TIL: the BitcoinHackers.org Mastodon instance was defederated/cancelled in 2023 for "promoting environmental harm" with Bitcoin mining (never mind crypto mining promotes the use of stranded renewables).

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A KYC'd internet will be uninteresting to me. Nobody will post anything controversial.

We will retreat to Nostr, darknets, E2EE chats, etc. A more obscure alt internet.

njump.me/nevent1qqs0h...

I remember when Anonymous was cool AF.

Bluesky age-restricted in the UK.

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The demolition of the free Internet is going at full speed:

EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google

reddit.rtrace.io/r/BuyFromEU/...

We're going to need VPNs, Tor, I2P, BlueSky, Nostr, Mastodon, Lemmy, PeerTube, the Indieweb, etc.

ICYMI: @ipfs.tech now works behind @torproject.bsky.social .

Without freedom, you can't know the truth.
Without knowing the truth, there is no freedom.

New heuristic:

I'll block people when in a reply they start using the word "you". The next step coming is an ad hominem. They aren't focusing on the argument.

If you have an independent opinion and express it, you will frequently piss off everybody, left and right.

An AI agent that insta-blocks ad hominem replies before you read them.

Both Twitter and Bluesky seem echo chambers to me, because most of those opening an account here are disabling the account there.

Trump's victory was a surprise to many, mainly to those not on X/Twitter.

I wonder whether in 4 years from now the surprised side will be of those who are not on Bluesky.

This place is so decel I can't hardly find anyone to follow.

Best use I find of my Bluesky account is following @ddosecrets.bsky.social and @crimethinc.com because they're banned on X/Twitter (unjustly, IMHO).

Are there any other interesting accounts unjustly banned on X/Twitter?