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Vice President JD Vance’s Bluesky account was suspended within minutes of him joining the platform. His posts criticized medical treatments for transgender youth and claimed pharmaceutical influence over healthcare decisions.

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/jd-vance-suspended-from-bluesky-minutes-after-joining-what-was-his-first-post-article-152105999

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 30 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

This looks like some good sealioning. He probably didn’t write it himself. I think he was playing to his fans and trying to discredit Bluesky and its community guidelines. I wonder if Musk paid him, or if he did this on his own.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

sealioning

Damn, didn't even touch my coffee and already learning something today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

[–] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] knightmare1147@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Did... Did the word get invented because of a meme that has nothing to do with sea lions? Language is amazing.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

It does have to do with sea lions?