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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
And it's especially fine not to respect presidents who disrespect their office, their oath of office, the Constitution and laws they swore to uphold, honor, decency, morality, truth, humanity, and everything we should be striving ourselves and teaching our children to respect.
Jonah Goldberg: This is pretty hard to square with everything he’s said about pretty much all the previous presidents — including when many of them were presidents. And the vast majority of people who applaud this are surely hypocrites too. It’s fine not to respect presidents. They work for us.
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Destiny | Steven Bonnell II @destiny.gg · 26/06/2026
You don't get through a single day without trusting experts somewhere. The only question is which ones you've decided to make political.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Secretaries of state are condemning the Trump administration’s latest reported attempt to exert control over elections by withholding homeland security funds from states unless they adopt draconian changes to their election procedures. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Election chiefs say ‘desperate’ Trump DHS plan to blackmail states into purging voters ‘endangers American lives’
“The Constitution is clear: states run elections,” Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read told Democracy Docket.
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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Mitch Jackson ⚖️ @mitch.social · 23/06/2026
This could have been you. Please vote in the midterms.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Trump and Rubio announce they will entirely cut HIV/AIDS assistance to the country with the highest number of people living with HIV in the world: www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
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Trump administration to phase out HIV funding for South Africa
The State Department said the country had failed to address the president’s concerns about treatment of its white citizens.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
More lawless killing in the Trump administration’s boat bombing campaign. Real killing in a phony armed conflict with “narco-terrorists.” This strike reportedly left 6 survivors. US record for rescuing survivors alive is…not great.
On June 21, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed during this action, and there were six male survivors. Following the engagement, USSOUTHCOM immediately notified U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivors. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Gift link ;) www.theverge.com/tech/949259/...
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The world’s first trillionaire is a killer
Elon Musk’s empire of wealth is built on suffering.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The oppressors will tremble when the streets are clogged with protestors not just on Saturday or on... scheduled protest days. Pay attention or pay the cost. The monsters in charge see this as a demonstration and not a protest.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Treason is his middle name.
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Loops @joinloops.org · 15/06/2026
Loops is now on Google Play! blog.joinloops.org/loops-is-now... #Loops
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Loops is now on Google Play
We did it again. Loops is officially live on the Google Play Store. To everyone on Android who's been waiting, thank you for sticking around. You've been asking for this since day one, sideloading bu...
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
There you have it the headlines for tomorrow.
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Loops @joinloops.org · 14/06/2026
Loops for Android and iOS (v1.0.2.4) is now available! Play Store: Awaiting Review App Store: Awaiting Review APK: github.com/joinloops/lo... TestFlight: testflight.apple.com/join/uX68ZhjW #Loops #LoopsApp
Loops for Android and iOS (v1.0.2.4) is now available!
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Memento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
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Librarian fired after refusing to censor 2SLGBTQ+ books wins $700K US settlement | CBC Radio
A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and 2SLGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for young readers will be paid $700,000...
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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Fun trick that Republican presidents can act like dictators because “unitary executive theory” but Democratic presidents aren’t able to govern because “major questions doctrine”. It’s almost like those are fake things fabricated to weaponize a Republican SCOTUS majority!
graveinjustice.news
“Unitary Executive Theory” is a John Roberts Power Play to Aggrandize Presidential Power at Our Expense
This Made-Up Theory Has Expanded Presidential Power in Ways that Have Already Allowed Donald Trump to Commandeer America and our Economy
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
US blockade of Iran entails not only a use of force against Iran, but also (per USG) uses of force against foreign merchant vessels. Hard to square a naval blockade w/ Article 2(4) of the UN Charter. My latest in @justsecurity.org with @becingber.bsky.social. www.justsecurity.org/142005/block...
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Blockade and Article 2(4) of the UN Charter
U.S. attacks on neutral vessels to enforce its Iran blockade point to U.S. violations of UN Charter against four different countries.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11/06/2026
The United States government has intentionally killed at least 205 people outside any lawful circumstances—and the operation is still ongoing. That is what the campaign against the "drug boats" is. New from Amanda Klasing:
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No Guns, No Drugs—Why Did We Blow Up These Boats?
Shocking new facts are still emerging about the campaign against ‘drug boats.’
