Just trying out this Bluesky contraption for the first time

[EarlG]

(Seemed like the easiest way to share this video I made.)

For anyone getting flashbacks to Iraq... #Venezuela #IraqNeverAgain

— Democratic Underground (@demunderground.bsky.social) 2026-01-04T21:05:53.243Z

[BootinUp]

1. Pretty similar, yep. nt

[Attilatheblond]

2. Welcome to the 'Sky!

been waiting for ya over there!

[True Dough]

3. That will earn you a new nickname, EarlG!

[TBF]

4. Welcome - I shared it to my network :)

I'm Emma over there

[sheshe2]

5. I just followed you over there!

Welcome to Bsky.

Edit to add...I am callihope over there, sheshe2 was already taken.

[yellow dahlia]

6. I'm Yellow Dahlia on the sky, also.

Following.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Good for you. I don't have an account with either Bluesky or Twitter, but

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I've stopped making new links to Twitter postings. I have old links that come up in my "On this day" posts, but I won't establish new ones.

For there with slow connection tions, when I have a post that makes a reference to a Blue sky skeet, I first copy and paste the skeet as text. I set that off as an excerpt.

I follow the text of the skeet with the skeet's URL, causing the skeet to appear as it does at Bluesky. This way, people with slow connections and fast connections alike can see what was said.

Accounts I frequent:

Mike Masnick
https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social

Ken White
https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social

Kevin Kruse
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social

Chris Geidner
https://bsky.app/profile/chrisgeidner.bsky.social

Others ...

[Cha]

8. Great... I love seeing BlueSky posts on

DU. I don't belong yet but I want them to Flourish!! 💙

[magicarpet]

9. My brain is mush too,....

https://youtube.com/shorts/dz-1Ft_yJj4?si=0q5NkNROfBPdR3FN

[calimary]

24. "...everywhere like such as.."

That just made my eyes and my ears, AND my brain hurt.

[yardwork]

10. Following.

[mcar]

11. Following. Thanks.

[irisblue]

12. Following. Thanks Earl

[obamanut2012]

13. Following on BS!

[SaveOurDemocracy]

14. Yay!!!

nanw1230@bluesky

[PatSeg]

15. My flashback went back to March 2003

My daughter was tending bar and I went to visit her. The TV was on and it was the first day of the U.S. bombing of Bagdad. It was such a surreal experience, as the few people in the bar weren't even paying any attention. I knew everything was leading up to that moment, but I still couldn't believe the U.S. was doing it. I was overwhelmed and on the verge of tears.

Then I woke up yesterday to the headlines that the U.S. was bombing Caracas and that same feeling came back, only this time it was worse, as it meant that in two decades we have learned nothing. What little hope or optimism I had just melted away and I've been on the verge of tears ever since.

I don't have another two or three decades and I hate that his could be the world I am leaving my grandchildren.

[liberalla]

16. I really liked that video! Brittney knows best!

I'm not on bluesky, and I would prefer not having to wait for bluesky link to open and for video to start... It's much smoother (quicker) the way you have it set up with X. My .02 cents... I may eventually get on bluesky...

Glad you did the video and are sharing DU with the BS members!

[proud patriot]

17. Why Yes I Have

[LiberalArkie]

18. I have a weird name over there.. LiberalArkie

[sprinkleeninow]

19. contraption.....😆

[IronLionZion]

20. Great to see more Blue Sky here

hoping it will catch on more as an alternative to Melon Husk's platform.

[CaptainTruth]

21. I've left fascist X behind & moved to Bluesky.

I like it much better there.

[CaptainTruth]

22. Friend me if you'd like, Captain Truth.

[AZProgressive]

23. Good to see DU at Bluesky

Bluesky reminds of what DU used to be like when we had more people. Twitter before Musk took it over was a lot like what DU was like except there were a lot more right wingers than there are at Bluesky.

[red dog 1]

25. Yay!

Welcome to Bluesky, Earl

[Delphinus]

26. It came across my notifications

and I shared it! Thanks for doing it.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

27. When I first joined

… and set up my prefs, I was astounded to find my feed was half cat pix. It was soooooo nice to be flooded with positive posts (c’mon--CATS!!!) that it really slapped me in the face with how much doomscrolling I was subjecting myself to.

Of course, bsky has gotten very political since then, too, but there’s still a good percentage of just sweet things to break up the monotony—cats, flowers, art, music. Great place for a palate cleanser.

Not to mention I’d bailed on Twitter when space nazi bought it and needed to fill that gap.

[DuranDuranDUme]

28. Following

[FSogol]

29. Following. N/t

[Clouds Passing]

30. Will follow 😃

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Edit: Following

[Glaisne]

31. Following!

[mainer]

32. Following!

It's such a relief to be on Bluesky after watching X go down the drain.

[Historic NY]

33. I just followed you over there...

I would advise making a DU starter feed