(no disrespect on the "annoying" part to anyone I may disagree with, rather just an acknowledgment that it's easy to talk past one another and rehash old debates).

Also very long-standing and at times, annoying, conversation. But important nonetheless that we sort it out with clarity why persistent views differ.

It was waiting for this BlueSky post, because now you have indeed notified everyone.

The success of a social media platform allowing such communities is whether I can see and interact with posts that hit the 5 people who care about my hyperspecific nerddom or ask a weird niche questions in peace without spam, trolls, and pr0n flooding my feed--not that anything I do goes viral.

We write to remind leaders of colleges & universities of their fundamental duty to protect academic freedom & the absolute necessity to ensure that the freedom to discuss topics of public import without constraint is not curtailed under political pressure.

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It’s definitely gonna die…