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At this point, the world is thinking: America is imploding real fast, we need to act for ourselves. It may seem scary, but there's an opportunity for us to coalesce into a coherent group without the USA

Daily social media routine: Open X, look for someone I'm interested in engaging with * Open Bluesky see if they have a handle over here yet *actually their algo does it for me

I asked Gemini to write a message to my family and friends extolling the virtues of Bluesky

John Lyons @TheLyonsDen very much the man of the moment having the courage to call out Trump on Gaza. Meanwhile PM Albanese still playing by Marquess of Queensberry Rules

Way to go Microsoft, you've borked every Brother Scanner on Windows 11 , but keep pushing that thing down our throats. Expected resolution mid February - I hope you get it sorted by then.

Watching Von Musk today I can't be the only one reminder of this

I feel I've outgrown the need for news. I mean I still need to know what's happening and I get that from various news sources, but opinion and polemic just seems pointless. Perhaps I'll change my mind when "the next big thing" comes along

This is a slow moving thread of screaming and horrified city gates. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa #ScreamingCityGates

For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. #MosaicMonday

Suddenly got a rash of new followers. I'm flattered.

On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image. All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.

A bird strike at cruising altitude? Shrapnel damage to rear of the fuselage. The hydraulic access door hanging open before landing. What concerns me is why are all the major news outlets complicit?

It's so nice to be here.

This 👇

Is it me or is Copilot getting dumber? I write a lot of Power Apps code and usually save time with copilot, but of late the quality of code is getting quite... um, lazy? and often fails.

As for detransitioning, A recent UK study struggled to find any and the two they did only detransitioned because bigotry made their lives too hard.

Regret rates for Gender Affirming Surgery (GAS) is less than 1% Breast surgery is around 47%

It's a war on Christmas! It's a war on Australia Day! It's a war on Anzac Day! It's a war on Easter! It's a war on Aussie values! *sigh* so many wars to fight. I'm so glad NewsCorp and Nine's 2GB are on deck to remind angry men that they need to be angry. Constantly angry. 🙄 #journalism

Since I've been on Bluesky I find I'm looking at social media less. Particularly since the big influx of users.

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

We’re into American Caligula territory. Half expecting Trump to make his golf cart the Secretary of Transportation.

"does bluesky have drafts" no but we have kindness. we have friendship. we know love. we know how to see the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wildflower. we know how to hold infinity in the palm of my hand, and eternity in an hour.

We're all rescue cats and dogs here. Coming here with our defenses up, it takes a little while for trust to return. If someone seems aggressive on here, perhaps they're still adjusting.

Being here on Blue Sky is a stark reminder of just how much Elmo throttled our accounts on Twitter. Tea Pain is suffering from “follower finger“. Tea feels like he’s got no fingerprints anymore after trying to follow everyone back. It’s sho nuff nice to see all the Tea-love here on Blue Sky !

Try this: move the BlueSky app icon to where your Twitter icon is. Then slide your Twitter icon off your main screen. You’ll notice a vast improvement in your blood pressure.

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💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky! This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br. Here's our guide for how to do this: