@rickgigger.bsky.social

@rickgigger.bsky.social

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The people who have migrated to Bluesky tend to be those who feel the most visceral disgust for Musk and Trump, plus a smattering of those who are merely curious and another smattering who are tired of the Al slop and unregenerate racism that increasingly pollutes their X feeds. Because the Musk and Trump haters are the largest and most passionate group, the result is something of an echo chamber where it's hard to get positive engagement unless you're saying things progressives want to hear — and where the negative engagement on things they don't want to hear can be intense. That's true even for content that isn't obviously political: Ethan Mollick, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School who studies Al, recently announced that he'll be limiting his Bluesky posting because Al discussions on the platform are too "fraught."
Book cover: The Political Brain, The Role of Emotion in deciding the fate of the nation by Drew Westen
You’ll have to answer to the Coca Cola company
Cover of the book “Liberal Fascism” by Jonah Goldberg
Panel 1: “I want things to be different” Panel 2: smashes everything in sight Panel 3: “oh no”