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
“.. at least 37 times. That’s the number of times he’s said directly — in social media posts, public appearances and phone calls with the media — that a deal was nigh or claimed Iran was desperate ..” @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/p...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/06/2026
there’s the boy who cried wolf and then there’s the deranged president who’s been saying “we’re close to a deal” for three months
Trump on Iran deal: We are very close. I would say an agreement would be signed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday of this coming week, and now this takes place.
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Loops @joinloops.org · 06/06/2026
You know what's pretty cool? rabble, the developer of divine.video sent a pull request to Loops to improve federation between Divine and Loops. Collaboration and connection, no matter where you are. You love to see it ❤️ github.com/joinloops/lo... #Loops #Divine #ActivityPub #Collaboration
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Divine Web - Short-form Looping Videos on Nostr
Watch and share 6-second looping videos on the decentralized Nostr network.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Sounds like VERY major changes are coming to @bsky.app. www.cnbc.com/2026/06/04/b...
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Bluesky was launched as a Twitter rival — but it's far less popular. Now it's eyeing Reddit for inspiration
"I think the public square is not the direction we want to go in...we're very inspired by companies like Reddit," Bluesky's Rose Wang told CNBC.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Donald Trump is lying about California elections, threatening criminal prosecutions and this is what WaPo writes. Let's be honest: Legacy media is broken, it is compromised and failing us. Support pro-democracy independent media. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The veteran correspondents staying at 60 Minutes are making the same mistake WaPo reporters did. 60 Minutes fate lies with viewers, not Bari Weiss or any internal deal she cut with them. Viewers will abandon 60 Minutes just as they did WaPo because, for good reason, they no longer trust the owner.
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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 05/06/2026
Never fear Bluesky is pivoting to video. www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/06/...
Excerpt of Bluesky CEO speaking to CNBC

Bluesky needs to "modernize and also get to parity on video features," specifically upload speeds and the length of videos that can be published, she told CNBC.
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Elena Rossini ⁂ @elenarossini.com · 28/05/2026
I just published a deep dive about #WSocial - the upcoming European fork of Bluesky, with mandatory age verification. Tech journalists have a habit of rehashing press releases and company talking points. Not me. I dug deeper and found really interesting things: blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-s...
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The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals
A deep dive into the origin story of W Social, an analysis of the strategic arguments they have been using to appeal to government officials, media companies and advertisers... and the discussion of c...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
With Friday strike, over 200 people killed by US military in alleged drug boat strikes. Overwhelming consensus of experts, myself included, assess these to be murder because no armed conflict (and war crime if it were armed conflict). 200 killed also raises serious question: crime against humanity
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Timeline of Boat Strikes and Related Actions
A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers.
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Hendrik Weimer @hweimer.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026
Very interesting analysis by @netzbegruenung about Mastodon and Bluesky in Germany. For high-profile accounts active on both platforms, the Mastodon accounts saw on average a 193% higher increase in followers over the last six months […]
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Original post on fediscience.org
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Its rider’s name was Death... @kittyonunicorn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"– Tämä on Yhdysvaltain historian yksi korruptoituneimmista toimista koskaan" Trump ei välitä. Hän tekee mitä tahansa, kunnes hänelle laitetaan rajat - oman maansa Putler. www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art...
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Trump loi jättirahaston omille liittolaisilleen – ”historian korruptoitunein”
Vastustajat arvostelevat rajusti 1,8 miljardin dollarin rahastoa, josta saatetaan maksaa korvauksia esimerkiksi Capitolin valtaajille.
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Modesty Blasé @hollylalarebel.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Ei siinä kauaa mennyt! Voin vain kuvitella Meghanin ällöfiiliksen kun selvisi minkälaisen tyypin vieressä oli ollut😖 Suomi taas kunnostautuu kv-mediassa.
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Meghan Markle distances herself from politician who asked for a selfie
The Duchess of Sussex smiled alongside Wille Rydman, 40, in a picture shared on Instagram by the Finnish minister with the caption: 'A dinner with Meghan'.
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René Engmann @reneengmann.de · 19/05/2026
Over three hours of total downtime, and you keep lying nonstop, claiming that everything is running 100%. This is the second major outage lasting several hours in a month, and once again, there is NO protection against it. #blueskydown
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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Ruth Mottram @ruthmottram.eurosky.social · 16/05/2026
This is interesting. This is where my tech comes from: OS PC/Laptop: 🇬🇧 OS Smartphone: 🇺🇸 Browser: 🇳🇴 🇺🇸 Messaging: 🇺🇸 E-Mail: 🇨🇭 Microblogging: 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🌍 Office Software: 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇨🇭 Cloud: 🇨🇭 🇨🇭 🇺🇸 Payment Service: 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 Streaming: 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇸🇪 AI: 🇫🇷 🇨🇭 Percentage of 🇺🇸: 26% Created @ fingolas.eu/MyTech
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Tech Origin
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gardenia-38.bsky.social @gardenia-38.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Nope. Brazil, South Korea and France have successfully pursued justice. Hungary has a restored democratic leadership now.
