Amanda Simpson 🍉
@amandaiswriting.bsky.social
Apprentice Polymath; perpetual student
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Bluesky is consistently censoring Palestinian people. There is a blatant pattern of this and you can't argue it's down to ignorance because they've been directly confronted on it.
Kick up a fuss. Lift the voices of Palestinians. Let Bluesky know that you see this pattern and you won't let it slide.
Kick up a fuss. Lift the voices of Palestinians. Let Bluesky know that you see this pattern and you won't let it slide.
September 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Bluesky is consistently censoring Palestinian people. There is a blatant pattern of this and you can't argue it's down to ignorance because they've been directly confronted on it.
Kick up a fuss. Lift the voices of Palestinians. Let Bluesky know that you see this pattern and you won't let it slide.
Kick up a fuss. Lift the voices of Palestinians. Let Bluesky know that you see this pattern and you won't let it slide.
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Last week, hundreds of current and former NASA employees released a letter protesting the proposed budget cuts to the agency. “Discovery and invention and exploration is not a faucet that you can turn on and off,” says retired astronaut Cady Coleman, who signed the letter.
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NASA Employees Protest Cuts In Formal Dissent Letter
Retired astronaut Cady Coleman explains why she felt compelled to sign “The Voyager Declaration.”
www.sciencefriday.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Last week, hundreds of current and former NASA employees released a letter protesting the proposed budget cuts to the agency. “Discovery and invention and exploration is not a faucet that you can turn on and off,” says retired astronaut Cady Coleman, who signed the letter.
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Where's the voice and respect for First Nations peoples and their culture, @albomp.bsky.social & Senator Watt?
"Murujuga custodian Josie Alec said it was a "disgrace" to think industry and culture could co-exist. This is the battle of all battles," she said."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
"Murujuga custodian Josie Alec said it was a "disgrace" to think industry and culture could co-exist. This is the battle of all battles," she said."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Traditional owners say 'there's always hope', vow to keep fighting Woodside
Traditional owners have pledged to continue fighting the decision to extend the North West Shelf gas plant, as environmentalists shift their focus to Woodside's next major project — the development of...
www.abc.net.au
May 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Where's the voice and respect for First Nations peoples and their culture, @albomp.bsky.social & Senator Watt?
"Murujuga custodian Josie Alec said it was a "disgrace" to think industry and culture could co-exist. This is the battle of all battles," she said."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
"Murujuga custodian Josie Alec said it was a "disgrace" to think industry and culture could co-exist. This is the battle of all battles," she said."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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Cannot emphasise enough how much the episode this is from is about the doctor saving Space Eurovision from a group of evil, horned, Space Palestinians
i have not watched this season of doctor who but i have learned this screenshot is real and lmao
May 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Cannot emphasise enough how much the episode this is from is about the doctor saving Space Eurovision from a group of evil, horned, Space Palestinians
Eurovision in Salzburg would be epic ... alas if Israel is banned no chance of me being there
🏙️ Salzburg’s mayor considers hosting #Eurovision 2026 to be difficult financially. Also, Salzburgarena will be unavailable in May. State representatives however claim that hosting would be possible with “pragmatic creativity”.
[📸 Urlaubsguru]
More: www.salzburg24.at/news/salzbur...
[📸 Urlaubsguru]
More: www.salzburg24.at/news/salzbur...
May 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Eurovision in Salzburg would be epic ... alas if Israel is banned no chance of me being there
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Why is Russian excluded from Eurovision and Israel isn't?
May 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Why is Russian excluded from Eurovision and Israel isn't?
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Very proud to be a signatory to this letter. We as a digital community are utterly failing to stand up for the shockingly vulnerable Palestinian community, and bsky's staffers are failing to listen.
The 'moderation' here has been obviously excessively aggressive in banning Palestinian accounts
The 'moderation' here has been obviously excessively aggressive in banning Palestinian accounts
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...
