Congratulations! on being the 343 most followed.
Maybe posting more John Philip Sousa 🎵 marches will get you more followers?
Don't post any of Lara Trump...songs(?) it goes against the 8th A.😇
This is a better way to use your dollars to speak to corporations. But these figures are correct? This is pennies compared to dark money and PACs. Heck, most of us were still on twitter until recently. How do we explain that?
Very poetic. And maybe my comment was a bit premature … I am not fully caffeinated. All I know is we all have to follow our own path and be free thinkers and stuff … need more coffee ☕️
No one is pressuring anyone. A lot of people used starter packs initially w out knowing to check the whole list. One should know who they are following.
But engaging them means we eventually speak or refer to their misinformation, which contributes to the dilution of truth. We have to put our foot down somewhere along this line.
Most of us think of Star Wars from back in the 70's we grew up with it. Star Trek is similar. The new stuff is commercialized, as is most everything else these day. Still you don't forget your first, right?
Because AOC is an elected lawmaker and has a platform hopefully changing things. Mark is great, however, he is a private citizen, beloved and liked, but no power when it comes to voting in change.
I've been looking for something to subscribe to and I just added the Philadelphia Inquirer to my following list. But I would like to get a digital subscription to a national paper and I'm wondering what you guys subscribe to? I canceled the times several years ago and the post more recently.
because we’ve been indoctrinated on these sources from grade school 😮💨 I had to go through and block them, but really idk who to actually trust. AP *MAYBE*
Block them. Try to start giving your money to local stores, restaurants as much as possible.
Delete large corporate accounts you may have. Write letters demanding they divest from right wing extremists. Write and call your representatives as often as you can.
Both papers have some good columnists and reporters but the oligarch owners of both decide headlines and control coverage so overall they both are right wing propaganda
In several languages! Wiki has a list of RW pubs and news.
We self-censor on this platform via mute, block and sharing lists. If Blsky has to hire moderators we will pay the cost with ads and weren’t we already on that Xpletive road?
All over. That doesn’t mean I don’t read them. I take my news through my own lens of subjectivity, as I do all my news. I take issue with telling people to unfollow news accounts that are free. I try to make note of what journalists I want to follow from there.
That’s my impression too but didn’t think it fair that I weigh in on the paper. I only became a reader (somewhat!) because I now have Apple News. I got a free trial but I really like the variety. I think variety is the most important factor in news consumption.
I am. I subscribe to nothing. Thankfully I don't have to eat your food or watch your TV. I'll gladly pay the 16% VAT on anything I have to buy that's not made in Mexico.
How so? I still read a lot of NY Times; though, some of their opinions seem to be merging with those of our new authoritarian "great leader" Trump. But ALL USA media is now scared to death of the Putin/Trump/GOP Corporate Fascist / Project 2025 agenda; they all only want to survive the media PURGE !
I don't even do wordle anymore. I boycott MSM. I only watch the weather on my local news, since they are owned by Sinclair. Independent journalists only! I've lost respect for way too many in the business. I miss the nightly news that actually reported news, not propaganda. Media fails us.
You're right, I unfollowed both and everyone should consider doing the same. They are some of the biggest reasons TFG is going to the White House instead of the Big House.
It's the follow shortcut lists from big accounts that include them that had me following them when I had previously unfollowed NY Times an WaPo on Twitter.
I unsubscribed from both and follow neither... and every time I see an article someone posted shared from them, I comment about how they are responsible and shoudl put that in every article as an apology.
Is this just because they named Trump person of the year?
I understand that has more to do with the weight the person exerts on the zeitgeist, rather than having anything much to do with how worthy/noble/good etc. the person is.
Nevertheless I think I've heard more about Musk than Trump this year.
It's still important to know what they are posting. You don't have to agree with every article. And you certainly don't have to support them with your money.
You could say the same for hundreds of pundits, publications, and organizations. People for a decade of social media have taken a viewpoint similar to yours, and nothing has changed from it - except unwarranted clicks and advertising for yellow journalism.
A better use of the efforts you're describing would be to identify reliable news sources, amplify them, promote them, and help others find them as well. There's no such thing as bad publicity, and every click made is more publicity - for better or worse. Find the better and block the worse.
Sometimes the NYT does post very good quality articles and evidence to support it. I'm all for promoting independent news outlets too that have a high standard of fact checking and reporting.
Good. It is journalism. They make stories. They have an editor and have staff that care. Why would I want to cancel or not follow accounts that generate information I can use.
Legit question though- which news sources should we trust? Where do you get your news? There used to be a list of all news sources and showed how biased they were. Would love to see an update of that too!
