Aaron
@fwaaron.bsky.social
Parent, union member, Minneapolitan.
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Best half time show ever. Weeks of right wing idiots calling him an immigrant, to liberals responding PR is part of the USA and he flips the script, putting all of USA in the middle of a Puerto Rican sugar cane field. Brilliant.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Best half time show ever. Weeks of right wing idiots calling him an immigrant, to liberals responding PR is part of the USA and he flips the script, putting all of USA in the middle of a Puerto Rican sugar cane field. Brilliant.
And if it feels like someone is criticizing you, choose to insert "yes, and" before their words, maybe it will change your perspective. Choose to be generous and assume best intentions on microblogs. But also, Bluesky you really need to up the character limit.
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
And if it feels like someone is criticizing you, choose to insert "yes, and" before their words, maybe it will change your perspective. Choose to be generous and assume best intentions on microblogs. But also, Bluesky you really need to up the character limit.
If someone shares an idea and you feel there's a citation missing (but it's not straight up plagiarism) share "yes and I read it out really well here too". If you have an important counterpoint, how about "yes, and I have read some good 1500 char limit posts, 500 is still short".
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
If someone shares an idea and you feel there's a citation missing (but it's not straight up plagiarism) share "yes and I read it out really well here too". If you have an important counterpoint, how about "yes, and I have read some good 1500 char limit posts, 500 is still short".
I mean, this post for instance. I'm not the first person to have ANY of these ideas. And I've read many of them elsewhere. And there are important counterpoints to all of them I'm sure. But people sometimes come on microblogs ready to argue not enrich.
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
I mean, this post for instance. I'm not the first person to have ANY of these ideas. And I've read many of them elsewhere. And there are important counterpoints to all of them I'm sure. But people sometimes come on microblogs ready to argue not enrich.
People forget that post they're criticizing has a short character limit. It can't accommodate the citation you think should be there, the nuanced point you think was left out. Or maybe the other way around, maybe the response was meant as a "yes, and", not a "no, but", and respond defensively.
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
People forget that post they're criticizing has a short character limit. It can't accommodate the citation you think should be there, the nuanced point you think was left out. Or maybe the other way around, maybe the response was meant as a "yes, and", not a "no, but", and respond defensively.
You get those wholesome, enlightening threads where someone shares a nice, concise, well spoken idea, and others pile on with "yes, and" type comments. But probably more often you get the ones where people argue, fault, criticize.
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
You get those wholesome, enlightening threads where someone shares a nice, concise, well spoken idea, and others pile on with "yes, and" type comments. But probably more often you get the ones where people argue, fault, criticize.
IF someone comes to read microblog content with a generous "yes, and" mindset, instead of "no, but" you get rich content.
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
IF someone comes to read microblog content with a generous "yes, and" mindset, instead of "no, but" you get rich content.
Even at 500 char, microblogging is not great for context, nuance, citation. It's about the core idea, powerful memes. Very short char limits, 140, 280, 300, are intentionally designed to drive either/or, for/against polarized engagement.
February 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Even at 500 char, microblogging is not great for context, nuance, citation. It's about the core idea, powerful memes. Very short char limits, 140, 280, 300, are intentionally designed to drive either/or, for/against polarized engagement.