Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Alright, fuck it. I'm starting on here again. The #BigBalls discourse got me moving.media.tenor.coma man in a suit is standing next to a cooler in a roomALT: a man in a suit is standing next to a cooler in a room 000
Reposted by Ian Plunkett Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025No. 2 Republican Senator holds up lump of black "clean" coal on Senate floor. Calls for burning more of it "far into the future." 19541593
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 25/03/2025"Florida's legislature on Tuesday is set to debate a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts. If passed, teenagers would be able to work overnight jobs on school days."media.tenor.coma black and white photo of a boy with the words i want some more above himALT: a black and white photo of a boy with the words i want some more above him 000
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 05/03/2025The UK tabloids this morning after Vice President JD Vance says of the UK that it is a "random country that has not fought a war in 30 or 40 years". After 9/11, the UK — in solidarity with the U.S. — joined the international coalition in both Iraq and Afghanistan. 636 British soldiers lost. 010
Reposted by Ian Plunkett Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Our latest episode of 'Winging It' from @blueowlgroup.bsky.social is live. I chat with the Head of Trust & Safety at @bsky.app, my friend & former colleague @aaron.bsky.team Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts 🔵🦉🎙️⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/0EtW... 121
Reposted by Ian Plunkett The Blue Owl Group @blueowlgroup.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Our latest "Winging It" episode is out! This week our Senior Advisor Ian Plunkett chats with Bluesky Social's Head of Trust & Safety Aaron Rodericks about trust, tech, and building tomorrow's social web. Give it a listen! 🔵🦉🎙️ @plumps.bsky.social @aaron.bsky.team open.spotify.com/episode/0EtW...open.spotify.comBluesky at the Crossroads: Trust, Tech, and Building Tomorrow's Social WebThe Blue Owl Group's "Winging It" Podcast · Episode 063
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Our latest episode of 'Winging It' from @blueowlgroup.bsky.social is live. I chat with the Head of Trust & Safety at @bsky.app, my friend & former colleague @aaron.bsky.team Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts 🔵🦉🎙️⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/0EtW... 121
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Here are the leaders of Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway having dinner tonight. No pomp, no pageantry. Just respect and solidarity in the face of unprecedented threats from an ally. Developing a collaborative strategy is one thing, threatening invasion is another. 🇩🇰 🇫🇮 🇬🇱 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 030
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Excellent reporting. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...nytimes.comViolent Acts of Many Jan. 6 Rioters Pardoned by Trump Are Shown in VideosPresident Trump pardoned men who violently attacked police officers on Jan. 6 along with nearly 1,600 other people who had been charged in connection with the riot. But his grant of clemency did not e... 000
Reposted by Ian Plunkett The Blue Owl Group @blueowlgroup.bsky.social · 14/01/2025First up is our very own @ColinCrowell speaking to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant. open.spotify.com/episode/0Poc...open.spotify.comDigital Down Under: Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman-Grant’s Vision for Online SafetyThe Blue Owl Group's "Winging It" Podcast · Episode 031
Reposted by Ian Plunkett The Blue Owl Group @blueowlgroup.bsky.social · 14/01/2025We’re launching a podcast. Yes, the world needs another podcast like it needs a hole in the head. But hear us out — we're doing something different. 112
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Amazing to see the new Notre Dame up close. Such an inspiring testament to the potential of human coordination, ingenuity, & collective spirit. We should never let political rhetoric and those that profiteer from our division to define the limits of our potential, our empathy, and our ambition. 000
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Strict diet. open.spotify.com/track/3cfgis...open.spotify.comAll You Children 000
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 09/01/2025“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism” – Hannah Arendt 010
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 07/01/2025“I cannot remember a comparable case of interference in the election campaign of a friendly country in the history of Western democracies.” www.wsj.com/world/europe...wsj.comElon Musk Is Roiling European PoliticsThe Trump ally has flooded X with posts criticizing European politicians, causing a diplomatic conundrum for the continent’s leaders. 000
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Bad VCs of 🇺🇸 : Europe is dead, it's a museum piece. No economic growth, no work ethic. No unicorns. Good people of 🇪🇺 : We like museums. We also like personal growth. And life. And starting companies that aren't compared to magical animals 🦄 020
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 10/12/2024American elected officials: weaponizing bathroom access Chinese non-elected officials: ceaselessly building new things We must demand better. 010
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Hello, I'm "cosmopolitanism/globalization" to "economic populism/trade wars" years of age. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comTrump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for reliefEconomists and industry officials say companies would have little choice but to pass along the added costs, dramatically raising prices for goods. 000
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Remember when cigarette companies used to host cancer conferences with oncologists who were on the payroll? That's what #COP29 has become for the fossil industry. Reform needed now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWhy Cop summits and climate finance need reform | LettersReaders respond to articles on the UN climate summit in Azerbaijan 010
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 21/11/2024“He judged everything from the perspective of the property entrepreneur he had been before politics,” she wrote of Trump. “Each property could only be allocated once. If he didn’t get it, someone else did. That was also how he looked at the world.” www.politico.eu/article/ange...politico.euMerkel eviscerates ‘emotional’ Trump in upcoming memoirThe former German chancellor painted a scathing picture of the president-elect — and hinted at a playbook for dealing with him. 010
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Great to be in India with @blueowlgroup.bsky.social and the Twitter 1.0 crew. The @bsky.app values were discussed in depth. Good time to get the band back together...💪 1102
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Hello from smoggy New Delhi 🇮🇳 AQI of 350 and another reminder that climate action isn't esoteric. It's about basic human dignity. #COP29 030
Reposted by Ian Plunkett The Blue Owl Group @blueowlgroup.bsky.social · 09/08/2023We’re the Blue Owl Group — a global collective of public policy & communications professionals from the frontlines of political & technological landscapes. We're remote, decentralized, & advancing technologies that respond to the biggest societal challenges. Let’s talk. www.blueowlgrp.com 0123
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 11/07/2023Another year & another incredible validation of what we already know from Yale's Climate Communications initiative. The majority of Americans feel the extremes of Mother Nature at their door. And they are going to demand change. Climate change is rapidly becoming a consensus election issue. 000
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 10/07/2023Welcome to the new Twitter, less insane than the old Twitter. 110
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 09/06/2023Majority of replies I've seen to Tweets from New York representatives say the following: ➡️ The fires are a false flag operation ➡️ Liberal arsonists are to blame ➡️ Fires always happen, so don't overreact ➡️ Bill Gates is spraying dust into the atmosphere Choosing your own reality is dangerous. 000
Ian Plunkett @plumps.bsky.social · 07/06/20232pm in New York City, which has the worst air quality of any city on earth right now. The climate crisis is here. Write your representatives, make the changes you've been putting off, and get organized. 0122
