I've taken a social media break for the holidays, and have not kept up with my socials during this time. Any news about bsky/atproto that I've missed during that period. Would appreciate links/tags for things you think I should know about that I can cover for my weekly newsletter!
*huge bong rip* Starter Packs are effectively tradable synthetic Collateralised Follower Obligations RE:
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Laurens (@laurenshof.online)
what if we buy the followers and package them into Collateralized Follower Obligations
Hij gaat dit 100% doen in Nederland met steun voor Wilders en de PVV zodra dit kabinet valt RE:
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de Volkskrant (@volkskrant.nl)
Miljardair Musk spreekt steun uit voor AfD in Duitse krant, redacteur dient ontslag in https://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/miljardair-musk-spreekt...
bsky is a great transition medium, but we really need platforms that have different communication modalities than microblogging there are wayyy to many downsides, both personal and societal, to that we've made microblogging the dominant form of global news comms RE:
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Saeed Jones (@theferocity.bsky.social)
Baby, going viral on Twitter was always TRAUMATIC. I don’t think we talk about that enough. And actually, I kinda feel it’s like that on any ...
71% abv πŸ₯Ή RE:
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Laurens (@laurenshof.online)
Distilling a mash with @berksky.bsky.social
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Relatable content tbh RE:
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Laurens (@laurenshof.online)
Enough reading about fascism for today, I’m gonna play Fields of Mystria [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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Enough reading about fascism for today, I’m gonna play Fields of Mystria RE:
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Laurens (@laurenshof.online)
holy fuck [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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holy fuck RE:
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Laurens (@laurenshof.online)
Ok fine I’m reading it
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its actually amazing how well the simple theory of "literally everyone in the world is scared, panic is contagious and scared people make stupid impulsive decisions" seem to work well as an explanation for so many completely independent things going on right now
if anyone needs a list of 6.1k spam accounts currently active on bluesky, here you go RE:
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Laurens (@laurenshof.online)
seems legit
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