Thomas Franz

@thomasafranz.bsky.social

Graduate student and refugee from Twitter. I love science, space, cute/spooky art, and animals. AuDHD and proud. Mad scientist. I have friends everywhere.

Hello, Bluesky! Want to crash out with me? Trump is making an “AI Force”, like Space Force. He claims that any concerns about the technology are a leftist hoax and we should push ahead at full steam. As a scientist, there is nothing I can do to stop this. With Congress out til after the midterms

Welcome to all those making the exodus to Bluesky. Tons of people are dropping guides and such, but I just want to wish you all a happy holiday. Come make yourself comfortable and enjoy the community!

🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋 It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!

Tips: moving from Xitter to Bsky

Before you start following people, fill out your profile! Bio, PFP, banner, and post at least 5 to 10 things. Just reuse your top 10 banger tweets—recycling is encouraged! This way, people will know you aren’t a bot, will see what you are about, and might follow back.

Turn off NSFW filters in Settings > Moderation > Enable Adult Contentand at the bottom on Settings > Moderation > Bluesky Mod Service

Find your friends from the hellsite using Sky-Follower-Bridge.devNot perfect, but it will find the majority of the people you were following.Beware of fake tools that ask for money!

Follow a few feeds related to your interests. In bsky you choose what kind of content you want to see. You can pin feeds (into tabs) to the top of your timeline, and you always have access to the Following feed which shows nothing but who you choose to follow.

Block often. Don’t interact with trolls. Don’t quote dunk, comment, nothing. Let them rot in silence, take away their oxygen and they’ll asphixiate. This is the Bsky way.

Turn off language filters in Settings > Languages > Content Languages
Or you won’t see posts from anyone in Japan, Germany, etc, in your feeds, even if they only post a cool image with no text. Weird, but trust me on this one. Uncheck all to see all posts.

Fuck content scrapers. Do not let that trash overwhelm this site, do not share their stolen content. You can block them all with two clicks by going to joabaldwin.com/scrapers and on the top-right clicking on Subscribe > Block Accounts (I know, “Subscribe” is an odd thing to name it, but that’s how block lists work).

Use alt text to make images accessible. Helps for translations, readability, findability, and users with slow internet. Turn on Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting

It takes time to rebuild, but the best time to do it is right now. Use your last tweets to tell everyone to move, then stop posting. Twitter is a Nazi/AI/bot/crypto cesspit.

So there is a resolution (bill? Idk) trying to get a vote in the House that would force the release of the Epstein files. 10 Republicans are promising to pass it, including Lauren Bobert and MTG. As my favorite song states, “this storm brings strange loyalties.”

Ok, so I am incredibly sad to have to say this. ChatGPT is not god. Or a god. Or self aware. Or some sort of angel/akashic sprite/whatever other bullshit. It is a word calculator. I can build my own LLM over the course of a couple weeks. It is not magic! www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies

Marriages and families are falling apart as people are sucked into fantasy worlds of spiritual prophecy by AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT

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I want to vent about something near and dear to my heart, and the hearts of many autistic people. Board game companies are getting destroyed by these tariffs. A hobby I have enjoyed all my life is in jeopardy because of one idiot in office. Lawsuits have been filed though, and I say give them hell!

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