You & your comments are not doing anything to save our democracy! Try that & more will pay attention to you. Right now EVERYONE needs to be involved & paying attention to the damage being done to our democracy by the #fotus!
Because it's important to be informed with what's going on especially since most of the news doesn't reach us until hours to days later due to censorship. Sleeping or going back to distraction is going to get us ALL killed.
trump is a Russian asset and Putin wants to destroy the us from within. he's said it was his greatest embarrassment to lose to the US. Pay attention to the things being cut. He will kill us from within the us.
You need to actively seek out more of the fun and inspiring stuff. Users and feeds. The algorithm does not handhold here on bsky. If you only interact on depressing stuff, it's all you'll see.
That being said, as a fellow film nerd, I want more fun film stuff!
Could it have something to do with current events? Most of us would probably prefer to be talking about our hobbies, but also don't want to live under a dictatorship.
You just gotta follow more shit-posters, skeeting through the insanity, so the rest of us can get a chuckle in, between bouts of existential dread and panic attacks.
I’ll talk to you about films buddy! Recently re watched “The wild robot” it was great! Wonderful on a second viewing. I also watched “Hellgate” from 1989 on Tubi a terrible quasi slasher / horror / nonsense film starring Horshack spouting some awful awful dialogue
Where did I first hear that?
Oh, yes — it was in The Mission (dir. Roland Joffé, 1986, Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro).
Not exactly a nonsense fun movie, I'll admit, but — film! 🎥
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
I just wish this site was funnier. Not as many memes, most of what I see is art which is nice but it’s lacking in the variety and the laughs I came to twitter for.
I can't speak for film twitter but some of the communities my wife is apart of (I'm mainly political, so of course i left twitter) have not felt forced too make the move because, for the most part, they're basically invisible to the large groups of angry rightwingers musk introduced to the platform.
I miss my music community on Twitter. I'd hoped for a fresh start here and swore I was going to take longer breaks from politics for the sake of my mental health. Still getting sucked into the vortex more than I'd like, but we live in "interesting" times, like the old Chinese curse.
Are you saying blusky is boring or what? It's a place where you can voice your opinion without fear of being jumped on. And to see things you have no idea they exist. A breath of fresh air!!
Why is anyone who possesses a human soul still on Twottle? Ditch it. Fuck Leon Skum. Fuck Bezos and Amazon. Fuck United Healthcare. Fuck all of 'em. I hope there are more Luigis out there. The world needs 'em now more than ever.
I have a general account and an art account just for this reason, cause as much as I love the vibes here I need to turn off politics more often then not
Im torn on it, because I WANT to be a fun pop culture based account and instead I feel obligated to post nonstop political content because of the world imploding around me 🤷♂️
Escapism is fantastic, but ignoring whats happening just to feel better doesnt actually solve the problems.
I left twitter years ago because it was making me angry, when I joined here I tried to always take the approach of “if I’m going to text post or comment I’ll try to make sure it’s just a weird pun or thought about media”. It’s made me so much happier.
This is a place of morally grounded political ideology news app refugees.. let’s do our best to bring more art into this space. But also recognize people are running here from other apps specifically because of political bullshit and censorship on other apps.
I feel like I said that weird. Like the people here (mostly) are grounded in morals/humanity/empathy as it relates to politics and society. They’re here because of needing to escape a social media landscape that is caving to nazis left and right.
I have been happy to see the #TCMParty crew well represented, especially during the 31 Days of Oscar season. Meanwhile, here's a pic of my sister's dog begging me for pets this AM (sorry about the fingers).
Yeah I made the mistake of using the suggested groups when I first came on here, now they drown out anything else. Really hard to find other things that provide the balance
Gotta add feeds and like and repost the content. Hence why I like and repost #startrek and #astronomy or #astrophotography. I’m a part of the politics by need but I *want* ST & space & sci in my feed.
AIRPORT SIT-IN, ALL AIRPORTS SUNDAY MARCH 16-ALL DAY
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR BIG DEM ORGS TO HELP US
TRUMP WILL SUE AND SHUT THEM DOWN
PREPARE TO BE ARRESTED
IF WE SHUT DOWN 1 NAT AIRPORT FOR 1/2 HOUR IT WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
That ratio in the world is way out of whack...why would any social media not reflect the obscene imbalance of justice and humanity in the world right now?
Using the #FilmSky #filmsky not helping? I'm not a "movie buff" nor was connected with film fans on Twitter either. My posts are heavy politics, but when I do sit down for a movie on the couch I usually post what it is. 😬
i don’t think it’d take much to tip things over, because a critical mass helps drown out annoying people. it’s why Twitter is still useable despite all the bots and Nazis. that and i really think they need to up the video limit to 3 minutes or finally introduce that paid tier with longer videos.
Why do you want to use that fucking dipshit space nazi's site? Why do you all continue to put dollars in his pockets, for stupid "mindless entertainment"?? I get the desire for escapism, wish y'all could see how awful it is to support bad people who steal from U with your attention.
