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Juan Rubin

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Writer and Reader, still figuring this 'life' thing out. I write stories about queer people, class and mental health ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆโš›๏ธ Fighting for a world in which human goodness can flourish.

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07.03.2026 18:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Essa รฉ a campanha de Marketing do filme Backrooms.

05.03.2026 00:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Por poucoโ€ฆ

03.03.2026 16:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I took a bath with a nice-smelling soap. Everything feels possible.

22.02.2026 02:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

God, miscommunication tropeโ€ฆ Come on! Authors, you can do better when it comes to conflicts.

21.02.2026 23:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why has my for you on TikTok pushing so much right wing content? It's like all queer videos then suddenly tranphobia. All anti racist videos then suddenly anti immigration. Fuck off.

20.02.2026 12:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reading What If It's Us and I keep mixing the main characters. My brain can't deal with dual POV books.

18.02.2026 15:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Tamer Nahed ๐“‚†๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ
@Tamer_Alnoaizy

BlueSky is one of the worst platforms I have ever dealt with. Within seconds of creating a second account, after my first one was shut down just two days after it was created, my account was closed again. This happened despite the fact that I hadnโ€™t posted anything or followed anyone. I was only in the process of adding a profile photo, yet I received an email claiming that my account was โ€œspamโ€ and that it was โ€œcausing harm.โ€ What kind of logic is this?

The painful truth is that the account was shut down the moment it became clear it was created from inside Gaza. It seems we are no longer allowed to write or speak about what is happening to us here. They are not afraid of content itself, but of our voices and the reality we carry with us.

Millions are spent to silence these voices and to erase the truth. I am exhausted by this platform and by how our photos and videos, which document real suffering, are treated as โ€œviolations of community standards,โ€ as if pain itself has become a crime.

What is happening is not simple moderation or policy enforcement. It is an attempt to erase our existence and bury the truth. And honestly, this is shameful and unbearably painful.

[the original poster has included two screenshots showing the email from bluesky admin informing him that his account has been taken down for being 'spammy, inauthentic or disruptive to users'. it's the standard boilerplate you get when they take moderation action.]

2:45 PM ยท Feb 10, 2026

https://twitter.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2021234178461704409

Tamer Nahed ๐“‚†๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ @Tamer_Alnoaizy BlueSky is one of the worst platforms I have ever dealt with. Within seconds of creating a second account, after my first one was shut down just two days after it was created, my account was closed again. This happened despite the fact that I hadnโ€™t posted anything or followed anyone. I was only in the process of adding a profile photo, yet I received an email claiming that my account was โ€œspamโ€ and that it was โ€œcausing harm.โ€ What kind of logic is this? The painful truth is that the account was shut down the moment it became clear it was created from inside Gaza. It seems we are no longer allowed to write or speak about what is happening to us here. They are not afraid of content itself, but of our voices and the reality we carry with us. Millions are spent to silence these voices and to erase the truth. I am exhausted by this platform and by how our photos and videos, which document real suffering, are treated as โ€œviolations of community standards,โ€ as if pain itself has become a crime. What is happening is not simple moderation or policy enforcement. It is an attempt to erase our existence and bury the truth. And honestly, this is shameful and unbearably painful. [the original poster has included two screenshots showing the email from bluesky admin informing him that his account has been taken down for being 'spammy, inauthentic or disruptive to users'. it's the standard boilerplate you get when they take moderation action.] 2:45 PM ยท Feb 10, 2026 https://twitter.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2021234178461704409

palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.

11.02.2026 17:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 4654 ๐Ÿ” 3106 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 199

Well, the US already murdered one of their presidents in the past. Not sure China is the problem here.

12.02.2026 11:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Going back to reading some fiction. Non-fiction tend to be quicker to read, but my brain is begging for something to dive in fully.

11.02.2026 15:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

O povo nรฃo quer se responsabilizar por nada. Se eu vejo uma pessoa espancada na rua eu vou ajudar, mesmo eu nรฃo sendo quem tenha espancado ela. No fim todo mundo espera que o outro faรงa algo e acaba que ninguรฉm faz nada.

10.02.2026 12:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a libertarian communist, I don't understand right wing libertarians at all. They stand against the state because it's bad and it enslaves them, but at the same time lick the boots of oligarchs, who are bad and want to enslave them.

