Banco Central limita Pix e TED em nova regra para combater o crime organizado, confira os detalhes - Gazeta
O Banco Central (BC) divulgou nesta sexta-feira (5) um pacote de medidas com o objetivo de reforçar a segurança do Sistema Financeiro Nacional, em resposta aoGazeta Brasil
Decentralization, Bluesky, Blah Blah Blah...
So plenty of pieces this week pushing back on Fedi criticism of #Bluesky's centralization. 'Who cares? People on Bluesky like it. Booooring. Typical Mastodon scold culture. Why does it matter?'
So, why does it matter? Let's get into it.
Last night Computer Scientist Kirus @BlueCircuitDragon posted a fascinating thread:
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"They are essentially setting up a massive cognitohazard zone to push propaganda."
Huh? 🤔
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Miss Italia, chi sono le 40 finaliste. La vincitrice sarà incoronata il 15 settembre
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Miss Italia, chi sono le 40 finaliste. La vincitrice sarà incoronata il 15 settembre
Sono state scelte a Numana le ragazze che si aggiungono alle venti Miss Regione già in finaleLa Stampa
#AI makes me kinda feel like knowing the sun is turning off in a few years. Nothing we can do. Should we try to ignore it, be depressed or just enjoy ourselves?
Yet it also seems like we should be able to make it illegal worldwide since it requires certain chips and so many resources. Advanced systems can't be run in somebody's basement, right? IDK
#Music #Blues #Live #YouTube #christone_kingfish_ingram
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Das Bild zeigt eine appetitlich aussehende Pizza auf einem blauen Teller mit einem goldenen Rand. Die Pizza hat eine dünne, goldbraune Kruste und ist mit einer Mischung aus Käse, Ham und Ananas belegt. Der Käse ist geschmolzen und leicht gebräunt, was auf eine gutes Backen hinweist. Ananasstücke sind über die Pizza verteilt, und Hamstreifen sind sichtbar. Der Teller steht auf einem dunklen Tisch, und im Hintergrund sind ein Glas Bier und ein Glas mit dunkler Flüssigkeit zu sehen, sowie ein Besteck auf einem gelben Serviettenhalter. Die Pizza ist garniert mit einer Kräuterpulverung, die auf der Oberfläche verteilt ist.
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The Problem of Tonnage
If you’ve read Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon, you may recall “the problem of tonnage.” For those who haven’t, Koestler illuminates a great deal about our current predic…ALEXANDER KARN
If, as Sir Laurie Magnus, the Govt.’s ethics adviser, concluded that, Angela Rayner’s “unfortunate failure” to settle her tax liability in the first instance (on legal advice), means she failed to meet the “highest possible standards of proper conduct”.... then either, the threshold of 'proper conduct' is somehow different for working class women, or there are an awful lot of minsters who may find their behaviour will also fail to meet this new (lower) threshold.
#politics
h/t FT for quotes
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Hmmm.... have you read the actual report of the investigation?
As far as her status as working class - she comes from a working class background, but I guess you could say she isn't any longer having become Deputy PM.... but if you want our legislators to be paid the average UK wage, that suggests a rather different political point
I know the background of Angela Rayner.
She had a very hard start in a working class family.
At the time of her resignation she was executive level
I included medan wage to show the tax evasion was around a years earnings for working people
We should also note sewage speech emitter Farage saved a similar sum by letting his partner purchase a property
assume Rayner did what others told her was normal and tripped up on details.
I hope others also face consequences
Farage!!
🚨"Immigration saved Beardstown, IL. Grew its tax base. Expanded its schools. Put bus' in empty storefronts. Now. Gone."
-K Wernowsky
The Cuban couple had spent the past year building a life they were proud of.
Aware of the growing hostility toward #immigrants in the US, they were determined to enter legally. Among 100s of IMMs *arrived thru humanitarian parole programs *rescinded by: #TrumpRegime, forced to...
#Racism #Fascism #DHS #Economy #Deportations #Protest #USPol
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Immigrants helped save this Illinois meatpacking town. Trump cut hundreds from its workforce.