Escapism is going to be part of the problem. Blowing off steam for mental stability is necessary but I've seen far too many comments crying about the lack of fun-time content. They don't get that this isn't a fun time -real, serious stuff is happening fast and we have to know about it to make plans.
Winter film twitter has nothing to talk about outside of oscar bait and the slop not even the summer box office market can stomach. Wait till march or april
I mean, it was irreverent about the military, its methods, and its goals during the Cold War. Paired up with Spies Like Us it illustrated the absurdity of the publicly supported raison d'etre for the Cold War and the military industrial project. Making them comedies related them to the working class
Try searching for starter packs on those topics. I followed a mushroom pack in my early Bluesky days and I always smile when they pop up on my timeline.
I don't know how to judge that because everyone likely gets a very different Bluesky experience (no algorithm to push the same posts to everyone) but that's definitely what I'm experiencing as well!
I'm trying to talk the Carnivore group into coming over here for roughly the same reason.
I'm tired of having to go there to talk Meat Cooking and Diabetes subjects only to be inundated with sock puppet posts.
Sorry, in this current environment, cat and baby goat pics are a distraction from the important agenda, and that is #resist
When the nazis and dick tater have been removed, like the cancer they are, then we can be warm and fuzzy. I prefer optimism, but we need to get in the streets.
#IMPEACHTRUMP
I hate this app so much i rarely see shit i gaf about its just normie democrat/lib takes that everyone in a non American country probably agrees with like who cares 😭
It is currently 7°F, -14°C here. I'm going to make a big batch of curry and enjoy the BluRay of this I got the other day. Hope when you get a chance to view it you find its quiet joy.
Its a lot of politics because our democracy is gone. I am an offender of posting too much politics lately, but we are in so much trouble, most people are smart enough to know it cannot be ignored. It wasn't this bad at first, but the election changed everything.
Exactly! I try to post more fun topics. But, the reality is that we’re living in some very serious times right now. Even our news media has been compromised. We can get more accurate information here than from our news media. Social media has become The News.
Also, https://indivisible.org seems to have good info and does zoom calls for anyone who wants to join the call every Thursday. It has all gotten so insane. I feel that anything nonpolitical I post at the moment is inconsequential.
For example, all the Marvel movies would be better if they just let British actors have British accents. The lead actors (Wong and Cumberbun) of Dr Strange being the prime examples.
I have muted the words "Musk" "Elon" and "Trump." This cuts down the political stuff by about 50% although I still get plenty to keep me up on the latest outrage. I'm also active about following sites like Stella the Chinchilla with a Pet Human.
Give it some time and let us cool down. People are pissed at the moment… it’s crazy to me how people are ok with normalizing White Nationalism. Evil never sleeps and to me at this moment is more important to me. It’s hard to stay positive ALL the time 🤷🏻♂️
I think plenty did, but that sort of stuff just doesn't catch on and spread around here. I saw a lot of folks like that from Twitter post their stuff over here but they just didn't get much if any engagement
totally echo the sentiment, i'd love more fun stuff. but i must imagine the ratio on twitter nowadays is much worse, no? or at least the politics here isn't a bunch of nazi bots shouting slurs. also the ratio here wasn't this bad until now, a lot of nonsense accounts are freaking out (like me).
Subject specific feeds, as opposed to a general follower feed, helps greatly with siloing. I spend a lot of time on sports and animals, only venturing out to "real" occasionally.
@coreyatad.com I was not familiar with Film Twitter, so idk what level of knowledge qualifies for discussion but I have a theory about the Forks episode of the Bear OR Babygirl & I don’t have anyone IRL to bounce them off of. Either of those are in your interest?
Me too. I’ve been fighting clear my name after the #Wankecide incident was highly publicised. I’ve worked with all the greats and accused everyone of them if stealing my pork pie from my larder / flat in Stratford. Stamp, Caine, Burton, Reed, Hemmings et all They were all at it 😡
Ppl are so ate-up they respond with anger at the idea of having a diverse content feed.
Same ppl that rage at a Congressperson for liveskeeting SNL50. It’s like; bruh, get some fucking perspective.
And I say this as someone whose re/posts are heavily political!
My discover feed is, bafflingly, often like half stuff from accounts I follow therefore posts I've already seen on my main feed. Its rather annoying and doesn't help me broaden my algorithmic horizons the way I want to.
💯. I want to officially quit twitter but can’t until film twitter gets here. Love Bluesky but my sanity just can't take being overwhelmed with politics
I hear more nonsense out of the mouth of people who on twitter and TikTok then anywhere else. “Oh I heard no traffic controllers were fired”, “oh I hear Biden was involved in human trafficking”… sigh. WHAT?! This from people who also say politics are just drama are they don’t want drama. OMFG
If you ever get the chance to see the recent film of Macbeth with David Tennant and Cush Jumbo, it'll take you right out of yourself! Absolute corker, I was blown away. It's not fun per se, but it's not current politics either!
Yeah. I think it's partly because life just feels overwhelmed by politics right now, though. It's scary out there and a lot of people are focusing on it more than usual.
