I almost never comment on mod decisions bc quick-turn analysis is not my ministry. But bc I posted about Sarah Kendzior's suspension—last night by asking how to learn if it was in error, today by saying I find it baffling—people are ascribing positions to me that I haven't taken. To clarify:
Looks like Sarah Kendzior’s suspension isn’t an error. I don’t know Sarah, but I’ve followed her on and off for like 15 years and this is very surprising to me. I’m not big on assuming the worst based on partial information but this feels bad. RE:
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Erin Kissane (@kissane.myatproto.social)
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Presumably a mistaken suspension of a journalist who is a very anodyne poster over here, @Aaron Rodericks and co. What's the best way to reach the team who can look into it? RE:
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Roy Edroso (@edroso.bsky.social)
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Blues...
Well, a skunk moving in under the back deck is definitely one way to escalate a situation
I'm so psyched about @Bonfire's work on making the open social internet good for real communities by putting in the culture work right from the very beginning. I'm a scavenger and a pragmatist *and also* I think the way we do things matters. [www.wrecka.ge/sparks-fly-up/](
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Once you’ve seized the tools of political life to build communal power, it’s hard to forget what a hammer feels like in your hand.
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Once you’ve seized the tools of political life to build communal power, it’s hard to forget what a hammer feels like in your hand.
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Tried to post snark but I’m just spitting blood about these absolute cowards.
It is Good, Actually, to be both accurate and precise in specialist reporting! Not everything has to be pre-chewed for mass persuasion, a health information ecosystem has range. RE:
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social)
I understand this argument but I disagree: being precise about who is doing this stuff matters, especially since we will eventually have to determi...
Real question bc there’s clearly a media culture thing here that I am not getting: Why are we not seeing citations to Sarah Kendzior, who has been on this exact beat for years? What is it about her and/or her work that has made it acceptable to ignore her? RE:
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Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan.bsky.social)
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While I am talking about movies instead of fascism and networks, Mouse Hunt was a huge success in our house after Clue went over so well with the 12yo.
It pains me to say it but German Protestant Dracula is a much better movie than the Netflix Frankenstein RE:
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Erin Kissane (@kissane.myatproto.social)
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