I’ve been using Mastodon as my Twitter replacement for the last couple of months.
Here’s my review for other folks on tech/product/design Twitter who might be curious about making the leap...
I'll never forget that day. Waking up from explosions at 5am. Frantic calls with family & friends. Decision paralysis, not being sure whether it's safer to stay and risk being occupied by fascist murderers, or flee through roads that may get jammed and attacked at vital points.
@tmcw@placemarkio so many feels in this one. thanks for publishing this. I’ll keep rooting for you and feel seen as somebody who “just enjoys your work”
We closed shop on Whywhywhy, our startup in the analytics space. Not what we wanted obviously, but learned a ton and decided to share some of it: https://t.co/5AUoTfssvV
Incredible heat forecast for many parts of central & northern Europe over the New Year. Up to 16-20°C above average.
Possible all time national temperature records for both December & January could be broken.
Now on Seat 61! All about the new (London-) Brussels/Amsterdam-Berlin sleeper train that will start running on 25 May 2023: Timetable, prices, on board facilities, bikes & pets... https://t.co/aQR28iKaJE
National Divorce
Within the next year Russia will spiral into a deep political crisis. There is a nonzero chance that it may scale up existing separatist tendencies leading to the breakup of the empire. In this thread I will outline a model of how this process could look like🧵
Weggesperrt wird, wem man eine eventuelle Ordnungswidrigkeit oder Straftat zutraut. CCC-Aktivist sitzt seit Wochen in vorsorglicher politischer Präventivhaft. Wir fordern, ihn freizulassen! https://t.co/QTf3vN7jPH
Scientifically proven why WE NEED MORE BASS (8-37Hz). I can also provide some anecdotical accounts that “Fuck yeah that’s true”.
https://t.co/qES48vWuCe
The only site to ever enter your personal information in to @Meta is this https://t.co/cqXBa0VwnH (for making sure they don't hold onto your data after you have already deleted your accounts)
@tmcw bought it a year ago, been using it regularly since, at social events to know when to ventilate and during travels to judge unknown situations. It’s been great. App is cool for looking at historical data. Can recommend.
If this checks out, it is almost certainly the biggest news story of the week, and is in the top five for the year. Absolutely insane. I really hope Biden knows what he's doing.