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mommunism.bsky.social
We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first.

You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter] النسخة العربية من هذه الرسالة متاحة أدناه. Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza. These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, students–and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform. Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay … Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report. We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes: Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language. Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future. Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification. Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic. Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision. In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or … End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community. We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community care– one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard. We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future. We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there. Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesars” should apply to all members of its community. [To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]
May 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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esqueer.net
This is so catastrophically bad.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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katelynburns.com
If you think that trans people are getting our rights ripped away "because the left went too far," you're a moron.

Everything happening to us today was written up and planned by the Family Research Council in 2015. The document is still public. It's all there. www.frc.org/transgender#...
Understanding and Responding to the Transgender Movement
In recent decades, there has been an assault on the sexes. That is, there has been an attack on the previously undisputed
www.frc.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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alli.gay
‼️ The State Department has REMOVED TQIA+ on their page of recommendations for queer travelers. This page yesterday said "LGBTQIA+" and now just says "LGB".

The federal government is trying to erase trans people from existence.
A page with the title "LGB Travelers"
January 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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hpsvanessa.bsky.social
Alex's deadline is Saturday. If you've ever shared an 'oh no' comic - especially if you shared this doctored one with a fourth panel added! rude! - then chuck them a quick donation for their horrible, horrible legal battle.
an oh no comic showing a crowd telling blobs "you do not fit in here" then the blobs make their own space, then the crowd complain that they are being excluded and the blobs say 'oh no'. the extra fourth panel shows the crowd in with th eblobs saying 'you do not fit in here'.
November 28, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
6. Vigil: The Longest Night

This a very Dark Souls inspired metroidvania by a small Taiwan based developer, the game had been unfortunately delisted by the publisher, but the devs have since got their game back and are self-publishing again.

store.steampowered.com/app/720560/V...
Save 45% on Vigil: The Longest Night on Steam
Embark on a journey through the longest night with Leila, a valiant member of the Vigilant Order. Delve into the hidden truths shrouded in eternal darkness, unravel the mystery surrounding Leila's eni...
store.steampowered.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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emmacurtis.bsky.social
We’re all hurting. I don’t have all the answers.

But I know that things won’t be this bleak forever.

I ran against a MAGA incumbent in a “safe red” district in KY as a progressive, openly queer, 28-year-old trans woman.

And I won.

Please, don’t let your heartbreak turn into apathy or cynicism 💙
Emma holds a microphone as she delivers her victory speech. Emma speaks to the crowd and news cameras at an election night watch party. Emma covers her mouth, crying after receiving the news that she won. She’s standing next to two white men looking over her shoulder at the election results. Emma hugs her campaign manager moments after her race was called.
November 9, 2024 at 3:55 PM
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lackingsaint.bsky.social
I'll also add when people express these "society has abandoned men we have nothing we're not even allowed our hobbies" takes, the last thing they actually want is a return to traditional masculinity. because traditional masculinity would simply tell them to get over it and stop being a little bitch
lackingsaint.bsky.social Jack Saint @lackingsaint.bsky.social · Nov 9
as someone who has struggled with feeling like a 'failed' man for much of my life *entirely* due to expectations of masculinity set by other men, I can't overstate the harm to the male psyche caused by this culture of endless doombaiting about men being helpless victims of a feminist/LGBT society
BLACKSTAR @Art444Star I want to make this very clear: Young men have nothing. Literally, we have nothing, no future prospects, most don't have skills, most don't have partners, all for reasons outside of our control All we had was our hobbies, and we couldn't even be left alone to have that 9.6K Retweets 84K Likes AndyPantsGaming incel NEETbait more incel bait
November 9, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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lackingsaint.bsky.social
as someone who has struggled with feeling like a 'failed' man for much of my life *entirely* due to expectations of masculinity set by other men, I can't overstate the harm to the male psyche caused by this culture of endless doombaiting about men being helpless victims of a feminist/LGBT society
BLACKSTAR @Art444Star I want to make this very clear: Young men have nothing. Literally, we have nothing, no future prospects, most don't have skills, most don't have partners, all for reasons outside of our control All we had was our hobbies, and we couldn't even be left alone to have that 9.6K Retweets 84K Likes AndyPantsGaming incel NEETbait more incel bait
November 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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parkermolloy.com
Please read. Please share. www.readtpa.com/p/fine-lets-...
Fine, Let's Talk About Trans Athletes
But let's dispense with the pretense that this is actually about sports at all
www.readtpa.com
November 8, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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codyjohnston.bsky.social
"We need left-leaning Ben Shapiros" is really funny because it's always followed up with "who don't criticize Democrats". What you're asking for is more liars!
November 7, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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wagatwe.com
the leopards are already preparing their feast
Results have already started. This is from an american woman today: My husband works for a small manufacturing company and here in southwestern PA that means most employees are Trump voters. When the president of the company sat them down today to tell them their annual Christmas bonus would not come this year because they now need to purchase at least a years worth of products prior to January 21 st due to the proposed tariffs, they did not understand. My husband said that their president had to explain what a tariff is and how it will directly hurt their company. They all thought the foreign company paid the tariff. This is the level of ignorance voting against their own interests here in PA, where we failed American women and children last night
November 7, 2024 at 1:10 PM
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notalawyer.bsky.social
we’re entering the “just kidding, Project 2025 was real” stage
paulwaldman.bsky.social Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · Nov 6
"Starting now, we will execute our plans to dismantle the administrative state," says a Heritage Foundation email in my inbox this morning
November 6, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
You can't understand this election without grappling with the penetration of right-wing propaganda into every corner of American intellectual life.

The idea that Democrats use this phrase or levy the term against innocent, ordinary male behavior is a Fox News myth.
November 7, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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paleofuture.bsky.social
I just checked and this is accurate. We actually know the name of the guy who told Kamala Harris to stop saying “we’re not going back” and calling Republicans weird.

It won’t surprise you to learn he’s a 71-year-old white guy who worked on Hillary Clinton’s campaigns.
Jules Suzdaltsev: Heads up, this is the guy who convinced Kamala to stop running on "Republicans are weird" and "We're not going back" and instead to lean into the whole "Republicans in the Cabinet" bullshit. This man is more at fault for what just happened than most people in America. Geoff Garin: 2020 saw the largest participation in a presidential election since 1960, with 16% more votes cast than in 2016. It looks like we are on track for an even higher turnout this year. If that happens, everything we are seeing indicates Kamala Harris will be (CNN) — Three weeks into her presidential run was the first time the Biden campaign's pollsters — now hers — held a deep-dive call with Kamala Harris' inner circle to discuss what she's been saying on the stump. Over the line came a lot of praise, but also some suggested tweaks. First, said veteran Democratic numbers man Geoff Garin, summarizing their analysis, stop saying, "We're not going back." It wasn't focused enough on the future, he argued. Second, lay off all the "weird" talk — too negative.
November 7, 2024 at 6:24 AM