Josh Smift

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[Josh Smift @irilyth]

Apparently the fascists who have taken over this site are now going to use everyone's tweets to create fascist LLMs or something. I'm downloading a copy of my data now, and will then delete all my tweets.

Fuck you, fascists.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

A friend on FB notes: "Twitter attracts advertisers by being able to show them engagement numbers. By logging in, reading tweets, and making posts, you're boosting their engagement numbers."

I don't want to be doing that, so I'm logging out, unless anyone has contrary advice.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

Remember how Twitter helped fight the fascists during the Arab Spring?

Could Twitter have a role in helping fight the fascists now trying to take over America?

Now I understand what kind of person would buy Twitter and then work tirelessly to destroy it.

(h/t MB)

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

Seems reasonable, I suppose I'll do likewise.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

Defund the police. https://t.co/QupQJ6d65c

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@doctorambient To quote Spın̈al Tap: Do I have to come right flat out and tell you everything GIMME SOME MONEY!

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@doctorambient Free speech interprets Twitter as damage and routes around it.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@doctorambient How does it feel about bitly? https://t.co/QAB9M39Rwu

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@doctorambient I got mad earlier and called him an asshole, I'm waiting to see if I get banned. I would've assumed not, but in these dark times, who knows!

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@elonmusk You irresponsible asshole.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@padraig2112 I use Tweetdeck, and have never found anything in my feed(s) other than what I told it to put there.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

Defund the police. :^(

[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

WARNING: GRAPHIC ⚠️ A cop in Florida shoots a man in the woods holding an axe. The officer ran up to a man described as mentally ill, attempted no de-escalation, and shot him despite not being in danger.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@jere7my I think I understand how anti-pronoun people would distinguish between these situations, but I'm having a hard time fitting it into a tweet. I can write a thread if you'd like, but if you're just making a point, I agree and won't bother explaining. :^ )

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

This video of a sloth getting taken around the zoo to meet the other animals is amazing. Come so you can learn how to carry a sloth around a zoo; stay for the dolphins. The dolphins! ZOMFG.

https://t.co/tjkZBRmFKa

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@padraig2112 I mean, I would stay the fuck out of Russia in any case. :^p But anyway.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@padraig2112 In particular, we're showing Russia that if we have one of their criminals in custody, they can get him back by kidnapping an innocent high-profile American. If I were an innocent high-profile American, I would stay the fuck out of Russia right now.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

This story is pretty amazeballs.

[Naomi Kritzer naomikritzer.bsky.social @NaomiKritzer]

I was looking for something else and found this link I tweeted out years ago to this AMAZING story from @CAwkward.

https://t.co/QFCm4mYVIO

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@jere7my Not bad, but it's only four minutes long. https://t.co/ljRcYZCc92 remains my pick.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

@NaomiKritzer As long as people are talking about Hunter Biden's dick, they aren't asking every Republican politician in the country to state for the record whether they support or oppose their party's leader's demand to abolish the Constitution and install him as Dictator.

[Josh Smift @irilyth]

I haven't been following the Hunter Biden laptop story at all, so big thanks to @NaomiKritzer for summarizing it so entertainingly.

"Flood the zone with shit" is all they got these days.

[Naomi Kritzer naomikritzer.bsky.social @NaomiKritzer]

"If only more people had seen Hunter Biden's dick pics they'd have voted for Trump" is serious galaxy-brained thinking.

If Hunter Biden worked for the Biden administration I might be concerned about it, but Joe Biden hires non-family members, so.