I have absolutely no business thinking about the people who—before both Trump administrations but especially last summer—were like "Ehh come on, how do you even think Trump will even do anything?? We have guard rails. Be serious." and yet here I am, working my way through all the things, aflame.

I mean, never bet against opportunistic flocking behavior in response to the whims of power. (I suspect the weird quality of the Bsky Bad pieces is just radiating from X itself. Platform as deranged group chat. But I don’t have direct experience of the current dynamics there.) RE:

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Bumblefudge (@bumblefudge.com)

came here to say the Mamdani is Super Icky industrial complex is an even more obvious example of how editorial command structures respond to the wh...

I think that whole batch of extremely mid reporters publishing their Bluesky Is Super Icky articles in a drip over a few weeks was weird. Bad journalism is super derivative and I have no more persuasive theory, but idk. This round felt weird.

Great *official* user guides as video + really good text docs would be so useful. I am resigned to saying this on new platforms for the rest of my online life. RE:

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jael holzman (@jael.bsky.social)

There are specific functions that really could be worth explaining via short-form video or a short FAQ guide. Starter packs and feed curation bein...

It'll be interesting to see if this sort of thing breaks through the trance in the K-12 AI-for-all-children-all-the-time movement RE:

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Simon Willison (@simonwillison.net)

If you ask the new Grok (via grok.com without any custom instructions) for opinions on controversial topics it runs a search on X to see what Elon ...

Do not make me make the Weird Tressie Repliers list myself

People hollering about getting blocked/following people from one platform to another to ask why: There are millions of accounts in this room, no private accounts, plenty of bots and trolls. At this scale, courtesy is an attack surface and I think you actually know this and are pretending not to.

This account is such a joy. RE:

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c0nc0rdance (@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social)

Hummingbirds are a diverse group of tiny flying dinosaurs originating in South America, where they split off from the swifts about 42 MYA. The Pan...

So, reading this from Stateline… [stateline.org/2025/07/07/s...](https://stateline.org/2025/07/07/states-scramble-to-shield-hospitals-from-gop-medicaid-cuts/ ) [States scramble to shield hosp...](https://stateline.org/2025/07/07/states-scramble-to-shield-hospitals-from-gop-medicaid-cuts/ )

muting rocko, rocco, and rococo just to be sure