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LLama @lordllama.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone has a different threshold and different reasons they might keep an account

Like the event that actually spurred me to switch was really just a "final nail in the coffin" thing. I already hated it there and the direction it was trending, just not enough to hard switch ecosystems at the time

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 1d

everyone on here seems to think that there's just one feature you can add or remove from social media to make people not go insane on here. this belief, i think, is itself a form of madness

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Zefram @zefram.bsky.social · 2d

If you don't win hearts and minds you've lost before a shot's even been fired.

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LLama @lordllama.bsky.social · 3d

Trump might not be the brains of the operation but he is CRUCIAL for narrative control and getting buy-in from a lot of Americans, who find him extremely charismatic.

If the hole he leaves isn't filled fast I think a lot of the momentum behind it would falter

Up to everyone what happens then.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING: Kristi Noem just discovered the founder of Antifa by questioning their girlfriend. This is the first time the world will see who the founder really is, and it is shocking. Because of the absolute terror this imagery causes, we are sharing it in a follow-up post in this thread.

WARNING 🚨🧵

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 6d

Still waiting on the Soros checks to hit our accounts. Someone tell him to please hurry groceries keep getting more expensive!

Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 6d

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism ... you don't say www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

www.nytimes.com

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LLama @lordllama.bsky.social · 6d

I'm not even sure why they bother with this kind of announcement.

Nobody who WANTS something like the ACA believes they'll do it, because they definitely won't

and pretty much everyone who hates the ACA thinks healthcare should be 100% private, and will not care if there's no replacement.

𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎✩ @allmylovesteph.bsky.social · 6d

He said in “two weeks” — 159 weeks ago.

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sof @mofu.run · 6d

rack mounted gf

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8d

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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LLama @lordllama.bsky.social · 8d

"Professional robber says having doors on houses will make their job harder. More news at 11"

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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LLama @lordllama.bsky.social · 8d

My eyes are on the 18th. It would be a pretty good time for them to "have a law enforcement operation" where large protest groups are going to be moving through. How it would play out after that has already been written in front of us 100 times on smaller scales.

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LLama @lordllama.bsky.social · 9d

In that case, imo, a culture shift needs to happen.

I think part of the issue is bad UX for forums, but we can't deny the common allure there seems to be for an app that is essentially just a text box with a "show the whole world this" button

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LLama @lordllama.bsky.social · 9d

Like, ultimately I believe we will NEVER get over "individual mod makes individual decisions nobody likes", and until someone figures out how to make mastodon more appealing to average folk we're ALSO going to have to deal with the problems of centralized moderation.

LLama @lordllama.bsky.social · 9d

Granted, but ultimately the data has to live somewhere and SOMEONE will be making decisions like that. That's unavoidable.

There is content we all (hopefully) agree to call "illegal" (eg, revenge porn), and we all agree should be terminated with more prejudice than a 3rd party moderation filter.

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