2026-06-17 11:35:00
Poland directs officials to ditch Signal in favor of 'secure' state-developed alternative
https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/18/poland-builds-its-own-signal-amid-security-co…
Trump said on Thursday that something should be done to
stop mail-in voting in Utah
ahead of the state's primaries next week.
https://www.
Fat Loser is now openly destroying American democracy on live TV.
#trump
☑️ How Trump’s address was bluntly aimed at destabilizing the US electoral system | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Did Bluesky get slashdotted?
Bluesky is down again, there are many reasons to use Mastodon, this is one of them...
#blueskydown
From bluesky, the Biodiversity Heritage Library€ who I ❤️ ❤️ ❤️:
@biodivlibrary.bsky.social€ BHL is featured in
@theguardian.com's Age of Extinction series.
The article highlights the extraordinary value of BHL and the urgent need to ensure it remains free and open into the future.
Please read and share:
As a small trial, I’m giving a joint timeline and posting app for Bluesky and mastodon a go. This means I will see both places and post in both places in the one feed. But it also means I may say a thing prompted by something I saw on one platform without context on the other. My apologies in advance for any confusion.
Marietje Schaake on Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/marietjeschaake.bsky.social/post/3mm25f7q5fc2a
Link from 📸:
Europe’s leaders must stop self-censoring - Marietje Schaake - FT
https://www.ft.com/content/c4a067dc-dfac-487b-906f-c9bbb73016e8
Product head Alex Benzer says Bluesky plans to add "communities" this year, smaller spaces to "go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff" (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/948215/bluesky-comm…
I LOVE SwearSky, it and the 3D Bluesky firehose visualizer are my two favorite "check this out" things for BlueSky
https://firehose3d.theo.io
Welp, looks like BlueSky is down again...
Marvel Comics is moving from NYC to Burbank, CA, the headquarters of Marvel Studios, and asks 100 NY-based employees to move to California by July 2027 (Borys Kit/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodrepor…
#digitaleSouveränität ist in aller Munde, wir haben einen Blick auf die europäischen Bluesky-Alternativen geworfen (und auch Mastodon nicht vergessen :-))
Social Media: jetzt ist Europa dran! #dnip
lol Bluesky is down yet again, does this mean another temporary activity blitz on here?
Bluesky is down 👀
Bluesky is a record store (David Karpf/The Future, Now and Then)
https://davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/bluesky-is-a-record-store
http://www.memeorandum.com/260515/p29#a260515p29
I think BlueSky is down again.
On Bluesky last night
Catherine Rampell noted that in documents Trump released
there were confirmations of Russia’s work on Trump’s behalf in 2020
and that China “did not intend to “try to affect the election.”
https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/…
From the Museums Association on Bluesky:
Read the 2026 Empowering Collections report now 📥
Back in 2019 we published Empowering Collections, a report which made recommendations calling for museums, funders and policy-makers to work together to ensure that museum collections are empowering, relevant and dynamic.
In 2022 I drove across Canada from Ottawa to northern BC. I remember driving for three full days around the top of Lake Superior with a wall of mostly dead trees on either side of the road the whole way, thinking, man when Ontario burns, there's going to be no stopping it. And here we are.
Via Bluesky:
It's great to see that @… has a Mastodon and a Bluesky account, now 🥰
Liebe Bluesky-Mitlesende, wenn Ihr auf mich reagiert und Eure Posts aber nur für eingeloggte Nutzer*innen sichtbar sind, dann kann ich die nicht lesen. Soweit reicht die Bridge nicht. Nur zur Info!
I don’t get into the Bluesky vs Mastodon debate. I instead use both platforms. If you do as well, might I suggest Indigo by @…? Get your feeds together in one app and react/engage with posts.
Also, unlike this one, many of my skeets don’t get here. Something about @… doesn’t pick them all up. Probably bsky is sinking the stuff they determine not interesting or whatever.
I despise algorithmic feeds where I can’t fix my algorithm. @…
A Bit of Tedious Drama At Bluesky https://www.popehat.com/p/a-bit-of-tedious-drama-at-bluesky
«Elon Musk is the world’s richest man — a trillionaire, briefly, until a market correction. He and his ideology are also supported by the administration of the most powerful n…
Mastodon/Bluesky has truly replaced Twitter
I had a client reporting issues with Slack and i didn’t see anything on the web, but was able to verify they had issues via Mastodon and Bluesky lol
Meldung von #Bluesky:
"Mein Führer, das #Porschloch konnte nicht genug #Nazibots massieren. Der Angriff Porschloch fand nicht statt."
Ja, ich entdeckte dies auf Bluesky, aber trotzdem: #sound
Folks, I'm curious.
Over on Bluesky I was bragging about the warm and welcoming attitude to trans people that I have noticed on the Fediverse, and was attacked by a couple of people with obvious mental health problems, but also one polite and rational person who sent me this link, to a 3 year old blog.
It's loooooooog. But skim-reading it, it is detailing some weird bunch who purportedly were/are(?) taking over moderation in the Fedi.
Anyone even heard of this?