This story is supported by funding from the Chicago Region Food Systems Fund. Esta historia también está disponible en español aquí. In Beardstown, Illinois, the Cuban couple had spent the past year building a life they were proud of.Juan Vassallo, Investigate Midwest (Investigate Midwest)
Ichsagmal.com: Ich, meine Maschinen und die anderen: Digitale Renaissance oder industrielle Restauration – Warum Europa den Mut zur sanften KI-Revolution braucht ichsagmal.com/ich-meine-maschi…
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Die Geschichte kennt Momente, in denen eine Gesellschaft durch ein schlichtes Symbol ihr Selbstverständnis ändert. Portugal 1974: Nelken in den Gewehrläufen.gsohn (ichsagmal.com)
Afghanistan, nuova scossa devasta l’est: oltre 2.200 morti
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Afghanistan, nuova scossa devasta l’est: oltre 2.200 morti
Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo Afghanistan, nuova scossa devasta l’est: oltre 2.200 mortiRedazione Sky TG24 (Sky TG24)
"Greta"
After I destroyed my 35mm lens during my last shoot, which is now out of focus on one side, I treated myself to a used Sigma Art 18-35 f/1.8 as a replacement.
Greta thinks it has potential😂
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#BlackAndWhite #schwarzweiss #Monochrome #Mannequin
#Portrait
Botta e risposta Putin-Zelensky, pace Ucraina ancora lontana
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Botta e risposta Putin-Zelensky, pace Ucraina ancora lontana
Leggi su Sky TG24 l'articolo Botta e risposta Putin-Zelensky, pace Ucraina ancora lontanaRedazione Sky TG24 (Sky TG24)
Mi sento molto responsabile di aver consigliato mio fratello di imparare a fare il web dev su Linux.
Nonostante al momento non abbia purtroppo abbastanza spazio sul mio portatile di provarlo.
Mediobanca, le adesioni all'opas di Mps salgono al 45,8% - Notizie - Ansa.it
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Mediobanca, le adesioni all'opas di Mps salgono al 45,8% - Notizie - Ansa.it
Alla vigilia della fine dell'opas di Mps su Mediobanca le adesioni all'offerta sono salite al 45,8% del capitale. Nella seduta odierna, risulta dai dati di Borsa Italiana, sono state apportate 43.747.119 azioni, pari a oltre il 5% del capitale.Agenzia ANSA
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Das Bild zeigt eine Holzpfosten, der mit einer Vielzahl von verflochtenen und verhedderten elektrischen Leitungen und Drahten bedeckt ist. Die Leitungen sind in verschiedenen Zuständen, einige sind gebrochen oder abgebrochen, was auf eine mangelnde Wartung hinweist. Einige der Leitungen sind dick und dick, während andere dünn und dürr sind. Der Pfosten selbst ist aus Holz und zeigt Anzeichen von Alter und Witterungseinflüssen, wie Rost und Verfärbung. Im Hintergrund ist ein leicht bewölkter Himmel zu sehen, der die Leitungen und den Pfosten hervorhebt. Die Komposition des Bildes fokussiert auf die chaotische Anordnung der Leitungen, die aus dem Pfosten herausragen und sich in alle Richtungen verstreuen.
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日本の対米投資、トランプ氏に「完全な裁量権」＝米商務長官 | ロイター - WACOCA NEWS
ラトニック米商務長官は５日、４日発表された日米関税合意の覚書に盛り込まれた５５００億ドル（約８１兆円）の対米投資の行き先について、トランプ大統領に「完全な裁量権」が与えられているとの見解を示した。ＣＮＢＣとのインタビューで語った。WACOCA News Editor (WACOCA NEWS)
Attesa sul testamento, Armani resta 'di famiglia' - Notizie - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/economia/2025/09/05/attesa-sul-testamento-armani-resta-di-famiglia_eff678fb-09c2-4076-b823-57d2e6d4f8b8.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Attesa sul testamento, Armani resta 'di famiglia' - Notizie - Ansa.it
Il sostegno dei dipendenti ai parenti. Nuovo corso dopo i funerali (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
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Story: UK’s Keir Starmer forced into sweeping reshuffle as deputy quits
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UK’s Keir Starmer forced into sweeping reshuffle as deputy quits
Rejig of Starmer’s team comes just days after a relaunch of his struggling administration.Noah Keate (POLITICO)
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Lasciando perdere la vicenda principale, improbabile, il film viaggia a corrente alternata, tra molti bassi e qualche buon momento.
