This is absolutely amazing (ht: [@rlorenz.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy]( ) for pointing this out to me). RE:
I've interacted with plenty of EU lawmakers recently, and it's not universally true (of course) but it is striking how many seem to take the fact that some companies are bad to mean the entire internet concept was bad. It doesn't need to be! We can build a better internet! RE: View quoted note β†’
Tragically, I still see them all the time around Silicon Valley. I drove by one the other day with my kid in our car and said "I still can't believe people buy that ugly piece of shit" forgetting that I generally don't curse in front of the kids. But it got a guffaw from the kid, who agreed... RE:
Judge Oldham remains one of the worst judges on the 5th Circuit, which is chock full of terrible judges. Why does it not surprise me that he's unaware 40 million people have signed up for Bluesky? RE:
Yes. This. Changing your replies to followers only makes a huge difference for larger accounts. The only "downside" is once a month or so someone who can't read/follow instructions yells "this fucker turned off comments!" at you. It's better than many more randos missing the point & yelling though. RE: https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreihmhgwawnhbv2rzlacrbr75o7xhoh3w3kqwswz4gyiwl5v5f5nva4
Gosh. Why is there a sports gambling problem these days up to and including some professional sports players? I wonder why? What could it be? RE:
The party that promised "free speech on campus" has made sure there can be no free speech on campuses. RE:
Convenient. RE:
Oh. RE:
New Ctrl-Alt-Speech: You Can't Antitrust Anyone These Days. [podcast.ctrlaltspeech.com/2315966/epis...]( ) I'm going to talk about the various stories we discussed this week, but make sure you read to the end as @npub1uueq...nap2 and I are giving a task to the internet... [You Can't Antitrust Anyone The...]( )