I believe we are slated to get an EO about ActBlue today RE:
Authoritarian governments (Turkey) now paying attention to Bluesky. Solid discussion of the nuance of compliance with takedown demands, apps enabling workarounds, and distinctions vs federated networks like Mastodon. [techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/g...]( ) [Government censorship comes to...]( )
The propaganda campaign to reframe studying mis/disinfo as part of some “censorship industrial complex” to suppress the right was phenomenally effective - bc academia treated it as a debate ab facts, not a power game. Stanford botched the war for public opinion, thought status quo would hold. RE: View quoted note →
Checked out [@petebuttigieg.bsky.social]( ) on Flagrant pod and it’s good. Master class in relatability and connection. It’s not hostile. It’s speaking based on values. Second clip in next post… https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreidvrem7rzsi2qqp32ayodep24ob6trav7u7nlymmznriwjmfzpbvm
MUNDUS SINE CAESARIBUS, Catturd. No but srsly lol you should cry to Michael Shellenberger ab this. Transparency was supposed to be part of the deal alongside "freedom of speech not freedom of reach" (the only way to moderate centralized platforms). Your mercurial billionaire just didn't deliver. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreielyh5rsnf5hkium3t22wax6dnmyznod33xnvqkp4x6ieo57abywa
“VCs who cant do basic math if it conflicts with ideology” https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreibwoiu2vjgdxcy5o5pxpuayvx4vmvsoew5y7h2onntombxcg3vyuq
This is why we need many social platforms. The idea of one massive “public square” should be squarely over & dead by now -didn’t work, won’t work, can’t work. The whims of a billionaire shouldn’t be the rules. But on a centralized platform, they are. So here we are. [www.nytimes.com/interactive/...]( ) [They Criticized Musk on X. The...]( )
Oh, so Ladapo wants a vaccine mandate now — for *doctors* to be forced to see patients! The market has long provided plenty of quacks willing to indulge antivax parents, to be clear - this is just a power trip. They want to force people to cater to, and to legitimize, their delusions. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreigtmzh3pdff52vafchzqvnvyohuk2uv5gylp5eoz5crh2yighvcky
“God help us, we're in the hands of engineers.” RE:
More of this. [www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...]( ) [More Than 180 Academic Leaders...]( )