I feel like maybe it's time for me to finally put down the 22 year old Intuos tablet I have and get a monitor I can draw on They're so expensive tho :(
I'm watching what I say but I'm cassandra complex'ing pretty hard over here as a user, who *was* on Blacksky, got banned by Bluesky for criticizing Jay Graber about transphobia, and no longer shows up on Blacksky either (based on current infrastructure)
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Aveta👾🇭🇹 (@aliafonzy.blacksky.app)
So @spacelawshitpost.me aka Link got banned. I just got text message. So yeah. We stop saying things are accidents now? Link of all people? Ap...
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Aveta👾🇭🇹 (@aliafonzy.blacksky.app)
Update from Link. He said he still is banned despite being under BlackSky PDS cause BlueSky servers still used? :( idk Just sharing what I’m to...
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Aveta👾🇭🇹 (@aliafonzy.blacksky.app)
He can’t login on BlackSky website either, but Rudy already knows yall. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
Hello everyone! My talk for Berlin Fediverse Day 2025: "Protocols and Purpose in a Global Democratic Crisis" is starting in just a few minutes (at :15 past the hour)
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2. Berliner Fediverse Tag
https://berlinfedi.day/schedule/
 This will be a very timely and topical talk. I'll be there for Q&A too!
Germany about-faces on privacy and is going to support Chat Control 📄.pdf > We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe.
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Signal (@signal.org)
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU...
 If you are a German citizen PLEASE contact your representatives!
Hell yeah uploaded my Berlin Fediverse Day 2025 keynote for tomorrow It's topical (but not because of drama, because of The World)
In 3 days nearly the entire Bluesky team doubled, tripled, quadrupled down on the "WAFFLES" thing in response to upset users, and now Jesse Singal etc are using it as a Nazi slur against trans people
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Jillian (@nogoodwyfe.bsky.social)
ope stage 5
 It would have been so easy to just, not do this
If you weren't following along, on Tuesday (Sep 30th) there was a big meeting where Trump and Hegseth (head of Department of War/Defense) gave absolutely unhinged speeches. I didn't see as many summaries or content following things over here but I think people here really need to know, so here's a thread summarizing what happened in the meeting. 🧵
Trump's administration and Republicans in general in office are attempting to use the government shutdown as a way to "purge" many departments. And they're being explicit about it: they're planing on purging any departments they see as "left leaning" (ie providing social services), purge "left leaning" employees, and plan on consulting with the architect(s) of Project 2025 to execute this plan
US government shutdown: Donald Trump promises firings and cuts to ‘Democrats’ favorite projects’ if shutdown continues – as it happened | US federal government shutdown 2025 | The Guardian
President says ‘I want to survive’ when asked about his plans for 2026 in interview with OAN television network
the myth of consensual datacenters