I am looking for new sources, as the MSM is dead to me. All of it and every single talking head. So far my list is The Guardian (which unfortunately just got bought by dubious investors), Pro Publica, Heather Cox Richardson, and Elizabeth Cronise McLAughlin ( more opinion than news).
I think a lot of people want the NYT to get breaking news on BlueSky and not to read their opinion pieces which come out of Steven Miller's file cabinet.
That might also be a symptom of Bluesky lists. I didn’t intentionally follow them but I probably clicked a world news list that included them. I unfollowed and muted but didn’t block - shutting out completely the words of the opposition is a good way to be surprised
That's what I am seeing here, too. Echo chambers are really bad. I read articles from all types of publications and do some fact-checking it keeps you aware of what's young on. I like Straight Arrow News it pulls from all media.
I do not follow the nyt
I do not follow any of their reporters
I have subscribed to home delivery for over 3 decades
But no more
They are all complicit
It is very sad.
I grew up with the times on the table every morning,
No matter where we were,
The first thing my father did was find a copy of the times.
The day could not begin without it.
Now i look at it and feel angry, sad and disappointed.
Yup. My dad worked in midtown and couldn't survive without it. My grandfather was a book publisher and taught me how to do the crossword with him on sundays. Although I never did master the commuter's fold if you know what I mean. I had to have it on a big table.
My sixth grade teacher taught us the fold the first day of class.
I never did it though.
I did learn how to make a palm tree
Out if it.
Which is all its good for now
Imagine having written information so legitimate and important in 1960 that people are still convinced you’re legit 60 years after you stopped doing that
I muted their account the first time I saw them in my feed. I was going to block, but decided I might want the option to see what people are reposting from them.
@ktforest7.bsky.social said, "Fallacies of life," fallacies means a false or mistaken idea. So @ktforest.bsky.social is saying basically that it's a lie that Republicans are better for the economy. At least that's how I understood it.
If we boycott The New York Times and The Washington Post are we not shooting ourselves in the foot? They have been the major outlet for Liberal and Progressive news and have the loudest voices. Of course if they repeatedly allow their wealth owners to influence their political views then dump them.
Help me here. Are we saying the free press should not post other options? I didn't read the option piece. I will go find it. But this seems like a very MAGA thing to do. Echo chambers are bad, are they not? I'm just trying to follow the logic here. No disrespect intended.
Free press? These are just a few examples of "Anticipatory Obedience" by these 2 definitely "NON-liberal" MSM outlets.
This is also called dereliction of duty in journalism.
BTW, explain what's the journalistic value of the NYT writing 50,000 articles about Hillary's emails and Hunter's dic* pics?
Okay? You don't like what these articles are saying, neither do I. But going into denial and only reading articles you agree with is just as damaging. In my opinion. How do you know if and when their agenda changes if you isolate yourself?
Who said anything about "isolating"?
Not me.
There are national independent and international news outlets, substacks, podcasts, etc where you can gather information.
They made their choice, we made ours.
Excellent point ! I'm not one of them and have never subscribed to the mag. I used to think that being awarded something like this by a national brand would be an honor .
Now it's no more than an award by Enquirer rag mag !
WORTHLESS. !!
I tell myself "let people be people." Why can't ideologues do the same? It doesn't matter if they're leftists or conservatives - they demand that people be paper cutouts.
The point sailed past you. It's an expression. Giving them attention, leverage and followers is giving them power and making them appear more important than they are. It may not be financial but it's still supporting them.
Sorry, are you saying that's a good thing or a bad thing? Are you saying that those of us who subscribe to NYTs shouldn't be? If so, why? With the Washington Post and LA Times among others caving to Trump, the NYT's remains the only MSM to offer resistance to the MAGA regime.
Sure, there have been articles that have not always been purely on the side of Transgender people and some that have portrayed more than one side of the story, but from what I've read, there have been just as many pro-Trans columns, articles, and editorials.
No newspaper will get it right on every issue facing America, nor is it obliged to avoid raising issues about any given story. I get your distaste for what you perceive as prejudice on the part of times, but my distaste for censorship is even greater.
Um. The New York Times is the establishment paper of record. They even have admitted this multiple times. Go back and read their Dem primary endorsement in 2020 when they endorsed Klobuchar and Warren.
What does that even mean, establishment paper of record. Show me one time where they've said that. Read its Dem endorsement for 2024. I'll be damned if anyone is going to tell me what is politically correct and censor what I read. That's just so MAGA
You can read it. Where did I say you couldn’t. But they represent the establishment line.
