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highplainsdem

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3. My main reason for checking X these days is that some artists and AI experts I know there either

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:59 AM

Saturday

don't have Bluesky accounts at all, or post much less on Bluesky than on X. Probably because they can reach many more people on X. Larry, for instance, has nearly 7 times as many followers on X as on Bluesky, and he usually posts more messages on X.

He posted this tweet about Musk on X early last month:

Link to tweet

Nearly half a million views, 22K likes, 3.6K reposts, 132 replies.

The Bluesky version of that post:

The owner of Twitter is inciting murder, according to the owner of Twitter.
— Larry the Cat (@number10cat.bsky.social) 2026-02-04T09:19:05.094Z

No info on # of views, 1.5K likes, 364 reposts, 40 replies.

15 times as many likes for a post attacking Musk, on the site Musk owns, as on Bluesky.

There are still a lot of liberals on X speaking out against Musk, Trump, Farage and other RWers.

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Larry the Cat reappeared on Twitter [View all] Yonnie3 Saturday OP

Larry had been posting on both platforms, but typically with more posts on X. His first Bluesky posts during his "nap" - highplainsdem Saturday #1

I usually see what Larry is up to on Bluesky Yonnie3 Saturday #2

My main reason for checking X these days is that some artists and AI experts I know there either highplainsdem Saturday #3

I was shying away from discussing this aspect of his posting Yonnie3 Saturday #4

OK. I've posted about him both here and in GD. My previous Lounge post about him was about Valentine's Day: highplainsdem Saturday #5