Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss ask Judge Howell to find Rudy Giuliani in contempt for additional defamatory statements after he missed yesterday's deadline to respond to their contempt motion [storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...](📄.pdf ) https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreihk45jygsm3ayvjsnkf7bheniuzillg765ywa4ismxedt4e76g2vy https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreiconk25kxuwqx3eyh2wrwymqggly436mi2gi75btxkjvbxsu2xs3i

It's not just you! Likes, posts, etc. are slow right now, and the engineers are heroically working to fix the problem (related to the relay, which enables different parts of the network to talk to each other). Everything will go back to normal as soon as they have it under control.

The servers are working fine; they're just pausing a moment to admire your posts

Here's how the Bluesky team has described future plans to make the protocol and platform financially sustainable: developing a subscription model for extra features like high-quality video and customizations, while keeping all basic features free [bsky.social/about/blog/1...](

Bluesky

Bluesky Announces Series A to Grow Network of 13M+ Users - Bluesky

Bluesky now exceeds 13 million users, the AT Protocol developer ecosystem continues to grow, and we’ve shipped highly requested features like dir...

) RE:

Bluesky Social

Hank Green (@hankgreen.bsky.social)

How do we all feel about the possibility that the long-term viability of a platform like this remaining not crappy would require many of us to pay ...

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Bluesky just hit 14M users! 🎉 🎉 🎉 https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreib33cuscsg5xwx6yo2enkusg235updemroruauipmce4cpdbkimey

Multiple people have asked me today about deleting their Twitter/X data. I had a good experience with the free version of [redact.dev](

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Bluesky Social

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New York's equal-rights amendment passes, per AP! https://lionsmane.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf&cid=bafkreifzb2yuymfzy563xsacpmacdb4jqhmlcrm4wbuhl36edohjryveeq

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