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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

Don’t let setup slow you down. Build with AI. Type /database to try it out.

Bluesky adds a 'followers only' reply option As well as a “search posts” feature for user profiles. techcrunch.com/2025/02/18/b...

Some inspiration for your Reels

David Honig making a lot of sense on the Trump tariff debacle 👇

Linkedin testing news banner above the main feed in the mobile app. Slowly rolling out so might not see it just yet deets below. 👇

Never tire of this view. This morning's sunrise 🌅

Wow 🙌💙

A legal complaint has been filed against LinkedIn that alleges the professional networking platform unlawfully disclosed private messages from its Premium subscribers to third parties in order to train GenAI models.

Breaking News: "Emilia Pérez" and "The Brutalist" received Oscar nominations in most of the major categories, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences showered movies rooted in progressive politics with nominations.

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Here's a 2025 conundrum for Apple, Google, and Oracle when it comes to TikTok: Do they follow the President Trump's orders? Or do they follow the law?

Scoop: RedNote Recruited US Influencers to Promote App Amid TikTok Ban Uncertainty www.wired.com/story/rednot...

Checked out your Instagram grid recently? Well it's all changed to vertical thumbnails. Bothered? Find out more >> www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagr... You might want to use Canva 's magic resize and adjust your images to 👉 Portrait/vertical: 1080 x 1350 (4:5) for future posts

We had to get in on the video action too — Bluesky now has custom feeds for video! Like any other feed, you can choose to pin these or not. Bluesky is yours to customize.

Tik tok dark...Tik tok back on-line.... one to watch.

Giant sucking sound in DC

The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld a federal law that effectively bans TikTok in the US, unless the platform’s China-based owner sells it. It’s uncertain what the decision means longterm for the app and its users, and whether the government will actually enforce it.

UK universities retreat from Elon Musk's X, citing misinformation on platform Reuters surveyed X accounts of over 150 universities At least 7 of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges have stopped posting to X. The University of East Anglia said its audience engagement on X had plunged by 80%

Instagram Reels can be 3 minutes long now

Good Morning Bluesky 👋From one beautiful sky to another...

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Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads

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:

Everything you need to know about @bsky.app is in this quick start and comprehensive guide. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

People keep likening the current mood here to the 2008-10 stretch of Twitter, but it also reminds me of Twitter about two months into Covid when everyone had gone mad and was online almost twenty-four hours, and you'd see a post get 56k likes that just said 'I am sad but have a cat'.

And so the new list building will begin....albeit slowly *refers back to old lists*

So I've made it to the other side Mwaaaah...... are the X and the Bluesky audiences sitting firmly in two political landscapes? Make social media great again 💪 #blueskynewbie