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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 24/08/2026

My friend just sent me an incredibly thoughtful birthday present ❤️ It arrived today, just after a weekend at a meditation retreat. So apropos!

A handmade, metal kaleidoscope with the words “For when you need a change of perspective” engraved on the side

Looking into the kaleidoscope. Colorful patterns.

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 02/08/2026

No soft fingernail touches allowed, meanwhile Crowder is having the time of his life joking about people being thrown from helicopters

Screenshot of Steven Crowder YouTube vid entitled “The Case For Fascism” with 4.7K likes and 95K views, posted 4 days ago.

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 24/06/2026

Age verification prompts are now on Bluesky when you visit the UK. They want to email me a verification so that my email is tied to my ID across social platforms.

A screenshot of Bluesky where an alert says “The laws in your region require you to verify you're an adult to access certain features.
Tap to learn more.” I tapped.

It takes me to settings, where under “Birthday” it says “Age Assurance”

Then:
Due to laws in your region, certain features on Bluesky are currently restricted until you're able to verify you're an adult.
Based on your network, we think you're in United Kingdom. This estimate may be inaccurate if you're using a VPN.
Tap here to update your location with GPS.

It says Verify Now. I clicked.

The next page says

Verify your age:

We have partnered with KWS to handle age verification.
When you click "Begin" below, KWS will email you instructions to complete the verification process. If your email address has already been used to verify your age for another game or service that uses KWS, you won't need to do it again. When you're done, you'll be brought back to continue using Bluesky.
This should only take a few minutes.

I do not click. This is creepy.

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 22/04/2026

Current stack of what I hope will be protopian fiction. Not dystopian! Not utopian! Realistic-ish visions of what the world could be if it was better than what we have now.

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 20/04/2026

This was good! Moving down the list. Thank you @doctorow.pluralistic.net for the writing and @clivethompson.bsky.social for the suggestion

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 06/03/2026

I’m especially annoyed at @luxottica.bsky.social who made the RayBan frames for Meta glasses impossible to distinguish from regular glasses. Glad they’re being sued for this.

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 06/08/2025

@mmasnick.bsky.social hi great new piece. QQ: why are we throwing smarter regulation out here? Or was it just a turn of phrase for the sake of the article’s main focus? We need both decentralization and regulation (and more) imo

But here’s what the oligarchs don’t want you to understand: the same underlying technologies enabling this power concentration can be architected to resist it. The key isn’t begging for better billionaires or smarter regulations—it’s recognizing that decentralization isn’t a technical preference, it’s a democratic necessity.

“Smarter regulations” is highlighted.

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 20/01/2025

Everyone in marketing and advertising has known.

A CNN headline from September 5 2024 that reads Advertisers plan to withdraw from X in record numbers

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 19/12/2023

I’m here at 16:48 talking about X’s accelerating demise and going into detail about the European Commission’s scathing investigation into them. BBC World Business Report: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 07/10/2023

Amazon claims to have fixed this error. What other conspiracy theories are they spreading? 😅

Multiple investigations into the 2020 election have revealed no evidence of fraud, and Trump faces federal criminal charges connected to his efforts to overturn the election. Yet Alexa disseminates misinformation about the race, even as parent company Amazon promotes the tool as a reliable election news source to more than 70 million estimated users. Amazon declined to explain why its voice assistant draws 2020 election answers from unvetted sources. “These responses were errors that were delivered a small number of times, and quickly fixed when brought to our attention,” Amazon spokeswoman Lauren Raemhild said in a statement. “We continually audit and improve the systems we have in place for detecting and blocking inaccurate content.”

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 21/09/2023

Yesterday in the European Parliament, Marisa Jimenez Martin, a representative from Meta, declared that they don’t profit from disinformation. Then, I was given as much time as I wanted to tell her how ridiculous she sounded ❤️

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 26/07/2023

My mother had a question tonight

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 28/06/2023

Target and Bud Light miscalculated responses to what they thought were grassroots anti trans campaigns. In The Drum today @nandoodles.checkmyads.org breaks down how inauthentic astroturfing campaigns are attacking brands — and how brands can stop funding their own harassment with their advertising

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 26/06/2023

This used to be intriguing and now it just means a group of transphobic bots found me

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 16/06/2023

Libraries are integral to the bedrock of a democracy and anyone who thinks physical libraries are outdated is completely out of touch. Also look at this awesome snake I saw today. Yes I know it’s far away — we were respecting its space.

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 12/06/2023

Please meet my little buddy. The cook where I was staying chased him out of the kitchen with a broom and he ended up here looking very nervous.

Tree frog on a chair with the biggest eyes ever

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 02/06/2023

Imagine doing this stunt in UTAH

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 02/06/2023

OMG they’re booting the bible from Utah schools. “I thank the Utah Legislature and Utah Parents United for making this bad faith process so much easier and way more efficient.“ www.ksl.com/article/50657730/davis-…

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 24/05/2023

I was going to share this screenshot before I realized that “demonetized” is hyperlinked to @checkmyads.org. Thank you Tim. Solidarity.

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 07/05/2023

She’s just like you and me, nurturing the next generation so our species can survive 🥰

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 07/05/2023

I will never forget when Lainey Gossip, pop culture analyst, said that men rehabilitate their reputation by “winning” (financial success, sport tournaments), but how that doesn’t work for women. Women rehabilitate themselves with motherhood.

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Claire Atkin @catthekin.checkmyads.org · 28/04/2023

BlueSky could be terrifying actually. If the owners are seeking less responsibility over content moderation than Twitter the problem will only get worse.

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