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DivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago

Elon Musk's transphobes panic as the 'eXodus' to Bluesky picks up pace

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Elon Musk's transphobes panic as the 'eXodus' to Bluesky picks up pace

www.thecanary.co

DivineChaos100 [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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Glinner, Wings, Rowling, et all have all had something to say over people leaving X for Bluesky - but is the latter any better?
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    Blue… Sky? What?

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      According to CNET, the actual reason for the name is:

      Dorsey confirmed a Bluesky user’s speculation that the name ties in to Twitter’s bird mascot, the idea being the bird could fly even more freely in an open blue sky.

      The only thing I can think of is the Ukraine flag ukkkraine, which I believe represents a field of wheat under a blue sky, such as in this image from Kherson Oblast:

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        It seems like a stretch to me that the site is named after the Ukrainian flag specifically. The symbolism of blue skies is much more universal than that.

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          I agree, I’m not convinced the Ukrainian flag has anything to do with it either unless Dorsey said something beyond this that I wasn’t aware of.

          It’s the only thing that I could think of that @SkingradGuard@hexbear.net might have meant.

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            This makes more sense. Thank you for clarifying

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          Blue Curtains Sky Theory

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        iirc named after the RoC blue sky and sun flag, glorification of the KMT.

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          Let me know if you manage to find a source that confirms this, would be interesting to know

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