This is from their endorsement I referenced: The history of the editorial board would suggest that we would side squarely with the candidate with a more traditional approach…
Not saying either. I am simply noting that whenever I hear about some terrible Biden bashing take I see hundreds of people calling the NYT shitty but yet....
BTW, I support several substack writers & still subscribe to the NYTs. I like to get my news from a range of sources, not just those favored by Bluesky big accounts.
Is this the beginning of Bluesky CENSORSHIP. Sorry, but that's just so Twitter
NYT online subscriptions are up, which (sadly) means a lot of ppl enjoy the crap the paper is peddling.
I'd guess that a/f/a the company's social media accounts, there's a lot of hate-following going on. NYT often turns up in my feed tagged/quoted/called out by accounts I do follow.
It means people are still clinging to the status quo of the 80’s and aren’t remotely prepared for Jan 20.
Bluesky will likely fall apart because they can’t afford to do this for free and without free access our speech is limited
We need an alternative way to get the word out without corporations
I can see a small fee for a account verification. I would be supportive of a larger moderation community and would contribute to that. I don’t think we need that many features but it would be nice if the threading model made it easier to see what post someone is replacing to.
I cancelled my paid subscription. But I still follow them on social media and read them online. They continue to do some very good reporting. But I look at their articles with a much more skeptical and jaundiced eye.
There are accounts that I don't follow, but I occasionally read their content. It's not required to follow them to do so. My choice who gets a follow, and it has to be earned and sustained.
They’re bastards for continuing to publish anti-transgender stories. They sane-washed Trump at every turn. If you think they are such a great paper, that’s your opinion. I used to be a subscriber, but after they turned, they are dead to me.
BTW, that's just total bullshit that the Time's sane-washed trump at every turn. It's fine to have issues with the Times, but don't make shit up because you lose any credibility that you otherwise had.
I wish everyone on 🦋 would block the NYT. They don’t deserve our support and quite frankly, I don’t care about anything they have to say. They have put out so many anti transgender stories now, they can go and 🤬 themselves.
It's not a bad idea to keep an eye on what the other side is saying and doing. It's important to stay informed. If we ignore it all, we will end up being blindsided. I think this is a big part of the reason we are so shocked he won again, we were ignoring the bs they were spreading like napalm.
Wait, I thought Fox, OAN, Breitbart, and NewsMax were the ‘other side’. Seems to me the NYT is still pro-truth and pro-democracy. So I’m not ready to toss them overboard.
Yes, and... it's important to keep an eye on it all, even those we think are on "our side." In reality, the line isn't a clear one in the best of circumstances, and we need to stay abreast of all conversations and perspectives in order to properly assess how to best move forward.
More than Fox and NewsMax? And is the ‘no one wrote more’ based on an independent quantitative analysis, or your judgment? And were these news stories or opinion pieces?
It seems like The New York Times is pulling a fast one on us. The 5th most followed account on BlueSky? That's like finding out your grandma has more TikTok followers than you!
To those complaining, you may not like every article or every headline, but journalists’ job is to tell the truth to hold government accountable. First thing dictators do is shut down independent media. Journalists are our last line of defense. Don’t help the dictator. Support journalism. Subscribe.
It may seem that way, but the media was not campaigning for president. The Dems were. I knocked on doors for them. Truth is Dems failed to connect with half the country and address their legitimate grievances; failed to prosecute and jail a criminal; failed on immigration. The Dems screwed the pooch
Are sure the legacy media wasn't campaigning?
They sure as hell,spent four years,downplaying all the accomplishments of the Biden administration.
15/20 million voters,allowed the orange guy,back in.
They didn't give a shit about America.
If Biden did the things he should have done, we wouldn't be where we are now. You can point to a lot of things that you think are unfair, but that won't change our situation. We have our work cut out for us and need every resource we can muster. Abandoning the free press is not a winning strategy.
Biden did a hell of alot.
Was he perfect? Nope.
All you are doing,is showing how shallow,shortsighted,and selfish alot if Americans are.
Free press my ass.
Legacy media has already bent a knee. It is run by billionaires.
Our work? Exactly, what is that?
I am ready for a revolt against all of them
You are talking about Fox News and Newsmax, right? If not, how much can you really be reading and have such a cavalier and dismissive attitude? This is supposed to be a nice place. That kind of badmouthing would probably do better in Leon's Twitter.
Read the WSJ, the Telegraph, Barron's, the Economist and other legitimate sources. You will see that their stories align w/ WaPo and NYT on basic facts. Truth. If people abandon journalism, "news" will flow from the echo chamber of unverifiable social media ravings. The kind that elected Trump.
