I'd like to start a running post with information for the event on Sunday, June 22nd. Celebrating Bruce McCurdy's life. It's at 1:00 PM MST. I am going to make this a thread, as links do weird stuff to post engagements, and I want to make sure that everyone that wants to see this does.

Tomorrow on the Lowdown, @kmccurdy.bsky.social will make his first appearance as the regular Wednesday 1pm guest weekly. Kevin is a bright fellow with keen insight into the game of hockey in general and the Oilers specifically. Please welcome him!

The final post from one of the nicest people you'd ever have the opportunity to meet and talk hockey with. Could debate and discuss without it ever getting nasty/personal. Terrible news to get this AM about his passing. RIP Bruce. Condolences to @kmccurdy.bsky.social and the entire McCurdy family.

"Not a penalty."

G36: Stick it in the L column and the tape in the trashcan. Bluesky exclusive: I'll do my best to post these threads here as well again. I kind of fell off the rails awhile back, but I know a huge chunk of Oilers ex-Twitter is here.

CULT OF HOCKEY Games 21-30 review: Edmonton #Oilers got red-hot at both ends of the sheet edmontonjournal.com/sports/hocke... by @brucemccurdy.bsky.social

I get freedom of speech and all, but this lady is not right in the head. What she does isn't and should never be considered acceptable.

CULT OF HOCKEY Edmonton #Oilers' home ice struggles are real and they're spectacular https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/edmonton-oilers-home-ice-kris-knoblauch-stu-skinner via @edmontonjournal by @brucemccurdy.bsky.social

CULT OF HOCKEY Player grades: Big guns take charge early, #Oilers salvage road trip with convincing win edmontonjournal.com/sports/hocke... via @edmontonjournal by @BruceMcCurdy.bsky.social

Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me. I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc

G20: Much Better. Quick post tonight, unfortunately I have a bit of a busy evening here. - Significantly better effort tonight overall, their star power was cooking. I loved Podkolzin with the lead line, excellent work by him tonight overall. - Goal by McBouchard was ridiculous. (1/8)

G19: Yeet the tape.....mostly. H'ok. Straight up, that game was a pig and it's very difficult to put lipstick on it. I will do my best to find some positives in this one. (1/25)

Jesse Puljujärvi scored a goal. And for a time the world healed.

New Oiler followers keep showing up. This starter pack is basically full. I can modify it a bit or start a second one, but really, this should get your Oilers feed going. go.bsky.app/JrgF6Ye

G18: An Avoidable OTL. Lessons all around. Hold on tight folks, I don't have much positive to say about this one unfortunately, but lets get it done I guess. First the good: I honestly thought they had a pretty good stretches through the whole game. Exciting hockey too. (1/20)

Ryan Reeves might get a suspension, or he might retire and become the Head of Player Safety… who knows with the NHL!

High, dirty, chickenshit hit from Reaves there. Cowardly stuff.

I do think there’s value in finding viewpoints that differ from your own. But I don’t think it’s valuable to seek that out specifically. What’s valuable is seeking out thoughtful perspectives It’s only within those thoughtful perspectives, rooted in expertise or experience, that variety has value

Bluesky has grown by over 3M people in the last week — welcome! With every wave of growth naturally comes an increase in moderation reports. Here’s a status report on how the Trust & Safety team is handling it:

This place isn't overrun by hate and doesn't deprioritize news and politics. So far, so good.

Yo! [email protected] Lotsy is here, lets make him feel welcome! Lotsy theres a post on my recent posts with a shitton of Oilersfolks from @wheatnoil.bsky.social

G17: Connor McDavid. 99th ever to 1000 pts. That's the Post. No, but actually, super quick one tonight: - We are blessed to watch McDavid, Draisaitl and co. This is legendary hockey from legendary players. I didn't get to watch Gretz in his prime, but this is what I imagine it was (1/7)

Just putting this back in everybody's feed, as we have a lot of new folks around here. :)

Stephen King, master of the horror novel, just quit Twitter because it'd become too "dark." That's how horrifying Twitter is right now. There may never be a more perfect expression of this fact.

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👋 Hello to our new followers! Wondering where to find Globe and Mail journalists on Bluesky? We’ve got your starter pack right here: go.bsky.app/QZnYg2Q

Unfollowing everyone on twitter that I follow here. Already I'm not posting there anymore, eventually I won't follow anyone there either.

Features users want: - group DMs - custom notification filters - something about gifs Features we are prepared to deliver: - servers not going down under the load of most of twitter joining - some cute animations when you expand a picture in your feed

@domluszczyszyn.bsky.social is here!

CULT OF HOCKEY In the face of criticism, some praise for Edmonton #Oilers’ elder statesman https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/in-the-face-of-criticism-some-praise-of-edmonton-oilers-elder-statesman by @brucemccurdy.bsky.social

three things bluesky needs RIGHT NOW - editing posts - bookmarking posts - embedding posts

This new social media thing is extra painful for freelance journalists who don’t have a built-in promo team. Here’s a starter pack of freelance environmental reporters. Follow us — then hire us? (And lmk who I’m missing!) go.bsky.app/LEwiBCr

Critical mass of @theglobeandmail.com journalists are posting on Bluesky now and we have a handy starter pack for yall go.bsky.app/QZnYg2Q

Hoping this can also make rounds in 🇨🇦 Bluesky

CULT OF HOCKEY Player grades: McDavid, Draisaitl to the rescue as #Oilers pull another one out in overtime edmontonjournal.com/sports/hocke... via @edmontonjournal by @BruceMcCurdy

Here is another one with ~50 or so Canadian media outlets and news sources that are currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/BC7V5oK

Welcome Canadians who have just arrived to Bluesky from Elon’s website If you’re looking for good accounts to follow, I have starter packs with 250+ Canadian journalists you can mass-follow all at once that will get you up to speed: Part 1: go.bsky.app/89ZtPe4 Part 2: go.bsky.app/KZ9uoRS

Bluesky is currently the #1 free app on the Top charts 🔵 Twitter (X) is no longer in the top 25

G16: Stay on target Inaugural post-game post on Bluesky! Honestly this was a pretty solid game, The Oilers were in control (in terms of possession) for most of this game, some sloppy play and it was closer than it needed to be. (1/12)

Also, friends, glad to see you all here. Apologies to my handful of non-hockey followers. But this feels like old-times watching hockey ‘with’ many of you. And significantly fewer nazis and fake troll accounts liking & replying with spam. This was fun. Let’s do it again.

This is really bad. Turns out this is Brock Pierce and friends. Pierce is tight with Bannon, Eric Adams, Brittany Kaiser. Russia capture, ultimately. Ride it while you can I guess but expect disaster down the road.

Fantastic. The more journalism we can promote here, the better.

You asked, I listened: I created a second starter pack featuring 100+ more journalists in Canada who are on Bluesky right now, including all the new arrivals to this website Follow all these accounts and share widely! go.bsky.app/KZ9uoRS

Hey @bsky.app, Lots of new folks, I've got to say though, the iPad experience is .... not the best. I should not need to use GraySky to use the platform :( From the Techical Support of the below tweet to the Developers:

Trying to get rolling on Blue Sky social. Steep learning curve for us old farts.