Should you delete twitter and get bluesky? (or just get a bluesky in general)?

delete twitter and get bluesky? here’s what i’ve found…

From Antifa International at Anarchistfederation on 1st December 2024, –via hthefreeonline at tps://wp.me/pIJl9-EYy Telegram t.me/thefreeonline

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should you delete twitter and get bluesky? (or just get a bluesky in general)? here’s what i’ve found:

yes. my answer was no before bc the former CEO of twitter who also sucked, jack dorsey, was on the board, but he left as of may 2024, and things have gotten a lot better. also a lot of japanese and korean artists have joined

don’t delete your twitter. lock your account, use a service to delete all your tweets, delete the app off of your phone, and keep your account/handle so you can’t be impersonated.

get a bluesky with the same handle, even if you won’t use it, also so you won’t be impersonated.

get the sky follower bridge extension for chrome or firefox. you can find everyone you follow on twitter AND everyone you blocked so you don’t have to start fresh: https://skyfollowerbridge.com/

learn how to use its moderation tools (labelers, block lists, NSFW settings) so you can immediately cut out the grifters, fascists, t*rfs, AI freaks, have the NSFW content you want to see if you so choose, and moderate for triggers. here’s a helpful thread with a lot of tools.

the bluesky phone app is pretty good, but there is also tweetdeck for bluesky, called https://deck.blue/ on desktop, if you miss tweetdeck.

bluesky has explicitly stated they do not use your data to train generative AI, which is nice to hear from an up and coming startup. obviously we can’t trust these companies and please use nightshade and glaze, but it’s good to hear.

As a Bluesky elder (derogatory) (no you will not find me), it’s important that you all know several other things about Bluesky.

We collectively bullied Jack Dorsey off the site because he was upset that we wanted moderation tools to limit racism, transphobia, etc. Now the moderation tools are powerful and we use them extensively. There have been bumps along the way, but… lol. lmao, even
The site has long been run by strange transgender people over 30. The user base expands, but they are the heart of it. More websites, organizations, systems of government, and other things of that nature should be organized thusly.
The first and most famous meme on the site was a sexy picture of Alf whose hog everybody wanted to see. When people say Alf Hog, this is what they’re referring to. Multiple sitting congressional representatives are explicitly aware of Alf Hog.
Posts are called skeets. You will learn to accept this.

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Erdogan’s Failed Attempt at banning Twitter

March 20, 2014 rob los ricos

WHO DIDN’T SEE THIS COMING?

Last year, following the outbreak of the Gezi Park protests, Turkey’s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, declared that twitter was a “headache.” Continue reading

Everyday Sexism Project gets 50,000 entries.. Join in now!

reblogged from feimineach / with thanks!

The fourth wave of feminism seems to be A Thing now and it’s all about the technology.

http://everydaysexism.com/

The campaign for women’s liberation never went away, but this year a new swell built up and broke through. Since the early summer, I’ve been talking to feminist activists and writers for a short book, All The Rebel Women, and as I tried to keep up with the protests, marches and talks, my diary became a mess of clashing dates. Continue reading “Everyday Sexism Project gets 50,000 entries.. Join in now!”

Key Blog stopped: Darker Net is going dark – bye, bye…

Darker Net is going dark – bye, bye…

Posted on September 29, 2013 by admin

Darker Net is closing down – going dark – going off the grid entirely – though we may reincarnate – in another time, in another place and with another name, so expect us… Meanwhile, after heading south and crossing two borders we are now approaching our destination – Chiapas – where we intend to stay for a while, perhaps indefinitely. Below, are some of the ‘highlights’ of the Darker Net ‘project’, together with closing remarks re some of the ‘themes’ we covered: above, is a video whereby at long last our true political philosophy is revealed!

Continue reading “Key Blog stopped: Darker Net is going dark – bye, bye…”

Taksim is everywhere..Back to Taksim

Back to Taksim

By @JFernandezLayos

[Greek translation here and in comments] Istanbul, June 23

Dear people,

It has been an extraordinary week of revolutionary assemblies in all parts of the city. But I have to admit, I kind of missed the tear gas.

Yesterday at last we were bound to have some. Continue reading “Taksim is everywhere..Back to Taksim”

Turkish killer Cops seizing Taksim at dawn, Gezi Park resists!

“Every place is Taksim, every place resistance,” the protesters chanted.

Turkish riot police have moved into Istanbul’s Taksim Square, which has been occupied by anti-government protesters for close to two weeks.Officers fired tear gas and rubber bullets, leading many protesters to flee the square into adjoining Gezi Park, where many have been camping.

Police dispersed chanting crowd and the human chain with very strong tear gas. #Taksim almost empty now. #gezipark pic.twitter.com/7XQ8UOm97u

— Zeynep Erdim (@zeynep_erdim) June 11, 2013

The move into the square by police comes after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to meet the protest organisers on Wednesday. With total cynicism the police appealed to the crowds ”not to attack them” as they themselves attacked with tear gas and smashed down barricades.

Incredibly the police chief claimed they had only come to remove a banner from the statue of Ataturk.

Backed by armoured vehicles, officers wearing helmets and carrying shields gathered around the square early on Tuesday before moving past barricades erected by protesters. They removed protesters’ banners which had been hung from a building overlooking the square.

Istanbul Governor Huseyin Avni Mutlu said the police had no intention of breaking up the protest in Gezi Park.

“Our aim is to remove the signs and pictures on Ataturk statue and the Ataturk Cultural Centre. We have no other aim,” he wrote on Twitter. “Gezi Park and Taksim will not be touched.” A similar message was broadcast by police via loudspeaker, but protesters in the square said they did not believe this.

SOLIDARITY APPEAL #turkishrevolution The platform of groups participating in the Taksim Square Occupation are calling for worldwide support and solidarity as they are again attacked, beaten, gassed, arrested and killed by State forces

The BBC’s Mark Lowen, who is in the square, says this was a deliberate show of force that may jeopardise Wednesday’s talks.

The demonstrations are now in their 12th day, with activists controlling much of Taksim Square. The unrest was sparked after police moved to suppress environmental protests over the redevelopment of Gezi Park on 31 May.

Three people have died and more than 5,000 have been injured since the protests began.

The attack seems designed to intimidate and show Erdogan to be a macho hero to his supporters, while cleaning the Gezi park still occupied, for fear of the giant mass protests against him.

AKP party plans curb on Twitter

The ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) has vowed to begin censoring Twitter in an effort to curb “dangerous” slander, the Turkish daily Hurriyet reports. It quotes Ali Şahin, the AKP’s vice chairman of media, as saying: ”A tweet containing lies and slander is much more dangerous than a vehicle loaded with a bomb. The explosion of a vehicle loaded with a bomb would be limited, but a tweet filled with lies and slander can lead to a climate of conflict. If the situation is serious, necessary precautions must be taken.” Last week the prime minister, Erdogan, branded Twitter a menace to society.