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Bernie The Wordsmith

@berniethewordsmith.bsky.social

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Periodista y documentalista. Escribo sobre #cibercultura, #rol, #medios, #literaturafantástica y #cienciaficción. #journalist #archivist #librarian. Stop the genocide in Gaza. Trans rights=human rights

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · Nov 28

Hear ye, hear ye, behold the great watching guide for @dimension20.bsky.social, one of my favorite IPs of actual play. This is going to be long, so bear with me let's gooooooo

a woman wearing glasses and a necklace is smiling and making a fist

Alt: Shioban, dressed in black, wearing glasses and a necklace is smiling and jumping on her chair because of excitement

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 3h

Pepe the Frog was inescapable for years and the Portland folks have effectively neutered that symbol in one month. I suspect this is more important than I can imagine

Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 10h

While absolutely and vocally disagreeing with Siwa, it was quite an interesting energy in the debate

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

During Thanksgiving and holidays, people want to do food drives where they collect canned goods etc... and I really would love to offer that food banks need MONEY so if you can collect and donate MONEY please do that. They can then use those funds to purchase what's needed AT DISCOUNTS.

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Thoroughly enjoying the Star Trek: Khan #audiodrama. Highly recommending the #podcast if you like Star Trek youtu.be/UDOn6BBis_8...

Paradise | Episode 1 | Star Trek: Khan

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 1d

As someone doxxed by Andy Ngo, myself, I understand the drama it can bring.

His latest target, Daryle Lamont Jenkins is the hero of the film SKIN, and an even greater hero in real life: A Black man who, on his own for decades, has targeted and transformed white supremacists.

Now, he needs our help

Donate to Support One People's Project in Crisis, organized by Daryle Jenkins

The past two years have taken a toll on One People's Project, particularly in re… Daryle Jenkins needs your support for Support One People's Project in Crisis

www.gofundme.com

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Open your replies, coward

Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 1d

For the "fuck you, human beings" crowd, we even experience looks, jokes, comments and discrimination for being masked on a daily basis. Thank you very much for your unsolicited advice, it is just that we are busy trying to exist with a mask in public without people making a circus of it

patravey.bsky.social @patravey.bsky.social · 1d

For the "everyone should mask" crowd: If you want to protect yourself, get vaccinated. If you want to add a layer of protection, wear a mask. If you fear getting infected despite those 2 precautions, avoid going where you believe the risk is elevated. Don't expect the world to take care of you.

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 2d

please disabuse yourself from the propaganda that leftists glorify violence/seek to incite protests

- is rhetoric to fracture movement (good vs bad protestors)
- ignores state violence instigating (ppl getting attacked ≠ attacking!) & justifies harm
- overwrites practical analysis w/fearmongery

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 1d

No mira vanos a ver. Soy el primero que dice que lo de las redes sociales es un poco exagerado, pero hay aberraciones en las que uno pues tiene que levantarse y decir ya basta. Vamos, que esto este en los móviles de los adolescentes no puede ser 😂

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Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇸 @extremearturo.bsky.social · 1d

This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.

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Cameron @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 2d

every smug internet communist tweet about showing up to a No Kings protest with an abolish ICE shirt to scare the libs is getting completely mogged by the real-life winemoms showing up with slogans like "ICE will melt in hell"

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Like, you could write a super long study on how deplstforming works, actually, or you could just simply paste that as a screenshot and then do a mic drop

Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 2d

Acabo de leer el primer mensaje de tu hilo sin ningún contexto y probado de sueño y déjame decirte que ha sido una experiencia

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 2d

I mean, you love to see these bozos stomping in here without the bare minimum due diligence done about how the blocks work

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 2d

I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 3d

Enjoy the block, pal

Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 3d

The most honest thing that I ever read from them

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 3d

If your protest privacy/security advice does not start with a discussion of threat models, it is probably not good advice.

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 3d

There is an entire domino meme in which the first piece is Jesse Signal arriving to Bluesky and the last one are the Nazis starting to year down the place.

Last piece has fallen.

Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 3d

"I can't even make fun of these folks" is the single best piece of advertising for a place honestly

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 3d

US government accounts are here and they are already harassing people.

Do not just mute them.
Block them.

It is crucial that you do this before posting about them. They are scanning the mentions and references. They will try to use your anger. Do not let them.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Bernie The Wordsmith @berniethewordsmith.bsky.social · 3d

They quoted you. You may want to detatch them

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 3d

US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.

Block on sight.

Protect your digital space.

Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.

The detach quote function will come in very handy here…

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3d

One of the less understood beauties of a transition to a renewable economy is: you cannot invade a country and steal its sunshine and its wind, and you will not need to. The uneven distribution of fossil fuel, esp. oil, has corroded geopolitics for more than a century....

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 6d

Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.

She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.

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