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tosikko Esa Salminen @juigejuige.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Aku Ankan kansi 2 vuotta sitten, Käärijä.
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A New Social @anew.social · 05/05/2026
If a quarter of the accounts on Bridgy Fed donated $1/mo, we could run completely on community donations for the long-term. Please help us continue to be an independent non-profit!
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Get more from A New Social on Patreon
Centering social media around people, not platforms
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Baran @baranwave.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Bluesky ist nicht DSGVO-konform & mit Sitz in USA ist es der Trump-Regierung (+ nachfolgenden) jederzeit möglich, Euer Konto ohne richterlichen Beschluss & ohne Begründung zu durchsuchen. Eine sinnvolle Alternative zu Twitter wäre bspw. Mastodon gewesen. Aber macht mal, liebe Libs. #Wirverlassenx
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
This is not a dilemma. The legacy media needs to spare us the bullshit, grow a backbone and get some self-respect. Don't go to a dinner with Donald Trump! Support pro-democracy media that will stand tall and not break bread with a wanna be dictator. Subscribe to Democracy Docket. bit.ly/4qmEiFz
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Dr. Art Garfunky @chimpvsdog.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The only mainstream journalists speaking truth to power these days are cartoonists. @adamzyglis.bsky.social
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Track Ukraine @trackukraine.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) has been a consistent supporter of Ukraine from a legislative and rhetorical perspective. Supporting every standalone aid package, saying peace can't be made without Ukrainians, and frames Russia's invasion through an imperial lens.
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t(emporary) piece @tpiece.org · 20/04/2026
in which eurosky pretends not to understand (or worse: doesn’t understand)
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/04/2026
Democrats have been wrangling over whether to engage with influencers such as Hasan Piker. The better question is how to talk to them in a way that's actually constructive, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues:
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The Problem With Hasan Piker’s Einstein Story
People scrutinizing influencers for their views should also hold them to account for their facts.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Mehdi Hasan: Trump just publicly referred to the Strait of Hormuz as the “Strait of Iran.” Not only does this look like total capitulation from his administration but I am trying to imagine the GOP/Fox response if Joe Biden had said this.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Just because a President announces he’s agreed to a two week ceasefire moments before he threatened to commit war crimes, does not mean he is suddenly fit to serve. #25thAmendment
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
If you really want to game out the confrontation, taking this last point seriously is how Congress can force a president from office even if supermajorities are unobtainable. The power of the purse is the ultimate power. Not one dime for a tyrant, demand he resign or else *nothing* gets funded.
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Antti Seppälä 🇫🇮 🇺🇦 @anttiseppala.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Welcome to the Headraulic Press Channel.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 06/04/2026
You don't get allied trust after years of public humiliation and implied abandonment. You get exactly what we're seeing. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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NATO Isn't Freeloading. They're Responding Rationally to a President Who Told Them They're On Their Own.
There's a land war on their continent and a U.S. president who's questioned Article 5. Of course they're hedging.
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OneThousandBooksLater @1000bookslater.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Another Shorter for the TLDR short attention span crowd
People have suggested that Bluesky’s failure to grow might be less to do with the product itself, or even Bluesky’s culture and user base, but rather a reflection of much broader online trends. Social media seems to be hitting a plateau, and text-based social networks even more so.

This might well be true, but in some ways it’s not especially important: Bluesky is so much smaller than its ‘rivals’ that it should, in theory, be able to buck the tide. On their mobile apps alone, Threads had an estimated 141 million daily active users in January 2026, while X has 125 million.

That’s tiny versus the scale of Instagram, TikTok or YouTube, but it’s huge compared to Bluesky. There is still a huge pool of people using text-based social media daily, and Bluesky is appealing to less than 1% of them. That’s particularly disturbing given that Threads is mostly full of AI slop and out-of-date memes, and X is quite often a far-right hellhole. They’re as bad as they are and they are still winning. Something feels wrong with that picture, no?
--James Ball
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