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I have a dog, some lacemaking skills, and some books. Not my real name.

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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · Aug 28

My things are misinformation, education, and sociology so I absolutely see how that could be confused with conspiratorial thinking.

So. New rule. If you think I’m going too far out on a limb, assume I’m not, tag me in a separate post. Don’t accidentally spread misinformation in my replies.

🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · May 31

Do me a favor: remember that to non-Black people, I am Black. No one else has to acknowledge it but non-Black people treat me as a Black woman anyway, so it’s best to consciously recognize that.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 8h

Time for a little history lesson and a little "un-learning":

Lisa Simpson standing on stage giving a presentation to an audience, with the big screen behind her reading:

"COLONIALISM HISTORICALLY
ERASED TRANS EXISTENCE
FROM EVERY CULTURE
IT CAME ACROSS
AND NOW HAS THE AUDACITY
TO CLAIM THAT BEING TRANS
IS A MODERN CREATION"

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Inanimate Carbon Ron @sixiestick.bsky.social · 9h

Hoes AND opps

Well! Here comes ol' Charlie Brown!

Good ol' Charlie Brown... Yes, sir!

Good ol' Charlie Brown...

How I hate him!

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 10h

since there is proof charlie brown had hoes, we should change the insult to "charlie brown didn't have hoes"

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Pot Shop Boo @potshopboy.bsky.social · 4h

I found a dino-shaped nuggie in my bag of regular chicken nuggies, and I feel like life isn't going to get any better than this.

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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 3h

I need to consult the evidence for myself

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Denise Oliver-Velez @deniseoliver-velez.bsky.social · 3h

Federal government corrects “error” that could have cost millions to Puerto Rico’s healthcare sector
Professional Hospital detected the flaw, prevented a massive cut in Medicare reimbursements and revealed inequitable treatment of the island
www.elnuevodia.com/english/busi...

Federal government corrects “error” that could have cost millions to Puerto Rico’s healthcare sector

Professional Hospital detected the flaw, prevented a massive cut in Medicare reimbursements and revealed inequitable treatment of the island

www.elnuevodia.com

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I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 12h

Something something ..."and then not firebomb a Walmart."

CavsKermit @cavskermit.bsky.social · 15h

What I don't get is if hardcore tankies really think raiding detention facilities is the best path forward, if you're not just engaged in performative bullshit, then why do I, the shitlib, have to do it?

Like, shouldn't YOU be doing it?

politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 17h

I love bluesky

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I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 10h

"If I was the victim of a far right info op to elect fascists, why do I hate Joe Biden & every major elected Democrat?"

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Michael Paulauski♨️ @mike10010100.com · 10h

"no, no, it's the normies who are wrong"

I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 10h

"If I was the victim of a far right info op to elect fascists, why do I hate Joe Biden & every major elected Democrat?"

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AdotSad @adotsad.bsky.social · 10h

Legitimately disgusting that were getting legal rigging of elections and nobody cares in the media or the electorate. This is not that functionally different than tossing out thousands of votes to help your side win.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 16h

North Carolina Republicans announced today they’re going to pass a new congressional map to draw a Dem out of Congress; they already did last cycle, going from 7-7 to 10-4. Thus would be 11-3. t.co/XLJIhe8vZn

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 20h

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 17h

To a few people replying saying it is on the news, at the time of posting not a single network was covering this in the top of the hour headlines.

That has started to change, thankfully.

But it is still far too far down the news agenda. And we should discuss the reasons why that is the case.

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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 3h

In case people thought I was joking about how ethics-free this statement from a *real* journalist was, I took a screenshot

This isn’t even vibes. This is just Kellyanne Conway levels of ”alternative [read: made up] facts.“ AKA what sane people call lying.

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Solid word.
Thank you. Patreon has obviously tracked closely with the expansion of this idea of being an influencer very closely. I would say that you were also integral to that phenomenon booming in the first place. And it's not just musicians. It's musicians, comedians, self-help gurus, podcasters, journalists.

Not everyone is a fan of that trend, right? I think there are gives and takes and pros and cons. I could tell you within the field of journalism to be publishing the kind of journalism that we publish at WIRED, and then to realize that someone with no credentials, with no training, with no actual reporting, is playing the part of newscaster and is reaching and finding trust with hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, of people. Maybe they're pocketing money from the DNC and not disclosing it, which is a story that WIRED published recently to much controversy.

What do you make of that? What role does Patreon play in trying to make sure that the influencer-ization of the internet is in service of that healthy ecosystem that you are seeing?

Couple thoughts on that. Before I get to the meat
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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 3h

The bar for YouTubers? Essentially nonexistent. The bar for traditional media? They are fighting to install it further underground. This is very bad. People assuming ignorance is better than (or free from) malice? Also very bad.

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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 3h

Like the reason people trust zero credential bedroom-based weirdos over outlets like Wired is because you all lie the EXACT same amount but the influencers are more entertaining about it

I’d argue that YouTube self-regulates somewhat more than journalism now which is VERY, VERY BAD

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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 3h

Read a Wired journalist complaining that influencers are acting as newscasters while repeating the false information that the DNC is directly(?) paying influencers to do that

Someone hold her hand and tell her

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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 3h

Tbh I will block people for the sole reason of not being curious about the world around them

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𝓁𝑒𝒾. | #𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚝𝙹𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗 @l3ibra.blacksky.app · 5h

he needs to drop a full cover or i’ll be very upset. omg.

Tiny (Spooky) Terror™️ @thetinyterror.blacksky.app · 14h

Y’all seen this?!

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Tiny (Spooky) Terror™️ @thetinyterror.blacksky.app · 14h

Y’all seen this?!

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🔥🗽🔥SoCal Redhead🔥🗽🔥 @vlf79.bsky.social · 4h

Facts. Oppressors hate it when those they've oppressed are able to rise above em. The oppressors crave revenge.

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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 10h

👊💯✊🤜

Dr. Douglas S. shipley

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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 4h

We need to actively start teaching men consent

I‘ve heard the whole “they’ll use it as a weapon“ before but I’d rather they have recorded instances of taking a class on consent going into a criminal trial than people infantilizing how they ”didn’t know” boundaries.

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Professional Shitposter @proflshtpstr.bsky.social · 9h

Long suffering sigh

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🪡 Ether GhostLace 🪡 (she/her—illiteratis did this) @laceslibgremlin.bsky.social · 4h

Definitely two things can be true situation. It’s relevant when the crimes against humanity commissioner is like, “no… that’s too many crimes against humanity. Commission revoked.”

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 21h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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