Sirena Bergman
@sirenabergman.bsky.social
Life & Trends editor at Newsweek. Frequently explaining the internet. Tips+pitches: s.bergman@newsweek.com
At some point you might as well just say you don't want facts to interfere with people's ability to spread propaganda and go
November 26, 2024 at 11:18 AM
At some point you might as well just say you don't want facts to interfere with people's ability to spread propaganda and go
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One thing we should all be conscious of here on Bluesky is that trans people were a key part of keeping this site alive when everyone else was afraid to lose clout. They are a big reason we have an alternative to Elon.
November 21, 2024 at 11:19 PM
One thing we should all be conscious of here on Bluesky is that trans people were a key part of keeping this site alive when everyone else was afraid to lose clout. They are a big reason we have an alternative to Elon.
Threads is so weird I honestly could not tell you if this is sarcasm
November 22, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Threads is so weird I honestly could not tell you if this is sarcasm
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November 22, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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A new bill in Texas attempts to outlaw online speech surrounding abortion & shows how abortion battles are becoming tech policy battles 🧵 reason.com/2024/11/18/t...
Texas bill would ban hosting online speech about abortion pills
Abortion battles are becoming tech policy battles.
reason.com
November 18, 2024 at 8:47 PM
A new bill in Texas attempts to outlaw online speech surrounding abortion & shows how abortion battles are becoming tech policy battles 🧵 reason.com/2024/11/18/t...
Since I started hanging out in This Place properly, I can't seem to escape @markcuban0.bsky.social no matter which way I turn! At the risk of making another billionaire the face of a platform... I wrote about what his presence here tells us about its future www.newsweek.com/mark-cuban-b...
Mark Cuban is really into Bluesky at the moment
Since the election, hordes of high-profile X users are migrating to Bluesky. Mark Cuban, who has a longstanding rivalry with Elon Musk, is among them.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Since I started hanging out in This Place properly, I can't seem to escape @markcuban0.bsky.social no matter which way I turn! At the risk of making another billionaire the face of a platform... I wrote about what his presence here tells us about its future www.newsweek.com/mark-cuban-b...
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I am working on building out a second list of Officially Verified journalists and media types here on Bluesky. There are over 40 included in the starter pack already! bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 21, 2024 at 2:46 PM
I am working on building out a second list of Officially Verified journalists and media types here on Bluesky. There are over 40 included in the starter pack already! bsky.app/starter-pack...
Longstanding influencer mainstay Sephora swears it did not donate to Trump. But TikTokers are calling for a boycott anyway. www.newsweek.com/tiktokers-bo...
Sephora says it did not donate to Trump—TikTokers want to boycott anyway
"Sephora does not make corporate donations to political candidates," a spokesperson told Newsweek.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:55 PM
Longstanding influencer mainstay Sephora swears it did not donate to Trump. But TikTokers are calling for a boycott anyway. www.newsweek.com/tiktokers-bo...
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With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
November 20, 2024 at 4:16 PM
With a fully remote team of just 20 employees, Bluesky has surpassed 20 million users in its first year since opening to the public and is stealing thunder from rivals hundreds of times its size.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
At a time when conventional wisdom among bosses is that workers must be in-person to be productive.
All these Twitter alternatives are actually a perfect way to digitally represent that in-your-30s thing where with some friends you're a sensible person who always has painkillers in her purse and with others you're buying tequila shots at 2am on a Tuesday night like it never stopped being 2012
November 19, 2024 at 7:01 PM
All these Twitter alternatives are actually a perfect way to digitally represent that in-your-30s thing where with some friends you're a sensible person who always has painkillers in her purse and with others you're buying tequila shots at 2am on a Tuesday night like it never stopped being 2012
I'm happy for this Swiftie journalist who just got his dream job but I simply cannot accept the ludicrous notion that this is in any way an "obscure" observation.
November 7, 2023 at 12:16 PM
I'm happy for this Swiftie journalist who just got his dream job but I simply cannot accept the ludicrous notion that this is in any way an "obscure" observation.