Who Owns Bluesky? As we head into the critical US midterms with Democrats congregating on #Bluesky, it is a good time to once again try to dig into the mystery of who owns Bluesky. Unlike Mastodon, Bluesky is not transparent about ownership or finances, but the latest scant public information is available here: Who Owns Bluesky, and Will it IPO >>> Last public funding round was $15M in on October 2024, and with no apparent revenue they must be running out of money.
The media seems to agree, Epstein has loosed the winds of change. But while AG Sulzberger's New York Times whines about the lose of a "clubby world", The Philadelphia Inquirer's Will Bunch welcomes "the whole thing crashing down." gift article: (h/t @catsrule0000 on Bluesky) "The timing couldn’t be better, or worse, for this midnight of the elites... an electoral bloodbath in the 2026 midterms is the best outcome Trump can hope for, on a list of dire possibilities."
Time to Migrate by Tim Brey Mastodon treasure @Tim Bray just published what may be the best Mastodon pitch yet! "The simplest argument · Have you noticed that social-media products, in the long term, can’t seem to manage to stay fun and safe and useful? I have. But there’s one huge exception... I’m talking about email... Why does email stay reasonably healthy? Because nobody owns it... Mastodon’s like email that way. Plus it does all the...stuff that you’re used to."
RE: Folks, this is real reporting! If you care about what is really happening in Oregon, and don't follow Alissa Azar @Alissa Azar you are missing out on some truly exceptional independent journalism. View quoted note →
One of the smartest people on the internet. Wish she were here. [Yeah, we ran her off too.] emptywheel @emptywheel [on Bluesky] One reason you hold a meeting to pressure/cajole/threaten Boebert in the Situation Room is so she can't record it. image
Sign The Petition - Chuck Schumer Must Step Aside Will Bunch, as he so often does, said it best: A nation of heroes, a Senate of cowards - Americans out fighting for democracy while their Senate works to destroy it Chuck Schumer is keeping his head low, hoping like in the spring after the last betrayal, that Democrats will move on. Let's not move on. Schumer must go. We need heroes, not cowards. Sign the petition. @npub1ejmn...g9td