If you're new to Bluesky, or just want to understand how it's profoundly different from platforms like X, I wrote this article last year about federated social media -- Bluesky and Mastodon specifically -- and how they fit into the US history of federalism. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Thankful to find a place for non-doomscrolling. Here is my sister’s dog Ozzy if you need a timeline cleanse.