📝Voto: 5½ /10
"Police" di Anne Fontaine, 98 minuti, 2020.
-Tre agenti hanno il compito di scortare un immigrato illegale all'aeroporto Charles de Gaulle, dove sarà costretto a salire su un aereo e rispedito in patria. Tuttavia, Virginie si rende conto che …- da themoviedb.org
#cinema #film #movies #5settembre #cineMastodon #cineitalia
EEUU presiona a la UE para subir aranceles a los vehículos eléctricos chinos.
China responde con firmeza, tal y como respondió a Trump, y quien puede salir perdiendo es el campo español.
Pagaremos la política lamebotas de la UE hacia EEUU si no tomamos medidas para evitarlo.
March, 2023
#Leica #LeicaM6 #35mmFilm #FilmPhotography #Film #BelieveInFilm #Analog #FilmIsNotDead #HeyLomography #LomoColor800
Alla IUAV a Venezia distributori di assorbenti gratuiti.
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L’innovazione all’Università Iuav di Venezia: nei bagni i distributori di assorbenti gratis
I distributori installati in alcune sedi della facoltà di Architettura. L’Udu: «Servizio fondamentale ma la vittoria è solo parziale: purtroppo non ci sono a Ca' Foscari»il Nord Est
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EU Slaps Google With Massive €2.95 Billion Antitrust Fine
EU Slaps Google With Massive €2.95 Billion Antitrust Fine
The European Commission has slapped Google with a €2.95 billion fine for abusing its dominance in the search advertising market through "self-preferencing" practices, according to a new ft.com/content/8f8bcd37-2e39-4…
report. The EU ordered Google to end these behaviors within two months or risk a potential breakup. This marks one of the largest EU fines against a company, following the €4.12 billion Android fine in 2018.
EU competition chief Teresa Ribera warned Google to draw up a "serious remedy to address its conflicts of interest, and if it fails to do so, we will not hesitate to impose strong remedies."
Lee-Anne Mulholland, Google's global head of regulatory affairs, called the fine "unjustified" and said "it requires changes that will hurt thousands of European businesses by making it harder for them to make money."
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The commission's investigation began around 2021, with formal charges issued in 2023. Brussels warned back then that the only solution for Google might be breaking up its ad-tech business.
Not since US v Microsoft, filed in 1998, has Silicon Valley been so threatened.
Meanwhile, in the US, Google earlier this week avoided a breakup order after a judge ruled against forcing divestitures of Chrome or Android. Instead, Google must share more data and stop exclusive distribution deals.
"Plaintiffs Over-Reached": Alphabet Shares Soar After Judge Rules In Antitrust Case t.co/wpHPO05oKA
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Even as Brussels and Washington ramp up antitrust actions against the tech giant, its New York-listed shares have gone parabolic this year.
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ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zeroTyler Durden (www.zerohedge.com)
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Out for a walk at Wychbury hillfort, it's been a while since I did this. Today seemed to be about tree roots, and the hills Ents watched stoically as I took their pictures. A Butterfly even posed for me, quite beautifully.
#hillfort #wood #woods #nature #photo #photography #naturephotography #walk #hiking #england #english #getoutside
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Abuso di posizione dominante, 60 giorni di tempo per ristabilire la normalità. Ribera: "Istituzioni pubbliche devono agire"
Nuova maxi-multa Ue a Google: 2,95 miliardi per violazione delle regole sulla pubblicità
Google accusata di abuso di posizione dominante, 60 giorni di tempo per ristabilire la normalità. Ribera: "Istituzioni pubbliche devono agire"Emanuele Bonini emanuelebonini (Eunews)
"According to the newspaper, French authorities have also asked hospitals to prepare for the possibility of treating several thousand soldiers over a period ranging from 10 to 180 days."
Is Macron preparing a special military operation?
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Is President Emmanuel Macron really preparing to take France to war in 2026?
