The Off Topic Topic

[Sheilbh]

I figure it's worth a try, you never know.  Maybe cutting political satire will prove to be the missing ingredient for the left.

Always think of when Peter Cook opened The Establishment club in London in the 60s, he said it was inspired by "those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to prevent the rise of Adolf Hitler".

[Josquius]

Looks like bluesky has won the twitter 2 war. It's really taking off.

[Grey Fox]

It has the right look and it's available from Europe unlike when Threads launched.

The Quebec sphere joined BlueSky on Monday, I did too.

[Valmy]

And in the US:

https://www.newsweek.com/map-most-popular-baby-names-each-state-1976724

Holy shit, had no idea Liam was even a thing there let alone this hard.

I like how the #1 Girls name in Georgia is Georgia.

[crazy canuck]

And in the US:

https://www.newsweek.com/map-most-popular-baby-names-each-state-1976724

Holy shit, had no idea Liam was even a thing there let alone this hard.

I like how the #1 Girls name in Georgia is Georgia.

She'll always remember where she's from

[Syt]

Looks like bluesky has won the twitter 2 war. It's really taking off.

Registered a few months ago and it was deadsville. Checked back yesterday and quite a bit more lively. And a large chunk of accounts I used to follow on Twitter are now in BlueSky.

[Tamas]

Looks like bluesky has won the twitter 2 war. It's really taking off.

Registered a few months ago and it was deadsville. Checked back yesterday and quite a bit more lively. And a large chunk of accounts I used to follow on Twitter are now in BlueSky.

Any recommendations?

[celedhring]

After The Guardian left X, I was surprised to see that "La Vanguardia" - Catalonia's largest newspaper and very much right of center, has also done so.

I stopped using X just a few weeks after Musk took over. I used it mostly to follow the war in Ukraine and some other news accounts, and I have been able to
find that elsewhere.

[Razgovory]

And in the US:

https://www.newsweek.com/map-most-popular-baby-names-each-state-1976724

Holy shit, had no idea Liam was even a thing there let alone this hard.

I like how the #1 Girls name in Georgia is Georgia.

Yeah, but that's the country of Georgia.  In the state of Georgia the most popular girls name is Sakartvelo.

[Syt]

Looks like bluesky has won the twitter 2 war. It's really taking off.

Registered a few months ago and it was deadsville. Checked back yesterday and quite a bit more lively. And a large chunk of accounts I used to follow on Twitter are now in BlueSky.

Any recommendations?

BlueSky skews fairly left-ish (for obvious reasons) at the moment, so keep that in mind; though as the site grows this will likely change. They've seen some jump-growth after the Twitter ban in Brazil and another jump after the US elections and chances are it's at the point where it sees a bigger exodus (or at least co-use) of people from Twitter/Xchan.

I'd start with news orgs - NYT, Bloomberg, NPR, ProPublica and start branching out from there. Also be sure to look up any of the accounts you liked on Twitter - they might have migrated or crosspost between both sites now.

Also, for accounts you like, check if they have "Starter Packs" in their profiles - those are lists of profiles they recommend to follow and you can "follow all" with a click if you wish (or go through the list to be more selective). Discovery is a bit hit and miss IMO.

E.g. for nerdy stuff I recommend the Starshipper who posts about sci-fi starships and has Starter Pack lists for Game Creators, Writers & Journalists, Concept artists & designers, and a general one.

[Tamas]

Thanks