.
bsky.app/profile/aman...
bsky.app/profile/aman...
October 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It is a shockingly poor decision bsky.app/profile/aman...
Trans Pride Australia won our category at the Wayahead Mental Health Matters awards for our Friday Night Social online meetup. #australia #lgbt #trans
October 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Trans Pride Australia won our category at the Wayahead Mental Health Matters awards for our Friday Night Social online meetup. #australia #lgbt #trans
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Australia's teen social media ban may require Wikipedia to restrict Australians under the age of 16 from having accounts on its platforms, @cameronwilson.bsky.social reports.
Wikipedia could be included in the teen social media ban. Australian users are worried
www.crikey.com.au
October 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Australia's teen social media ban may require Wikipedia to restrict Australians under the age of 16 from having accounts on its platforms, @cameronwilson.bsky.social reports.
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Live your life in a way so that you never end up being written about by Human Rights Watch
Imagine seeing this screenshot and your face being on it and then jumping on a plane
September 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Live your life in a way so that you never end up being written about by Human Rights Watch
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Why is the automatic response- from both UK Labour politicians and the media- that these far right activists must be heard when their violent campaigns are based on misinformation? When they're terrorising innocent asylum seekers AND creating fear amongst non-white citizens? Where's the leadership?
this framing is violent fascism wet dream 101, what are we doing here folks?
August 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Why is the automatic response- from both UK Labour politicians and the media- that these far right activists must be heard when their violent campaigns are based on misinformation? When they're terrorising innocent asylum seekers AND creating fear amongst non-white citizens? Where's the leadership?
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WA govt. bought and paid for by the mining lobby. Zero credibility as a Left wing party.
August 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
WA govt. bought and paid for by the mining lobby. Zero credibility as a Left wing party.
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this is adorable and charming and a perfect demonstration of why I could never run for office under any circumstances
Shooting our videos is a little bit different now.
July 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
this is adorable and charming and a perfect demonstration of why I could never run for office under any circumstances
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WSJ: “The 39-year-old immigration hawk...has emerged as a singular figure in the second Trump administration, wielding more power...and eager to circumvent legal limitations on his agenda...He has written or edited every executive order that Trump has signed."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Stephen Miller’s Fingerprints Are on Everything in Trump’s Second Term
The president ’s deputy chief of staff has played an outsize role in immigration—and amassed more power than almost anyone else at the White House.
www.wsj.com
June 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
WSJ: “The 39-year-old immigration hawk...has emerged as a singular figure in the second Trump administration, wielding more power...and eager to circumvent legal limitations on his agenda...He has written or edited every executive order that Trump has signed."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Those who keep saying “I just want to have a nuanced discuss about USAID”….
USAID has already been taken out back and shot.
What nuanced discussion do you want to have about an agency that is *already dead*, and whose death is currently causing immense global suffering?
USAID has already been taken out back and shot.
What nuanced discussion do you want to have about an agency that is *already dead*, and whose death is currently causing immense global suffering?
June 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Those who keep saying “I just want to have a nuanced discuss about USAID”….
USAID has already been taken out back and shot.
What nuanced discussion do you want to have about an agency that is *already dead*, and whose death is currently causing immense global suffering?
USAID has already been taken out back and shot.
What nuanced discussion do you want to have about an agency that is *already dead*, and whose death is currently causing immense global suffering?
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I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
June 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I did not edit this, this is the actual parade with the actual music being played.
CINEMATIC
CINEMATIC
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
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So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Defying DeSantis, Florida Pride Marchers Light Up Jacksonville Bridge with Rainbow
Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.
www.erininthemorning.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels.
They opened the drawbridge to block them.
So they marched to a different bridge.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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yup i frequently got called a secret trump supporter for politely suggesting that harris not tout her endorsement from dick cheney
it’s interesting to see centrists complain about lefty reply mobs here, because in my experience the centrists on here do the same thing. if you criticized Biden/Kamala at all during the election you’d get swamped in the replies.
May 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
yup i frequently got called a secret trump supporter for politely suggesting that harris not tout her endorsement from dick cheney
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Give a Republican a heart attack.
(...or a stroke)
(...or a stroke)
George Michael - Outside (Official Video)
YouTube video by georgemichaelVEVO
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Give a Republican a heart attack.
(...or a stroke)
(...or a stroke)
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I wish Democrats *would* moderate on trans issues. We have two parties that are both differing degrees of radically anti trans. Tacking towards the center would require becoming more pro trans.
April 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I wish Democrats *would* moderate on trans issues. We have two parties that are both differing degrees of radically anti trans. Tacking towards the center would require becoming more pro trans.
The same shit platform that sponsors The Young Turks, the faux progressive media network headed by Cenk Uygur.
TikTok and Instagram creators are being paid to promote Australian election betting on Polymarket, an illegal crypto 'prediction markets' platform.
I was able to set up an account with a VPN, and it appears many other Australians have too, betting $10,000s at a time.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
I was able to set up an account with a VPN, and it appears many other Australians have too, betting $10,000s at a time.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
April 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The same shit platform that sponsors The Young Turks, the faux progressive media network headed by Cenk Uygur.
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Elon Musk is as cheap as he is racist
April 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Elon Musk is as cheap as he is racist
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China doesn’t need to make a deal with the US. In fact not making a deal with the US increases their international standing.
Need the American consumer? The American consumer needs China, let them pay tariffs.
Need the American consumer? The American consumer needs China, let them pay tariffs.
Karoline Leavitt, "China needs to make a deal with us, we don't have to make a deal with them"
"China wants what we have, what every country wants, what we have, the American consumer"
"Or to put it another way they need our money"
"China wants what we have, what every country wants, what we have, the American consumer"
"Or to put it another way they need our money"
April 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
China doesn’t need to make a deal with the US. In fact not making a deal with the US increases their international standing.
Need the American consumer? The American consumer needs China, let them pay tariffs.
Need the American consumer? The American consumer needs China, let them pay tariffs.
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#auspol
'[Daniel] Jones, a self-proclaimed self-defence expert, has previously posted online that people should “train to make it easy to be able to kill”.'
Seems nice.
www.theage.com.au/national/who...
'[Daniel] Jones, a self-proclaimed self-defence expert, has previously posted online that people should “train to make it easy to be able to kill”.'
Seems nice.
www.theage.com.au/national/who...
Who are the far-right agitators who confronted the PM in a hotel lobby?
One of the men said people should train “to be able to kill” and posted footage of himself wielding machine guns and rocket launchers.
www.theage.com.au
April 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
#auspol
'[Daniel] Jones, a self-proclaimed self-defence expert, has previously posted online that people should “train to make it easy to be able to kill”.'
Seems nice.
www.theage.com.au/national/who...
'[Daniel] Jones, a self-proclaimed self-defence expert, has previously posted online that people should “train to make it easy to be able to kill”.'
Seems nice.
www.theage.com.au/national/who...