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Rob Bennett

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Helping folks reach their fullest potential. Time spent: @JaneFonda, @MoveOn, @JasonKander, @NYCMayor, @NYTimes, @ColumbiaJourn. Alum: @Holy_Cross, @UnivofStAndrews. #ODAT

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Surprise! @markruffalo.bsky.social is here with us!

www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...

23.05.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Bluesky’s Quest to Build Nontoxic Social Media X and Facebook are governed by the policies of mercurial billionaires. Bluesky’s C.E.O., Jay Graber, says that she wants to give power back to the user.

β€œWhat excites me is new worlds emerging that I can’t imagine."

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

07.04.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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25.03.2025 20:14 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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CNN Comic Michael Ian Black Smears Deceased Former Rep. Mia Love as β€˜DEI Congresswoman’ Comedian Michael Ian Black smeared congresswoman Mia Love on the day her death from cancer was announced, calling her a "DEI" hire and hoping President Donald Trump would "erase her."

Nice to get the performative outrage from Breitbart. It's been a while. Honestly thought they'd gone out of business. www.breitbart.com/entertainmen...

25.03.2025 06:31 πŸ‘ 413 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 1

OpenAI started as a non-profit, funded by tax-deductible donations to make AI benefit everyone. Now, they’re shifting to for-profit, putting profits over public safety.

Tell OpenAI’s board and Attorneys General this isn’t OK by signing the petition ‡️

22.03.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
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Protect OpenAI's non-profit mission Elon Musk is basically running the US (into the ground). Mark Zuckerberg's net worth went up by $5.8 billion in a single day this week and his company Meta is a hotbed of lies and hate that is poisoni

OpenAI started as a non-profit, funded by tax-deductible donations to make AI benefit everyone. Now, they’re shifting to for-profit, putting profits over public safety.

Tell OpenAI’s board and Attorneys General this isn’t OK by signing the petition ‡️

21.03.2025 21:34 πŸ‘ 1234 πŸ” 328 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 7

None of us can be sure what will β€œwork.” You try multiple things and find your way in. Read some histories of the Civil Rights Movement by those who participated. They were never β€œsure” of what would work. Some campaigns fizzled out. But persistence, creativity, determination, and focus were key.

28.02.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 25133 πŸ” 6011 πŸ’¬ 475 πŸ“Œ 319
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What's New at RightsCon? And How to Free Our Feeds | TechPolicy.Press A check-in with RightsCon director Nikki Gladstone and a conversation with Free Our Feeds proponents Robin Berjon and Sean McDonald.

New podcast! Two segments!

β€’ First, Nikki Gladstone, director of Rightscon at Access Now, on what to expect at RightsCon25 in Taipei.

β€’ Second, Robin Berjon and Sean McDonald on Free Our Feeds, which aims to make AT Protocol (on which Bluesky is built) resistant to billionaire capture.

19.01.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now
A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now.
We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!

Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office. Please stay tuned!

Right now, the 170 million+ Americans who use TikTok see this.

It's time to create a better, billionaire-proof and democratized social media.

Visit FreeOurFeeds.com to take action.

19.01.2025 03:51 πŸ‘ 504 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 6

The facts are, the ACA saved millions with pre-existing conditions and set standards for care.

But now, more than a decade later, with what we now know, it’s time to take the insurance companies out of the mix.
The subsidies they get are enormous. We don’t need them as middlemen.

16.01.2025 02:10 πŸ‘ 33755 πŸ” 7141 πŸ’¬ 1466 πŸ“Œ 499
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How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans Some of the world’s biggest polluters are reaping billions of dollars through a lax form of green finance, a new investigation by The Examination has found.

Breaking: Deep investigation into the secretive world of so-called sustainability-linked loans and bonds issued by the world biggest banks to the world biggest polluters.

All with the aim of greenwashing both banks and energy companies.

@apnews.com digs into it here:

apnews.com/article/shel...

15.01.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Free Our Feeds Wants to Make Social Media Billionaire-Proof A new $30 million campaign aims to ensure no single wealthy individual can control how we connect online.

"Remember when social media was supposed to be about connecting people rather than enriching billionaires? A new initiative called Free Our Feeds wants to make that vision a reality."

Read more about #FreeOurFeeds from @parkermolloy.com here:

www.readtpa.com/p/free-our-f...

14.01.2025 19:03 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Free Our Feeds Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.

This is a great initiative, that we should all support. I've donated. Will you? freeourfeeds.com

15.01.2025 08:55 πŸ‘ 511 πŸ” 174 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 14

It’s seems so far from where we are today but I truly believe social media will be radically different in 5 years time. @bsky.app is a huge part of this and we’ll be doing our bit with @freeourfeeds.com

13.01.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 213 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Donate to #FreeOurFeeds - help secure the future of social media, organized by Free Our Feeds We are determined to free social media from billionaire control … Free Our Feeds needs your support for #FreeOurFeeds - help secure the future of social media

🀝 Together, we can:

- Build independent infrastructure
- Fund open social apps
- Reclaim digital spaces for everyone 🌐

Help us raise $4M for @freeourfeeds.com! Chip in here: gofund.me/2e144bae #FreeOurFeeds

14.01.2025 17:39 πŸ‘ 323 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6

If you’re able to, please donate, but please follow their account on Bluesky for more info: @freeourfeeds.com

14.01.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Free Our Feeds Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.

@freeourfeeds.com will build a new, independent foundation to support Bluesky’s underlying technology to be on a pathway to become an open and healthy social media ecosystem that cannot be controlled by any single company or billionaire. #FreeOurFeeds
freeourfeeds.com

14.01.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 482 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 12
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Free Our Feeds wants to build a social media ecosystem β€˜resistant to billionaire influence’ It’s supposed to ensure the AT Protocol is used for good.

Free Our Feeds wants to build a social media ecosystem β€˜resistant to billionaire influence’

13.01.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 318 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 10

mark ruffalo: i guess we doin atproto relays now

13.01.2025 18:40 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

One reason I’m excited for #FreeOurFeeds is Bluesky’s open protocol. Anyone can collaborate on verification and moderation, or offer a unique feed for sorting through posts.

Letting people shape their own experience of social media is nothing short of revolutionary.

14.01.2025 16:42 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Free Our Feeds Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.

#FreeOurFeeds launched just over 24 hours ago.

In that time, we've been overwhelmed by your support, enthusiasm and shared support for this effort.

Over 500 people have collectively contributed over $30,000 to fund this essential work!

Learn more & chip in here: FreeOurFeeds.com

14.01.2025 14:40 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

We can do this. If you’re here on a sky, we’re already starting to reclaim our digital infrastructure. Let’s keep going!

14.01.2025 11:19 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Publicly Governed Infrastructure is the Key to Sustainable Social Media – Open Future Recent developments in decentralized social media signal a pivotal shift away from corporate-controlled platforms.

Some thoughts on @freeourfeeds.com and how the sustainability of social media platforms is tied to governance questions: openfuture.eu/blog/publicl...

14.01.2025 13:44 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Analysis | The push to β€˜billionaire-proof’ social media Nonprofits are spinning up to oversee the tech behind Bluesky and Mastodon.

#FreeOurFeeds covered by @willoremus.com: "The idea behind 'Free our Feeds' is to turn the concept of a decentralized network into reality."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

14.01.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

free our feeds is truly the bluesky of bluesky

13.01.2025 20:49 πŸ‘ 109 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0