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Is President Emmanuel Macron really preparing to take France to war in 2026?
Revelations in the satirical newspaper "Le Canard enchaîné" have created controversy, leading many Internet users to accuse the government of secretly preparing for war.Estelle Nilsson-Julien (Euronews.com)
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Kendall Scudder replaces Gilberto Hinojosa, who chaired the party through a 12-year period of brief-lived hope punctuated by profound disappointment. Hinojosa, whose native South Texas veered toward Trump last fall, resigned his position midterm. texasobserver.org/texas-democr…
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'Disrupting Systems to Help the Little Guy': Texas Dem Chair Embraces Economic Populism
Kendall Scudder on Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg, disaster politics, and his state's economic successGus Bova (The Texas Observer)
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in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •OK, that's a lot. Let's back up a bit.
Social media platforms are influence engines. All of them are. The state of media today is that most communication is not simply to inform, but to influence others to behave and take desired actions. The deal with social media platforms is that they provide technology to enable these communications, but most are not neutral.
And, this is important, the monetary valuation of a platform is directly related to the degree of outsized influence it wields.
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in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •So, back to Kirus' thread. It's pretty technical, but the criticism basically boils down to his analysis that they are herding users into "clusters" where they are "close" to each other, and in particular, to specific users (influencers) promoted by their algorithm. This methodology is superchanged by Bluesky Starter Packs which provide ready made clusters.
This network topology is ripe for wielding influence because the network operator has control over what is algorithmically promoted.
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in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •The critical thing here is that platform architecture itself is the problem. It doesn't particularly matter whether the influence being asserted by the operator is good, evil or benign. This can change, as we saw when Musk bought Twitter. What matters is that the platform is designed to enable the operator to assert maximal influence, and it does so by clustering users and fostering algorithmic "virality".
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in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •Quoting Kirus: "They're creating a system where everyone orbits nodes with a high amount of influence."
Contrast this with Mastodon. "Bad ideas spread like viruses. It's called memetics. #Mastodon is too open, and the people aren't clustered. Bluesky is making sure you're clustered together." And again, once clustered, vulnerable to algorithmic manipulation.
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in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •So, now back to why decentralization matters. Bluesky CEO Jay Graber expressed it well in her "No Caesars" charm offensive. If #Bluesky were to become evil, you can fork off. That is, go to another node in the network. Well, you can't because there is no place to go. But, more importantly, as a Bluesky user you are ensconced in a sophisticated influence engine. You are along for the ride, and have no perspective on your experience versus that of other users of the network on other nodes.
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in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •In closing, it should be said that Bluesky is not AT Protocol. Clustering and algorithmic virality are characteristics of platforms not protocols. There are other fledgling platforms on AT Protocol, most notably Blacksky, which do not employ the same influence concentrating techniques, but they are miniscule by comparison to the Bluesky corporate platform.
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some direkt content of #biski
and #api_action
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## Deep Search
By activating Fetch also n+1, the plugin will fetch the selected handles network and also the network of the handles found.
/!\ Keep in mind that this can be very long as some users has a long list of followers or follows. /!\
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in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •What do you mean exactly when you write algorithm?
I'm not aware of an algorithm on Bluesky that makes posts go viral due to the software by itself promoting particular posts.
It works much like in the Fediverse: I only get to see posts and boosts by those I follow – and only if I happen to come across it in the time window I am browsing my feed, say, posts from the last 2 hours. If they posted or boosted 3 hours ago, I won't see it.
And the software will not recommend the post to me out of its own accord.
Their post is a dead fish if they posted outside my scrolling window.
Starter packs have been around on Bluesky forever. It's a list of users curated by another user. You can serial-follow all listed entries by a single click.
I made use of several Starter Packs curated by climate scientists.
A remarkable circumstance on Bluesky that prevents virility: the users there do not boost what they find interesting. They also don't do top level posts but reduce their activity to writing replies.
I think, that's in part because the Twix algorithm had taught them that top level postings are for nought anyway – due to the Twix algorithm that hides no-name posts from others based on whatever behavioural statistics.
