Chris
@chrissmith9.bsky.social
@debateher.bsky.social Hi there, noticed you haven’t posted on social media for a while. Just checking in that everything is ok.
March 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@debateher.bsky.social Hi there, noticed you haven’t posted on social media for a while. Just checking in that everything is ok.
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Tested whether DeepSeek avoids referring to "Tiananmen Square", as per Reddit, and it does!
January 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tested whether DeepSeek avoids referring to "Tiananmen Square", as per Reddit, and it does!
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A federal judge struck down parts of an Arkansas law that included prison sentences for librarians and booksellers for providing books that might be considered “harmful” to minors. nyti.ms/3DIpLBi
December 24, 2024 at 9:31 PM
A federal judge struck down parts of an Arkansas law that included prison sentences for librarians and booksellers for providing books that might be considered “harmful” to minors. nyti.ms/3DIpLBi
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It's rare you get such a clear illustration of whose lives have value in America and whose don't
December 10, 2024 at 7:14 PM
It's rare you get such a clear illustration of whose lives have value in America and whose don't
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A deep dive into the digital footprint of Luigi Mangione, a man radicalized by pain.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/alleged-ce...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/alleged-ce...
Alleged CEO Shooter Luigi Mangione Was Radicalized by Pain
A journey through his online footprint and influences
shatterzone.substack.com
December 10, 2024 at 6:54 AM
A deep dive into the digital footprint of Luigi Mangione, a man radicalized by pain.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/alleged-ce...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/alleged-ce...
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🤣😭🤣😭
How it started and how it’s going…
#maga #1A #leopardsatemyface #magafascist #fascism #trump #freespeech #magaisstupid
How it started and how it’s going…
#maga #1A #leopardsatemyface #magafascist #fascism #trump #freespeech #magaisstupid
December 7, 2024 at 7:28 PM
🤣😭🤣😭
How it started and how it’s going…
#maga #1A #leopardsatemyface #magafascist #fascism #trump #freespeech #magaisstupid
How it started and how it’s going…
#maga #1A #leopardsatemyface #magafascist #fascism #trump #freespeech #magaisstupid
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”
December 7, 2024 at 2:43 AM
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”
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info coming out that Bashar and family have fled Syria.
wherever he lands, i hope he dies angry, in pain and soon.
wherever he lands, i hope he dies angry, in pain and soon.
December 6, 2024 at 7:34 PM
info coming out that Bashar and family have fled Syria.
wherever he lands, i hope he dies angry, in pain and soon.
wherever he lands, i hope he dies angry, in pain and soon.
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6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...
6 hours under martial law in Seoul
On the ground from the protests outside the National Assembly building
www.theverge.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:04 AM
6 hours under martial law: a drunk scene report from Seoul www.theverge.com/24312920/mar...
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God I love this fucking website
December 5, 2024 at 4:44 PM
God I love this fucking website
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been thinking a lot about the French revolution today and what historically people inevitably do when tyrants push their luck
December 4, 2024 at 11:11 PM
been thinking a lot about the French revolution today and what historically people inevitably do when tyrants push their luck
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I'm fucking blasted and hanging out in the weirdest scene because history happened at a deeply inconvenient hour. so it goes.
December 3, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I'm fucking blasted and hanging out in the weirdest scene because history happened at a deeply inconvenient hour. so it goes.
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I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.
December 3, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.
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I keep thinking about what we lost because of billionaire interventions on other platforms.
Like, despite the icky algorithms and suppression, I think I had a degree of optimism about our ability to overcome that (because we didn't really have a choice).
I kinda feel I shouldn't have had that?
Like, despite the icky algorithms and suppression, I think I had a degree of optimism about our ability to overcome that (because we didn't really have a choice).
I kinda feel I shouldn't have had that?
This is another thing people don’t realize about staying on X. Musk purposefully destroyed networks between activists & journalists, making it harder to work together.
Social media can be an incredible tool when it’s not controlled by fascist billionaires. It once helped start the Arab Spring.
Social media can be an incredible tool when it’s not controlled by fascist billionaires. It once helped start the Arab Spring.
I still think it's great that bluesky has incentivized blocking and disengagement from toxic content and accounts. When a platform incentivizes hairy conversation and community instead of engagement for ad revenue, amazing things start to happen.
December 2, 2024 at 4:06 PM
I keep thinking about what we lost because of billionaire interventions on other platforms.
Like, despite the icky algorithms and suppression, I think I had a degree of optimism about our ability to overcome that (because we didn't really have a choice).
I kinda feel I shouldn't have had that?
Like, despite the icky algorithms and suppression, I think I had a degree of optimism about our ability to overcome that (because we didn't really have a choice).
I kinda feel I shouldn't have had that?
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And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
Bluesky is winning because both twitter and threads have gone out of their way to make their platforms inhospitable to reputable journalists and news. @kattenbarge.bsky.social reports:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:01 AM
And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials.
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds.
Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms)
November 29, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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Swedish PM says Baltic sea now ‘high risk’ after suspected cable sabotage
Swedish PM says Baltic sea now ‘high risk’ after suspected cable sabotage
Regional leaders meet after undersea telecoms cables severed, while Chinese ship remains at anchor nearby
The Swedish prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, has said the Baltic sea is now a “high risk” zone as he met Nordic and Baltic leaders days after a…
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Swedish PM says Baltic sea now ‘high risk’ after suspected cable sabotage