Shintaro Melodrama
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Haha you’re right. they’re obsessed with us 😭
February 8, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Haha you’re right. they’re obsessed with us 😭
One does not fill out and submit a whole ass form for stuff they are not interested.
They'll be a client by next week, lol!
They'll be a client by next week, lol!
This racist Christian found my tryst profile, and submitted a form to harass me, saying “you try to cast ‘spells’ I rebuke you with the power of Jesus Christ”
Aww a new fan. He must think I’m hot 🖤
Aww a new fan. He must think I’m hot 🖤
February 8, 2026 at 2:55 PM
One does not fill out and submit a whole ass form for stuff they are not interested.
They'll be a client by next week, lol!
They'll be a client by next week, lol!
I kind of hate being an expert on hate networks work online, but when build safety tools for largely unregulated spaces, you see the worst of the worst.
And spaces that don't account for bad people and their methodology is just an invitation specifically for them to continue.
And spaces that don't account for bad people and their methodology is just an invitation specifically for them to continue.
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I kind of hate being an expert on hate networks work online, but when build safety tools for largely unregulated spaces, you see the worst of the worst.
And spaces that don't account for bad people and their methodology is just an invitation specifically for them to continue.
And spaces that don't account for bad people and their methodology is just an invitation specifically for them to continue.
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Not even that long ago.
The US military is KNOWN for stealing children. TODAY. We saw it when the troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. We saw it during Hurricane Katrina. We see it in the prison system as white folks try to buy the children of pregnant incarcerated women.
It is ALL the same.
The US military is KNOWN for stealing children. TODAY. We saw it when the troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. We saw it during Hurricane Katrina. We see it in the prison system as white folks try to buy the children of pregnant incarcerated women.
It is ALL the same.
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Not even that long ago.
The US military is KNOWN for stealing children. TODAY. We saw it when the troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. We saw it during Hurricane Katrina. We see it in the prison system as white folks try to buy the children of pregnant incarcerated women.
It is ALL the same.
The US military is KNOWN for stealing children. TODAY. We saw it when the troops were withdrawn from Afghanistan. We saw it during Hurricane Katrina. We see it in the prison system as white folks try to buy the children of pregnant incarcerated women.
It is ALL the same.
An easy way to recognize 4channers is how they center Black folks in their talks about what is wrong with the world.
For example, they may express they are for Universal Healthcare, but they'll say things like 'well, if Black people got off welfare, we'd have better healthcare.'
For example, they may express they are for Universal Healthcare, but they'll say things like 'well, if Black people got off welfare, we'd have better healthcare.'
February 8, 2026 at 2:08 PM
An easy way to recognize 4channers is how they center Black folks in their talks about what is wrong with the world.
For example, they may express they are for Universal Healthcare, but they'll say things like 'well, if Black people got off welfare, we'd have better healthcare.'
For example, they may express they are for Universal Healthcare, but they'll say things like 'well, if Black people got off welfare, we'd have better healthcare.'
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February 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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A morning Fuck Duke to all who celebrate.
February 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
A morning Fuck Duke to all who celebrate.
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Same in Los Angeles, though the media doesn’t care to report on that at all
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Same in Los Angeles, though the media doesn’t care to report on that at all
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Kinda wild how American flags in usernames and profiles continue to remain the biggest red flags on any social media site with very VERY few exceptions.
February 8, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Kinda wild how American flags in usernames and profiles continue to remain the biggest red flags on any social media site with very VERY few exceptions.
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There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
February 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
There is simply no moral argument for allowing war criminals to compete at the Olympics.
Ha, I think a lot about how Andre 3000 stopped rapping when white people started saying Hey Ya was their favorite OutKast song.
This white dude just told me I HAD to listen to the new J. Cole and how it was better than Kendrick Lamar and that tells me everything I need to know about the new J. Cole album.
February 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Ha, I think a lot about how Andre 3000 stopped rapping when white people started saying Hey Ya was their favorite OutKast song.
