Maddow: If you don't have Bluesky yet, I recommend it. It is a social media network that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork
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Normie Libs (like me!) and leftists, commies, progs, Marxists, and the whole gaggle of independents who lean left need to interact with each other. Build coalition where we can. Otherwise we’ll all get trounced by Team Red.
Tell Maddow to go elsewhere. She is not welcome here. She gaslights for the neo-liberal wealthy Dem Elitists and gets paid $30 million /year because she is excellent at her work, gaslighting. Never says a bad word about the Dem Elite shows she is biased and gets paid very well for it.
She, like the NYT, shill for the Dem elite that failed to prevent Tromp.The Dem Elite establishment had a chance to make life better for the working & middle classes but genocide was more important.A journalist would not only point out the dangers of the Right butalso the dangers of the neo-liberals
"Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as "eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers" and reducing, especially through privatization and austerity, state influence in the economy."
So, I think what we can conclude that with the exception of removal of trade barriers, these "neoliberals" typically come in the shape of a Red Elephant.
Also, most economic experts attribute the current US economic dominance on the concept of free trade.
Republicans get most of the blame but the Wealthy Dem establishment dumped the working class about Clinton time. Tell me how they in there wealthy bubbles connect with the working class? Biden chose the rail owners over the rail workers. He gave CHIPS CEO's billions but no healthcare for us.
There is a division but don't blame me. If the fat-cat wealthy Dem elite establishment would connect with the working class and provide decent healthcare like they promise, maybe they'd win an election. But it's hubris to think they can manipulate the nomination and then threaten us to support.
How ironic that you accuse me of creating division when I am calling out Maddow for that very thing.
We lost in 2024 because the DNC decided to leave Gen-Joe in and then slip Happy-Harris at the last hour. There is a division in the Dem party and the DNC does all it can to continue it.
The term “Dem Elitist” is divisive nonsense. Rachel Maddow is welcome here. The return to nightly broadcasts is educating the public about what the Trump admin is doing and what Dems and the people are doing about it. Factual and hopeful news.
We are in a class war. Pretending that it's Blue vs Red is naive. Maddow is a member of the Ruling Class and they can do no wrong per her. If we don't reform the Dem Party, get the elite out of there we will continue to lose. It should be the People's Party. The Elite gave us Tromp
Disagree. Again what you’re suggesting is not a winning strategy. The voters and those who didn’t bother to vote gave us Trump. Put the blame where it belongs.
Again it's a class war. Pretending that the Obamas, Clintons, Pelosi, Biden etc care about us is naive. They are wealthy and are friends with the wealthy they have no idea what we are suffering. We need a populist movement for the People.
Those that idolize the wealthy are the problem.
It’s a culture and class war. They are wealthy now but all except Pelosi and to a lesser extent Obama started with very modest beginnings which shaped their politics - not wealth. History and trends of elections show Dem or independent candidates who shift too far left lose. ✌🏽
The voters voted for Biden in 2020 and he did nothing for us except involve us in exterminating Palestinians. He was not a good choice but we voted for him. Then in 2024 the DNC pulled crap and then threatened us to vote. They did nothing to win our votes. They belong to the Plutocracy.
We are divided. I know the Liberals want to pretend that we aren't but The DNC gave the progressives a big FU in 2016 & again in 2020. And in 2024 they left Genocide Joe in too long. That's divisive. A true journalist would point out problems in the Dem Party but not Maddow. Her bias is divisive
I'm not a fan either, especially since I listened to her years ago on the radio before she was making millions. It's not really up to you whether she's welcome or not though.
I don’t think it’s fair to say she is not welcome. She does tend to sensationalize and MSNBC is biased, BUT with critical thinking skills we can extrapolate the necessary information. I personally prefer my news without any bias and emotion. Just the facts, please. I don’t need the melodrama.
While not promoting Nazism they are allowing the Dem Elite establishment to support the Wealthy Class and not put up a defense against fascism. Remember the Wealthy Dem Elite will do ok under fascism. We need a Dem party that works for the working and middle classes.
If you don’t give them any oxygen, they literally spiral off into a sad and lonely isolated echo chamber of their own. I blocked many at first but now find I need to block very few. Bluesky mod uses the ban hammer well and they just go away and don’t come back. It’s glorious.
