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Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 6h

Want to know the real politics of a self-described libertarian? Ask them their opinion on trans people. If they don’t come up with “self-determination trumps all” then they’re hypocrites and liars.

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Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 7m

She also follows JD Vance.

Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 5h

The COO of bluesky, Rose, is following the heritage foundation account on bluesky.

Soyweiser @soyweiser.bsky.social · 7h

She is the COO en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_o... of bsky. This is worrying because after the 'we are turning waffles into an anti-trans thing' by the CEO the CEO started to follow a transphobe. Shows a pattern.

Wonder when we find out one of them follows the discovery institute.

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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 15d

Um.

Just um. Yeah.

This is a problem.

Is bluesky safe?

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Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 15d

I seriously dont know how to make this clear without coming off as this lol😭

These people, this group, are behind all this

And they are already influencing uk the way they have usa

This is stuff we cant keep ignoring

Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 18d

Trying to explain project 2025 and how its affecting the uk, to 'normies', without sounding like a conspiracy theorist challenge

Level- probably impossible

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1h

The optics of it are shit, in multiple ways.

Ways that would have been spotted had Bluesky not left the position of comms director open for the last 2 years, if they had someone whose job was to go "no, bad, this makes you look bad, stop that. It looks bad."

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1h

A person in charge, following, on their work account, a random sub-100 following bigot, hits very different than some random user.

And again, that random sub-100 following bigot is literally invisible, not even searchable, if you use basically any community-developed moderation tools available.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1h

This, *after* the shitstorm of completely unprofessional shit other bluesky team members did the last week.

It's not at all the same as a random person on a personal account, the normal kind of follow policing you'd see. Work account. Work account during a very visible goddamn comms crisis.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1h

Seeing some people criticizing being concerned about this as follow policing, but this is Rose's work account. Her professional account, used for work. The official conduct of Bluesky leadership.

Following a 90-follower account that basically any community modlist would hide for you. Optics!

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 5h

Like, you have to be using zero community moderation tools, for their account to even be visible to you.

Like, did *you* know that Heritage Foundation was here? Probably not, if you use pretty much any community moderation tools.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 5h

Note: if you use basically *any* community modlist, you won't even see their account. Very British Bigotry, Asuka, etc already block em for you.

You have to purposely expose yourself to all the worst fucking people around, for you to *even be able to see it*

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 5h

The COO of bluesky, Rose, is following the heritage foundation account on bluesky.

Soyweiser @soyweiser.bsky.social · 7h

She is the COO en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_o... of bsky. This is worrying because after the 'we are turning waffles into an anti-trans thing' by the CEO the CEO started to follow a transphobe. Shows a pattern.

Wonder when we find out one of them follows the discovery institute.

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Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 6h

A lot of discourse around the *why* of transness really does come down to “so what?” Born this way? A choice? Arousal? Dysphoria? A simple desire to just say “fuck you” to the norms? None of it matters, all of it is valid. No one is being harmed by self-determination, no matter the reason.

May “Bunny” Peterson 🦄 (Mostly Updates ) @goddessblade.bsky.social · 6h

IMO the most egregious thing about AGP theory is how deeply FAKE the whole panic is based on the evidence.

If gendered self-arousal as a trait exists, SO WHAT? There’s no evidence linking it to any kind of bad behavior—the connection is entirely engineered by conjecture and transmisogyny!

Alice In Wunderland @aliceinwunderl3.bsky.social · 2d

I also just do not think that being aroused by the idea of a being a woman is a murderous arousal and the only reason for that connection is a patriarchal obsession with elevating manhood, as the fuckor and never the fuckee, as the greatest state any human can achieve.

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Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 3h

A distributed social media network that makes you jump between servers to opt out of the admin’s poor moderation decisions simply isn’t sustainable. Note that Mastodon also has this problem. We need a system that prioritizes opt-in community moderation.

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 2h

We are being ruled by Home Schooled Children

mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 2h

>not a veteran
>wall full of challenge coins

Kash Patel wearing the corniest Christmas camo punisher skull sweatshirt with his own podcast advertised on the sleeve, wearing his own merch hat too and another behind him, in front of an American flag challenge coin holder that also contains stickers for his podcast

buster bluth in fatigues with arms full of stuffed animals. "these are my awards, mother. from army."

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 4h

DEI for me, not for thee.

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Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 3h

Moderation is *the* social media problem, and the fact that it’s largely considered an afterthought is why we are where we are.

Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 3h

I don’t know what the actual solution is, but what I do know is that Bluesky should be working on empowering its users with useful moderation tools, instead of making moderation decisions on their personal whims.

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Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 3h

And note that a lot of the way Bluesky works *is* opt-in community moderation. Blocklists, primarily. What we need is a solution for the large scale bad actors, and while blocklists help, they’re a bit of a kludge.

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Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 3h

A distributed social media network that makes you jump between servers to opt out of the admin’s poor moderation decisions simply isn’t sustainable. Note that Mastodon also has this problem. We need a system that prioritizes opt-in community moderation.

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 3h

Gavin Newsom isn’t trolling Trump, he is not actually the one posting, the person you love is the anonymous underpaid staffer who runs his social media

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 6h

This very very very bad. I cannot stress this enough. I said that they crossed the Rubicon with arresting Ras Baraka several months ago. This is very bad and portends more bad things for regular people.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 6h

The President of the United States is calling for the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois to be jailed.

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Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 5h

The Turing test says more about the credulity of the human tester than it does the sentience of the chatbot.

Joe Thompson @kensey.bsky.social · 3d

I'm constantly reminded these days that people frequently insisted the Eliza chatbot *must* have some form of sentience to display such insight.

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Joe Thompson @kensey.bsky.social · 3d

I'm constantly reminded these days that people frequently insisted the Eliza chatbot *must* have some form of sentience to display such insight.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 5h

Welcome to the capitalist innovation museum we got

- scam machine
- psychosis inducing machine
- weapons of mass destruction
- button you push that makes the planet hotter
- markets that intentionally starve people
- clothes that fall apart after washing them 1 time
- medicine you can’t afford

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Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 20h

The universe fell apart when David Bowie died in 2016. Can’t imagine what Dolly Parton’s continued presence is holding together.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 21h

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

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