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I'm old enough to remember micro-sects doing a lot handwringing about "degenerate" workers' states to justify communist state violence.
Feel like we need a meso theory of the fractaling of US Trotskyism which discusses COINTELPRO, people refusing to go along with mass killing, and masculinity.
Feel like we need a meso theory of the fractaling of US Trotskyism which discusses COINTELPRO, people refusing to go along with mass killing, and masculinity.
February 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I'm old enough to remember micro-sects doing a lot handwringing about "degenerate" workers' states to justify communist state violence.
Feel like we need a meso theory of the fractaling of US Trotskyism which discusses COINTELPRO, people refusing to go along with mass killing, and masculinity.
Feel like we need a meso theory of the fractaling of US Trotskyism which discusses COINTELPRO, people refusing to go along with mass killing, and masculinity.
I wish I had a hot take about J Cole, but I honestly just don‘t care.
The strongest feeling I have is a light ‘meh.’
The strongest feeling I have is a light ‘meh.’
February 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I wish I had a hot take about J Cole, but I honestly just don‘t care.
The strongest feeling I have is a light ‘meh.’
The strongest feeling I have is a light ‘meh.’
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You know what? Good. He doesn’t even deserve the 3 hots and a cot. He should suffer and have to see Trayvon’s face any time he closes his eyes. Deteriorate bitch!
February 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
You know what? Good. He doesn’t even deserve the 3 hots and a cot. He should suffer and have to see Trayvon’s face any time he closes his eyes. Deteriorate bitch!
It’s really just people who don‘t like who is setting the pace of innovation, so they do what bigots always do and try to thwart progress.
It’s wild to hate on blacksky in any capacity. Reminds me of some atproto devs that I saw talking about considering trying to get multi-tenant PDS’s rate limited because they didn’t believe that multi-tenants were in the spirit of decentralization
Lots of secret hostility.
- Rudy is a hack
- Blacksky is a semi-proprietary ethnocentric social network just “popping up”
- Blacksky is masquerading as fully open source
would you all like me to still speak at #AtmosphereConf this year?
I don’t have to.
- Rudy is a hack
- Blacksky is a semi-proprietary ethnocentric social network just “popping up”
- Blacksky is masquerading as fully open source
would you all like me to still speak at #AtmosphereConf this year?
I don’t have to.
February 8, 2026 at 1:05 PM
It’s really just people who don‘t like who is setting the pace of innovation, so they do what bigots always do and try to thwart progress.
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Yes. There is no open process or commitment to coordination, so people just need to put time and effort into building the things they want -> bsky.app/profile/bman...
It’s ad hominem attacks, blatant racism, accusations of selfishness, and of misusing my influence
White people are on here calling themselves Harriet Tubman — saying they’re doing the Underground Railroad! 0_0
There is no protocol process. Paul, Daniel, Divy and Bryan come up with an idea and ship
White people are on here calling themselves Harriet Tubman — saying they’re doing the Underground Railroad! 0_0
There is no protocol process. Paul, Daniel, Divy and Bryan come up with an idea and ship
February 8, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Yes. There is no open process or commitment to coordination, so people just need to put time and effort into building the things they want -> bsky.app/profile/bman...
And if they really feel that strongly about it, white folks can build WhiteSky, MayoSky, DrySky, whatever sky they want and leave us alone.
If they believe their ideas are ‘better,’ go do that and shut the fuck up.
If they believe their ideas are ‘better,’ go do that and shut the fuck up.
February 8, 2026 at 12:54 PM
And if they really feel that strongly about it, white folks can build WhiteSky, MayoSky, DrySky, whatever sky they want and leave us alone.
If they believe their ideas are ‘better,’ go do that and shut the fuck up.
If they believe their ideas are ‘better,’ go do that and shut the fuck up.
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I would like to acknowledge that we wont be “hiding” our post we will be stripping the rest of you of the access to us, our content, and our spaces that is typically abused.
