Whenever a man is caught preying on a child, the narrative shifts to trying to prove the child lied about their age rather than the more obvious reality that the child was trying to protect their abuser. It’s happening right now with the D4vd case, even though the child was likely murdered

also subtle new hair color~

hi from nashville 🤠

John Weak

RIP Kaleb Horton kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/

Karolina spent years idolizing raw vegan influencers on Instagram. She went to Bali to meet them — and never came home. My deep dive on fruitarianism — a group of wellness influencers who exclusively eat raw fruit — is up on @nymag.com @thecut.com today. www.thecut.com/article/karo...

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

this d4vd story is wild

CHOTINER: So You created us right GOD: Yes CHOTINER: In Your image GOD: Yes CHOTINER: And sometimes we do bad things GOD: Oh Yes CHOTINER: And then you send plagues and floods GOD: OK I think I see where you are going with this

@joshmankiewicz.bsky.social can’t wait to see you in Nashville!

Thousands of X users have posted about Ali Nasrati, a 30 yr old IT tech for Walmart, claiming he made insensitive comments abt Charlie Kirk. But Nasrati has never posted about Kirk. Now, he's been suspended from work and forced into hiding. I wrote about people being falsely targeted by the right

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

sundays 💓

Excellent response from Hasan Piker, who was scheduled to debate Charlie Kirk in two weeks. On his stream he said: “The reverberation of people seeking out vengeance in the aftermath of this violent, abhorrent incident is going to be genuinely worrisome.” Also talked about his own vulnerability

It seems like we're experiencing a sort of rerun of the political violence of the 1960s—except this time we have the internet cooking everyone's brains. None of this leads anywhere good.

this but jenn with two n’s plz 💓

SCOOP: A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers, raising questions about ethics in the independent media space

i accidentally got amc a-list for the next three months sooo if you’re also a member + live in sf, hmu

Age verification laws for social media go far beyond just impacting people under 18 or restricting adult content — they make it harder for all of us to access information and speak freely online.

the My Chemical Romance concert is next door to the comic con and it is producing some interesting scenes

Mississippi's new social media age-verification law has now forced BlueSky to block Mississippi IP addresses. Our Mississippi Free Press team is now urgently having to grapple with what that means for our audience—and for press freedom. My new editorial:

did i ever tell you guys about the time my frenemy asked me to be in her fashion show and i stupidly accepted? she then had me take off all my makeup, put my hair in a ponytail, and made me walk down a runway in hospital scrubs 😭

if you're angry at bluesky for this you should know that the Mississippi law at the heart of this requires that websites implementing age verification track which users are children do you think it's a good idea to have databases of trans children that are compellable by court order?

The law requires "verification for all users, not just those accessing age-restricted content." This is a bad time for people who need anonymity to be subjecting their online activities to scrutiny.

Opera comes with a built in VPN. This fun fact of the day is brought to you by the state of Mississippi.

When I see people on here unknowingly join moral panics around child safety and technology, I think about how the future of this very platform hangs in the balance of this legislation that is designed to force us back onto big tech platforms. It’s not about the kids. It’s about all of us

Censorship of porn is just the test run. Age verification is going to kill the open web mashable.com/article/age-...

BREAKING: BlueSky is blocking access to Mississippi. This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org. We ditched X for BlueSky early this year. And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof. I don't know what we'll do next. Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe.

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTINGGG

let's goooo

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still reliving last saturday at the mayhem tour! endless thanks to my favorite little monster @louisgray.bsky.social for getting us these AMAZING seats to see gaga 😭❤️

The Tesla diner is unfortunately in my neighborhood so I took a little peek to see boxes of milk and frozen foods out in the heat. Good luck to everyone’s stomachs.

Allowing ‘no Blacks’ and ‘no trans’ while banning ‘no zionists’ is insane

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

actual #bestofbluesky 💙

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"It appears that a cultural feedback loop of sorts has emerged between English-speaking humans and AI."

they are simple but loyal

kind of amazing to me he didn’t realize how bad he looked during this

cats don't obey in advance and no one else should, either

back home after a loooong time and realizing i need more friends in sf so if you live here & wanna kick it, lmk 💓

i guess this means i'm back? 🥹

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away