I follow a bunch of museums and archeologists and nature photographers, so I get lots of not-politics. It’s takes a little work to build up a list of what you want to see, but it’s worth it.
I think that the dominance of politics on Bluesky is related to the fact our government is experiencing a 🎶 Hostile Takeover🎶 by Christian (Nazis) Nationalists.
But today on Bluesky I saw a picture of a white squirrel and it made my day.
You can filter out keywords in your settings. Just filter out the names of those absolute douche-canoes, and a couple of acronyms, and your feed should be back to normal 👍
a good tip for controlling the bad parts of the feed, but the real issue here is the lack of specific sorts of people. if i took your advice (and i already partly do), i would just get a slower feed, not a more fun one.
At this time, in this place, tyranny and politically malignant narcissists with their sights set on becoming a king of the most powerful country in the world... is too important a discussion not to be given full voice.
like come on, i don't need to be constantly reminded that we're here becoming ww2 germany 2 on every post on my feed. it doesn't mean i don't want the news at all, i just want to be able to escape from it sometimes so I don't end up going insane from wanting to die because i can't leave :)))))
Don’t. That’s different than sticking your head in the sand and ignoring. It’s one of the reasons I found the different feeds appealing. I was enjoying it here alot at the start of my second try—last year there just weren’t enough here. But there is such a lack of film, art, and music here.
I appreciate the tip. The thing is it isn’t my default. I’m finding that it’s like there is no point to following anyone because they don’t show up on my feed more often than not. Like in my Formula 1 feed, there are plenty that posts regularly but most of what I see are random posting the same
I don't want Twitter. Two separate platforms! I knew this was political
My very reason for joining BlueSky! At least I'm not taking a beating for my beliefs!
I wish I could post only about my cat and dogs and geek stuff, but im kinda next in line to be invaded by the russian hordes...and at this point all my feed is political stuff with animals and artist sprinkled in between. I feel ya.
I watched Hell or a high Water from 1954 last night, never heard of it before. I liked it. Leading lady was v pretty. Normally I go for old school sci-fi 50s & 60s
I’ve been trying to follow more music & film accounts here, but the ones I’ve found so far have a low post frequency, so most of my feed unfortunately consists of politics at the moment.
Just before the inauguration, Threads was really starting to fill that void left by Twitter, but fuck Meta.
Give it time. That place is on its last legs, and the first people who came here were those who wanted to talk politics without MAGAs inserting themselves into it
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It's the end of America, dude. Sorry we're not all laughing at dumb dick jokes rn.
That being said, as a fellow film nerd, I want more fun film stuff!
Where did I first hear that?
Oh, yes — it was in The Mission (dir. Roland Joffé, 1986, Jeremy Irons, Robert De Niro).
Not exactly a nonsense fun movie, I'll admit, but — film! 🎥
@marymcnamara.bsky.social
If you post about film, the film nerds will come.
Escapism is fantastic, but ignoring whats happening just to feel better doesnt actually solve the problems.
🖖
LLAP, y'all!
— Bruce Lee
#filmmaking #storytelling
I suggest you watch "Tucker: The Man and His Dream" and go buy an old Saab to restore.
The feed is what you make of it. Edit accordingly.
AIRPORT SIT-IN, ALL AIRPORTS SUNDAY MARCH 16-ALL DAY
WE CAN'T WAIT FOR BIG DEM ORGS TO HELP US
TRUMP WILL SUE AND SHUT THEM DOWN
PREPARE TO BE ARRESTED
IF WE SHUT DOWN 1 NAT AIRPORT FOR 1/2 HOUR IT WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
LET'S GET IN GOOD TROUBLE!!!!
I can help you rebuild that community ☺️
I'm tired of having to go there to talk Meat Cooking and Diabetes subjects only to be inundated with sock puppet posts.
When the nazis and dick tater have been removed, like the cancer they are, then we can be warm and fuzzy. I prefer optimism, but we need to get in the streets.
#IMPEACHTRUMP
Nosferatu was great tho, I also think Emilia Perez is overhated
Same ppl that rage at a Congressperson for liveskeeting SNL50. It’s like; bruh, get some fucking perspective.
And I say this as someone whose re/posts are heavily political!
Next day, 'Discover' has more kitty pics & other non-political things to like.
It weirdly balances things for me at least. Follows - mostly news/people I actually know/kitties. Discover - new stuff & more kitties.
I don't follow everything I like so my feed changes quickly after to tempt me to follow more.
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But today on Bluesky I saw a picture of a white squirrel and it made my day.
At this time, in this place, tyranny and politically malignant narcissists with their sights set on becoming a king of the most powerful country in the world... is too important a discussion not to be given full voice.
Whether you stay or not is your choice.
In case worse comes to worse and I have to nuke this one because I talk a lot of mess. That could be any day now.
My very reason for joining BlueSky! At least I'm not taking a beating for my beliefs!
Just before the inauguration, Threads was really starting to fill that void left by Twitter, but fuck Meta.