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max asher miller @maxashermiller.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Conversation between @reckless.bsky.social and @butlerb.art on Decoder is one of the best tech interviews I've seen in years. Nilay is a master of pushing on executives' pressure points, and Butler is intelligent enough to answer directly (or at least to parry chivalrously). youtu.be/F3b84_tpwvg

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Proton’s CTO: No company is going to jail for you | Decoder

YouTube video by Decoder with Nilay Patel

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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

ME: pack a bag, we’re flying to kansas MY WAYWARD SON: what kind of bag

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Christopher Terry @christopherterry.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I am so old I remember when state action in the form of a prior restraint was considered bad. And by bad, I mean like the worst thing ever. But this is prior restraint jacked up on book banning steroids mixed with horrific bigotry.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 14/02/2026

The moment a government department with “Homeland” in the name was created everyone knew that it would end up doing fascist shit.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 24/01/2026

Republicans are much too afraid of their base and Democrats not nearly afraid enough of theirs.

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Chaxinitus @chaxinitus.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Oh shit Castle of the Winds hell yeah

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13/11/2025

I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke history is a fucking joke lmao

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 20/10/2025

Aside from some payments stuff (unavoidable), one guess whose services have no AWS dependencies and were up all day today…hint is in bio.

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Carissa Véliz @carissaveliz.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Very nice to see my TEDx Porto talk is out! How #privacy can save your life. For more on privacy, get the #book - Privacy Is Power. #AIEthics www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPR...

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How privacy can save your life | Carissa Véliz | TEDxPorto

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 10/10/2025

Mike Johnson, resident Congressional Keebler elf, is a tiny man who is somehow even smaller metaphorically.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 12/09/2025

The internet was a mistake.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 16/08/2025

I haven’t watched US cable news in a while and just saw 9 (9!) pharmaceutical and supplement ads, in a row, with only one exception (a magic broom thing). Is the whole TV US ad industry now “medical” products which would be illegal anywhere else?

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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 23/07/2025

Another reminder, though, that the Vivaldi web browser has built-in free Proton VPN access, and that that law does not apply to the Netherlands. Where I now am. As far as Bluesky is aware.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 21/07/2025

“Once people get a taste for humiliating, they will fight very hard to be able to keep doing it. Like an addiction, the competitively powerful will often put this urge above all else and behave in profoundly self-destructive ways to chase it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/

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The Politics of Humiliation

The politics of humiliation has moved to the center of the reactionary project under Trump II.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 18/07/2025

Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump was a mask off moment and showed the world we can’t depend on US tech companies. For the past few months, I’ve been trying to get off US tech and I put together a guide so you find alternatives too. I hope you find it helpful!

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Getting off US tech: a guide

I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

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Philipp Markolin @philippmarkolin.eurosky.social · 18/07/2025

Useful post, as s longterm Protonmail and suite user, happy to see it mentioned at lot because it is good. Recently also using cryptpad instead of google docs for sensitive colabs. And of course Ecosia search for the trees! And it is reliable and good!

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

starting to believe that the Upton Sinclair quote about a man and his salary is the single most accurate sentence ever uttered in the English language.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 01/06/2025

When you’re just trying to get home but PSG wins the Champion’s League

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Proton @proton.me · 29/05/2025

Gmail was never truly free... ...free yourself from Gmail.

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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

async await async await async await async await in the function, the mighty function, the child thread sleeps tonight 🎵

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Proton @proton.me · 27/05/2025

"Nothing to hide" is one of the biggest lies going.

A meme showing "hard to swallow pills"; once put into a hand and zoomed into we can see the pills say "you don't have 'nothing to hide' you've just accepted surveillance culture as it is and refuse to take the simple steps that I have to push back against it."

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 18/05/2025

Made grilled cheese with most of a block of Stilton, had a little left over, now I have a…rump o’Stilton.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 29/04/2025

The Netherlands does flowers right.

Long curved rows of tulips in vibrant red, yellow, and purple from Keukenhof Gardens near Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

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Mel @redefine.luxury · 31/03/2025

As if I needed *more* reasons to simp for @proton.me

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 23/03/2025

Periodic reminder that surveillance capitalism can and is easily repurposed to facilitate tyranny, which is why it shouldn’t exist. Privacy matters.

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The Wheel Turns 〓〓 (Si) @unseenrealms.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I’m doing the same. It’s important to do what we can. I’ve changed to Signal where possible, Proton mail, Startpage browser/search or , Qwant search on Firefox. This is a good site for European alternatives: european-alternatives.eu

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Homepage | European Alternatives

We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 31/01/2025

I helped my 77-year-old father load some audiobooks on his phone about week ago. He told me today, 2 books in, that he “didn’t think anyone had ever read to him before.” I almost cried—everyone should have that.

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 19/01/2025

before tiktok, before bluesky, before twitter, before meta, before it all, there were sewers. after all, there will be sewers.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 19/01/2025

We’re not in Kansas anymore.

Cover of “Tik-Tok of Oz” published in 1914 by L. Frank Baum.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 19/01/2025

Pre-inauguration constitutional crisis was not on my 2025 bingo card.

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Proton @proton.me · 06/01/2025

🎉 Together, we've raised over $1M to support organizations fighting for privacy, freedom of expression, and human rights worldwide! Thanks to your generosity, this year’s Lifetime Account Charity Fundraiser was a record-breaking success. 🎟️ Find the winning tickets: proton.me/blog/2024-li...

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We’re giving away over $1 million to support a better internet | Proton

We raised over $1 million this year to directly support organizations on the front lines of the fight for online privacy and freedom.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 31/12/2024

About to call stateside relatives and wish them a Happy New Year…from the *future*…

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 29/12/2024

It took 3 years, but it finally happened: Wordle 1,290 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 27/12/2024

Apparently the Paris opera house and the Millennium Falcon share schematics.

A baroque memorial to Charles Garnier at the Paris opera house that bears his name which has a floor plan of the opera house on it which strongly resembles the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 04/12/2024

I think I was just saved from a French bank scam phone call largely by being trash at speaking French so the guy gave up.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 25/11/2024

It's not exactly a controversial take, but privacy is both increasingly hard to come by yet also increasingly critical to well-being and safety. For the past 10 years we've been working to empower people to regain their online privacy at @proton.me 🧵 1/7

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 24/11/2024

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Privacy advocate: Nobody should be able to see what’s inside the cup without its explicit consent.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 05/11/2024

In never expected to have to search for “Peanut squirrel onlyfans tax fraud” to understand the 2024 election. Definitely an incognito window for that one.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 31/10/2024

And my final #sciart pumpkin (also my most viral post ever) Jupiter in IR

A lit pumpkin with the bands & storms of Jupiter

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 23/08/2024

@chriswarcraft.bsky.social Have you read Dungeon Crawler Carl? I think you’d really enjoy it. The audiobooks in particular are phenomenal.

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 04/08/2024

1/2 Coca-Cola gets a 2-for-1 cash grab/greenwashing award at the Olympics. They will only sell you drinks in a “reusable” plastic Coke cup. These cups cost 2 EUR, and you have to wait in line again to return them get your 2 EUR back, which nobody does. Cash grab, check. Then, the kicker…

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Bart Butler @butlerb.art · 30/07/2024

So I was tired when I saw this picture and my first thought was wondering why someone thought necessary to label and number her undergarments.

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stupid man @porktartare.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

I'm back on the SS back on the SS back on the SSRIs

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donni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

Save time on housework by using the cleansing power of fire

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