Bluesky Social Media

Legend! @Nancy OShea that is exactly the kind of links / info I was after. I will do so promptly. Thank you!

I am an international scientist and have very little investment in US politics. But Xitter used to be the place-to-be for scientific networking. As professional scientists all the people Ive spoken to value open access and transparency over a privately owned platform with a clear agenda. Most of us stopped using X as soon as the name changed pretty much but are now leveraging this time to finally convince others to join us on bluesky 🙂
I also tried Mastodon but only the committed internet nerds made it over there. We needed a convincing movement and now we have one!

When you've become comfortably numb to toxic air pollution, that first breath of fresh air feels really strange until you realize that's what real air is supposed to feel like -- clean & safe to breathe.

The engagement on BlueSky has surpassed my expectations. In 1 week, I have more BlueSky followers than I did after years on Twitter.  Many are familiar faces, and quite a few are new ones. Each of us have varied interests & points of view, but one common thread unites us.  We are deeply committed to keeping BlueSky a toxic-free zone, sans of trolling copycats, foreign bots & unwanted ads for s*x products.  If that appeals to you, fine.  If not, then by all means stay on the other side.