I go ding when there's stuff: Writer on STEM, politics, music, film+tv. ex PBS & CBC, fan of science & reason, enemy of BS, US+CDN dual citizen, husband & dad.
BREAKING: In a tremendously embarrassing moment, people are leaving Donald Trump’s rally as Donald Trump is in the middle of his speech. Even MAGA is tired of Donald Trump’s BS. Retweet so all Americans see this embarrassing moment
IMPORTANT: @elonmusk's new policy preventing linking to competitors is in DIRECT VIOLATION of European Union rules.
Penalty can be a fine of up to 20% of Twitter's annual revenue
https://t.co/Wu1dU4JRn7
Took me almost 9 years to earn 30K followers on Twitter.😳
Earned 30K on Mastodon in just over 9 weeks.🤯 (And virtually no Nazis trolling me.😎)
Come on in. The water’s just fine.
If you see this page, it is bullshit. Hit 'continue' (But verify the link just the same)
There is no security risk to Mastodon. This is anticompetitive behavior by Musk — because he's not a capitalist, he's daddy's special boy.
(Also, follow @BrandyZadrozny on Madtodon.)
Noticed a flood of new people showing up / following on Mastodon so I figured some kinda fucked up shit was happening over here. Do feel free to migrate, the weather is fine on the non-profit, ad free, Elon Musk free alternative. Miss you all ... well most of you.
Breaking News: Hate speech on Twitter has jumped since Elon Musk took over, researchers found.
Musk “sent up the Bat Signal to every kind of racist, misogynist and homophobe that Twitter was open for business,” the head of one of the research groups said.
https://t.co/G7G2oZ89BB
Mastodon has just passed over 2 million active monthly users, a new record! People are voting with their feet. The future of social media doesn't have to belong to a billionaire, it can be in the hands of its users.
Because it's a list, it won't include ads and it won't include anyone who isn't following back - so of minimal benefit to Musk, or Twitter. I'm not going to be on, at all, often. (The Twitter app is gone from my phone). Mastodon will be my go-to place to talk about ... whatever.
The end of Twitter, for me, will be something of a strategic withdrawal - I'm building a (private) list of people I know or have interacted with frequently but who are not leaving Twitter (at least not yet). And I'll only visit that (short) list.