Hoofdschuddende Max Verstappen komt ook in laatste training tekort, George Russell favoriet | Sport | De Gelderlander.nl
https://www.gelderlander.nl/meer-sport/hoofdschuddende-max-verstappen-komt-ook-in-laatste-training-tekort-george-russell-favoriet~ac08633b/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
Bluesky interim CEO Toni Schneider becomes the company's permanent CEO, four months after succeeding Jay Graber (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/10/blueskys-interim-ceo-toni-schneider-drops-the-interim/
Every social media platform I'm on (Twitter, Threads, Bluesky) I'm seeing a very necessary and solid level of tough-but-important conversations and fights. about the clashes between (Far?) Leftism and real Black folks who actually participate in politics*
Except here. Same ol same ol do-nothing far-left type stuff except also WITHOUT the "good but ugly" fights
(*Yes, I'm aware I'm being harsh here, but I don't have better terminology and its importa…
I don't understand why people respond to me on bluesky (thanks to my allowing myself to be federated to bluesky), when they don't allow themselves to be federated from bluesky out to the Fediverse. How do they think I'm going to respond to them?
Almost every recent example has been a #HamRadio post, so — if you see this and have been wondering why I didn't respond to you, please a…
Some BlueSky numpty just replied to my latest blog post saying that you can't make sure that your web app is accessible by using tooling because you need to just know what is accessible and what isn't. That's definitely an energy.
Welp. #Facebook is (intermittently) down and at least I got confirmation here on the Fediverse (and also on Bluesky). 🤷
This is a really great assessment of Indigo
https://beige.party/@maxleibman/116570447176194571
“McConnell says
‘I didn’t have a heart attack or a stroke.’
But nowhere in the letter does he address the cardiac arrest,” Journalist Ken Klippenstein wrote.
“Swapping out ‘cardiac arrest’ for ‘heart attack’ is a clever move because most people use the two terms interchangeably.
They are not.”
Klippenstein went on to argue that McConnell's statement was a
"masterclass in political manipulation"
– technically accurate in denying he'd…
Bluesky rolls out a Standard.site integration, letting users read long form articles, blog posts, and newsletters published across AT Protocol-powered apps (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/28/bluesky-embraces-long-form-conten…
From @… on bluesky:
@hadro.bsky.social€
Calling library and general GLAM data people 📜📚: If you were looking for training data related to historical city directories, where would you look?
I'm considering fine-tuning a small GLAM model to parse 19th and early 20th century city directories, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel!
This is in th…
“Influencers and thought leaders stand to gain from this practice where a self-sustaining industry of humans and bots generates an illusion of engagement,”
https://restofworld.org/2026/virtual-a
‼️ BlueSky-Bridging von @… beibehalten? ‼️
Seit > 2 Jahren bridge ich die Inhalte von Mastodon zu Bluesky mithilfe des Dienstes https://bsky.brid.gy.
Ich bin mir unsicher,…
Loopt lekker met die oorlog tegen Iran.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/navy…
I think this is the most cyberpunk headline I’ve seen in years lol
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iwkpnloxpi5qvv33yguofqfg/post/3mlt7i74j422u
Canada bij de EU? Dit piepkleine eiland kan het verschil maken - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4HHEdbwzp4
Dankzij een eilandje waar Canada en Denemarken heel lang over gestreden hebben en het eiland 4 jaar geleden verdeeld is, zou Canada wellicht kunnen toetreden tot de EU...
Misschien moet Marokko dan ook maar zo'n deal met een EU land maken ... Dr valt vast wel een eilandje te verzinnen waar je ruzie over kunt krijgen en kunt bijleggen.
(Via Wilco Veldhorst
@wilcoveldhorst.bsky.social op Bluesky)
Investigators in Trump Assassination Attempt Look Through Bluesky for Suspect's Motive (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/us/politics/cole-allen-coldforce-bluesky-investigation.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260427/p114#a260427p114
Trump announced Monday that the United States will reinstate its naval blockade of Iran and be
"reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped" through the Strait of Hormuz, a levy he did not explain.
Trump said the strait itself would stay open to every country other than Iran.
Hours earlier, in a call-in to Fox News, he said:
"We're taking over the strait. They've got nothing."
He added that the US would "probably run it&q…
Bluesky is said to have "skeet" and Mastodon "toot" but just now I saw someone on Bluesky use "blute" (Blue toot?) which I kind of like. (I suppose "bleet" would have sounded too sheepish. (bleat) 😂)
I've never felt comfortable with post, because it sounds like you are sending a letter - and I hate both skeet and toot and don't use them.
Personally, I would have preferred to retain "tweet" and "retweet" - two well…
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bluesky-Ausfall: DDoS-Angriff angeblich von iranischer Gruppe „313 Team“
CNN's Harry Enten was floored on Sunday as he discussed new polling that shows Democrats have gained momentum in a key Senate race,
even after the candidate who won the party's primary dropped out.
Last week, oyster farmer Graham Platner suspended his campaign for the Maine Senate seat against incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) after multiple allegations of sexual harassment and rape were lodged against him.
