Lots of anger being directed at the Democratic House members who voted "against socialism". Can we at least acknowledge that the Republican's entire purpose in framing this vote was to generate such intra-party commotion? And it was successful. This is right out of the Russian election interference playbook that brought us similar wedge issues in 2024. Not saying to ignore members voting records, particularly with the primaries coming up, but we should be wary of being played.
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Mastodon
Mastodon Migration (@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)
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 int...
 Why does it matter who owns Bluesky? Because, as we saw in the run up to the 2024 election, these social networks can be used as information warfare tools, to alternatively suppress or amplify. We have already seen how administration misinformation is allowed on #Bluesky. What guarantees do we have that Democrats will not be deemphasized or muted in the upcoming election cycle? View quoted note →
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 >>>
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 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:
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Epstein’s emails are the end of America as they ruined it | Will Bunch
If the evil banality of the world's most powerful people exposed in the Epstein emails doesn't cause a revolution, nothing will.
 (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!
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Time to Migrate
 "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."
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kolektiva.social
Alissa Azar (@alissaazar@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 3 images I am currently in Newport, OR for a public hearing at city hall to listen to resident concerns on a potential ICE facility that...
 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