Except when you refresh and it says "there's nothing new to show you" ON THE DISCOVER FEED. How can there be nothing to show me? You hit the Home tab ot refresh and it either says THIS or it just reloads the same few posts over and over. On PC and Phones. Same thing.
false...I won't be forced to follow people who all post the exact same thing. Discover should be showing me things based off my likes and posts. I want to follow people with their own opinions. Not people who mass repost other posts. That's the FOLLOWING tab for followers.
False dichotomy. There is a wide swath of discussion on all sorts of topics, from all sorts of perspectives here.
Tolerating trolling isn't necessary to have access to a massive variety of ideas. You'll be exposed to many more perspectives if you prevent trolls from gaming the algorithms.
Democrats ignore the distractions!! FOCUS on 3 Special Elections coming up in the HOUSE this year...in April - 2 House Seats are up in Florida (1 is in a ruby red district, but Dems must fight) & 1 seat in #NY21 to replace Elise Stefanik's seat. If Dems win all 3 -Hakeem Jeffries is the Speaker!💙🗽🙏
It won't change shit. Jefferies is trying to reconcile with big tech companies that threw their support with Trump and benefit from him. Change ain't coming from these Dems.
Yeah, I'm kinda tired of debating with people about how human rights shouldn't ever have to be a fucking privilege. In my eyes, you've already lost the debate just by disagreeing with me.
We need more people to make these types of statements for Bluesky. I can guarantee the users per second meter will be up for days due to this plug from Rachel & Laurence.
Rachel will you please tell your vast audience to try and protest with as much class as possible. Fox is having a field day showing Democrats saying the F word at some of these protests.
Fox dubbed over Trump getting booed at the Superbowl with canned cheers. Can't worry about optics with an organization that's just going to lie about it.
I visit Truth Social occasionally just to wind up the MAGAts, but it's so toxic there I feel like I need to take a shower afterwards. X... is getting to feel the same now.
Stabbing yourself with a rusty for instead of investigating the actual truth? Meanwhile, Trump and Musk are busy saving our country from people just like you.
People need to take a quiet moment.
And consider what if?
What if Musk, Crazed CEO of America Inc wins.
You must have a plan.
For your family and community.
Immigration?
Where too?
Join a resistance?
Because THEY are planning.
Concentration camps are being built.
Never say it can’t happen
“For times such as this, at least seeing just a bit of comradee on this ‘rusty fork’ in the road, we now have a bit of media support, yeah for that! Most importantly, we in the @bsky.app community realize, the absolute value of our very survival.” https://maddow.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
That is one HELL of an advertisement!
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Honestly we need to stop announcing this to the naut cees. They’re coming in here in droves- I left meta and TikTok thinking I wouldn’t have to deal with their rhetoric here. Why do this- why give them a platform?
That’s an awesome question! You do need to be careful. It’s an arms race… so things may change, but for now the following have worked well for me. YMMV
You don't. A few months ago someone made a blocklist purportedly comprised of people who engage in CSAM content... and just added random accounts to it. Luckily, the user that did it got banned and the list was deleted, but there are still to this day people trapped in blockhell because of it.
That said: there *are* good blocklists, and plenty of them... but you should always vet them yourself before using them. Even then, PITA though it is, block people manually.
It’s time consuming but I try to look at the accounts on the list. If I don’t have time I don’t block the whole list anymore. I did subscribe to the maga block list when I first arrived here though. 🛬
PSA: "TJB" is purely a troll account with nothing real to add to any conversation. Best to report and block and move on with your day in peace, friends <3
I’ve not been in that other place since well before dictator Elon bought it, but it was pretty horrendous even back then. Can only imagine what is like now
Maddow's subliminal messaging is all a distraction based on absolute lies. She rewards the Epstein crowd who exploit children in the worst kind of ways... I hope she gets incarcerated for her war crimes w/ the help of my brother Rob, one of the worst Epstein pilots & child molesters along w/ #Wyley.
I really like it because I can ask questions and actually get answers and information. There aren’t personal attacks because I don’t understand something, and that’s the best way to have a community that is informed and educated. 🥰
Because people actually come here for conversation and sharing those things! It’s so nice, real conversations with real people, sharing information and experiences, it’s like, you can still get into a fight if you want to, but people here aren’t on a rage bait cycle the same way, it’s refreshing.
