Anyhow, I spent the long weekend camping on a beach, kayaking, and seeing wildlife, and it was not bad at all, even if the internet was occasionally available. Also got to see the moon set over the ocean which I don't think I've seen before (it turns red!) but couldn't get a good photo. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreic6isktyznjxfp6fvmqf7fkb63g5uarfuz5mf5jcpxawqtin77e2q https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreien6cpzzlcfmyt6l4dqygeijc3xmif3cl4n7pdxetidqrrccb7mai https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidgagnqhzst3bb2xwk6yms2y5cxem7rs47hhqwjvnln3ugiaie4yi https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreib7br3lp372yspyivj55kqreosud672zntulbwedg7rhewh36m4de
Went to look at how people were responding to Nate Silver's "blueskyism" post, and I gotta tell you, a very large number of people on X seem to think that Bluesky runs the Democratic Party. And have I got news for them... RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
Remember Nate Silver refuses to use Bluesky and says you'd have to pay him over a million dollars to use it, so I'm going to suggest he not only do...
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Remember Nate Silver refuses to use Bluesky and says you'd have to pay him over a million dollars to use it, so I'm going to suggest he not only doesn't know what "normal" people like, he doesn't even know what Bluesky is.... Signal and the noise guy is full of noise once again. RE:
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egg price watcher (@bluser12.bsky.social)
β€œBlueskyism” Rent free lmao
Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus β€˜Bias’ Complaints Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investi...
Sullivan's actual malice standard ftw (again). Also nice to see Trump-appointed judges recognizing this. RE:
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Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social)
JUST IN: 11th Circuit upholds dismissal of Alan Dershowitz's libel suit against CNN over his remarks during 1st Trump impeachment about scope of pr...
This was a really fun discussion about building a better internet, including a bit of a history lesson. And apparently, as part of that history lesson, they used my headshot from 20 years ago. 😜 RE:
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Alix Dunn (@alixdunn.com)
Our first guest is @mmasnick.bsky.social (pictured, but like, a long time ago :) ) laying out how things got so centralised and how we might turn t...
To be clear: this is yet another reason why many of these laws are so problematic. If people want to run fediverse instances of any size, the fact that costly age verification requirements could put them in legal jeopardy, is very bad. Regulators make laws as if every website is Facebook. RE:
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Sarah Perez (@sarahp.bsky.social)
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Dara Lind (@daralind.bsky.social)
Today I learned that the sealing rings in pressure cookers degrade over time and need occasional replacement or else the entire pressure cooker wil...
Pretty sure an "involuntary resignation" means fired. RE:
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Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social)
BREAKING: Social Security Administration chief data officer and whistle-blower Charles Borges has resigned after bombshell report that SSA put high...
WTF. Starting yesterday, this voicemail seems to be show up almost every hour. Our entire voicemail is just "9255 to opt out" RE:
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
Everyday for the last few weeks (sometimes multiple times a day) there is an automated call to our office voicemail, where it doesn't recognize tha...
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