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Mustafa Aboud @maboud.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is going to fly under most radars and that’s not good. Following in Argentina’s Milei footsteps, the plan is to reduce the number of government agencies from over 400 to 99, promising to reduce the U.S. federal budget by US$2 trillion. Thread 🧵 /1

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Mustafa Aboud @maboud.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Musk’s Department of Government Agency will fly under many people’s radars, and that’s not good. Following in Argentina’s Milei footsteps, the plan is to reduce the number of Federal Agencies from over 400 to 99. I would support such moves, as governments are renowned for their inefficiencies./1

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/11/2024

somehow ”trump is god emperor and if he wills it it will occur” is a belief that is shared across the political spectrum

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Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Umm. This is like first day at school. I’ve joined up

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/11/2024

every time i see a headline about the “department of government efficiency” i get annoyed again at how much of a fucking loser elon musk is

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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Visa stopped posting on X. Etsy stopped posting on X. Adobe stopped posting on X. Android stopped posting on X. Mastercard stopped posting on X. McDonald's stopped posting on X. CVS Pharmacy stopped posting on X. Walmart stopped posting on X. Did You? #cdnpoli #peipoli

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Any pharmacists, Pass through PBMs , health care professionals out there ? Time to grow the industry and take on big PBMs right here !

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 19/11/2024

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉 We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/11/2024

what?!?

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Mustafa Aboud @maboud.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Im plagiarizing someone’s virality to bring content onto this platform

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Mustafa Aboud @maboud.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

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Bluesky @bsky.app · 16/11/2024

Another day, another million new people have joined Bluesky! 18M users? 🙂‍↔️ 18M friends 🙂‍↕️

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Mustafa Aboud @maboud.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Do you also believe in blue skies!

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Conspirador Norteño @conspirator0.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Over a million new Bluesky accounts were created yesterday. Unsurprisingly, some fakes are popping up here and there, such as this set of nine accounts with identical biographies and repeated banner images.

collage of 9 bluesky accounts with the biography "I come from the beautiful coastal city of Hong Kong. Living in the SF Bay Area, I have many interests and hobbies, and I love life and making friends!"

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Sander van der Linden @profsanderlinden.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Welcome everyone! I'm a social psychologist at Cambridge who studies the psychology of misinformation and propaganda. Some good news in these dark times: The Oninion buys Infowars and plans to turn it into a parody of itself www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...

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The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy

The satirical news site intends to turn Infowars into a parody of itself. But the court overseeing the bankruptcy put a hold on the sale pending a hearing next week.

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Nesrine Malik @nesrinemalik.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I really don’t understand this whole ‘stay on Twitter and fight’ thing. You’re jousting with bots and reply guys and wading through ads it’s not Waterloo.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 16/11/2024

“The online world has become so hostile to users that Bluesky’s pitch of ‘here is a straightforward feed of text-based user-generated posts that we promise not to mess with’ is revelatory.” — @bcmerchant.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/bloodint...

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Bluesky's success is a rejection of big tech's operating system

No bad adtech, no AI, no throttling links. Bluesky is a booming because it's everything big tech is not

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Annie Waldherr @anniewald.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Wow, this feels like 🦋 is finally taking off! Resharing my very first post on this platform in the hope of (re)connecting with many old and new colleagues 🤗 Also follow my lab: @compcommlab.bsky.social

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Richard Fitch @tudorcook.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

"this is fine" British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

A medieval manuscript illustration from the British Library royal ms 20 a ii f3r.
Image shows a medieval king in a green gown and wearing a crown. He is stood within a burning castle with arms in the air and a look of 'oh dear' on his face

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

It’s mostly white people who talk about echo chambers. Maybe you need the internet to meet people with different ideas but the rest of us do not. We know what the “other side” thinks because we deal with it every day! Everywhere! We’re fine. Carry on. Happy Saturday!

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Mustafa Aboud @maboud.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I wonder if Bluesky users will have better media literacy than their peers

Source: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/11/un-special-committee-finds-israels-warfare-methods-gaza-consistent-genocide

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Step 1: Elon takes over Twitter, unbans and amplifies the worst white nationalist posters, methodically turns it into a right wing echo chamber. Step 2: Users who aren’t white nationalists or MAGA extremists leave for Bluesky en masse. Step 3: op-ed columnists fret, “is Bluesky an echo chamber?”

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Tyler Meinerding @tylermeinerding.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Someone had to do it 🤭

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Mustafa Aboud @maboud.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hello everyone I’m a hobbyist researcher and political activist studying the intersection between sociology and technology. I have a lot of things in the pipeline so please stay tuned 🦋

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Edward Perez @eddieperez.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

A big part of having a good experience on Bluesky (or on any social media) is simply kindness. And gratitude. Say hello. Welcome newcomers. If someone writes something that makes you think or feel good, tell them. Be generous about sharing & complimenting other’s work. Embrace the mosaic. 🦋

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 16/11/2024

As someone who grew up online, it does depress me to see how many people genuinely can’t fathom why someone would want to be on social media beyond reasons linked to building clout so you can make money. It’s fun to talk to interesting people from around the world. That’s always been my reason.

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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The name and acronym are much more accurate.

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Jeremy Littau @jeremylittau.com · 16/11/2024

I have been studying social media since 2008, and it’s fair to say Bluesky has hit an inflection point the past 10 days. It’s not the numbers per se so much as who is joining. Thinkers, writers and creators who worried about losing Twitter’s distribution power. Journalists. Sports. Black Twitter.

