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26.05.2025 07:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
[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 …

[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 …

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.]

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...

24.05.2025 18:45 — 👍 3867    🔁 3041    💬 104    📌 452

Oliver laxe y la montaña baila.

25.05.2025 17:30 — 👍 30    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

y alguno que esté por Madrid sin tener que irse hasta Ventilla? 😅

19.05.2025 10:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Empieza eurovisión

17.05.2025 19:11 — 👍 467    🔁 130    💬 6    📌 2
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Este gatito y toda su panda os van a robar el corazón.

“Flow, un mundo que salvar” es la película de animación del 2024, se llevó el Óscar y el Globo de Oro y hoy, por fin, llega a esta casa.

Disfrutadla.

16.05.2025 07:16 — 👍 209    🔁 39    💬 5    📌 17
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Creyeron que la parte de HBO Max que le interesaba a la gente era la del "Max", pero resulta que era la otra. ¿Quién lo podría haber predicho*?

*Literalmente cualquiera

14.05.2025 17:21 — 👍 100    🔁 17    💬 8    📌 0
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Acaban de escribirme de la aerolínea (Vueling) para ofrecerme que les haga una oferta para mejorar nuestros asientos.

A cara descubierta y sin ningún tipo de vergüenza.

12.05.2025 07:53 — 👍 24    🔁 10    💬 14    📌 7
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¿Por qué no se acaba (de una vez) el trabajo? ¿Cómo puede ser que estemos, al mismo tiempo, aterrados por quedarnos sin trabajo y hartos de trabajar?

Qué buen texto de @ostraperlera.bsky.social ✍️
abundancia.maria-alvarez.com/p/por-que-no...

12.05.2025 07:48 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS World Tour, Madrid, 2026-05-30T00:00:00Z, , Tickets – www.livenation.es Riyadh Air Metropolitano, Madrid

No dejo de darle vueltas y creo que algo huele a podrido en todo el lio de las entradas de Bad Bunny...

Por si vives debajo de una piedra y no te has enterado, Bad Bunny ha sacado 9 fechas en Madrid en un estadio con capacidad para 60.000 personas.

buff.ly/S9JUIkW

10.05.2025 09:35 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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‼️✅ 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐄𝐋 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐎: Barça 4-3 Real Madrid

🤩 ¡Esta Liga es nuestra, culés! El Barça consigue una remontada espectacular para tener el título liguero al alcance de la mano. Han intentado tangarnos, pero ni por esas. 😏

⚽ Eric García, Lamine Yamal y Raphinha (x2).
🅰️ Ferran Torres (x3) y Pedri.

11.05.2025 16:23 — 👍 127    🔁 18    💬 18    📌 2
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🏆𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐀🏆

🤩 El Barça Femenino golea por un marcador de 0-9 al Betis Fem, que certifica su descenso, y conquista su 10ª Liga. Además, se trata de la sexta consecutiva, lo que determina el gran dominio del equipo. 🔝

💪🏻 Estas chicas nunca pararán de darnos alegrías. ¡VISCA EL BARÇA! 💙❤️

11.05.2025 12:09 — 👍 46    🔁 9    💬 2    📌 4
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lo buenísima que es hacks

03.05.2025 17:54 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Encomiables los esfuerzos de toda la derecha por enfangar y politizar el apagón.

No está funcionando.

03.05.2025 15:51 — 👍 45    🔁 7    💬 4    📌 0

lmao you'll praise anyone so as not to admit who is the top scorer, what to expect from people who call football soccer

26.04.2025 14:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Ah, y aunque para mí es todos los días, feliz día de la visibilidad lésbica a todas. 🏳️‍🌈

26.04.2025 14:30 — 👍 177    🔁 12    💬 5    📌 0
fotograma del capítol 4x04 de Hacks, amb l'Ava portant una samarreta del Barça

fotograma del capítol 4x04 de Hacks, amb l'Ava portant una samarreta del Barça

ava barça ava barça

26.04.2025 14:28 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 4    📌 0
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‼️⚽ Hoy es día de partidazo. El Barça Femenino se enfrenta al Chelsea Fem en la ida de las semifinales de la Champions.

👀 Rival durísimo el que nos espera hoy, donde en su liga no ha perdido un solo partido. Sea como sea, somos el Barça y tenemos el mejor equipo del mundo.

¡FORÇA BARÇA! 💙❤️

20.04.2025 08:42 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Domingo de resurrección.

20.04.2025 06:40 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Año 2059, el mundo está en la puta mierda. Un abuelo y su nieto se dan un festín con unas raíces que han encontrado tras 2 días en ayunas.
-Abu, esto es una mierda.
-Pero por lo menos hemos evitado el comunismo.
-¿Pero eso qué es?
-Ni puta idea, pero una cosa chunguísima mil veces peor que esto.

18.04.2025 21:41 — 👍 713    🔁 179    💬 9    📌 1
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La 'súper-gentrificación' llega a Madrid: los ultrarricos elevan el precio medio de la vivienda al nivel de lujo Los inmuebles de lujo en el centro de Madrid se revalorizan hasta un 30% al año y cercan incluso a las clases medias-altas en un proceso de súper-gentrificación que han sufrido ya barrios de Nueva Yor...

Al final, el verdadero gran reemplazo es este: ultramillonarios extranjeros, fondos de inversión y grandes tenedores de apartamentos turísticos expulsándonos de nuestros barrios. www.eldiario.es/economia/sup...

18.04.2025 18:57 — 👍 789    🔁 422    💬 17    📌 16

Qué profunda desazón me provoca el ocio gris y rutinario: el enésimo local de "smash burgers", otro festival con los cinco grupos de siempre... Gente haciendo "planes" que no les satisfacen empujados por la hiperactividad de esta época y por el terror que inspira quedarse en casa y no hacer nada.

17.04.2025 18:06 — 👍 103    🔁 19    💬 11    📌 1

Dios mío, creo que se hicieron bastantes menos experimentos para probar (y que toda la comunidad científica aceptara) la existencia de los agujeros negros. Estoy hasta el potorrísimo de esta historia.

17.04.2025 18:43 — 👍 341    🔁 136    💬 10    📌 0
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los fans del blasfemous en la calle esta semana

15.04.2025 22:21 — 👍 36    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0

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