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I'm biased toward Bluesky because it's where for the first time in years I've had an enjoyable social media experience, but I also like the idea that if the protocol it's created with builds out like they hope, social media will be more resistant to rich dude fuckery
www.wired.com/story/big-in...
www.wired.com/story/big-in...
Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet
All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.
www.wired.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I'm biased toward Bluesky because it's where for the first time in years I've had an enjoyable social media experience, but I also like the idea that if the protocol it's created with builds out like they hope, social media will be more resistant to rich dude fuckery
www.wired.com/story/big-in...
www.wired.com/story/big-in...
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🩺 Mental Health Awareness Month: A Moment for Us
👉Burnout, a culture of silence & fatigue are at an all-time high.
👉Let’s give ourselves permission to take a break, ask for help, set boundaries.
👉Let’s normalize #mentalhealth for the people who hold up the system.
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
👉Burnout, a culture of silence & fatigue are at an all-time high.
👉Let’s give ourselves permission to take a break, ask for help, set boundaries.
👉Let’s normalize #mentalhealth for the people who hold up the system.
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
May 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🩺 Mental Health Awareness Month: A Moment for Us
👉Burnout, a culture of silence & fatigue are at an all-time high.
👉Let’s give ourselves permission to take a break, ask for help, set boundaries.
👉Let’s normalize #mentalhealth for the people who hold up the system.
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
👉Burnout, a culture of silence & fatigue are at an all-time high.
👉Let’s give ourselves permission to take a break, ask for help, set boundaries.
👉Let’s normalize #mentalhealth for the people who hold up the system.
#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
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Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected the first American pontiff by the papal conclave.
Follow along for live updates:
Follow along for live updates:
Live updates: Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church
Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected the first American pontiff by the papal conclave.
Follow along for live updates:
Follow along for live updates:
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“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.”
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
May 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.”
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
Reposted by Jon A. McBride
We rank 9th on billing, and Health Equity yet we pay outrageous CEO salaries. And we literally work physicians to death while they fight for every penny. We need to take a page from the UK! www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/h...
US ranks last on key health care measures compared with other high-income nations, despite spending the most, report says | CNN
The US spends more on health care than any other high-income country, but a new report suggests that “Americans are sicker, die younger and struggle to afford essential health care.”
www.cnn.com
May 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We rank 9th on billing, and Health Equity yet we pay outrageous CEO salaries. And we literally work physicians to death while they fight for every penny. We need to take a page from the UK! www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/h...
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Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
Keep Your Head Up – The Fight for America Isn’t Over-It's ON
Remembering the Generations Who Fought Before Us – and Why We Can’t Be the One to Let This Experiment Fail
adamkinzinger.substack.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...
I’m using the Meta boycott this week for a time of SoMe app cleansing. I’m down to four. Anyone else?
May 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I’m using the Meta boycott this week for a time of SoMe app cleansing. I’m down to four. Anyone else?
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the literary cycle is a beautiful thing:
step 1: traumatized writer
step 2: traumatized characters (but worse)
step 3: traumatized reader (recommends it to friends so they too can be traumatized)
step 4: repeat steps 1 through 3
step 1: traumatized writer
step 2: traumatized characters (but worse)
step 3: traumatized reader (recommends it to friends so they too can be traumatized)
step 4: repeat steps 1 through 3
May 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
the literary cycle is a beautiful thing:
step 1: traumatized writer
step 2: traumatized characters (but worse)
step 3: traumatized reader (recommends it to friends so they too can be traumatized)
step 4: repeat steps 1 through 3
step 1: traumatized writer
step 2: traumatized characters (but worse)
step 3: traumatized reader (recommends it to friends so they too can be traumatized)
step 4: repeat steps 1 through 3
Reposted by Jon A. McBride
Anyone, any entity, anywhere in the world can just pay him any amount (for anything he promises in return), and there's no disclosure of the payments, no oversight of any of it by anyone, and of course no potential bribery prosecution (of him) because... immune.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
November 25, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Anyone, any entity, anywhere in the world can just pay him any amount (for anything he promises in return), and there's no disclosure of the payments, no oversight of any of it by anyone, and of course no potential bribery prosecution (of him) because... immune.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
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BE FREE, PEOPLE
I know temptation and old habits call us, but remember friends: when an anon rando with no platform has a weird bad take
You can just block them
I know, the optimists amongst us think that surely a person wearing the trappings of reason can be reasoned with
Don't do it
Be free
You can just block them
I know, the optimists amongst us think that surely a person wearing the trappings of reason can be reasoned with
Don't do it
Be free
November 27, 2024 at 12:44 PM
BE FREE, PEOPLE
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Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
The blue bird is dead. Long live the blue sky.
www.theverge.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.
Reposted by Jon A. McBride
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. (John F. Kennedy)(Google photo)
Happy Wednesday, everyone.
Happy Wednesday, everyone.
November 13, 2024 at 12:12 PM
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. (John F. Kennedy)(Google photo)
Happy Wednesday, everyone.
Happy Wednesday, everyone.
Who is the landlord of this blue sky app? Hopefully it’s not a secret bird project.
November 13, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Who is the landlord of this blue sky app? Hopefully it’s not a secret bird project.
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New art challenge:
Draw for an hour a day INSTEAD OF doomscrolling on socials for an hour a day.
Who's in?
Draw for an hour a day INSTEAD OF doomscrolling on socials for an hour a day.
Who's in?
November 12, 2024 at 2:58 PM
New art challenge:
Draw for an hour a day INSTEAD OF doomscrolling on socials for an hour a day.
Who's in?
Draw for an hour a day INSTEAD OF doomscrolling on socials for an hour a day.
Who's in?
Would you like to play a game?
November 13, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Would you like to play a game?
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Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.
a woman standing in a library with a book titled room on the shelf
ALT: a woman standing in a library with a book titled room on the shelf
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.