On Bluesky, the not-boosting "culture" creates the feedback loop: it discourages users from doing a top level post because once outside the scrolling time window of their followers, top level posts are dead fish and the software won't ever revive them – because there is no recommendation algorithm as in "based on your interaction with post x, I offer you post y because it has some of the same keywords" or somesuch.
All this works against posts going viral. Which is good.
anlomedad
in reply to anlomedad • • •Users drive the clustering around big accounts because they reduce themselves to replies-only – if they interact at all.
But the software doesn't show me a post by an influencer account like Stefan Rahmstorf just because it has 20 replies or 40 likes, like it was on Twix.
I get to see Rahmstorfs posting because he wrote it in my scrolling time window – or because someone I follow boosted (fat chance..) or replied to it in my scrolling time window.
I would say, clustering is driven by users who were educated on Twix algorithms and see no further use in Bluesky other than passively leafing through a glossy paper magazine. The Bluesky users don't use Bluesky as their own social networking platform.
The passivity of users make Bluesky a platform for influencers.
Sorry for the long replies. I was developing my thoughts during writing. 🖖🏽
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in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •Nach welchen Gesichtspunkten werden in den Starter Kits fertige Cluster von BlueSky zusammengestellt?
Und mit welchen anderen Methoden werden BlueSky User in Cluster "getrieben"?
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According to which criteria are BlueSky's ready-to-use clusters put together in the starter kits?
And what other methods are used to "drive" BlueSky users into clusters?
Frank Bennett
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What is really interesting about Kirus' post is a window into the structural techniques these platforms use to construct sophisticated influence operations, and the application of graph theory to analyze it. They have certainly come a long way from the early days of Facebook and Cambridge Analytical, but the propaganda objectives are the same.
SpaceLifeForm
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Definitely interesting. I do not trust Bluesky either.
SpaceLifeForm
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The 'starter pack' is not a good idea.
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Here is what Bluesky says about their "Discover" feed:
"Discover is customized for what you like to see, while still giving you a view into what’s trending in the network. The initial version of Discover mixes in a global view of what’s trending in the network with posts from accounts you follow and posts from accounts near your social graph... Our approach to making an algorithmic feed isn’t new..."
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Unknown parent • • •@BlueCircuitDragon @anlomedad
Seems like even from what they admit about Discover it is both selecting posts "trending: across the network and picking things "near your social graph" and the methodology is opaque. Might be misunderstanding something here, but isn't this basically what you were discussing? Yes, they give lip service to "customization" aka tweaking the model, but it is still a mysterious algorithm making selections for you.
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Unknown parent • • •Note that this may mean that all Bluesky user personal data that has been given Statsig to perform their analytics service has now been transferred to OpenAI
"Business Transfers – We may share certain information in connection with or during negotiations or closing of any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company."
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Seems like you are missing the point anlomedad. The discussion is not about how you use Bluesky. It is about how Bluesky users end up clustered and subject to influence. The determination is based not on your feelings, but on analysis of actual user distribution.
Not saying whether your responses are deliberate astroturf, or reflexive off topic arguementative cherry picking. Either way they distract from the subject.
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That does not seem to be an accurate characterization of the critique.
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Ah, so now it's only about the Bluesky Feed named "Discover"?
Aside from Bluesky-system feeds, I have pinned 25 feeds curated by other users, you know, archaeology, marine science, astronomy, stuff that interests me and where I can interact with likeminded users. No need to click on "Discover". When I did click Discover once or twice, it was filled with US accounts I had never heard of, blubbering on about US stuff. I'm from Europe myself and see nothing desirable about US culture, so wasn't keen on clicking Discover more often.
That has changed indeed: Now, Discover shows posts from accounts I follow plus some which might originate from Feeds I have pinned, plus foreign posts with an emphasis on photos, it seems, of which only about half have ALTtexts – which makes me smile... imagining the stubborn dudes who programmed the Discover feed, not being aware of the company's Inclusion Awareness at all.
Ah well.
All of Twix was like the Discover feed, and much worse. But 99.9999% of Bluesky is not like the Discover feed.
Wulfy
in reply to Mastodon Migration • • •@BlueCircuitDragon
Can you please publish your work?
Its mainly tools as far as I can see, but your expertise is essential.
Share it!