Elon Musk is offensive, insulting, has aligned himself with racism and maybe it's now time for him to take his rocket to Mars. If we all eXit his toxic app, his sinister, poisonous, destructive opinions can no longer influence society. Time to go!
This is a breath of fresh air! I’m reminded there’s many like-minded, smart, good souls and that gives me such hope! It’s quite therapeutic. Like a soft blanket on a stormy day. There’s also a slew of quality experts on here! Reliable info! And talented artists! Badasses.
So much thanks, @bsky.app!🦋
Also, let’s block the hell out of maga trolls as they begin to slither on here so they don’t have the audience they’re pathetically desperate for and can’t turn this into yet another cesspool. Shoo. 🪰
Yep, there's a strong troll-blocking culture on Bluesky and long may it continue. Of course the MAGA lot can join and they can have their views, but we don't have to read them!
After 16 years on Facebook, I finally saved all my photos and deactivated it. The pro Trump Musk ads and right wing propaganda ads were just too much as were the vile hateful comments from the MAGA klan.
Right there with you. I joined back when it was only open to college students with a .edu email. After 20 years almost to the day, I saved my photos and deleted it. I feel so much better without it.
it's the only social that makes me feel a bit giddy ... probably bc I don't have to interact with bots and mouth breathers. reddit is a cesspool but at least the down vote collapse comment feature helps a teensy amount
You know why. MSNBC and all other non Fox type programs will be gone soon. Living under a dictatorship. And Bluesy won't survive much more than they do
I still use a little of both, but if you stay on the following for twitter you don’t get the radical views pushed down your face and still see the things you like
agree. and has things heat up, even threads only shows posts of half time performances (though they are great), all day long today. i come here, and I get informed and find heartbroken fellow travelers looking for the path to stave off the worst.
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We can’t erase the things that shame us, or the ways we’ve shamed ourselves, offline. All we can do is control our reactions—whether we let the past oppress us, or accept its lessons, grow, or move our journey....why, you stay back & follow again...
Even the energy we put out against the Trusk Regime helps in many positive ways. Manifesting is a *real* thing! We'll have a lot of rebuilding to do. Hold your vision!
A beautiful endorsement. Someone said there would be cake?
I did not show up for a pizza party; they always skimp on toppings. I went to a Christmans party last year, nothing left but toppings. I was furious. I'd been ordering pizza wrong for years, Janice, YEARS! We know about the donuts!
Too bad that @maddow.msnbc.com staying on @msnbc.com makes me feel rather like sticking a rusty fork in my eye than watching that network which I once trusted implicitly, but did like every other big media outlet; bent the knee to the Orange Traitor! I would've that at least her and...
There are still some people fighting on it like those two journalists. Not a good idea to leave a channel to the other side anyway. That's complete surrender.
We have to fight for it to change it's ways as well.
Too bad it's the higher ups (owners/execs) who are beholden to the Fascists due to their greed for tax cuts! Doubtful they'll ever change their minds/ways. Kinda surprised Trump hasn't insisted that the network ditch his most vocal critics already!
... @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com would've had enough integrity & an established personal following to leave that place for either a truly independent media outfit or start their own!
This has been my feeling for months now too. Rachel had a contract renewal just before the election and she could have walked away and taken her audience to YouTube and had every other MSNBC host that we thought we respected come with her once their contracts were up.
🦋 have demonstrated that they have certain standards on their platform. Whereas eccentric Elon Musk has turned twitter into a cesspit for Nazi propaganda, dunderheads, racists and low life scum.
When are our democrats in congress going to start fighting back? I don’t care if they have to start looking in closet’s to find embarrassing stuff on republican members of congress that would make them chose democracy over the fear of losing their seats.
No, don’t give into fear or despair. Contact your elected officials in Washington and voice your concerns. Use your voice. If you have an iPhone, Resistbot works well. I’ve heard 5 Calls is good. And go to protests. There’ll be protests on Presidents Day. Be in community with resistors. Stay strong.
I have sent emails to my senators and with a promise to expect a return within 2 weeks, still waiting. Then Gary Peters announced his retirement. Looks like he gave up on us.
