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Cancer & Neuro Divergent Lived Experiences Support plus Because the #neurodivergent experience with #cancer can be horribly tough and toxic & there are so few #supportive, #caring spaces specifically for #ND cancer patients. DMs welcome. Pls share.

Amazon, Facebook, and Google all have reams of data about you—including your likes and dislikes, health information and social connections—but they’re not the only ones. Countless murky data brokers that you’ve never heard of collect huge quantities of information about you and sell it on. #TechSky

6 Ways to Delete Yourself From the Internet

You’ll never be able to get a clean slate—but you can significantly downsize your digital footprint.

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new to bluesky? just wrote the guide i wish i had: - why 20M people are here - what actually works - how to find your people - the secret sauce (custom feeds!) - starter packs that don't suck 👉 il.ly/tech/bluesky ps: yes, you can build bots. yes, the API works. no, there's no ads. wild, right?

Bluesky: The Next Big Social Media Platform

Bluesky is a new social media platform that has been gaining popularity in the US. It's similar to Twitter but with some unique features.

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Also, holy shit, Bluesky sends real traffic. Will update this tomorrow with firm numbers but journalism is going to move here for sure. Twitter is a drop in the bucket. It's over, but we are so back, and so on and so forth

My autistic masks were a prison created by my abusers over my entire life. They were the 'me' I would think of, they were a filter every impulse went through. They told me what I could and couldnt think about. But they were not me.

NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform. With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.

Bluesky Now Has 24 Million Users. Jay Graber Is Still Vowing to Keep It From Enshittification

At WIRED's The Big Interview event, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber discussed the booming user numbers for the Twitter rival and why giving social media users more control is a recipe for success.

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The biggest barrier of those in the disability community is that which denies them the same quality of life the able-bodieds enjoy. For some reason there is an undercurrent of insistence those whose lives are lived differently should be expected to accept a lower standard of living.

April Sparkles 💛🍁@aprilsparkles.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities “27% of Canadians aged 15 years or older, or 8 million people, have one or more disabilities, and that 72% of people with disabilities experience barriers to accessibility in their day to day lives.” 💛 #Disability

The answer is #Mounjaro will cost me $225/month now that the #Medicare donut hole has been eliminated. I paid $11/month in 2024!!! How can I afford my #diabetes medication? That’s simple: I can’t! And #LillyCares doesn’t offer a #PAP for Mounjaro. #WTF #Lilly ???

I am that.@cfborne.bsky.social · 2y ago

My #diabetes medication is #Mounjaro. It also helps my #raredisease called #mecfs. I paid $11 a month for the drug in 2024 until I went into the #Medicare donut hole and my copay increased to $227. Since the donut hole is eliminated in 2025, what do you think the drug will cost me each month?