February 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I would like to acknowledge that we wont be “hiding” our post we will be stripping the rest of you of the access to us, our content, and our spaces that is typically abused.
I have yet to see any criticisms of Blacksky that aren‘t a combination of straight up racism and incompetent devs not understanding how it works jumping out just to have something to say.
February 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM
I have yet to see any criticisms of Blacksky that aren‘t a combination of straight up racism and incompetent devs not understanding how it works jumping out just to have something to say.
And considering Blacksky has been completely transparent in what it has been working on in addition to being in constant communication with the community, its simply a lie to suggest this isn’t happening.
Bigots are just projecting what they are doing.
Bigots are just projecting what they are doing.
People really somehow think Rudy and the Blacksky team just came up with the features they’ve been teasing out of thin air, huh?
“and I'm also not sure their users would actually want this if they understood its repercussions which the team doesn't seem to talk about with them”
Ridiculous.
“and I'm also not sure their users would actually want this if they understood its repercussions which the team doesn't seem to talk about with them”
Ridiculous.
February 8, 2026 at 12:32 PM
And considering Blacksky has been completely transparent in what it has been working on in addition to being in constant communication with the community, its simply a lie to suggest this isn’t happening.
Bigots are just projecting what they are doing.
Bigots are just projecting what they are doing.
This.
This cuts right heart of it.
People are unco with the agency of Blacksky and the inability of bigots to determine what it should be.
This is why I say it’s an existential threat to the status quo.
It’s actually innovating in ways hateful people cannot conceive.
And they are afraid.
This cuts right heart of it.
People are unco with the agency of Blacksky and the inability of bigots to determine what it should be.
This is why I say it’s an existential threat to the status quo.
It’s actually innovating in ways hateful people cannot conceive.
And they are afraid.
So you aren’t even asking us to participate in some open governance process under a racist, murderous regime
You’re making ad hominem attacks, performing blatant racism and making baseless accusations to force us to wait on the actions of a 3rd party private company under a racist, murderous regime
You’re making ad hominem attacks, performing blatant racism and making baseless accusations to force us to wait on the actions of a 3rd party private company under a racist, murderous regime
February 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This.
This cuts right heart of it.
People are unco with the agency of Blacksky and the inability of bigots to determine what it should be.
This is why I say it’s an existential threat to the status quo.
It’s actually innovating in ways hateful people cannot conceive.
And they are afraid.
This cuts right heart of it.
People are unco with the agency of Blacksky and the inability of bigots to determine what it should be.
This is why I say it’s an existential threat to the status quo.
It’s actually innovating in ways hateful people cannot conceive.
And they are afraid.
It’s interesting watching white people navigate conditions that Black, Brown and Native folks have existed in since most of us have been alive.
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
It’s interesting watching white people navigate conditions that Black, Brown and Native folks have existed in since most of us have been alive.
February 8, 2026 at 12:06 PM
In the next few weeks, there will be a lot of bad faith arguments being put out about Blacksky because it’s doing what these mediocre bigot developers want to be believe they are doing but can’t.
Which is building something people actually want to use.
Which is building something people actually want to use.
February 8, 2026 at 11:54 AM
In the next few weeks, there will be a lot of bad faith arguments being put out about Blacksky because it’s doing what these mediocre bigot developers want to be believe they are doing but can’t.
Which is building something people actually want to use.
Which is building something people actually want to use.
One of the reasons I absolutely detest open source is because it presumes free and open to all is the correct position in a world where that stance is an invitation to the worst of the worst people on the web.
It has always been fundamentally flawed b/c it assumes good will in a racist world.
It has always been fundamentally flawed b/c it assumes good will in a racist world.
February 8, 2026 at 11:37 AM
One of the reasons I absolutely detest open source is because it presumes free and open to all is the correct position in a world where that stance is an invitation to the worst of the worst people on the web.
It has always been fundamentally flawed b/c it assumes good will in a racist world.
It has always been fundamentally flawed b/c it assumes good will in a racist world.