Charles Stewart
@chalst.bsky.social
Born in Canada, schooled in the UK, living in Berlin. Mobility impaired following my treatment for brain cancer.
Plenty of GOP voters will be hurt by the ACA subsidies expiring, especially with nothing to put in its place. I’m guessing fear is the more important motivator.
December 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Plenty of GOP voters will be hurt by the ACA subsidies expiring, especially with nothing to put in its place. I’m guessing fear is the more important motivator.
You might enjoy Monbiot’s piece:
“The multimillionaires it interviewed, in stark contrast to mere earthlings, saw budget deficits as the most important of the issues it listed, and climate breakdown as the least.”
www.monbiot.com/2025/11/11/b...
“The multimillionaires it interviewed, in stark contrast to mere earthlings, saw budget deficits as the most important of the issues it listed, and climate breakdown as the least.”
www.monbiot.com/2025/11/11/b...
Billionaire Brain
To Bill Gates, overthrowing the power of the ultra-wealthy seems to be – literally – unthinkable.
www.monbiot.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
You might enjoy Monbiot’s piece:
“The multimillionaires it interviewed, in stark contrast to mere earthlings, saw budget deficits as the most important of the issues it listed, and climate breakdown as the least.”
www.monbiot.com/2025/11/11/b...
“The multimillionaires it interviewed, in stark contrast to mere earthlings, saw budget deficits as the most important of the issues it listed, and climate breakdown as the least.”
www.monbiot.com/2025/11/11/b...
Reposted by Charles Stewart
Anyways, it would be nice if Bluesky could grow but I think social media in general is hemorrhaging as people retreat from online life. Not really sure how one fixes that.
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Anyways, it would be nice if Bluesky could grow but I think social media in general is hemorrhaging as people retreat from online life. Not really sure how one fixes that.
It’s worth noting that the post-election plateau is much higher than the activity before. I wouldn’t give up hope that growth starts again.
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 AM
It’s worth noting that the post-election plateau is much higher than the activity before. I wouldn’t give up hope that growth starts again.
“exhausting joke non-getters”
Emoticons can help get the ratio of joke getters up.
Emoticons can help get the ratio of joke getters up.
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
“exhausting joke non-getters”
Emoticons can help get the ratio of joke getters up.
Emoticons can help get the ratio of joke getters up.
There’s a word for at least some of this: AI psychosis.
October 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
There’s a word for at least some of this: AI psychosis.
🔴Pro-Trump Tech Billionaires Are Poised to Cash In on Gaza’s ‘Peace’ Deal
The same digital technologies that helped the Israeli military target Gazans are now being embedded in its peacetime infrastructure, with Trump-supporting billionaires poised to benefit, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
The same digital technologies that helped the Israeli military target Gazans are now being embedded in its peacetime infrastructure, with Trump-supporting billionaires poised to benefit, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
Pro-Trump Tech Billionaires Are Poised to Cash In on Gaza's 'Peace' Deal
Documents show Tony Blair’s Ellison-funded institute designed Gaza’s recovery plan on data-driven lines echoing Oracle-Palantir war systems.
bylinetimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Great! That nudges me a bit closer to reading it.
October 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Great! That nudges me a bit closer to reading it.
Ah. Humour is often hard to recognise online: that’s a reason why some people always use emoticons with jokes.
October 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Ah. Humour is often hard to recognise online: that’s a reason why some people always use emoticons with jokes.
I get an error when I try to connect. Is it on regular DNS?
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I get an error when I try to connect. Is it on regular DNS?