saying that our greenhouse in the Netherlands have not been overhauled since 1600 is so incredibly funny like we're literally turning our sky purple here at night with the greenhouses RE:
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James Medlock (@jdcmedlock.bsky.social)
Very funny article about a tech billionaire trying and failing to revolutionize something outside their domain of expertise archive.is/W1MnG [cont...
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A potential risk scenario for Bluesky: tiktok becomes associated with the grassroots resistance to musk/trump while bluesky becomes associated with the chuckschumer-style "resistance" RE:
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Every week I send out an email newsletter with the articles I wrote. It also has some extra analysis not published in the article. For this week's intro, I wrote some reflection on [@garbageday.email](
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Garbage Day (@garbageday.email)
I'm a newsletter (and sometimes other stuff) about the internet (and sometimes other stuff)
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Ryan Broderick wrote an excellent essay in his newsletter Garbage Day this week, titled "you can never truly go back". Part of his argument is that...
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Laurens (@laurenshof.online)
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 o...
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Newsletter #104 introduction | Laurens
Ryan Broderick wrote an excellent essay in his newsletter Garbage Day this week, titled "you can never truly go back". Part of his argument is that...
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fascinerende parallel met hoe mensen hierop reageren met "ja maar het gaat om de inhoud niet om de esthetiek" met hoe nederlandse publieke organisaties zeggen dat we met zn allen naar mastodon moeten gaan ipv X, en ook niet rekening houden met de esthetiek van mastodon RE:
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Sander Schimmelpenninck (@schimmelpenninck.bsky.social)
Dit is wel het probleem: dit ziet er zo krakerig uit dat normale mensen hier geen zin in hebben. Terwijl ook Amsterdamse matchameizen best mee will...
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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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...