Your reminder that @newsweek.com was taken over by right-wing trolls and is worth blocking too. - ThreadSky

I am, of course, deeply saddened not having 50 bot accounts swarm and target me if I make a comment on how the US needs greater regulation of assault rifles used in mass shootings.

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superdupersjw02.bsky.social•93 days ago

Thanks for the heads up!

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elizakei.bsky.social•93 days ago

Newsweek has been off my radar but..saw headline yesterday re Joe and Mikas mistreatment and... Good grief Bye

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toomuchmelon.bsky.social•93 days ago

Top notch journalism

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proudanselmo.bsky.social•93 days ago

They regularly feature "opinions" by two of the most vile anti-choicers out there.

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dfs4114.bsky.social•93 days ago

"Abuse and censorship." You mean like telling the guy whose first post is "There are 2 genders. Let's see how much free speech is tolerated here!" to fuck off, and then blocking him?

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skywitches.net•93 days ago

“the guy”

As far as anyone knows, it really is just one guy making thousands of accounts to spam ChatGPT generated transphobic comments & copypasta

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dfs4114.bsky.social•93 days ago

I mean, yeah. I tend to think that it was one guy who kept following me with 5 or 6 kiwi farms accounts after I blocked the first one. But they all got banned within a day.

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skywitches.net•93 days ago

Oh, yeah, *that* is just one guy.

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dfs4114.bsky.social•93 days ago

One guy, wearing 5 hats, now gone thanks to the bsky moderation team!

This really is *such* a better user experience.

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drharmony.bsky.social•93 days ago

not abuse, just boundaries

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pgharley56.bsky.social•93 days ago

Gawd… how much they have fallen. It was such good journalism one upon a time. When I was a broke-ass E-4 in the Navy it was the *only* subscription I had, and I kept it for over 20 years.

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jivekata.bsky.social•93 days ago

Wahhhhh

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heavymetalmike.bsky.social•93 days ago

Ah, more claims of victimhood by the right

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josette1.bsky.social•93 days ago

Great idea. Done

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kristinaw24.bsky.social•93 days ago

Done

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dougb1.bsky.social•93 days ago

Conservatives, who really aren’t Conservatives under any reasonable definition of the terms, deserve abuse.

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victorygin.bsky.social•93 days ago

What a sad, clickbaity husk of its former journalistic stature.

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celesteheadlee.bsky.social•93 days ago

I was hired by Newsweek and quit under protest. I can attest to this.

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ogg921.bsky.social•93 days ago

I wonder what "conservatives" are posting that would violate bsky's terms of service? Hmmm....
Are "conservatives" the only ones being made to face consequences for being bad users or are they the only ones WHINING about it?

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suessmund.bsky.social•93 days ago

Boohoo, I met real people who didn’t put up with hate speech.

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joehagantv.bsky.social•93 days ago

Sad

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pnwgrl420.bsky.social•93 days ago

Abuse and censorship 😅 how? By ignoring them and honoring them with a block? 😂

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sirbl3.bsky.social•93 days ago

🫡

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coffeecat311.bsky.social•93 days ago

Yes, no longer listening to any of your whiny tantrums is obviously neglect.

Binky?

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robnapsalot.bsky.social•93 days ago

Done

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onemic.bsky.social•93 days ago

Done

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drchrisdeutsch.bsky.social•93 days ago

Indeed!

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honto.bsky.social•93 days ago

what a bunch of whiners they are, jfc

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lunatic546.bsky.social•93 days ago

I remember when it was good. I’m old though.

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culturekills.bsky.social•93 days ago

That actually explains the reason one of the only news outlets that, at the time I thought was reputable, was discussing a possible merger between Twitter and Truth Social.

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mccainsuzanne.bsky.social•93 days ago

Thanks for the reminder.

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gn4rest.bsky.social•93 days ago

All of us know why they are coming here. They are assholes who want to harass good people who are already here. They came from Truth Social,(the money laundering social media app), to Twitter or X because they wanted to harass people there. Just fuck ‘em.

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cosmichomicide.bsky.social•93 days ago

Background - not your parent's Newsweek.

https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/03/newsweek-ibt-olivet-david-jang/

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annaleehq.bsky.social•93 days ago

📌

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cullybreturns.bsky.social•93 days ago

Blocked

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wisesageman.bsky.social•93 days ago

Can dish it out but are SAWFT when it comes back to them

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davidkc.bsky.social•93 days ago

1984 here we are. Not only is this BS, but there are no bigger snowflakes than right-wing MAGAs. They have NO right to say whatever they want wherever they want. Elonia lets them spew their lies and hate over on Shitter, so they should be happy with that. We don't have to tolerate it here.

