I don’t think most people even remember why Bluesky was created any more at this point. But it certainly wasn’t to have yet another social media app where you account depended on the whims of a very small group.

Yep. It’s amazing how fast you can go from liberal to MAGA and back again just based on who you’re criticizing.

“They did it first so we get to do it too” is a position that fails to acknowledge that many of us don’t fit into either “we” or “they”.

It’s weird. I wouldn’t necessarily agree with it but you could make a dispassionate argument about certain individuals being unfairly targeted by the incoming administration and there being a need to protect them from legal overreach. But so few are approaching it that way. It’s all “lol who cares?”

If you have to be related to Biden to benefit from the fact that he doesn’t care about precedence or appearances in the next two months that’s pretty messed up.

Gotta be honest, wasn’t thinking of that aspect. Good point.

I have little doubt he’ll commit an impeachable offense. But I’m actually pretty skeptical that there are enough Republicans in the House willing to hold him accountable.

Thank you!

He revealed the U.S. government was violating the law with its own citizens as the victims. Obama didn’t do that. The thousands of others who knew about the illegal program said nothing. You don’t have to use the word hero if you don’t like it but you should acknowledge how everyone else failed

Generative AI has lots of use cases as well. Perhaps none specific to you but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

That’s not what I said. An echo chamber is when you can’t find a community and and dissenting opinions get ran off the site even when they try to engage in good faith