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This moment in Bluesky is a great example of how joy itself can be defiance and resistance.

We are just hanging out, shitposting, being silly, happy, and normal. It is being treated as if it is transgressive, opting out of the endless negativity. Because in a way, it is.

Joy is my favorite weapon.

Harassment, racism, and engagement farming are not “a difference of opinion.”

Had a chance to talk about BlueSky on Pablo’s pod—and why the echo chamber argument mischaracterizes what’s actually going on.

📺: youtu.be/DFBlec2Exrw?...

Per last time doing a lot of heavy lifting

im on every app. im in your city, in your neighborhood. the sales associate who handed you a large when you asked for a medium? that was me. i am now behind you.

Block and move on. Block and move on. Block on a whim, Block weird replies. We are not here to "win" the internet, we are here to read cool posts from experts and artists we would never ordinarily be able to interact with, and occasionally promote our own cool stuff to like-minded weirdos.

Bluesky heard your criticism that its user base skewed too heavily toward the elder millennial demographic and compensated by adding ten million even older users

Thank you for sharing! This is great! Mastered well and you have killer lyrics

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Make sure you read Naomi Novik and Scott Lynch. Amazing prose in fantasy