Ben Evans

So, over on BSky, their Head of "Trust and Safety" has just suspended an account whose husband was abducted by ICE and then posted memes mocking the affected account. Just in case you were wondering how this prediction was going:

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Ben Evans (@kittylyst@mastodon.social)

I become more and more convinced that Bsky is going to speedrun Twitter's arc and become yet another MAGA billionaire-owned US state media outlet v...

This is incredible: Pre-writing an obituary for your enemy, who you pre-decease by nearly 5 years, and then having the outlet run the obit when the MF finally dies:

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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers

James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

Looks like there may well be a surge of users from Blacksky and the other "alternative" ATProto instances checking out the Fedi, or reactivating old accounts, given that they're now discovering that ATProto is a Potemkin Village of decentralization and that BSky still hold all the cards. This time, can we please try not to act like assholes / the HOA while they find their feet. #fediverse #Bluesky #activitypub #atproto