New: Last Week in Bluesky I wrote about how the rapid shift into authoritarianism in the US affects Bluesky, and how that impacts other projects on ATProto as well Plus, a look at all the news and updates for image and video apps for Bluesky [fediversereport.com/last-week-in...](
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Last Week in Bluesky – 2025feb.c
Social platforms are not, and can not, be neutral in a context of authoritarianism, and Bluesky cannot avoid this dynamic either. On a lighter note...
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Last Week in Bluesky – 2025feb.c
Social platforms are not, and can not, be neutral in a context of authoritarianism, and Bluesky cannot avoid this dynamic either. On a lighter note...
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language is an interesting one here, i dont think weve ever seen a conflict play out since the age of social media where both parties speak english, and are some of the dominant voices in social media more broadly RE:
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post malone ergo propter malone (@proptermalone.bsky.social)
we’re going to see more of the Canadian reaction because of language but I would bet my bottom dollar that the Mexican reaction is similar in tone
a similar dynamic here in europe as well. There is a lot of power up for grabs if you can become the de facto face of european politician that stands against trump and musk RE:
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Olúfẹ́mi O. TÑíwò (@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social)
between Governors Hochul and Pritzker, you can imagine a dynamic developing where Democratic politicians compete over becoming the face of effectiv...
the only way out is a new social internet, and my expectation is that this new internet will take the rough shape of whatever bluesky/atproto (or successor) looks like after it has survived getting targeted by trump/musk RE:
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Ryan Broderick (@ryanhatesthis.bsky.social)
I don't think internet culture was destined to be inherently right wing. But the speed and totality with which the right continues to codify almost...
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not the main point, but my guy has a motivational quote on his profile banner that says "We can remake the world daily", which is pretty funny considering how he apparently thinks writing this diary entry equals a framework for fighting fascism RE:
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Ken Martin (@kenmartin.bsky.social)
Today, I released a framework detailing how the Democratic Party will fight against Trump’s war on working people. Read it here: win.dnc.org/me...
silver lining: figuring out if the places/people you get your news from also understand that a disaster is coming is a easy and effective way to determine the quality of your news sources RE:
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Laurens (@laurenshof.online)
a common sentiment i see on here is that the current situation has a lot of parallels with feb 2020: if you're paying attention you can clearly see...
we need a Reddit Enhancement Suite for these sort of things RE:
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kate conger (@kateconger.com)
petition to make the date references on bluesky actual dates instead of '2 months, 3 months, etc.' so that I can figure out where my dude was on ce...
Mastodon is planning on adding quote posts, Tumblr style: the quote above and the reply below. I wrote about the impact on interoperable platforms having different ways to display quote posts [fediversereport.com/fediverse-re...](
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Fediverse Report – #104
Mastodon has announced it will add quote posts to the platform, and some other news.
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Connected Places (@fediversereport.com)
New: Fediverse Report #104 In this edition I take a closer look at #mastodon 's announcement to add support for quote posts, and what this means M...
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i think we are a few weeks to a few months away from finding out what a true mass panic looks like in a shattered and broken information environment
gender is a performance, and the eu bureaucrats this dance is being performed for have the same weak and spineless understanding of masculinity, so this probably works out for meta RE:
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Anuj Ahooja (@quillmatiq.com)
"I'm gonna call Daddy if you don't let me do what I want" isn't giving a whole lot of 'masculine energy' [contains quote post or other embedded co...
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