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I’ve also noticed that after deleting Twitter and meta services that I am genuinely both informed and a lot calmer. Like I swear those platforms intentionally showed me stuff to get a reaction just because it was “good for the platform”. I don’t get that here with Bsky which I am thankful for.
Same here too. That’s when I found it. Was on IG and THREADS wasn’t satisfied with either and something led me here. I’ve not gone back but only to piss off MAGAt friends (discovered leading up to election) on FB. My sanity’s here on @bsky.app
If you click on the upper right #-Icon you can choose a feed or learn how to create your own with your own rules (or algorithm) on which the feed should decide how to choose posts.
Concerning the "move" you can (mostly theoretically atm) use any server you like, a bit like fediverse and still 1/2
So I can make my feed and then move it to my own server, right? This may seem like a silly question but do I need to add my friends, one at a time, to my feed?
talk to everyone as long as the servers are connected. So if BSKY start to censor cat pictures...just move to a server that has no issues with that. Your followers won't notice and you can post cat content again.
Having Rachel Maddow back every night (hopefully for more than just the first 100) has given me more hope than I've had in a while. Her intelligence & diligence against the corrupt Trusk Regime, along with getting to the bottom of it with her guests, sends out a lot of positive power for all of us!
All aboard Trump 2.0—same crazy show, but this time, no guardrails.
No Congress to check him, no Court to stop him. A runaway train of grievance, fueled by attention, barreling down tracks of chaos with no engineer, no brakes… and no way off.
Buckle up, my friends...Next stop—the Twilight Zone!
My favorite part of Blue Sky is when someone shares information without citing a source there is no shortage of others requesting a cited source or finding it themselves to share on the thread.
Please don't follow/like/repost those people, they shouldn't be encouraged. Someone who does that doesn't care or appreciate the danger we are in. We need to be smarter, work harder and not just throw around bs memes for follows and $$.
Absolutely. If the spread of misinformation is what got us off other platforms, we all need to share in the responsibility of fact checking before sharing content and only following users who do the same.
This is worth reading: The United States rate is too high for two unexplained reasons. The first and largest is Evangelicals, 93% a survey found, rely on prayer for health care. The second is health insurance denying care to the middle aged through using software to predict money losers.🧪💡☠️
Too many people want data to work like the editorials the read because the writer agrees with them. I don't advocate for political reasons, I mainly want to make peoples lives better and longer. But, I find data usually supports a liberal view.
Yeah, you folks definitely need, irrespective of the fight back from HI lobbyists, a universal healthcare system. I'd start with basing it on the 'Bismarck Model' and take a hard look at Australia's Medicare and PBS systems (not the UKs, though; that's a right mess). Japan's is also good.
This is total death rates. the increase is mostly no health insurance and care being denied by health insurance companies. If you want a good read on this find a copy of Deadly Spin by Wendell Potter and read chapter VII.
But among different people. The health insurance increases move in from age 17 to 23, stay high until age 30 and go down differently till age 65. From there to the end Medicare keeps it down. The evangelical effect varies by state percent evangelical not age.
According to the current understanding of health insurance, yes. We'll have to see how long health insurance actually exists for the masses. Autocrats retain more money if they let the sick die.
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Disagree! This place sucks, don’t join, the only reason I’m here is because I love rusty forks in my eyes. Please, for your own safety, Do not join Bluesky!
That’s probably the most compelling endorsement of a social media platform I’ve seen in years. “Doesn’t make me want to commit self-inflicted ocular violence” is about as high as the bar gets in these days.
Then Rachel was on once a week with Biden and now everyday. For ratings? To get my blood boiling again? No thanks. Just like the maga goes extreme, I think on the left we do too.
Me too, but them the bots would post something innocuous, wait for a ton of like and follows, and then edit to to be something disgusting or magat-like, and it would like like everyone agreed with it.
anyway. welcome newskys! (new bluesky users) If there's one thing you should know, it is: I don't trust you. You were too comfortable hanging out with nazis for this long.
There will be toxic elements which attempt to infiltrate, but in the decades since social media captured us, we've learned some things I hope. Like who & when to Block or Report. I'm fine with agreeing to disagree, but not that toxic soup of hate mongering and disinformation found elsewhere.
So glad she’s getting more people here. Democrats need their own space. Trump has truth social and Elon manipulates Xwitter. We can strategize and gather here. 89 weeks till midterms. Don’t give up!
