jsmallberries.bsky.social

jsmallberries.bsky.social

@jsmallberries.bsky.social

glad to be here and off the cesspool that was twitter. here to follow those whose opinions are of interest - and contribute where i can. still working on coping skills for what's ahead. a laugh or two would also be nice... ATX is my current home base

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jsmallberries.bsky.social
@jsmallberries.bsky.social

lots of sad news the last few days. He'll be missed.

Rolling Stone@rollingstone.com

Joe Ely, the Texas singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was at the forefront of the Seventies’ progressive country movement as both a solo artist and part of the group the Flatlanders, died Monday at 78. Story: rollingstone.com/music/music-...

jsmallberries.bsky.social
@jsmallberries.bsky.social

I'm a fan of Bluesky. and I now despise Twitter. But Bluesky has severe shortcomings. The feed algorithm is actually not very good - it's not selective and seems to lack any real intelligence. A large percentage of what I see is terribly repetitive. So I stop scrolling.

Matt Navarra@mattnavarra.com

Bluesky has a growth problem Bluesky has hit 38M monthly users, up 8M since March Once adding 5M users per month, it’s now slowed to 1.6M. A 60% drop But post volume is falling—more users, less activity It risks becoming a ghost town with a loyal but shrinking core #bluesky #fediverse

socialmediatoday.comBluesky Reaches 38 Million Users, Though Post Volume is DecliningBluesky’s growth momentum has slowed, but it is still growing.

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Replying to @mattnavarra.com

I'm a fan of Bluesky. and I now despise Twitter. But Bluesky has severe shortcomings. The feed algorithm is actually not very good - it's not selective and seems to lack any real intelligence. A large percentage of what I see is terribly repetitive. So I stop scrolling.

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Joe Walsh
@walshfreedom.bsky.social

Sure, shitting on both parties is easy. You may feel superior saying both parties suck. But you're wrong. Only one party - the Republican Party- is a threat to our founding principles. I don't have time right now to dream about a third party. I've got to help defeat that threat.

jsmallberries.bsky.social
@jsmallberries.bsky.social

Hard words to hear. Even for the most optimistic it should be clear that the path we are on is not sustainable.

Katie Holten@katieholten.bsky.social

“I’ve never said this before to the media, but it’s too late.” David Suzuki 💔 For me, what we’ve got to do now is hunker down. The units of survival are going to be local communities. We need revolution. Can you have a peaceful revolution? I don’t know. www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...

ipolitics.ca‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...

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Ryan Mac 🙃
@rmac.bsky.social

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Now imagine a site that is controlled by an unaccountable billionaire who controls the most followed account, regularly post conspiracies and misinformation and has reduced content moderation to a voting system gamed by his own followers. That site is X.

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Ryan Mac 🙃
@rmac.bsky.social

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Two days after Musk closed his purchase of Twitter, he amplified conspiracy theories about the attack on Paul Pelosi. It showed how his mind is so inclined toward political conspiracy, even when confronted about it, as we wrote in CHARACTER LIMIT. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

rollingstone.com11 WTF Moments From 'Character Limit,' the Book About How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter,' by reporters Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, tells wild story of billionaire's disastrous takeover

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Ben Collins
@bencollins.bsky.social

No they didn’t.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Planes roared over D.C. on Saturday, tanks rolled along the National Mall, brass bands resounded and thousands of soldiers marched past cheering crowds, as the Army put on the largest show of military might in the capital in more than three decades. wapo.st/4dYFOck

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Jonathan V. Last
@jvl.bsky.social

Watch this on loop.

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“Tesla’s driverless ‘robotaxis’ could launch in Austin as soon as June 22. But a demo in Austin today showed a $TSLA, manually driven to test its Full Self-Driving system, failed to stop for a child-sized dummy at a school bus—and hit it.” @cbsaustin @velez_tx

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Indivisible ❌👑
@indivisible.org

Why another protest? What is it going to accomplish? Shouldn’t we be [insert alternate tactic] instead? These are good-faith questions, and they stem from very reasonable concerns. So let’s take a step back and talk about the role of a peaceful mass mobilization like No Kings.

indivisibleteam.medium.comThe Strategic Logic of the No Kings ProtestsBy Leah Greenberg, Indivisible Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director

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Stand Up for Science!
@standupforscience.net

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jsmallberries.bsky.social
@jsmallberries.bsky.social

hmm. might have been a good time to sell.

NPR@npr.org

The markets have fallen lately, and that means your stocks are probably worth less than they were a year ago. Your knee-jerk reaction might be to sell. Here's why that's not a good idea.

npr.orgThe markets are down. Here's how to handle your investments : Life KitThe markets have fallen lately, and that means your stocks are probably worth less than they were a year ago. Your knee-jerk reaction might be to sell. Here's why that's not a good idea.