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Thousands of potential layoffs *apparently* still isn't efficient enough for Elon Musk. Now, operatives linked to DOGE are reportedly modifying AutoRIF, a Defense Department program that could enable mass firings of federal workers.

submitted 91 days ago • 76 comments

"Days after Meta announced controversial changes to its content moderation policies, a group of prominent technology leaders and nonprofit executives launched an ambitious $30 million campaign to build a social media ecosystem free from 'billionaire control.'" www.businessinsider.com/free-our-fee...

submitted 139 days ago • 3 comments

That one weird trick that lets you pretend that you took over Twitter to restore free speech, but regularly ban/shadowban/deboost those you don't like: just claim anything you don't like is spam.

submitted 157 days ago • 113 comments

Gonna dissent here: Blocklists are a hazard here on Bluesky. People create them, give them names you'd think you agree with, then add people to sucker you into blocking them. Don't use blocklists. Curate your blocks, and enjoy them properly :)

submitted 185 days ago • 163 comments

Heerlijke interactieve website waarop je een locatie kan ingeven, zien waar die x miljoen jaar geleden lag (door plaattektoniek) en, belangrijkst van al: welke dino's in uw buurt leefden. https://dinosaurpictures.org/ancient-earth

submitted 183 days ago • 11 comments

yeah. this is just giving up the game: 1. keep folks only on his site 2. get people to offer their reporting to him for free 3. reward folks who aggregate reporting (and do so w/ minimum crediting). It's a shitty user experience. It also should incentivize reporters/outlets to move elsewhere

submitted 188 days ago • 32 comments

Hi everyone! DCN is now on bluesky and happy to be here. We’re just getting going but first want to post some starter packs we’ve discovered to get you to the amazing journalists and creators at DCN’s members. First up, spotlight on the BBC: go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD

submitted 199 days ago • 13 comments

La chanson pour ici Jeff Lynne's ELO - Mr. Blue Sky (Live at Wembley Stadium 2017) www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQaJ...

submitted 198 days ago • 0 comments

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the Bluesky team and how impressive what they’re doing is? They’re a team of 20 who are adding a million users a day right now and scaling up with aplomb! Incredible

submitted 199 days ago • 252 comments

Hi everyone. The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars. We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website. We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off. I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.

submitted 199 days ago • 2386 comments

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submitted 199 days ago • 1 comment

Thanks for including mine! This is such a great list of books. It's wild to be on a social platform where you can't tag Cory Doctorow. I had to do a search to be sure but it's true. He wrote about why he isn't joining BlueSky here: doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...

submitted 200 days ago • 5 comments

The Guardian will no longer post its content to X

submitted 200 days ago • 611 comments

Bluesky is built to make social more like the Web again, so we will never suppress links. Link to your writing, your art, your personal site — this is the social internet, designed from the ground up to be open and interoperable.

submitted 202 days ago • 285 comments

My entire "Quiet Posters" feed is basically @aoc.bsky.social responding to people after being gone for over a year. Also, if you haven't yet started using the Quiet Posters Feed, check it out. Highlights skeets (yes, skeets, don't @ me) from folks who don't skeet as much bsky.app/profile/why....

submitted 202 days ago • 12 comments

Royal Museums Greenwich has announced the winners of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 competition. [kottke.org]

submitted 250 days ago • 0 comments

Great feeling to finally hold this baby 💥 Order now and receive The Tech Coup upon release on September 24 ↘️ thetechcoup.com

submitted 270 days ago • 3 comments

Techdenkers: Marietje Schaake over de macht van big tech. Met Marleen Stikker, Kim van Sparrentak en Haroon Sheikh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzMD...

submitted 270 days ago • 0 comments

As everyone is currently talking about colour and how we name it, you should all take 7 minutes to watch this incredible Vox video. Basically, (most) cultures have an extraordinaryily similar system to naming colours it blew my mind. Also, turquoise is blue x 💙🧪 youtu.be/gMqZR3pqMjg?...

submitted 271 days ago • 3 comments

With Twitter/X having become such a cesspit and its owner spouting ever more deranged and dangerous nonsense, it may be time to post much more on here.

submitted 298 days ago • 9 comments

Ik ontdekte dat de Rijksoverheid al in volle vaart naar de cloud migreert, zonder enige politieke instemming & vaak ook zonder geldig ambtelijk besluit. De gevolgen voor onze autonomie zijn zo groot dat dit snel op de agenda van kabinet & Kamer moet komen: berthub.eu/articles/pos...

submitted 367 days ago • 2 comments

The fact that it's just bored teenaged orcas looking for something to entertain themselves, and that something happens to be sinking boats, somehow makes this story even better. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

submitted 373 days ago • 121 comments

Last week I had the honor of accepting the 2024 Helmut Schmidt Future Prize Instead of a traditional speech, I gave this talk on the history of AI, the business of surveillance, & why the use of AI "ad targeting for killing" in Gaza should be illegal👇 www.helmut-schmidt.de/aktuelles/de...

submitted 375 days ago • 3 comments