DutyBard @DutyBard@social.cleverlibre.org

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I joined this site a fortnight ago today.

I did not have a clue how it worked, or about its lore and culture.

Now, it seems intuitive - though not because I am adept but because networks and protocols are familiar and practical things.

We use them all the time: www, mobiles, emails, etc.

And this place is structured to encourage calm civility.

It was Twitter which was strange and, in many ways, inhumane - rewarding clicks and rage and vileness.

We just got used to it.

And now we are out.

Every time I see 20+ users sign up in a matter of a few minutes I instantly think "What dumbass shit did Musk do now..."

#twitter

weird day lol

This just won't feel like home until we get a good linear probability model vs. logistic regression debate going. Here's a poll to prime the pump:

Well here I am!

23,020 accounts
+8 in the last hour
+388 in the last day
+4,641 in the last week

Today's law and policy post on how the contest between platforms is an example of a contest often seen

https://davidallengreen.com/2022/11/hierarchies-vs-networks-in-the-age-of-musk-and-mastodon/

“I obviously regret appointing someone who has had to resign in these circumstances” has pretty strong “I’m sorry you caught me cheating” vibes, doesn’t it?

#RishiSunak #GavinWilliamson #UKPolitics #PMQs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63571086

Fascinating development now that @Nature@twitter.com has set up a Mastadon account. Will the #science community be moving over? Remains to be seen. https://sciencemastodon.com/@nature

It is sad to see #Twitter go the way it did. For many users who make their #introduction here this is not easy. A lot of lifeblood went into it #Twitter which may still turnaround. But these are highly non-linear processes & #mastodon #twittermigration may just take off.

So how to deal with this emotionally?

For me, #poetry helps and provides some consolation to remind ourselves of the bigger picture.

"Steps" by Herman Hesse.

Rishi Sunak was told of Gavin Williamson’s abusive texts - and appointed him anyway

Sunak’s claim that his would be a government with “integrity, professionalism & accountability at every level” was fatally undermined by his appointment of Braverman, but is surely now given a final death blow by this?

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/6667c2e4-5d0c-11ed-9a48-54549b73e939?shareToken=de6c15bdc2ac92e76bb7f80e29d1cde1

Brexit revisited, and a non-apology

https://davidallengreen.com/2022/11/brexit-revisited-and-a-non-apology/