I am running pretty adhoc right now and my focus is on learning and embracing this incredible open platform as a developer.
If you are technical, and even if you are not, look at this, and grasp the extensible reality of this platform.
By whom? The government? Special interests? Billionaires? It doesn't really matter who. Whatever the challenges, free press is the cornerstone of democracy. It is worth fighting for. If you're not supporting journalism, you're aiding and abetting tyranny.
Go spend time in Humgary, for example, and you'll see how good we have it. Until Trump takes it away. You bashing the press is only helping Trump. Maybe that's your goal. If it is, go back to Twitter.
And if you think we have it good compared to Hungary, well, do you know how Hungary got the way it is? If you accept fascism in advance like you are, you’ll soon find out. 🙄
Okay, angry dude. You really are missing so many points. Not on Twitter. Not bashing the press. Bashing the oligarchs who now own the press. If you are not looking for civil discussion, nuance, and facts, perhaps you should join the fascists.
When they start doing that with Trump let us know, most will be happy to support them. Subscribing helped the Times get Trump in the WH twice. By the way are reporting their source for Biden/hunter crime family today pleaded guilty to lying? Is it getting the attention they gave his age or the lie?
How about that Parkinsons Biden has? Follow up coming? Odd it was only important to get him out of the race? Maybe the follow up will come with Trump's taxes, Meds, shooting reports, video of his team's actions at fallen heroes' graves etc, his economic plans etc.
Not even slightly, I followed Boris Johnson when he was PM, doesn't mean I supported him or the Conservatives. A follow is not an endorsement and simply stating that it is doesn't make it so.
We are suckers… as a species. Our attention, time and money should be weapons but we dot. Wield any of it as such. This is why some MFs still use twitter even tho the right time to leave was over a year ago
Politics is not the only thing the NYT covers. I do not rely on them to do the right thing in the political realm bc they want to be "fair," and that's impossible in a Trump Administration. But we need to know who and what is being destroyed.
Following on socials for breaking news is not paying for a subscription. It’s important to know what is being published if one retains one’s awareness of their attempts to shift our focus.
It’s a term of art. And following is 100% supporting and reposting is promoting. NYT is only as important as we allow them to be. I follow their journalists I admire. And please w breaking news. In the age of the cell phone we have unlimited access to what’s breaking.
Following and subscribing are two different transactions. The former is free, the latter is not. I will often use headlines seen here to look up stories written by other journalists or news organizations.
I don’t even watch clips of Joe and Mika anymore; they are both reprehensible toadies to whoever is in power.
What I’m truly shocked by are Cenk and Anna jumping onto the RW propaganda bus. Could they have gotten brain worms from Kennedy?
Yeah … not me! They effed me over in 2015 and it took me an hour+ on the phone with the worst effin’ customer service, like, EVER to cancel my subscription⚫️
NevernevereverneverAgain @nytimes.com >>> 🗑️
I choose to praise Bezos’ lovely philanthropist ex-wife who inherited billions from the divorce and gave it all to charity out of the kindness of her heart and to spite him without wanting any sort of recognition for it 🤝🏼
You know, it makes me sad AF that the paper that was headed by Katharine Graham for so many years, and broke the Watergate story, Woodward & Bernstein, all that, just freaking CAVED to that megamillionaire zuck.
I follow multiple news sources that cover both sides. Even if I don’t like it I have to hear what the other side says so I can better understand their point of view. That’s how you form objective opinions.
Agreed. I use media bias fact check. I don't mind reading right leanings news, as long as it's factual. I also use them when a new or previously unknown to me news site article pops up. They also list the owners, it's handy info.
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Maybe posting more John Philip Sousa 🎵 marches will get you more followers?
Don't post any of Lara Trump...songs(?) it goes against the 8th A.😇
SMH
I don't need a news provider telling me how to feel about a thing.
Just because it has a flavor, one shouldn't eat dirt.
I'm like, "That's not sanitary!!!"
...but also, "KITTY!"
They just churn out propaganda on all the big issues
- The Los Angeles Times? No.
He is just as good as you and I. Good for him.
That is it.
NONono!
I use my energy for good not evil.
Equal and fair justice forward.
I'm going to try and build a curated feed this weekend to pick out the trusted helpers. Get started on it at least.
Delete large corporate accounts you may have. Write letters demanding they divest from right wing extremists. Write and call your representatives as often as you can.
Hit the oligarchy where it hurts.
