Use This List To Instantly Block Trolls and Disinformers on Bluesky

Protect the integrity of your information diet.

If you’re like me, you want to spread healthy information. Be sure to share this post so that everyone can benefit.

Journalist Carole Cadwalladr has sounded the alarm about Big Tech’s pollution of our information ecosystem for almost a decade. She claims we have moved past the era of algorithmic information disruption (2016-2024) and are now living in “information chaos.”

This information chaos is nowhere more visible than on Musk’s Twitter, where most reply threads are either full of whataboutism, racism and misogyny, disinformation, or all of the above. Come January, Musk will be at the ready to flood the zone with even more shit in service to a personal agenda that relies heavily on a corrupt quid pro quo with Trump.

Many Americans are seeking to protect the integrity of the information they consume. Bluesky is emerging as the top app for fact-loving Americans seeking shelter from the propaganda storm. There’s just one problem. The disinformers are now joining Bluesky.

To aid those making a mass exodus from Musk’s mind-warp machine, a Bluesky user named Comfortably Numb (@numb.comortab.ly) created a block list for people wishing to avoid the type of bad faith accounts that caused them to leave Twitter in the first place.

It’s a work in progress. Comfortably Numb admits that they have erroneously blocked accounts they feel do not belong on the list.

The block list contains professional and semi-professional trolls like Charlie Kirk and Catturd. Accounts with names like ‘Liberal Tear Creator’ and ‘End Wokeism’ feature bios that talk about the ‘woke mind virus’ and ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome.’ My point is, even if there are some mistakes, you won’t be missing much.

But, of course, you should look it over and judge for yourself. After all, Comfortably Numb is a stranger to both you and me. I vetted the list by scanning for accounts I knew were bad actors when I was a more regular Twitter user.

Once you have Bluesky downloaded on your phone (Download Apple, Download Android) you can find Comfortably Numb’s block list by clicking here. There are simple instructions to follow once you are there.

As we enter a new era of what feels like a post-truth America, I will endeavor to share more posts like this that help point folks towards tools they can use to maintain a healthy media diet free from disinformation and propaganda.

Here’s to healthier information.