The X Factor We have a dictator. It just isn't the one we expected.

Takeover by the Cyberbarons . . . bye-bye Miss American Pie 🇺🇸

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BEWARE THE TECHNOZOMBIE APOCALYPSE:

Elon Musk’s stormtroopers are hollowing out and replacing the innards of the DOJ, FBI, Office of Personnel Management, Treasury Department, and dozens of other federal agencies with technocrats loyal to him and his frontman Donald Trump.

It’s an inside coup.

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

user growth chart. it shows we are currently at around 800 users per minute, but we are spiking - multiple times - at 1000-1350 accounts per minute

bluesky engineers: perhaps today it’ll be a little slower, we’ll catch our breath

the internet: MORE!!

@mdennedy.bsky.social Abso-fricken-lately. I’m delighted to see much of our pack moving in the same direction.

@will-snow.bsky.social Let’s hope it lasts.

@davidgs.com Yes, please! Merci !

Greetings!