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lathyspeaks.bsky.social•93 days ago

They do seem to be very agitated when not observed by non-MAGAs, don't they 🤔

I should try sealing several of them away from non-MAGA eyes & see what happens 🤔

Hmm...have to find a way without doing it directly, since I count as a non-MAGA observer🤔

Thanks human citizen for inspiring new research

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326bureauchief.bsky.social•93 days ago

Yes, chef.

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noisycrow.bsky.social•93 days ago

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cielenbleu.bsky.social•93 days ago

How painful that must be.

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kevinmurphylaw.bsky.social•93 days ago

At its most balanced it was nothing more than a laundry for extremist right wing views

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skywitches.net•93 days ago

Also — they host user content, now, too — so any given thing on their website could easily be someone’s unvetted, unedited blogpost

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darcyshoop.bsky.social•93 days ago

Done.

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chiffonelle29.bsky.social•93 days ago

I remember! I never read anything by a Newsweek “ journalist.”

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tastewart.bsky.social•93 days ago

Blocked.

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cantcodeforthat.bsky.social•93 days ago

Ewww. Good call

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mherringe.bsky.social•93 days ago

It’s censorship if we are not forced to listen to their screeds. Always.

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lathyspeaks.bsky.social•93 days ago

I am reminded of CS Lewis's "The Great Divorce", of the sinners who came up from Hell not to seek help & escape, but to inflict on the denizens of Heaven the message of what Hell was like (especially apropos when, in the story, each Hell was self-constructed, tho the sinners refused to admit it)

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somedumbguy.bsky.social•93 days ago

Free speech means the government cannot limit what you say. Nowhere in in the Constitution does it say anything about me being required to listen.

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johnnyplucas.bsky.social•93 days ago

It could be:
Conservatives join . . . . your choice here . . . and face abuse and censorship.
"Conservatives" has altered its meaning.

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harescramble.bsky.social•93 days ago

True, i don't read it anymore

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cynmanna.bsky.social•93 days ago

Done

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ergospheresurfer.bsky.social•93 days ago

Legacy media brands that were circling the drain finding new life by pivoting hard right… Newsweek is the Russell Brand of news outlets.

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aileinduinn.bsky.social•93 days ago

Starve the beast.

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chickenlady.bsky.social•93 days ago

Oh looooong time ago

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mounumi.bsky.social•93 days ago

I can’t find out how to block! Help anyone🙏🌹

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uptownpierre76.bsky.social•93 days ago

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pauletteparis1.bsky.social•93 days ago

Done ✔️ Blocked.

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pauletteparis1.bsky.social•93 days ago

Maybe @Newsweek should post the abuse the trolls flooded on us.

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diane0905.bsky.social•93 days ago

Thanks for the reminder. Will block.

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prometheusa.bsky.social•93 days ago

lol if criticism is abuse? I guess they need to learn to not melt. Bsky has mechanisms for reporting trolls. MAGA is not a protected class

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leopardface.bsky.social•93 days ago

*door slamming sound*

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thia2.bsky.social•93 days ago

Given that Elmo is literally threatening people with things they can or cannot say on the bad place, this is objectively hilarious.

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lathyspeaks.bsky.social•93 days ago

Took me a hot minute to realize you were talking about 🗿

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isensiel.bsky.social•93 days ago

MAGAts aren't conservatives. Actual conservatives do just fine on Bluesky, for the most part.

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tiredaphid.bsky.social•93 days ago

Great. It makes Newsweek a new hunting ground for trolls. #ReportAndBlock #DoNotEngage

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katietertle.bsky.social•93 days ago

I remember as a child when Newsweek was a looked forward to & fought over part of the household. This current iteration is a disgrace to that memory. Blocked. Hope they crash bigtime!

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mechilders99.bsky.social•93 days ago

I felt like an actual grown-up when I had my own subscriptions to Newsweek and Time back in the day. It's a shame what's happened.

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wiggiescotia.bsky.social•93 days ago

They could put another headline up complaining about THAT and we’d never see it

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matunos.bsky.social•93 days ago

I'm fine with this headline, maybe it'll discourage some nitwits

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maeamian.bsky.social•93 days ago

I notice that for *whatever* reason, their account here hasn't shared that article. Weird!

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snarkos.bsky.social•93 days ago

Look who I found following little me this morning. @ellonreevemmuskk.bsky.social

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sudsterkel.bsky.social•93 days ago

Don't tell Newsweek that some of us also occasionally abuse and block far-left edgelordz.

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sudsterkel.bsky.social•93 days ago

LOL, "conservatives." Just like when we push back against racism and hate speech and they're all "Hey, why are conservative views being throttled and silenced!?!?"

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