"You get the sense from the Sinophobes and hawks that they’d prefer a war with China because that makes things very simple, rather than the knotty and demanding problem that is living permanently with an emerging superpower — a problem that requires complex thought and hard choices."

#AusPol
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/11/anthony-albanese-us-china-relationship-donald-trump-xi-jinping/

So Bluesky is about to require people to verify their age, which means sharing their real identity. I’ve no problem with people knowing my identity but then I’m not trying to hide from abusers. Or explore my gender. Or be a whistleblower. Or protest without getting arrested. Or or or… there are so many reasons people need anonymity.

Despite being myself online I am not keen to show Bluesky my scanned face or my bank card. So I guess I won’t be sticking around there.

I gave my advice before I left, which was “Switch to Mastodon, nobody there cares who you are, as long as you’re funny.”