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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)

Don’t Vibe Check Me, Bro; Or How To Deal With Comments In An Era Filled With Post-Factual Nazis A whole lot of bad faith arguing continues now ...

Listening to an a16z partner claiming 1. DOGE proves that "the best and brightest" want to serve in gov't again. 2. Everything Elon Musk touches "turns cool." I think one could reasonably challenge both of those claims.

Looks about as appealing as his cars. RE:

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Ryan Mac 🙃 (@rmac.bsky.social)

I actually tried the food there too and well… yea.

Watching Noah Smith insist that there was an "all out attack" of "wokeness" on the jeans ad is kinda hilarious. Especially the big where he insists Doja Cat is a representative of woke and anyone challenging him must live in a "bubble." They don't realize their brains are pickled by X. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreids4um4xsequyyxbovojzd5fw3copwajhsaj5on4ojsu7enhjlo5u https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreids4v2ycizzrf7cojzrba4zo4vdzutvpk6y6mip2lalj7jxd3kh6a

I would just... buy pierogis somewhere else? But also, no one has ever refused to sell me pierogis. RE:

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New York Magazine (@nymag.com)

After a Martha’s Vineyard pierogi vendor refused to sell to him, Epstein’s lawyer plans to sue a farmer’s market so that they must sell to hi...

Feels like a busier MLB trade deadline than usual?

Got to see a demo of this last week and definitely one of the most interesting new tools for the trust & safety field. I have a dream that someday people would be able to use a tool like this to write their own labeler/policies for their individual accounts on something like Bluesky. RE:

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Dave Willner (@dwillner.bsky.social)

For 17 years working in trust and safety, I've watched talented people burn out on impossible tasks. The problem isn't the people, it's the systems...

Hey folks. If you backed our "One Billion Users" card game, and have NOT yet filled out your survey, PLEASE try to do so today. The games should be arriving at the warehouse TODAY and we'd like to get them shipped out to everyone ASAP. [www.kickstarter.com/projects/mma...](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasnick/one-billion-users-the-social-media-card-game/posts/4447637 ) [Update 14: Backerkit Reminder ...](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasnick/one-billion-users-the-social-media-card-game/posts/4447637 )

I wrote about my takeaways on TrustCon last week, and how basically everyone from all sides are making the lives of trust & safety professionals more difficult, rather than helping them make the internet better. RE:

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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)

Everyone Hates Trust & Safety. Everyone Needs Trust & Safety. This Is A Problem. Here's the contradiction at the heart of the internet: everyone ...

It's a card game, not a book, but 44% of our backers came directly from Bluesky, and the only reason our crowdfunding project actually succeeded. RE:

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Laura McGrath (@lbmcgrath.bsky.social)

Is there *any* evidence that presence on bsky contributes in any way to book sales? I’ll take anecdotes! Who here has bought a book bc they heard...

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