As ICE raids continue, parts of Los Angeles go empty  Missing vendors, markets of rotting food, and families frightened to leave home.

As ICE Raids Continue, Parts of a Vibrant City Go Empty.

‘100%’ didn’t show up to work due to raids, farmer says DONNA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Rio Grande Valley farmers say they are feeling the effects of having no workers show up due to the continued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. Far…

Gonna see a lot more news like this over the rest of 2025.

www.valleycentral.com/news/local-n...

Maynooth University Research is now on Bluesky! Please give us a follow for all things #Research related happening at MU @muresearch.bsky.social 🙏

Welcome Professor.

Welcome - @kamalaharris.com

We need all hands on deck...

Welcome - It's great to see Pew Research on BlueSky.

Give them a follow - @pewresearch.org

Another good one !

100 % this...

1) Get them on BlueSky
2) Help them build their following
3) Ask them to move off of X
3) Demand that they move off of X

Suggestion: At #TeslaTakedown events, pass out a one-pager explaining how to set up an account on BlueSky.

Hey Paul - not counting the Dumpster tariffs are there other reasons for the recent acceleration in users being added ?

Thanks, Rep Kaptur.

One note:
When citing other Members of Congress on BlueSky can you show their BlueSky handles?
@delauro.house.gov
@usrepkathycastor.bsky.social
@ross.house.gov

Zoe Lofgren's and Frank Pallone teams - Can you get on BlueSky?

100 % this...

Let's go teams/groups - this is like 20 minutes of work.

Hi, BlueSky. It's Hillary.

I've joined up here to help get the word out about an important election in Wisconsin tomorrow, and other ways to defend our democracy against those who think votes can be bought.

Welcome. We need all hands on deck.

Great job

This same decision will be made by millions of families across the world over the next couple of years.

Important to note the correct use of the word "regime"

regime = a government, especially an authoritarian one.

Nancy Pelosi is now on BlueSky - @pelosi.house.gov

We are now down to 6 California Dem reps, who are still not participating on BlueSky.

If you live in their districts - give them a call.

Congressperson Zoe Lofgren is still not on BlueSky....

A screenshot of Micah Lee's locked Twitter profile. The profile picture shows a person using a laptop with a sticker that reads "SAVE THE INTERNET." The banner image is a cartoon drawing of a dead blue bird, resembling the Twitter logo. The display name is "Micah Lee 🏴‍☠️," and the handle is "@micahflee." The bio includes links to their Bluesky and Mastodon profiles, as well as a Signal contact. There is a thumbs-down emoji next to the X (Twitter) icon, indicating disapproval. The account has 43.6K followers and follows 1 account. It was created in October 2009.

Dev keep migrating here, so many big departures to announce over next few weeks.

Today we have coder, journalist and author, Micah Lee, who dumped X and is now on Bluesky.

@micahflee.com
43.6K Followers on X
👏👏👏

Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (@pscleanair.gov) is on Bluesky!

All you need to know about Twitter

Elbows up, Canada.

McFaul's February and March 2025 Newsletter My most recent projects and publications

open.substack.com/pub/michaelm...

@mcfaulmike.bsky.social

Big one for @BlueSky.

The Boston Globe - @bostonglobe.com
has nearly 100K followers on BlueSky but still has not figured out how to add the BlueSky butterfly to their website.

New book is out in October but cover design is here today!

A screenshot of a Bluesky post from @globalvoiceslingua.bsky.social, embedded on Discord. A hashtag and HTTP link are shown in blue.

Good news: Bluesky embeds on Discord are now better than ever! You'll now see functional mentions, hashtags, and other links, and replies will be tagged as such.

Give @firefox.com a follow...

quit X and now on BlueSky.