We self-censor on this platform via mute, block and sharing lists. If Blsky has to hire moderators we will pay the cost with ads and weren’t we already on that Xpletive road?
https://nj.com/news/2024/10/star-ledger-ending-print-edition-and-closing-production-facility-in-2025.html
#CancelNYT #CancelWAPO
#CancelDishonestyForthwith
Makes me very wary of following starter packs to be honest.
I do try to scroll through starter packs when I see a potentially interesting one.
I'm lucky enough to live in a market where Sinclair doesn't HAVE a local news presence.
I understand that has more to do with the weight the person exerts on the zeitgeist, rather than having anything much to do with how worthy/noble/good etc. the person is.
Nevertheless I think I've heard more about Musk than Trump this year.
UNSUBSCRIBE from the NYT.
They are complicit.
Put a needle in it
Its done
I do not follow any of their reporters
I have subscribed to home delivery for over 3 decades
But no more
They are all complicit
I grew up with the times on the table every morning,
No matter where we were,
The first thing my father did was find a copy of the times.
The day could not begin without it.
Now i look at it and feel angry, sad and disappointed.
I never did it though.
I did learn how to make a palm tree
Out if it.
Which is all its good for now
Big rock you crawled out of with that garbage. But I’ll give you a chance. Prove it with supportive facts.
I agree with all you said.
It's gonna be a long time before I even consider giving them any oxygen.
Times, WaPo, The LA Times, and the goddamn Daytona Beach News Journal. Gone.
The Screw York Times and Whitewashington Post can go to hell.
This is also called dereliction of duty in journalism.
BTW, explain what's the journalistic value of the NYT writing 50,000 articles about Hillary's emails and Hunter's dic* pics?
Not me.
There are national independent and international news outlets, substacks, podcasts, etc where you can gather information.
They made their choice, we made ours.
Now it's no more than an award by Enquirer rag mag !
WORTHLESS. !!
https://www.advocate.com/media/new-york-times-anti-transgender
For instance, and there are many more
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/01/opinion/politics/life-without-regret.html
This is from their endorsement I referenced: The history of the editorial board would suggest that we would side squarely with the candidate with a more traditional approach…
Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with having an opinion, you just need to stand by it.
BTW, I support several substack writers & still subscribe to the NYTs. I like to get my news from a range of sources, not just those favored by Bluesky big accounts.
Is this the beginning of Bluesky CENSORSHIP. Sorry, but that's just so Twitter
I'd guess that a/f/a the company's social media accounts, there's a lot of hate-following going on. NYT often turns up in my feed tagged/quoted/called out by accounts I do follow.
#BoycottMSM #BoycottLegacyMedia
But I only do it so I can give them unrelenting shit. Following them is a time-saving means to an end.
https://bsky.app/profile/nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Bluesky will likely fall apart because they can’t afford to do this for free and without free access our speech is limited
We need an alternative way to get the word out without corporations
They caved as the Fourth Estate; failed the American People; lying, avoiding the truth.
Trump’s dementia was avoided. MSM was a big part of the Trump victory.
They must look at themselves; reject yellow journalism; restore our faith.
Report them and block them, let BlueSky's moderation system do its work.
If you want to report facts, don't work for companies like that.
I have zero interest in what they feel is appropriate to report.
Legacy media is a big reason, we are going to have, a horrible, terrifyingly stupid, person in the white house.
They sure as hell,spent four years,downplaying all the accomplishments of the Biden administration.
15/20 million voters,allowed the orange guy,back in.
They didn't give a shit about America.
Was he perfect? Nope.
All you are doing,is showing how shallow,shortsighted,and selfish alot if Americans are.
Free press my ass.
Legacy media has already bent a knee. It is run by billionaires.
Our work? Exactly, what is that?
I am ready for a revolt against all of them
#CancelNYT #CancelWAPO
If you are technical, and even if you are not, look at this, and grasp the extensible reality of this platform.
#DevAtProto #DevBlu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Protocol#/media/File:Bluesky%E2%80%93AT_Protocol_federation_architecture.svg
(Apologies for the audio & video of #ComboverCaligula; it’s provided here as receipts)
https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3ld5mxzxr5c26
Thank goodness Elmo Munk has lit it on fire.
They are irrelevant to me forever now that they have shown their true colors, MAGA red.
and then nobody boycotts.
People don't follow through, and that's the problem everywhere.
What I’m truly shocked by are Cenk and Anna jumping onto the RW propaganda bus. Could they have gotten brain worms from Kennedy?
NevernevereverneverAgain @nytimes.com >>> 🗑️
It shows that we put our money exactly where our mouths are.
We don't pay for it.
Duh.
-and fuck wordle with a dyslexic typist