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Seriously though: since all these thinkpieces are being written about bluesky, hi editors and journalists, I wrote a whole book about Twitter (among other research on social media) and am tracking the migration here from a cultural/political perspective so if you want to talk to me I’m here 😇

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Space @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

A rose made of galaxies..

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Jehad Abusalim @jehadabusalim.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

A bill to designate nonprofits "terrorist supporting organizations" failed this week. It'll be back soon, writes Darryl Li www.forever-wars.com/the-most-dan...

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The Most Dangerous Domestic Antiterrorism Bill Since The PATRIOT Act

A bill to designate nonprofits "terrorist supporting organizations" failed this week. It'll be back soon, writes Darryl Li

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

For the first time in a long time, I think that Bluesky could have the juice

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Mustafa Aboud @maboud.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

It’s truly amazing how silent is the world about this. Outside of specific circles of people who care. Most people think very little about this.

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Jehad Abusalim @jehadabusalim.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Injured Palestinian journalist Fadi Al-Wahidi is battling death after being shot by Israeli forces. Despite his heroic coverage of one of this century’s gravest atrocities, mainstream media and journalists offer no solidarity or support. The world owes a debt to Palestinian journalists in Gaza.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/11/2024

Try this: move the BlueSky app icon to where your Twitter icon is. Then slide your Twitter icon off your main screen. You’ll notice a vast improvement in your blood pressure.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/11/2024

There's not even an algorithm but damn that algorithm is good.

Kylie Cheung: photo in elevator of douchebags at the MMA fight
Gef the Toking Mongoose: Still of bad guys from Dick Tracy (1990)

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/11/2024

resolved: people who insist that all social media sites must be places where users are constantly encountering and arguing with people over fundamental disagreement do so because their actual, real lives are echo chambers where they do not encounter any meaningful difference from day-to-day.

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Laurence Dierickx @ohmyshambles.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Journalists regularly talk about AI but as a scientist in this area, how to talk to journalists about AI? This tutorial was presented by Marija Slavkovik, Pr. at the University of Bergen, at the ECAI last month. We authored a paper as a part of the tutorial: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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(PDF) Talking to journalists about AI

PDF | AI is testing the boundaries of human intelligence. AI will shape your soul. This AI really wants to know you. AI loves you. We still know little... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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Alexander Horne @legalmusings.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

My latest piece for the Spectator looks at the question of Lords reform and poses the question: why we don’t remove the bishops at the same time as the hereditary peers? www.spectator.co.uk/article/labo...

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Labour’s cynical House of Lords reform

This week, the House of Commons is focusing its attention on proposed reforms to the House of Lords. MPs backed plans to get rid of the remaining 92 hereditary peers on Tuesday, while a second bill wh...

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Mustafa Aboud @maboud.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Where my Palestinian lefties at?

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 15/11/2024

The last supermoon of 2024, dubbed the "Beaver Moon", will be visible worldwide on Friday night, with the moon reaching its peak brightness at 4:29 pm Eastern Time (21:29 GMT). Here's all you need to know aje.io/0q2cwb

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 15/11/2024

This Palestinian journalist in the occupied West Bank remained calm and cracked a joke while Israeli sniper lasers were pointed at him.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 15/11/2024

The family of Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi al-Wahidi is staging a hunger strike to demand that Israeli forces allow his evacuation from Gaza, reports our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/h54y

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 01/11/2024

End the killings: Al Jazeera demands protection for journalists in Gaza.

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Hansard Society @hansardsociety.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

You can now follow the Hansard Society's starter pack below. The pack includes academics, researchers, and practitioners with insights about parliaments and legislatures and the issues we discuss each week on our Parliament Matters Podcast. go.bsky.app/TzkXFzP

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Enes Altuncu @enesaltuncu.com.tr · 15/11/2024

For those interested in mis/disinformation, fact-checking, and relevant topics, check out my new starter pack covering many organisations, academics, and fact-checkers you might want to follow! go.bsky.app/3ZMvdkw

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Hunkletwunk @hunkletwunk.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Whelp, deleted all my X posts. Chapter closed. The move is official and I'm ready 🦋

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Jake Romm @jakeromm.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

A Spanish speaking comrade (@Pulidobatido on Twitter) took the initiative to translate all of the @proteanmag.com and @palestinestudies.bsky.social Letters From Gaza series into Spanish and made a cool, free booklet that you can download and share Link: mega.nz/file/f5FikBb...

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Jake Romm @jakeromm.bsky.social · 06/12/2023

Here is the 7th installment of Letters From Gaza in @proteanmag.com w/ @palestinestudies.bsky.social Studies After the pause, the genocide proceeds with a renewed ferocity As Bushra Khalidi writes "we talk about our last good memories...It feels like we’re just waiting for our turn now"

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Letters From Gaza, Part 7 • Protean Magazine

The team at The Institute for Palestine Studies has been translating and publishing messages from Gaza as Israel continues its assault on the strip. To help maximize their reach, we are republishing t...

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Institute for Palestine Studies @palestinestudies.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Good morning migrators! We plan on being more active on this platform, so if you're looking for resources, stories, analysis, research, news, databases, encyclopedia, or knowledge surrounding Palestine and the Palestinians — give us a follow! 🇵🇸📚

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