You really have to hand it to Putin. He conquered the US without lobbing a single bomb, just a bunch of memes. He banked on there being more useful idiots in this country than useless ones, and he was right. The most impressive hearts and minds campaign in history.
Feels timely
Yeah it sucks anyway. I unpinned it once I figured out how to make my own.
That process informs the “Discover” feed which runs on an algo. Certain feeds developed by Bluesky do run algos. The “Following” does not. Your suggestion does make content more visible to others in various ways. Feeds are opt in, by pinning/unpinning and you can make your own feeds/algos
Nobody puts Baby in the corner
Won't work for the intended pupose. Posts appear in chronological order in your Following feed. There is no algorithm. Create a list called "Favorites" and add your favorites to that. Pin the list as a feed. Part of value proposition of this App is the experience customization.
Realize that you *alone* are not responsible for stopping fascism, regardless of your abilities. We still have to exist in the current society while we work towards a better one.
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I guess nobody told him that Conservatives have wanted to dismantle the VA for decades.
Gulf of America is the new Freedom Fries
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I don’t even know how to cope psychologically with the fact that American lawmakers are apparently more motivated to ban TikTok than they are to fix gun control, guarantee bodily autonomy for all, or reject fascism
What we didn’t hear today from a Dem Senator- “Attorney General Bondi, may I remind you that Trump is a convicted felon, indicted by four separate grand juries and found guilty of 35 felony counts by a NY jury.” It would’ve taken 10 seconds to say this and shut down the “weaponization” garbage.
the main thing i've been trying to do in poems lately is surprise myself somehow in every line and idk if the poems are good but it's a helluva lot of fun
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Driving north on Cloverfield north of the 10 I could finally see the hills, not because the fire is finally under control but because there is nothing left to burn
Parts of Pasadena and Altadena are historic Black enclaves that are often overlooked in the narrative of Black L.A.
I heard from my hair stylist yesterday that her older Black mother lost her house. And there are so many stories like these emerging. This is so devastating.
