Paul Bettner

Billionaire: I'm gonna fix this country!
Me: Nice! So like spend all your money to end homelessness?
Billionaire: I'm going to let people call teenagers slurs again!
Joe Rogan: Wow. Incredible.

How have I never even heard of this before??? That looks literally perfect.

Has there ever been a more hated president in the history of our country?

mark zuckerberg’s entire adult life has been a revenge tour against women

People believe all kinds of bullshit conspiracies but the actual conspiracy to cook the planet for profit is somehow not getting as much traction as some weird shit about cyanide in fruit or seed oils or whatever.

BAM!!!

How to help people impacted by the California fires Here is a list of organizations vetted and approved by NBC News.

Former CA First Lady @mariashriver.bsky.social has compiled this vetted list of charities helping those impacted by the Southern California fires including CA Community Fdn, World Food Kitchen, Pasadena Humane Society & more

www.today.com/news/climate...

Whooping cough cases skyrocket in Michigan, as vaccinations decline | Bridge Michigan A potentially deadly disease in infants, whooping cough — pertussis — has exploded in Michigan this year, in part because of decreased vaccination rates.

Cases of whooping cough in Michigan are at their highest level in at least 20 years, as vaccinations decline. The disease can be deadly to infants. Alarmed by the increase, doctors are pleading for families to vaccinate their children.

Alex Blechman @AlexBlechman Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

Wow so, this has been the first couple weeks I actually had monetization turned on on my Youtube channel.

I had known that ad payouts were low, but I didn't realize they were THIS humorously low.

No wonder every fuckin channel does ad reads. That's literally the only money there is.

Here's an indication of how quickly BlueSky is growing.

Three weeks ago, there were 10,000 Starter Packs.
Now there are over 182,000.

The perfect refuge from the chaos of the world? A library or bookstore—where silence reigns, stories thrive, and morons dare not tread.

If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane.

We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵

Trump announces that billionaires no longer have to comply with environmental regulations

Will I understand Luigi's Manifesto if I haven't played Luigi's Mansion?

America will, in 2025, have the most corrupt diplomatic corps at the ambassadorial level that it’s ever had

Criminals, self-dealers, bribe recipients, family members of the POTUS, unscrupulous businessmen

Yes, ambassadorships are often prizes for the well-connected—and this is still a step beyond

I have about 1/3 of the followers here that I have on the other place, but the engagement here is a lot more fun & interesting, & it feels happy. I really hope this lasts. We need a public marketplace of ideas!

Hi. It's not normal for a nominee to be Director of the FBI to have his own personal hit list of people he wants to take revenge on using the power of the fed'l govt. Do not confirm.

Wait... Trump lied to white working-class folks to get their votes? And now the leopard everyone told them would eat their faces is eating their faces?

To the fainting couch!

They always get so offended when someone says this

it finally happened: i got assigned to write a story about bluesky.

i like that @jay.bsky.team always rejects the premise of questions that casts her in some sort of hierarchy over users. she’s consistent in explaining the goal is not to better wield, but irreversibly give away, all the power and control that men in her shoes have habitually abused with impunity.

Bless your heart.

MAGA is FURIOUS that Biden pardoned Hunter but DIDN'T also give him a cushy job, the way Trump did with Charles Kushner.

There is no point in trolling if no one sees it.

User control over our feeds is great. Including the ability to fully hide from everyone, unwanted replies, and block those people.

If i hide a reply from a troll from everyone, no one sees it.

Moderation is great

Really helps engagement

lol I still get PUSH NOTIFICATIONS for Elon Musk on Twitter… on an account that I literally don’t follow him on. Just an inconceivable level of neediness.

Also, holy shit, Bluesky sends real traffic. Will update this tomorrow with firm numbers but journalism is going to move here for sure. Twitter is a drop in the bucket. It's over, but we are so back, and so on and so forth

In addition to not having its algorythm manipulated by an unhinged right-wing billionaire, Bluesky's technology and features are just way better than X

Bluesky has overtaken both Instagram and Twitter for the FIRST time.