Robson Fletcher

Former data journalist with @CBCCalgary. No longer tweeting.

These days, find me at robsonfletcher DOT com

Link below:

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

It's been fun, Tweeps, but I'm done.

These links may or may not work but they're where you can find me in the future:

M*stodon:
Search @[email protected]

Post:
https://t.co/tdJAvWoSRY

CBC (I'm back from parental leave Dec. 28):
https://t.co/8YPbnLCLs3

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

Unless something major changes, this is my last tweet.

I won't delete my Twitter account for the sake of preventing imposters. I may lock it later.

I'll still check DMs for a while, as that's how I communicate with a lot of people who are important to me.

So, yeah. Bye. 🥲👋❤

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

Social media exists due to all of us devoting our precious time & attention to it.

Years ago I quit FB because I believed it was doing more harm than good & its CEO was unlikely to change for the better. I didn't want to be a part of that.

I feel the same now about Twitter.

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

It's been fun, Tweeps, but I'm done.

These links may or may not work but they're where you can find me in the future:

M*stodon:
Search @[email protected]

Post:
https://t.co/tdJAvWoSRY

CBC (I'm back from parental leave Dec. 28):
https://t.co/8YPbnLCLs3

[The Associated Press @AP]

Twitter has suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the company and owner Elon Musk, including reporters for The New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN. https://t.co/LqRYB4Nher

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

Twitter no longer allows you to post links to Mastodon profiles 🤨

And the link to my Mastodon profile that I already had in my Twitter bio now comes with a "this link may be unsafe" warning when youv click it. 😔

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: @Donie O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's @drewharwell.

Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

Twitter has shut down the official Mastodon account, which had about 175,000 followers:

https://t.co/0gz8CWewxY

Its bio used to say: "At Mastodon, we present a vision of social media that cannot be bought and owned by any billionaire."

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

@cmcalgary Really digging it so far, as one of the recent adopters

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

Re-upping this tool because I just used it again and found a bunch more Twitter friends who have recently joined Mastodon.

Also: Is anyone aware of a similar tool to quickly find Twitter friends on Post?

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

This is the best tool I've seen yet for finding your Twitter friends on Mastodon.

I just used it and it quickly found 160 accounts on Mastodon out of the 1,894 people I follow on Twitter.

With one click, I now follow all those folks on Mastodon too.

https://t.co/RZSkEYSipc

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

@cmcalgary Ha! I would imagine. Some of the user growth / activity charts I've seen are pretty insane

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

@cmcalgary I think it will.

I've spent way more time developing my Mastodon feed so far, though. (And it definitely has improved in the quality & quantity of info and interactions I'm getting.)

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

@KateatHome @CTV_CAMILLA @global_leslie I know "a faint positive is a positive" has been reported, but I'm not sure about a story specifically on how well people read tests. (I've also noticed faint positive lines visible to the naked eye aren't always visible when you take a photo of them, depending on the lighting.)

[Jana G. Pruden @jana_pruden]

Hey @netflix, do you want to credit my writing (that you’ve copied word for word) in this description of your new documentary?

[Robson Fletcher @CBCFletch]

Twitter was better when it was about something other than Twitter

[Josh Wingrove @josh_wingrove]

(Bloomberg) -- Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced co-founder and former head of digital-asset exchange FTX, was arrested in the Bahamas on Monday, the nation’s government said.

[Jim Carr @jimcarr_wpg]

Statement on the passing of the Hon. Jim Carr.

[Jason Markusoff @markusoff]

Alberta public health is now run by an interim official who still holds an unrelated AHS executive post, and two deputies who've already submitted papers to resign.
And premier who questions mainstream public health advice altogether.
https://t.co/ExQmG0wVcp

[Jason Markusoff @markusoff]

Since Danielle Smith became Alberta's premier two months ago today, Albertans have not seen or heard once from a top public health doctor, Hinshaw or her interim successor Dr. Mark Joffe.
A Nov 16 news release aside, Alberta has had no public-facing public health function.
Wild.

[Jason Markusoff @markusoff]

In thick of a brutal virus season & pediatric health crisis, not only has Alberta's main public health Twitter been silent for 2months (since day before Danielle Smith won UCP leadership) -it still bears name of Dr Hinshaw, removed 4 weeks ago.
H/t @TheBreakdownAB