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Just plan on, you know, blocking a lot.
I'd say the issues she has been "gaslighting" in the last few years actually came to fruition, so perhaps find some other windmill to fight with.
Are you dissatisfied with the US capitalistic system I'd rather say your issues goes far beyond the "neo-liberal Dem elitists".
Besides, most neoliberal policies, including deregulation, has been a Republican trademark for years now.
So why not put the blame where it belongs?
"Neoliberalism is contemporarily used to refer to market-oriented reform policies such as "eliminating price controls, deregulating capital markets, lowering trade barriers" and reducing, especially through privatization and austerity, state influence in the economy."
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12116-009-9040-5
Also, most economic experts attribute the current US economic dominance on the concept of free trade.
https://jacobin.com/2022/07/democratic-party-neoliberalism-dlc-clinton
this stupid artificial division.
We lost in 2024 because the DNC decided to leave Gen-Joe in and then slip Happy-Harris at the last hour. There is a division in the Dem party and the DNC does all it can to continue it.
Those that idolize the wealthy are the problem.
bsky so far has been *moderately* good at giving folk the tools to starve them off the platform
Tolerating trolling isn't necessary to have access to a massive variety of ideas. You'll be exposed to many more perspectives if you prevent trolls from gaming the algorithms.
I used to enjoy the respectful debate on the bird app but I don’t even want that anymore.
No rusty forks!! 😆😆
Im also tha full that calling Nazis what they aren't doesn't get me banned like it did on Reddit.
https://youtu.be/keNw6CtcGYE?si=fU0GwlCj_ugVtdU4
And Monday February 17 https://refusefascism.org/2025/02/08/monday-february-17-presidents-day-take-to-the-streets/
I think its about 25 mil now but that number is gonna hit 100 or even 200 mil pretty damn soon
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And consider what if?
What if Musk, Crazed CEO of America Inc wins.
You must have a plan.
For your family and community.
Immigration?
Where too?
Join a resistance?
Because THEY are planning.
Concentration camps are being built.
Never say it can’t happen
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#MTTA. Make Twitter Twitter Again!
No ugliness here!
If you can't be nice go back to the other platform and stay there!
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I'm using Graysky.
I love Rachel!
So much thanks, @bsky.app!🦋
*shakes fist at autocorrect*
*reshakes at self for not checking*
Taco Tuesday!
As I drowsy text myself back to sleep.
High five! *fails straight back to sleep*
Let’s hope they don’t bugger that up.
What other revenue models could they use to keep ads off this platform? 🤔🤔🤔
MAMA!
Make America Mexico Again 😂
Put a rusty fork in his eye
Then I signed up for Blueskyyyy🎶
Age is an immutable characteristic, discrimination against people for their age is straight bigotry
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We can’t erase the things that shame us, or the ways we’ve shamed ourselves, offline. All we can do is control our reactions—whether we let the past oppress us, or accept its lessons, grow, or move our journey....why, you stay back & follow again...
Do your social media-ing on Bluesky.
Sanity for a moment with people who care to have democracy with diversity, equity, and inclusion.
People who are prosocial and interested in reducing suffering and creating the environment for profound joy, health, creativity, and shared community.
A lot of rebuilding to do.
I think of those brave souls that manifested to get us this far.
A lot of rebuilding to do.
Heartbreaking losing so much progress
Think of Maya Angelou...
And still I rise...
There are more of us helping than those tearing down, conning, and stealing
Promise is why we draw in those seeking freedom & a better life
Hold on to hope
Don't give up
We are a hard working, diverse, energized people who will rise to peacefully rebuild all that is stolen by the angry who were conned by 45/47
I did not show up for a pizza party; they always skimp on toppings. I went to a Christmans party last year, nothing left but toppings. I was furious. I'd been ordering pizza wrong for years, Janice, YEARS! We know about the donuts!
We have to fight for it to change it's ways as well.
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Concerning the "move" you can (mostly theoretically atm) use any server you like, a bit like fediverse and still 1/2
No Congress to check him, no Court to stop him. A runaway train of grievance, fueled by attention, barreling down tracks of chaos with no engineer, no brakes… and no way off.
Buckle up, my friends...Next stop—the Twilight Zone!
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