We got so close to completely removing this right wing troll from office. #wellington #nzpol [www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/576199/wellington-councillor-ray-chung-re-elected-with-a-margin-of-45-votes ) [Wellington councillor Ray Chun...](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/576199/wellington-councillor-ray-chung-re-elected-with-a-margin-of-45-votes )
This week’s episode of [revolution.social](
revolution.social - A Podcast About the Social Media Revolution
Join us as we explore the social media revolution and how we can build an open world for all.
 ) is with [@harper.lol](
Bluesky Social
Harper 🤯 (@harper.lol)
post-normal person harper.lol / reading.lol / photos.lol / harper.blog @harper on the other place I'm on Germ DM 🔑 https://ger.mx/A9bcnkcEv8g...
 ) we’re we talk about social media for AI agents to talk to each other, how he went from a nomadic anarchist circus performer to being CTO of the Obama re-election campaign where they developed radical new forms of targeting voters. [revolution.social - A Podcast ...](
revolution.social - A Podcast About the Social Media Revolution
Join us as we explore the social media revolution and how we can build an open world for all.
 )
Trying out notebooklm created videos trained on my [revolution.social](
revolution.social - A Podcast About the Social Media Revolution
Join us as we explore the social media revolution and how we can build an open world for all.
 ) podcast. Here's a video about how hard it is to do content moderation, based on my discussions with [@yoyoel.com](
Bluesky Social
Yoel Roth (@yoyoel.com)
Internet sanitation enthusiast and full-time corgi wrangler.
 ), @npub1980d...wz3h, @Mike Masnick, [@coachtony.bsky.social](
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Tony Stubblebine (@coachtony.bsky.social)
I love typing inside of text boxes. CEO of Medium.
 ), and others.... https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bas4q6ksuie6quze6t4z7sga&cid=bafkreicvzitmeje2a3vjf6r5u76nxjus543bpxvkix2qhicxucqvqgqtrm
The commons is critical to understanding the future of social media and protocols. The ATmosphere is a commons. How do we cultivate and govern this commons we’re building together. RE:
Bluesky Social
revolution.social Podcast (@revolution.social)
This week, @davidbollier.bsky.social joins @rabble.nz to talk about how the commons applies to social media. From podcasting to Bitcoin and beyond...
Jonathan Haidt is a charlatan whose conclusions are based on bias and not science. Real social scientists who study the effects of social media and the internet thinks his prescriptions for the internet have no grounding in evidence. Yet he’s driving a movement to outlaw open source social media. [now is not the time to ban pho...](
now is not the time to ban phones
why Jonathan Haidt sucks
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Kudos to the folks who built the bluesky web app, it used to be @npub1r89q...kwp7 in part, but... looking at github @Samuel and @Eric too. The interface for editing and posting a stream of skeets is really slick. These are the subtle things which make such a difference. I'm impressed.
Sometimes I am blown away at how fast tech is changing. I want to read a book, Blueprint for a Revolution. I met the author Srđa Popović at the Oslo Freedom Forum in May and will see him again at another conference next week.
All these Trump has died rumors are unhinged. Think about it. The moment Trump died we’d see Vance jump at the chance to step in to the presidency and lionize Trump to advance the MAGA / Peter Thiel agenda?
This is why a system of takedowns and the ability to block apps doesn’t help any kind of progressive social change. The control will be used by the state and powerful to keep and extend their power. RE:
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Dare Obasanjo (@carnage4life.bsky.social)
Apple has removed ICE tracking apps including ICEBlock which alerts people of sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in thei...
This is incredibly dumb. Trump is sending the military in to Portland to stop protests he saw on TV, but those videos were from 5 years ago from protests against Trump sending in feds to Portland to quell protests. So Trump unwittingly will create new protests and scenes to recreate 2020 again.