@alexwild Fedi's where I go to hang out with friends. Bsky's where I go to catch up on the world and be sad.The iRC / Twitter gap is restored.

We very much need strong idependent journalism, and if transferring support from failing legacy media to local outlets and non-profits is what it takes, that's what we do.(I don't know about here, but over at bluesky if you search for "Washington Post" everyone is posting screencaps of their WashPo subscription cancellations.)

If billionaire media owners are manipulating their political coverage to appease Trump because they are scared of a potential Trump presidency, we gotta ask ourselves what we are doing wrong that they aren't fucking terrified of us as well.

This checks out. I'm getting tons of new #Bluesky followers in the past couple days.https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/18/24273435/bluesky-user-spike-x-tos-ai-changes-blocking

A snail-eating beetle, Scaphinotus, from Arizona. #insects #Scaphinotus #beetles