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🌈 Megs ✨

@megshensley.bsky.social

disaster researcher, financial sector business resiliency manager | keeper of two orange tabbies | 6th generation in my town | anything can become a three month rabbit hole research project https://www.zazzle.com/store/megsmerch

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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24h ago

If you show up to Bluesky without following anyone, you'll be treated to a series of posts about art, music, and dogs. If you show up to X without following anyone, you'll be bombarded with right-wing conspiracies and white supremacist slop. It's weird which one is seen as a "political bubble"

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · yesterday

I would like to propose the Taco Bell Principle When a person/institution Did A Problem, & IMMEDIATELY fesses up & takes proactive steps to solve it That's exactly what we want them to do? So how bout we let them live ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 3w ago

A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to!

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 22h ago

NEW: Judge Allison Burroughs in Massachusetts is *pissed* at DOJ. She does not hold back, calling out DOJ's bad-faith litigating in the TPS cases, in addition to the overarching "shameful cruelty" of what the Trump administration is doing. From her latest order in the Somalia TPS case:

Leaving aside the shameful cruelty inherent in eschewing a “wind down period” for people under threat of deportation, many of whom are productive members of our communities who have lived here for years, built a life here, worked here and raised their families here, the Court is mindful of both the Supreme Court ruling and the recent First Circuit judgment in this case. That said, the Court will also not abdicate its responsibility to make thoughtful, wellreasoned decisions after affording all parties a full and fair opportunity to be heard. It is therefore ORDERED that Plaintiffs respond to Defendants’ motion to lift the stay, [ECF No. 97], by 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2026. The Court further amends the scheduling order on supplemental briefing, [ECF No. 82]. Pursuant to the amended schedule, Defendants’ brief is also due by 5:00 p.m. on August 5, 2026, and any reply brief by Plaintiffs will be due by 5:00 p.m. on August 6, 2026. The Court anticipates a decision on Defendants’ motion, which will be accompanied by a decision on Plaintiffs’ emergency motion if the Court decides to lift the administrative stay, early next week. Should Defendants return to the First Circuit prior to that as they threaten in their motion, the Court will assume that it has lost jurisdiction, which will delay its rulings. SO ORDERED. August 4, 2026 /s/ Allison D. Burroughs ALLISON D. BURROUGHS U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE
Dan Izzo@izzos.net · yesterday

My GUESS is that this was the result of bad faith mass reporting. But BlueSky has shown it is ESPECIALLY vulnerable to that and very slow to correct it. So even if that is the case and this isn't actual "bad faith" moderation they need to figure that shit out.

Karrid 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️@karrid.myatproto.social · yesterday

Well, it appears that, sometime in the last 17 hours, Gwen Pepperoni was suspended for the crime of pointing out Ken Jennings' transphobia.

@escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 2d ago

Respectfully, MAHA stuff is the wedge that got RFK Jr into the position he is and is part of a much broader coalition against modern medicine and science, and engaging with it on "MAHA" terms (rather than trying to peel off who you can AWAY from it) legitimizes dangerous stuff. Please do better.

A.R. Moxon@juliusgoat.bsky.social · yesterday

Nor do we want to be on Truth Social. I would hate to find a welcome home there. I would hate to be somebody who would be palatable to such a place. We don't go on Truth, because nobody needs bullies. They *do* try to come on Bluesky, because bullies need the rest of us.

Ruth Zakarin@ruthz.bsky.social · yesterday

The burden is always on us lefties to welcome them, debate them, compromise with them, find middle ground, and generally make them comfortable. It’s totally one directional. No one is calling for Truth Social to make any room for us.

Jill Weinberger@jillybobww.bsky.social · 2d ago

The problem with saying, "You can be critical of pro-Israel & AIPAC-funded politicians & it's not antisemitic," is that it's actually true BUT if a rival can call a politician AIPAC-funded without any evidence & you'll just believe them because that politician is Jewish, that IS antisemitic.

🌈 Megs ✨@megshensley.bsky.social · 2d ago

And there are people on Al Gore's Internet upset at some comments from Democratic Socialists about dismantling our current "democracy." This is what we're talking about. The surveillance state we live in is not democracy. This is not a republic.

Tom Joscelyn@tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 2d ago

“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...