Today on the podcast, me talking with [@bencollins.bsky.social](
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Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social)
pamphleteer
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Techdirt Podcast Episode 422: The Political Power OfΒ Mockery Support us on Patreon Β» In a world awash with misinformation and disinformation, th...
Bluesky is dying... or Bluesky helped create one of the most effective spontaneous protest movements of the year? RE:
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Aarian Marshall (@aarianmarshall.bsky.social)
With @davidgilbert.bsky.social : We retraced the history of the #TeslaTakedown, which began with a BlueSky post + has evolved into a nationwide mov...
Whaaaaaat? RE:
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Excuse me what? RE:
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amanda moore 🐒 (@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social)
A solider in uniform is handing out free cans of Phorm Energy, an America250 sponsor co-owned by Dana White. A rep from the company was taking a se...
Heh. To add to this. If you come in my mentions, totally misrepresent what I said, and I block you, it's not because I "can't handle the truth" or that I'm against free speech. I just think you're a dipshit who isn't worth bothering with because you totally misrepresented what I said. RE:
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Mike Masnick (@masnick.com)
By the way, claiming that I'm a hypocrite regarding free speech because I used the tools here to limit your ability to flood my mentions with nonse...
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Some visitors. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidi7xmh2uhepi2bnqxyoqtki5l67tee3i3tozoqyqlw73qgqivnfa
By the way, claiming that I'm a hypocrite regarding free speech because I used the tools here to limit your ability to flood my mentions with nonsense and hate... is... not the dunk you think it is.
Making friends here on Bluesky... Block button getting a workout today. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreifyhbtvjkdja35ldhsjibmxd7vc6q7u3gsk2heb4qw4ynnvlcpdku
Quite a day! https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreid3jeiefrmv3o4e4x5pxrrqc7tzxjgqdsup6hql3etbrb6wlwc7e4
Depressing how many people here on this alternative, upstart social media system insist that all social media is inherently bad and evil and that governments should have the power to silence people at a moment in time when the US gov't would love nothing more than to control our speech.