Rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist, eh?

So if I said "black pride month" what would you think? But what about "white pride month?"

If I said "we're changing our policies and not hiring any more black people" what would you think?

You really think 18 million people are going to join a social platform and it won’t lead to advertising?

Just wait! Bluesky will have to go through all the ugly growing pains that 𝕏 has already survived.

No, but you’ll find that they’re all mean to the same people you disliked on 𝕏.

People didn’t come here for nice, they came for political demarcation.

Test scores listed as a separate entry makes me wonder what "1st in education" actually means. I think the argument could be made that Mass is 1st in education and 2nd in healthcare only in terms of cost/income, which I would consider dubious distinctions.

I kinda thought the biggest weapons against fascism were *actual weapons*.

The president gets to pick who works for him. That was the point of that whole voting thing that happened earlier this month.

When Threads was created it had no base, and overnight everyone with an Instagram became a Threads user, so it was instantly overrun with click-baiters.

The same hollow accounts will eventually overrun Bluesky too, once they see the numbers. The only difference is pre-existing grassroots users.

Okay!

Sure I have. But everyone I follow on Twitter is nice too! I just don’t surround myself mean people, neither online nor in the real world.

I find people are nice in most places.

Snowflakes in a ball? I see what happened there!

I outsource my sleep to other people.

What features do you hope will make things different here?

I came to see what all the fuss is about. 😄

It’s working