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@mav.wtf

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no war but class war. idiot sandwich, struggles a lot, tries hard, fails often. nerdfighter, infosec, defcon goon, volunteer, hardware hacker, etc. mental health advocate, when I can. -> over on hackers.town

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mav @mav.wtf · Dec 18

If you're publishing at Substack I will never give you money and I will never share your stuff.

Full stop

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Dec 17

substack just announced a new enterprise media offering (whatever that means) in partnership with bari weiss’ website “because of its commitment to pursuing high-integrity journalism.”

if you’re still publishing there, it’s time to get the fuck out.

on.substack.com/p/the-new-me...

The new media, powered by Substack

Partnering with The Free Press to better support media organizations

on.substack.com

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 4h

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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mav @mav.wtf · 3h

A fastener package aptly named "BALLCOCK SHANK NUT BAG"

mav @mav.wtf · 3h

I really like it, I'm just disappointed it's not on Bandcamp, I want to download it

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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · May 21

Digital illustration in comic book style of 1966 Adam West Batman. He’s making a very manic and stressed out gritted-teeth grimace as he runs with a comically large bomb with a lit fuse held in both hands over his head. Three speech bubbles, the last being a red and orange burst, contain the words ‘Maybe it will happen today!’ 🦇 💣

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mav @mav.wtf · 9h

I see you got a completely useless non-answer, which is disappointing but hardly unexpected. Too bad, because it's a really well thought out thread. If only there was anyone in bluesky that had an ounce of introspection.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 1d

Aaron and I are moots so hopefully he'll hear me out on this.

If "every decision must be explainable, repeatable, and based on evidence [your] tools can reliably evaluate," then you need to reevaluate your TOS because you're running into the same issue that I pointed out to @pfrazee.com re: porn.

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 2d

This approach keeps our system scalable and fair as we grow. Every decision must be explainable, repeatable, and based on evidence our tools can reliably evaluate. We’re also working to make our decisions clearer and more transparent. 8/9

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Mr. Cait @chas.bsky.social · 10h

Normally I'd tell you to block people instead of fighting, but I'm sick and tired of settling for the lesser of two evils. I'm sick and tired of losing to appease monsters. Now I'm going to fight you in the marketplace of ideas or the 99 Bar and Grill parking lot. Your choice.

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mav @mav.wtf · 15h

If they're willing to throw trans people under the bus, what makes you even remotely think they're favorable to the cause?

mav @mav.wtf · 15h

not even slightly

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mav @mav.wtf · 15h

what the hell is the point of winning if you're going to essentially just execute the same policies that the current administration is executing

mav @mav.wtf · 16h

Really looking forward to the blacksky independent Appview

mav @mav.wtf · 16h

I got a little confused about this, this morning, and I should have just read it more carefully: if you migrate to the blacksky PDS, no matter how you do it, so long as you're not a non-Black person using a blacksky handle, it's ok.

Thank you so much @sharpiepls.com for helping me clear that up.

dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 18h

non-black users using the blacksky.app handle is a bannable offense

BUT non-black users are welcome to join the blacksky SERVERS (not the blacksky feed) under either "myatproto.social" or "cryptoanarchy.network" handles

source: docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to...

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mav @mav.wtf · 16h

Search is currently broken globally, so I'm guessing it's related to that.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 19h

two women wearing shirts that read USA drinking team, they are smoking and holding a bottle

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mav @mav.wtf · 1d

computers are fun

mav @mav.wtf · 1d

Atheist here; fully agreed, I'm happy to stand beside (or in front of, as needed)* religious leaders doing this work

(* when possible, unfortunate age/health issues notwithstanding)

Queer Satanic @queersatanic.bsky.social · 3d

Growing up in evangelical churches in West Texas, it was taken as a given that the End Times would involve agents of the federal government hunting and rounding up Christians, brutalizing them, and humiliating them publicly before tossing them into concentration camps, or elsewise disappearing them.

mav @mav.wtf · 1d

permabanned from bsky for daring to question the wisdom of its CEO, Elon Jay

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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mav @mav.wtf · 1d

Every freakin morning, I swear 🫂

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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dan @danabra.mov · 1d

now might be a great time to contribute to Blacksky

opencollective.com/blacksky#cat...

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 1d

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mav @mav.wtf · 1d

Thank you for everything you do.

mav @mav.wtf · 1d

I got a cutting board - it was a good time to need a cutting board! And a sticker pack, I have them all back to the beginning languishing in a drawer, and I think I'm going to get a big piece of foamcore and make a Warhol-esque collage of all of them.

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mav @mav.wtf · 1d

life is short, do it

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 23d

BREAKING: Chuck Schumer was seen repeatedly bumping into the same wall, intoning "bi-par-ti-san-ship, bi-par-ti-san-ship, bi-par-ti-san-ship."

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 2d

I think this basically sort of nails it: you can't really have both. You gotta choose at some point between the smoothly functioning well capitalized chain restaurant with professional support and the cool dive bar you hang out with your friends in that boots people that fail the vibe check

medjed.bsky.social @medjed.bsky.social · 3d

you can do this already, what people want is the frictionless UX and customer service of a megacorporation for-profit enterprise, with the first class right-of-exit of a scrappy, leftish-hacker, FOSS techstack

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 3d

I increasingly think the subreddit model is the best conceptual way to structure a social media platform, even if actually existing Reddit I’m pretty meh about. You gotta let people enforce their own community norms, but those norms have to be opt-in

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