Clara Timonel

[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter] النسخة العربية من هذه الرسالة متاحة أدناه. Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza. These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, students–and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform. Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay …

Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report. We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes: Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language. Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future. Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification. Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic. Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision. In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or …

End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community. We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community care– one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard. We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future. We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there. Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesars” should apply to all members of its community. [To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]

We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first.

You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Qué lástima. Me lo esperaba, y no por eso duele menos. Hay alternativas por ahí, pero Pocket seguía siendo mi favorita. Otra estrella del viejo internet que se apaga.

La relatora de Naciones Unidas para Palestina pide a España votar a favor del embargo integral de armas a Israel La relatora de la ONU pide al Congreso español que apoye la proposición de ley para un embargo integral de armas a Israel, que se debatirá y votará este martes por la tarde en la Cámara Baja

La relatora de la ONU para Palestina pide a España votar a favor del embargo integral de armas a Israel

Albanese pide al Congreso español que apoye la proposición de ley que se debatirá y votará este martes en el Congreso

www.eldiario.es/internaciona...

I know tasnem in person she is sister of my brother wife, she is in urgent need to help her children and feed them and care about them and evacuate from gaza, always remember that it’s maybe just small amount you can give but it’s life for her, support her with any amount u can

No quedará piedra sobre piedra. Rafah hoy.

600,000 people got on trains, buses to London to protest against the genocide in Palestine today & it wasn’t even on the news. Such is the power of money, it controls everything & everybody, it’s cost, life itself. Therein the answer, get rid of money in favour of equality & life

Dolor infinito. Y mucha vergüenza como sociedad internacional en 2025.

Israeli military begins ‘extensive’ ground operation as 135 killed in Gaza Israel continues to unleash its bloodbath in the enclave, rendering all public hospitals in north Gaza ‘out of service’.

135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.

My account has so much blocking and Im trying to save it since one year If you support Palestine and gaza just please at least support me with follow or like or comment it’s will help

Whole year Im trying save my account please stand with me

Este es del año pasado, pero también vale hoy.

Pues la obligación de una cadena pública esta noche no es solo informar de las 50.000 víctimas de Israel, 15.000 de ellas menores, es informar de eso y también de que se les ha amenazado por contarlo

Hace un crowdfunding RTVE para pagar esa multa y con lo que saca paga 35 temporadas de Broncano.

Es incomprensible lo que está pasando, incomprensible para la mente humana. Qué impotencia.

Todas las mañanas veo varios mensajes y citas de cuentas palestinas al abrir la app y hoy ha habido un silencio aterrador 💔

Rafah is my city which I completely one year displaced from it

La crisis humanitaria en #Gaza está en su peor momento desde octubre de 2023.

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Ya existimos, somos los farmacéuticos. "Consulte a su farmacéutico" y todo eso.

El ejército israelí entrará en Gaza “con toda su fuerza” en los próximos días, asegura Netanyahu. No podremos decir que no sabíamos, cómo hicimos en el siglo pasado. #GazaGenocide

Israel ya no solo mata niños bombardeando, ahora ha decidido matarles de hambre. No quedan palabras para describir este horror genocida

Es insoportable la tibieza de Europa ante este puto genocidio.

In so por ta ble.

Tras 2 meses de devastador bloqueo y hambruna en Gaza, Israel exige que cerremos la distribución de ayuda humanitaria gestionada por la ONU y ONGs. Quieren militarizar toda la ayuda a la población civil, obligándonos a entregar suministros a través de centros diseñados por el ejército israelí.

We'll pull you after us! We stand in solidarity across the globe, you are not alone. Fuerza ✊

Están sacando en Astronave sus libros para peques y me alegro tanto! Es un género muy infravalorado, el infantil

Lo que quieren es participar en Eurovisión, y yo pienso que si Australia puede, Canadá también. Arriba la Commonwealthvisión