"I don't see much money here."

It's not dying, it's fragmenting. I doubt we will see social media in the sense of a 'global town square' again in our lifetimes. We are returning to Web 1.0--forums, Discord, subreddits, invite-only FB groups etc. For marketing purposes, it's an entirely different landscape.

the problem with Bluesky is the same problem as the larger economy: everyone is after the same hypothetical demographic of cool people with money, but people with money aren’t cool in 2025. the only people with money are chuds - the kinds of chuds that actively repel cool people and kill platforms.

Wow, Bluesky's having a night, are they.

"I thought singing was a joyous expression of the soul."

if i had to see another comic book movie why not make one based on spy vs spy ie ninety minutes with no dialogue and two awful little spies played by gorgeous women wearing cone shaped hats killing each other over and over with bowling ball bombs and exploding umbrellas

Pretty sure she digs immigrants.

Then what the fuck is the point of you

(How anybody could ever watch a Coen Bros. movie and think they are cold or ever contemptuous toward I mean just about anyone is absolutely beyond me.)

Hmm. "Scumble," or "scrumble"? Decisions, decisions.

hey it’s me, Dave Chappelle, you will remember me from a vhs that your dorm mates played in the lounge Anyway, I’m on my local homeowners association and I hate transgender people for some reason

Big "no lawyers left at DOJ" mood.

If you haven’t committed the Bill of Rights to memory, the Fourth is pretty clear about this.

What? DHS lied? Again?

Wishing to see a virgin on-screen, as one does.

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Wondering at the wisdom of hiring a bunch of Proud Boys as newbie ICE agents, and then declaring them to be essential so they have to work without pay during a government shutdown.

Just as an aside Bluesky has addressed exactly zero of the concerns raised by the open letter to them about their treatment of Palestinians including the one basically set up for them to have a PR win- providing their TOS in Arabic

Like I took one PR class in 1998 and I could have managed this crisis yesterday- today though you’re gonna have to hire Olivia Pope

Bluesky mods out here doing their part to make sure no one on the right side of history ever enjoys a plate of waffles again.

And now it's the Resentment Administration whose motto should be "In God we trust it's someone else's fault."

you're right, maybe they haven't. I guess it's probably because people in positions to change things haven't taken anything seriously but their bottom lines while capitulating to fascist demands at pretty much every opportunity so you've got a good point. you'd have to hold management accountable.

"That is lucky for Trump and his supporters, since a domestic terrorism charge might have applied to the violent insurrection on January 6th, 2021."

“Antifascist (not in that way)—“ [ block ]

While I have your attention about sapphic historical fiction, did you know I'm an author too? Let's do a promotion thread about that. 1/n

It's 2025 and you run a social media company Paul. The game is the game.

“My wife shouldn’t lose her job” is not a strong argument for the rest of us unfortunately. You can’t tell at age six which kid is intellectual “gifted” because that’s not how education works. Fund all schools and pay all teachers and you’ll magically discover many more “gifted” kids.

It's simple: Jesse Singal, being neither a resident of Gaza, nor trans, was not in violation of the Terms of Service, and so—

Sure, announcing they're getting out of the grocery business makes it seem like the military is suddenly focused on playacting tough-guys, killing people and breaking things, forgetting that an army marches on its stomach, but it's really the latest tranche of copper being stripped out of the walls.

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Republicans make Dems sound so cool

"Any label you attempt to put on protests against the Trump administration’s illegal actions and outlandish rhetoric can’t possibly capture the width and breadth of the distaste for Trump’s policies and the negative effect those policies have on our communities."

A good thing to do is, if your state AG is a Democrat but is not on this, contact them directly and ask them why that is.

Out of curiosity, has Bethany Mandel shared any photos of the dirty, bacteria-filled cloth of her husband's camo neck gaiter?

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We’re lining up all the things for the launch, and it’s going to be cool. Also hard and sharp and agro and weird.

"I thought you were the party of peace!"

TIME ISN'T HOLDING US TIME ISN'T AFTER US HOW I WISH THAT WERE TRUE

Into the blue again, after the money's gone.

THIS AIN'T NO PARTY THIS AIN'T NO DISCO THIS AIN'T NO FOOLIN AROUND

God damn that Tina Weymouth can play.

“Hard-boiled fiction might not exist if not for strikebreaking.”

He can't say, no you're wrong, that was a bold and decisive speech laying out a new path of American military might and dominance, because of course he can't. So he pretends he didn't see the speech everyone has been talking about for two days.

Go, read: Me and Edith Head.

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"Portland is a NEVER-ENDING DISASTER. Many people have been badly hurt, and even killed. It is run like a Third World Country." Time for 25.

Why is there no mention at all of every federal bureau putting out politicized messages blaming Democrats and "the far left" for the shutdown? I realize this administration breaks roughly 480,000 laws per day but this seems like a really easy and off putting thing that people can understand.