Sandra Moog
@sandramoog.bsky.social
Sceptic, giving Bluesky a try, despite some concerns about the tech bros in charge… but hey, at least it’s not Elon…
“Competitive authoritarianism will transform political life in the United States… opposition will be harder and riskier, leading many elites and citizens to decide that the fight is not worth it.”
The Path to American Authoritarianism
What comes after democratic breakdown.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
“Competitive authoritarianism will transform political life in the United States… opposition will be harder and riskier, leading many elites and citizens to decide that the fight is not worth it.”
Look, we’re riding a winning wave! (Nice for a change…)
This chart is pretty insane. More of an overnight social/political-type shift than typical tech adoption imo: techcrunch.com/2024/11/19/b...
November 19, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Look, we’re riding a winning wave! (Nice for a change…)
@omrielisha.bsky.social you’re already famous in here!
November 19, 2024 at 7:36 PM
@omrielisha.bsky.social you’re already famous in here!
…and they won’t…..
Some people ask which of the people that Trump nominated is the most dangerous, but it seems to me that the most dangerous aspect of the situation is that Trump is trying to make the Senate submit to patently absurd nominees to establish the precedent that they don’t meaningfully check his power.
November 19, 2024 at 2:59 PM
…and they won’t…..
Reposted by Sandra Moog
1/IMPORTANT thread about Bluesky funding and origins. Many folks know that it was seeded by Jack Dorsey around a libertarian vision of a magical network that wouldn’t need moderation because it would be decentralized and baked into a protocol (somehow).
November 13, 2024 at 3:47 PM
1/IMPORTANT thread about Bluesky funding and origins. Many folks know that it was seeded by Jack Dorsey around a libertarian vision of a magical network that wouldn’t need moderation because it would be decentralized and baked into a protocol (somehow).