They hold the reins.

It’s less “funny ha-ha,” and more “ass-puckering satire with a healthy dose of social commentary on tech bro fascism,” but you do you.

Mountainhead?

Now if only they could work that magic on ICE and IDF. (Microsoft is in bed with both.)

I generally agree with your first point, but you are wrong about pandemic pollution levels.

Not sure about that distinction you’re making. Trump just threatened to invade Mexico.

You do realize that when dictatorships/kleptocracies burn through their economic output at home, they tend to turn outward (to war) to keep the pyramid scheme going? It’s not in anyone’s interest to let America metastasize like this.

But then will it still federate with Bluesky infrastructure and data?

Let me know if I’m being unreasonably Mastodon-centric here, but I guess my standard is if I can own* my own infrastructure but still federate data with the rest of the world. Without that federation, it’s cute but doesn’t really feel or act like the fediverse, you know?

* Or use one of many trusted providers.

She was the “CEO” of a Blackstone real estate trust, to be clear. Not of the whole company.

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Cool! So can you point me at a non-bsky.app instance running the full BlueSky stack that federates with bsky.app and continues working even if bsky.app disappears or defederates with them?

I can run my own federated relay and AppView servers now?

It’s also not particularly decentralized / federated, despite what their marketing might say.

I don’t have that data for you, but don’t forget that people also die in ICE detention, often due to withheld medical care.

EDIT: And apparently due to other reasons too…

If you think you can save the planet by letting the oil industry off the hook, you’re fooling yourself.

Safety ratings made in lab conditions don’t mean shit if the car is a safety nightmare in the real world.

• Teslas have the highest rate of deadly accidents.
• Tesla recalled more vehicles than any other brand in 2024.
• Tesla’s “autonomous” driving uses outdated, unsafe technology, with only camera sensors vs. the industry standard of redundant cameras + LiDAR + radar.
• Tesla also has a high worker injury rate and conceals worker injuries.

Great point! It’s a pretty short ballot and even has a few councilmember positions to vote for.

I think you missed my point. It’s not that individuals driving single-occupancy, gas-guzzling vehicles are blameless when it comes to climate change. Instead, it’s that the fossil fuel industry—with their years of lying, lobbying, and propaganda—should get the vast majority of the blame, along with other industries reliant on fossil fuel and greenhouse emissions. We’re taking our eye off the ball if we’re not directing most of our ire at them.

It’s not just him. Teslas are some of the most unreliable, unsafe, and recalled vehicles in the industry. And the company has a long history of labor and safety violations. The rot may start at the top, but it sure doesn’t end there.

Transportation is like 10-15% of global greenhouse emissions. So why are you blaming individuals driving and flying when it’s industry and fossil fuel companies that, by the numbers, should carry the lion’s share of the blame?