10.02.2026 09:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Os arquivos foram lanรงados e resultou em nada. O presidente ser um pedรณfilo virou algo cotidiano e nada vai acontecer com ele. Faz tempos que tรฃo testando o racismo com simbolismos, agora com uma mensagem mais explรญcita. O cara vai restaurar a escravidรฃo e o povo vai dizer que รฉ cortina de fumaรงa.

08.02.2026 03:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

O que mais me preocupa รฉ que uma geraรงรฃo cresca jรก normalizando arte de IA. Esses Brainrot jรก รฉ exemplo disso. Alรฉm disso, quando a bolha de IA estourar serรก pior do que a crise imobiliรกria de 2009, que deixou 1 bilhรฃo de pessoas em inseguranรงa alimentar no mundo inteiro. No fim a gente sรณ se fode.

06.02.2026 11:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pessoalmente, acho que as empresas de IA estรฃo tentando monopolizar a arte. Se elas tiverem controle das ferramentas de criaรงรฃo vรฃo ter um poder absurdo. Elas jรก tรชm os meios de distribuiรงรฃo como a Meta e o X, se tiverem mais isso vรฃo ter controle de tudo.

06.02.2026 04:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Se nรฃo me engano, crianรงas que frequentam Igrejas tem 3 vezes mais chance de serem abusadas do que as que nรฃo frequentam.

05.02.2026 09:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cara, eu acho essas casas americanas tรฃo pertubadoras. ร‰ tudo repetido, sem personalidade, estรฉril. Parece que nรฃo tem vida habitando ali. Prefiro mil vezes o estilo brasileiro.

02.02.2026 10:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

God I hate english. Had to count syllables for a poem and somehow 'Strengths' has only one syllable and 'Oasis' has three, even though the latter is way shorter. In portuguese you pretty much just consonant and vowels pair an that's it. What the fuck is 'ngths'.

31.01.2026 11:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When you find your community internet can be great, but the way social media algorithms are set up seeds discord. Even our brains start seeking it. Sometimes I catch myself opening comment sections on controversial posts, even though I know it's going to be bad for me.

31.01.2026 10:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As someone who had severe agoraphobia, I can totally understand them. Specially if you grew up on the internet, your references of human interaction are gratuitous disgusting, mean comments, and you start believing people will treat you like that in real life.

30.01.2026 22:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly I think AI would still do a better job than anyone in Trump's administration.

30.01.2026 04:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Eu acho hilรกrio que sรฃo os tipos de cara que colocam atรฉ a cor de bct que eles querem no perfil do Tinder e babam de raiva quando uma mulher diz que prefere homem com 1,80.

29.01.2026 13:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's always important to remember about another factor: class. Rich against the poor overpowers any other values they might have, if they even have any other.

29.01.2026 12:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The major issue is that people would need to send pictures of their documents to said platforms, which could be leaked. I wouldn't trust my documents on big tech companies. Beyond that, this could be used by governments to track anonymous opposition, putting people's freedom and lives at risk.

28.01.2026 21:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My main gripe with DuckDuckGo is that it depends on Bing, which is not great either. Hope one day it becomes fully independent.

28.01.2026 10:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Damn, didn't knew they were up to offering their asses easy like this.

28.01.2026 04:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here in Brasil it was simply titled Artificial Justice. Love me some direct titles that simply describe the plot.

27.01.2026 12:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The general lack of details and washed out colors are the best sign. Everything looks artificially smooth.

23.01.2026 23:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

O governo Americano tรก de advogado do Elon Musk. Mandaram atรฉ carta para Inglaterra ameaรงando eles, porque consideravam banir a plataforma.

23.01.2026 01:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Imagem da loja de aplicativos do Google, nรฃo mostrando o app Tela Brasil.

Imagem da loja de aplicativos do Google, nรฃo mostrando o app Tela Brasil.

Print do navegador, mostrando uma pesquisa, onde o app tela brasil aparece com opรงรฃo para instalar.

Print do navegador, mostrando uma pesquisa, onde o app tela brasil aparece com opรงรฃo para instalar.

Nรฃo aparecia pra mim quando pesquisava na loja de aplicativos, mas pesquisando no google encontrei o link para instalar. Pelo menos no Android.

18.01.2026 17:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0