You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
![[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 …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:squcwsoa45f5ibxykhzpnvnc/bafkreifkdvretowrpktkbdr3uq4abhyqv5v5ngzbrmrvkjotzthx7xatay@jpeg)
![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.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:squcwsoa45f5ibxykhzpnvnc/bafkreiafdk7hh2kurcncuymod3iftzk3jp35icckd4lvicash3zvkdoq5y@jpeg)
May 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Very proud to be a signatory to this letter. We as a digital community are utterly failing to stand up for the shockingly vulnerable Palestinian community, and bsky's staffers are failing to listen.
The 'moderation' here has been obviously excessively aggressive in banning Palestinian accounts
The 'moderation' here has been obviously excessively aggressive in banning Palestinian accounts
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A few million square kilometers of global sea-ice extent has gone missing ...
May 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A few million square kilometers of global sea-ice extent has gone missing ...
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The precautionary principle applies to political engagement, just as it does to pandemics. You don't wait and see and only react once things go badly. You need to be proactive when there are warning signs.
May 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The precautionary principle applies to political engagement, just as it does to pandemics. You don't wait and see and only react once things go badly. You need to be proactive when there are warning signs.
It’s true we’re coming out of a mini ice age. But the rate that we’re doing so is unprecedented and is a clear indication of something terribly wrong
Reform is twisting the truth on climate change. Yes, natural climate change HAS gone on for hundreds of millions of years. But only a tiny fraction of that time has been suitable for human life. Even less for human society. We've now added manmade climate change to the mix. That's speeding things up
May 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It’s true we’re coming out of a mini ice age. But the rate that we’re doing so is unprecedented and is a clear indication of something terribly wrong
Bluesky wonderfully free of hypocritical Eurovision fans who won’t boycott an event that platforms a nation committing genocide
May 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Bluesky wonderfully free of hypocritical Eurovision fans who won’t boycott an event that platforms a nation committing genocide
Sickening
I will forever be haunted by this footage.
Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
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Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.
What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪
May 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Sickening
LOVE this map - I’m obsessed with both the Arctic and Antarctica
The fantastic cartographer @MtnMapper made this physical map of the North Pole region available for free. Source: shadedrelief.com/arctic
May 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
LOVE this map - I’m obsessed with both the Arctic and Antarctica
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The fantastic cartographer @MtnMapper made this physical map of the North Pole region available for free. Source: shadedrelief.com/arctic
May 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The fantastic cartographer @MtnMapper made this physical map of the North Pole region available for free. Source: shadedrelief.com/arctic
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Well then stop trivializing respiratory viral illnesses as “just the flu”: “Australia has had over 60,000 flu cases already this year. Here’s why experts are worried”.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
Australia has had over 60,000 flu cases already this year. Here’s why experts are worried
Australia's vaccination rates for the flu have been trending downwards in recent years, and experts are concerned about what could be a record flu season.
www.sbs.com.au
May 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Well then stop trivializing respiratory viral illnesses as “just the flu”: “Australia has had over 60,000 flu cases already this year. Here’s why experts are worried”.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
🤭
May 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🤭
This
May 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This
Yep Albo doesn’t care about the environment (other than performative speeches that do nothing)
Disaster for the environment tonight, utter disaster 😢 #AusVotes25
May 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Yep Albo doesn’t care about the environment (other than performative speeches that do nothing)
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Swing towards Josh Burns? Charming.
May 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Swing towards Josh Burns? Charming.
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Perhaps Albo will feel secure enough to start growing a spine now.
May 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Perhaps Albo will feel secure enough to start growing a spine now.
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Let's make Gina mad again tomorrow night like when she first saw her portrait.
#auspol #ausvotes #AusVotes2025 #abc730 #TemuTrump
#auspol #ausvotes #AusVotes2025 #abc730 #TemuTrump
May 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Let's make Gina mad again tomorrow night like when she first saw her portrait.
#auspol #ausvotes #AusVotes2025 #abc730 #TemuTrump
#auspol #ausvotes #AusVotes2025 #abc730 #TemuTrump