Platner has described the allegations as "serious,&…
Also I think I'll make the jump from Bluesky to Eurosky, this month 👀
Bluesky Says Kremlin Is Hacking Its Platform to Spread Propaganda
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/business/bluesky-russia-hacking-accounts.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
Bluesky and Clemson researchers detail a novel Russian influence campaign that hijacked legitimate, influential accounts to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda (Steven Lee Myers/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/…
Noch ein paar der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Bluesky: Russische Akteure kapern angeblich Accounts und verbreiten Propaganda
EXCLUSIVE: WHCD shooter's BlueSky posts REVEALED, aggressively anti-Trump, JD Vance, pro-Ukraine (The Post Millennial)
https://thepostmillennial.com/exclusive-whcd-shooters-bluesky-posts-revealed-aggressively-anti-trump-jd-vance-pro-ukraine
http://www.memeorandum.com/260426/p73#a260426p73
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn is warning that Donald Trump could face “the most miserable two years of his life”.
In his first extensive interview on June 11, Cornyn,
who lost his seat against Attorney General Ken Paxton (whom Trump endorsed), in the Texas Republican primary runoff in May,
said that there is growing sentiment among Senate Republicans that
Trump was hurting his own party with "self-serving decisions" and "slavish" loyalty
— ultimately …
Hahahahahahahahahahhahhahhahahhahhahhahahha
*choking sounds*
Hahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah
https://bsky.app/profile/koldinium.com/post/3mky4hw5a5c2i
Today I learned that the 'Open Social Web Alliance' wants to harmonize the protocols of the Fediverse and the Atmosphere and it's exactly what I meant when I said I wanna have the best of both worlds c:
In my case Mastodon x Bluesky 😁
Let's see how far they'll come by the end of 2027 ^^
Don Lemon's Lemon Media Network is expanding its newsroom and operations teams after surpassing 10M followers, with half of its growth in the past year alone (Stephanie Kaloi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/…
So…neat thing about #IndigoApp?
Now that I have a consolidated Mastodon BlueSky timeline?
They blend together REALLY well.
My 2 personally curated, non-algorithmic feeds are compatible.
That’s kinda neat.
Downside? That thing I mentioned about ❤️ keeping my reading place?
I’m like 4k behind. 😂
Police are using surveillance tech to stalk love interests. Dystopia, here we come
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/02/fl…
Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama provided new information about Graham’s unexpected death to reportersMonday evening.
A woman who worked as Graham’s scheduler, and who had previously been Tuberville’s scheduler, received a phone call from the South Carolina Republican Saturday night.
While Tuberville did not identify the scheduler, a staffer named Taylor Stephens was the scheduling director for the late senator, and previously held the same role in Tuberville’s office.
Gra…
Man, @ of
“Workshopping a theory with love in my heart for sane users of both platforms:
People get bullied off Bluesky, but annoyed off Mastodon”
Definitely getting some traction😂
(expanding “bullying” to include mods being dipshits, ofc)
https://bsky.app/profile/cldek.bsky.so
This looks like an impressive achievement by AI , post from Ethan Mollick on BlueSky. The token cost will be immense I think.
https://bsky.app/profile/emollick.bsky.social/post/3mqev3ailf223
Switzerland’s right-wing SVP party is urging voters to “send a clear signal” to policymakers to curb what it calls “overwhelming” population growth.
If Swiss voters back the population curb proposal, the country’s Federal Council and parliament will have to roll out measures to curb population growth until 2050.
Immigration systems would be tightened if the population exceeded 9.5 million at any point over the next 24 years,
with asylum and family reunification programs fir…
I have to say my favorite feature of Indigo as a BlueSky client is: no more clicking on an external link (or going and doing something for a couple minutes), only to find that the default BS client has refreshed my timeline, and I’ve lost the original post and my place reading.
Quite a lot of journalists and political columnist types find progressives more irritating than they find Nazis off-putting.
https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3mlqxgn3hzk2i/l-quote/1_146-1_807#1_146
So, not only does Indigo let you cross-post, it does this; you can flip between the versions:
https://mastodon.social/@Wraithe/116564819499359796
At least 80% of the world lives under light-polluted skies
—a figure that rises to 99% in America and Europe.
A paper published in Science found that between 2011 and 2022 the night sky grew almost 10% brighter each year.
With so many places awash with artificial light, people are increasingly seeking out the darkness.
What’s wild about it, is that the drop off in quality and reputation is almost entirely due to Elon Musk
Via @… over on BlueSky
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc…
“First they came for the New York Times and I… fuck I have to say something about this don’t I?
Who’s the next one on the poem? Could I maybe wait for that one?”
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:e4tqkvdjxqapupkv6rnb6agp/post/3mqeqd3ptec2u
And yet, it’s only been like a year or so since the “wait, Bluesky lets you use the N-word as part of your username?” fiasco, so I’n kinda resignedly unsuprised.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2v3xmctosh2de2wnjqt5cxpg/post/3mngug52eos2p
The U.S. men’s national team is barrelling into the World Cup’s round of 16 after Wednesday night’s 2-0 victory
https://www.wsj.com/sports/soccer/folarin-balogun-red-card-48c66b2f?mod=bluesky