Peter M Howard

now at @[email protected] / culture geek, writer, digital strategist / asexual, agender, feminist, catholic / they/them or he/him

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

so 8.5 years later I have a reason for a pinned tweet, and it’s to say farewell, I won’t be here much more; find me at https://t.co/ZAzfrrGa80 once I figure out what/where’s next

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

why would I want to pin a tweet, @twitter?

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

switched the website in my bio to my empty id site https://t.co/UteK8DgvR6 cause when this all falls apart that’s where I’ll inevitably end up (I’m not sure about Mastodon but I’ll setup an actual ActivityPub feed if I can bring myself to work on a little weekend project)

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

@tomcoates hahaha yep but in elon’s world the toxic employees are the ones not aligned with his vision. they’re pulling the team in opposing directions and if he can just purge them all, the remaining team will suddenly make a breakthrough

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

@socialistdogmom how do we team up and go after Bezos next?

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

@hondanhon I’ve been thinking about this thread a lot this week!

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

@alicegoldfuss yes I feel this so much — it seems like the era of mass social media is passing away and I learnt so much from it, a retreat to a little ‘community’ feels like such a loss

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

on this american election night it feels like we have the old (pre-musk) twitter back

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

@paleofuture yeah that was my first reaction, cause this is an awfully dystopian image, but well slavery as punishment is still legal in california so uhh this is kinda “progressive”?

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

@workingjubilee @seldo yeah VCs pumping crypto while interest rates were low and money was basically “free” are having to rethink a lot of investments. i don’t think that was the trigger but it’s added to the spiraling effect specific to tech

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

@JoeCampbellDC @grugstan yeah I’d vote for Notion too — can get started with really simple checklists but extend it to Trello-like boards with a bit of effort, and it’s generally pretty friendly to put in front of other users who just want to edit documents

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

@hondanhon oh saw your other reply and agree that actually being unavailable would be much better on balance

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

@hondanhon i’ve started to wonder that too. like if it’s so obviously full of disinfo there’s a chance journos don’t rely on it for questionable reporting? i’m just not sure i trust the 24/7 news folks to not just report on all the mess without that disclaimer

[Benjamin Fogel @BenjaminFogel]

I don't want to sound alarmist, but there is a serious attempt at a coup happening in the open right now in Brazil. The Federal Traffic Police along with state police and elements of the army are trying to suppress the vote across the country. I will continue to post updates

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

not sure their accuracy but if these numbers are reproduced we’re in trouble — there’s a larger proportional increase for Bolso (22%) than for Lula (17%)… suggests that split voters might actually double-down on the right

[Cristina Rocha @crocha2]

Sydney results are in! 🎉🎊🍾 They just need to be reproduced throughout the diaspora and the country. 🤞🏼🙏🏻😬🫣
LULA 🦑

1st round: 52.3%
2nd round: 61.3% (+9%)

BOZO/VOLDEMORT 💀

1st round: 31.6%
2nd round: 38.7% (+7.1%)

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

I suppose the brands have to go somewhere after Twitter dies

[Netflix @netflix]

/heyNetflix @discord

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

there’s so much great stuff in here we could/should be funding and it’s a wonderful way of rebalancing the ways we talk about really big numbers

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

You be the treasurer: @AmyRemeikis & her team have built a very cool tool to build you own budget.

We've got a quarter of a trillion $ to spend on nation-building without going into a cent of debt if we #ScrapStage3 https://t.co/pVicZtDp3H

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

this feels like many layers of bad assumptions, and real cop-nation energy, on top of the fact the media have been after Thorpe for years now…

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

even before getting to the idea that many politicians have done far worse I can’t figure out what it is that Lidia Thorpe is supposed to have done wrong… are we really arguing that being a bikie is inherently so bad it lingers for years, and through a short-term relationship?!

[Peter M Howard @PeterMHoward]

@cristyclark and so much with this tone of “you’re probably using X but you’re doing it wrong”, it’s gross