Aryeh and Phoebe discuss Bluesky, the newly popular Twitter alternative—and how Phoebe's mild critique of the site went mega-viral. Aryeh explains why he finally, finally quit Twitter. Is Bluesky for anti-Trump social media "refugees," or a retirement home for posting addicts? And are people on there actually nice?

Recorded December 20, 2024

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LINKS

Phoebe's piece, "The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons"

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-problem-with-bluesky-it-wont-broaden-our-horizons/

Aryeh and Phoebe's May 2023 episode about Twitter

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twitter-taught-us-it-was-okay-to-be-weird-with-phoebe/id981282353?i=1000611578059

Montreal man dies after leaving hospital following six-hour wait

https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article612894.html

Phoebe's piece, "Does this book read as too parochial—or too ‘Zionist’? The pitfalls of Writing While Jewish"

https://thecjn.ca/opinion/zibby-vs-philip/

Waikiki Wanda says Bluesky is hospice for posters

https://bsky.app/profile/wanda.bsky.social/post/3lcmbzupslk2v

Phoebe's Substack

https://phoebemaltzbovy.substack.com/

Feminine Chaos podcast

https://femchaospod.substack.com/

Bonjour Chai podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonjour-chai/id1555600279

Follow Aryeh on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/aryehcw.bsky.social

Follow Phoebe on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/phoebebovy.bsky.social

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