Bluesky crowdsourcing! Who are the best people/journos to follow on here to learn what's happening on the ground in (1) Venezuela and (2) Iran? (And are there people/orgs posting to other platforms who you wish were here?)
Joshua J. Friedman
Joshua J. Friedman
joshuajfriedman.com_at_bsky.brid.gy@momostr.pink
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Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review.
Welcoming media and local government to Bluesky.
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The American Dialect Society's Word of the Year is SLOP!
“Slop isn’t a new word. It has moved from the pig sty, to the algorithm, and now forms newcompounds such as sloppunk, slopification, and friend slop,” Dr. Kelly Elizabeth Wright said. “This productivity has no end in sight.” 🧵
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Happy New Year, friends! I have some ~personal news~, which is that the Bluesky team is generously giving me some contract work (which could possibly turn into a job) welcoming more indie media and local govt to Bsky and supporting those already here.
Excited to take my amateur Bsky boosterism pro!
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. [www.nypl.org/press/schomb...](https://www.nypl.org/press/schomburg-quran-selected-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdanis-swearing )
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Brown University says there's an active shooter on campus. Emergency scanner says multiple victims, but unclear how many.
Video footage viewed by the Brown Daily Herald "depicted several individuals lying on the ground near the Sciences Library appearing to be assisted by police."
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The Brown Daily Herald
Two confirmed dead in active shooter incident on Brown campus, police do not have any suspects in custody
The alert and call were sent to students immediately by DPS following the incident, urging students to hide, run or evacuate until further notice.&...