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Jacques Rentzke
@jacquesrentzke.bsky.social
Building and supporting #Joomla! and #WordPress CMS web sites.
Living in #CapeTown, #SouthAfrica.
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Happy New Year! 🥳
Voorspoedige Nuwe Jaar! 🇿🇦
#CapeTown
January 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Massive AAA engagement over Odesa last night, as Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners fought an incoming Russian attack drone wave.
November 16, 2024 at 6:37 AM
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💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky!

This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br.

Here's our guide for how to do this:
How to set your domain as your handle - Bluesky
Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.
bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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Bluesky uses AI internally to assist in content moderation, which helps us triage posts and shield human moderators from harmful content. We also use AI in the Discover algorithmic feed to serve you posts that we think you’d like.

None of these are Gen AI systems trained on user content.
November 15, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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The POTUS has 34 felonies on his criminal record. He's an adjuciated rapist. He faces 25+ allegations of Rape and Sexual Assault. The last time he was in office he told 30,500 documented lies. His pandemic incompetence killed hundreds of thousands, per studies. He has declared bankruptcy six times.
November 15, 2024 at 4:20 AM
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The anti-vaxxer DHHS Secretary has a brainworm.

The Secretary of Defense has Christian Nationalist tattoos and is accused of Sexual Assault.

The DNI was called "a Russian spy" by former Rep. Kinzinger (R-IL).

The DHS Secretary kills her pets.

The AG is accused of pedophilia and Sex Trafficking.
November 15, 2024 at 4:10 AM
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Hello peeps. We're not here yet, but thinking about it. The 60s video rule is gonna be tough cf. Twitter/X, but maybe there will be fewer reach limits on sharing embeds from YouTube which always felt repressed. Here's a test - song from UK in 2022 that feels relevant post Trump: youtu.be/4uaXL4Eq6mk
"In the Bleak" (Official Music Video) - by The Marsh Family
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
November 13, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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Just in: Trump picks Kennedy for DHHS.

People will die because of this.

Many, not just a few. www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/p...
Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a source familiar with the move told CNN, a choice that would add...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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AG: a man investigated for sex trafficking.

Director of National Intelligence: a pro-Putin promoter of disinformation.

HHS: an anti-science fraudster and conspiracy theorist.

Secretary of Defense: a talk show host.

Thank you, Trump voters. You’ve voted for all of this.
November 14, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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15M people on Bluesky!!! 💫

The Verge beat us to our own announcement — that's the beauty of an open network with public stats!
November 13, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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Hey new users— we’ve been trying to build a strong culture of expecting alt text. Take it from me, because I’ve heard from them: there are blind people on this app and they appreciate being included. You can also turn on a setting that prevents you from posting images without it, if you forget
November 11, 2024 at 4:20 AM
How to Migrate Follows and Blocks from Twitter to Bluesky
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November 10, 2024 at 10:50 PM
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The thing that unites Trump voters with other extremists from right to left is that they are totalitarians. For them, winning an election isn't enough. Deep down, they doubt their own cause so they want you not only to accept their win, but to affirm them.
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November 10, 2024 at 3:33 AM