Notices by Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online), page 2

Video: Minneapolis | No Kings 3

Awesome!

#NoKings3

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Smyrna/116308783380863557

No Kings 3

Big crowds all over the country.

Video: Chicago | No Kings 3

Chicago showed up!

#NoKings3

Video Clip: San Diego | No Kings 3

Wow!

RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116301677453295956

As he so often does, Will Bunch nails it!

@cwebber

In case people don't know Mike Masnick is a journalist who has been a principle promoter of Bluesky as an 'open' 'decentralized' system. He sits on the Bluesky board of directors.

Hope to be wrong, but it seems like we are heading to another split the baby in half and get nothing capitulation by the Democrats...

Remember we were promised promised promised NO DHS FUNDING without these three ICE reforms...

1) End roving patrols and tighten rules governing the use of warrants.

2) Establish a universal code of conduct governing federal law enforcement officers’ use of force.

3) No masks, required body cameras and proper identification.

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/115992815441605405

@LeslieBurns @FeloniousPunk

Couldn't stop laughing the other day when @LeftistLawyer used the term "petro-sexual" to describe these guys.

https://kolektiva.social/@LeftistLawyer/116223445815718100

If you are on mstdn.ca you should be aware of this CBC article concerning your instance operator:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/inglewood-league-lawsuit-missing-funds-9.7136933

The great thing about the Fediverse is that there are thousands of independent instance servers. If for any reason you want to change, you can migrate to another server pretty easily.

Here are the @FediTips step by step instructions.

https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server/

RE: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116264604166662455

It really seems like Gov. JB Pritzker is running to be the next President of the United States.

Today he introduced the idea of a 'Project 2029', calling for restoring democracy, prosecution of Trump officials who have broken laws, universal healthcare, and an affordable minimum wage.

@_elena

This is an absurd and transparent lie, that reflects very badly on Mike Masnick.

We are talking about a $100M investment, and he is asking people to believe they were just "too busy." Hogwash.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/116260908095581163

Well, if the fact that Bluesky kept a $100M investment from Crypto BCs secret for a year doesn't tell you something about the company, wait until you hear their excuse.

Apparently, according to boardmember Mike Masnick, they were just TOO BUSY. 🤷

Quite frankly this ridiculous lie is an insult, and speaks volumes about Bluesky PBC and how they regard their users.

https://mastodon.online/@_elena@mastodon.social/116260908284954449

@samiamsam

We did. And unfortunately we are going to need to keep warning them.

@dalias

Yes. Exactly.

And they kept the sale a secret, leaving their users with the impression that Bluesky was still a rag tag bunch of starry eyed developers trying to build a better mousetrap.

The really galling thing is at that time they weren't a whole lot bigger than Mastodon, so they took all the energy that could have gone into building real defensible public social media and cooped it.

It is a very underhanded move and should be recognized as such.

@tehstu

Well maybe you will have better luck...

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116018929963186579

KEEP BLUESKY BLUE - SATIRE

Upon learning that Bluesky received $100M from Crypto VCs a year ago and covered it up, today liberal influencers and politicians banded together to form 'Keep Bluesky Blue.'

Most came from Twitter, so they know what can happen to a corporate social media platform in the hands of malign ownership, but swear it will be different this time, and vowed to 'stay and fight.'

#Bluesky

Here is the TechCruch article on the announcement:

"Social network Bluesky is gearing up for big changes with today’s news that the company raised $100 million in Series B funding. The round, led by Bain Capital Crypto, was closed in April 2025 but had not been disclosed until now."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b-after-ceo-transition/

So, now that has been revealed that a secret VC cabal does in fact own Bluesky, let's ask how on earth they plan to recoup an investment of over $125M.

It is simply not possible to do so out of revenue. The company has no revenue and little prospect of earning money.

The only real asset that Bluesky has is their user base comprised of the nation's foremost liberals and progressives...

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/116201871821753838

More from the TechCrunch article:

"The addition of another crypto-oriented VC firm may give some Bluesky users pause, however, especially since, so far, the company has not integrated cryptocurrencies into its offering..."

"As Graber once told Wired in an interview, “the term Web3 got very associated with cryptocurrency, so it’s not a good word to use for what we’re doing..."

To understand all this better, consider that the Crypto PAC 'Fairshake' spend over $20M in Illinois and $10M of that on a failed attempt to defeat Julianna Stratton. They have over $220M more to spend on influencing the midterms. For these guys the opportunity to achieve some degree of message control over liberal social media is well worth $100M.

How will they do it? Algorithmic manipulation of social media? Quieting critics, amplifying favorable messaging? Has it already begun?