Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

A shameless Donald Trump is shamed in court yet again https://disunitedstates.com/2023/08/18/a-shameless-donald-trump-is-shamed-in-court-yet-again/

Scam artists are posing as Maui charities. Here's how to avoid getting duped.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/maui-charity-scams-how-to-avoid-getting-duped/

#DailyCoworkerPhoto: it has definite been this kind of week. #WorkFromHome #CatsOfMastodon

He's going to get people killed with this.

You know what Nazis used to do in my Twitter replies before I started mass blocking?

They'd give my home address out to OTHER Nazis in my replies who had expressed an interest in murdering my family and me.

The decision to take away the ability to block on Twitter epitomizes the rightwing project to restore dominance: It creates a paradise for racists, misogynists, bigots of all kind to attack and abuse anyone they refuse to accept as equal, anyone who has the audacity to demand respect.

In London and free on Wednesday evening?

I’m giving a short talk about my book, The Spike, and hanging out to chat

And there’s free pizza and beer!

All thanks to MachineMedicine

Come along and say hi!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/computational-medicine-meetup-network-and-meetup-tickets-681608167377

@Popehat This isn't even the worst thing he's done to Twitter since he bought it. It's one of the most perplexing things, but not the worst. That honor goes to un-banning someone who had stills from CSAM on their account for over 24 hours. Stills they only could have tweeted if they downloaded the video themselves and screencapped it. Oh, and he gave that person ad revenue money.

Muskrat is a piece of shit.

Over at Twitter, Musk is deleting the "Block" option except for DMs. Given the increasing numbers of extremists there, this is guaranteed to piss off all kinds of people who routinely get trolled. Based on experience and observation, journalists are among them.

When will journalists realize they should leave that vile platform, and bring their followers to better places like this one?

Maybe now?

Pics from the sit and chat with Ginza #CatsOfMastodon

#Chillin #catsofmastodon

Arkansas schools defy Sarah Huckabee Sanders to offer African-American Studies: report https://www.rawstory.com/advanced-placement-african-american-studies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

It's nice not to hear the nazi drivel coming out of Tucker's face.

man, that #Naptown shit has me missin #Indy today 🖤​

a violinist, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the Dorset back country.

As I was not familiar with the country lanes, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions.

I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guys had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.

I felt bad and apologised to the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.

The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends.

I played like I've never played before for this homeless man.

And as I played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished I packed up my violin and started for my car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full.

As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "I never seen nothin' like that before and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."

Dobby Jr looking adorable as if he wasn’t kicking my back 30 mins ago. #catsofmastodon

Going back to the former Twitter these days feels a little like going back to your old high school once you've graduated; everything is familiar but it's not your place anymore, and you don't necessarily want to spend more time there than you have to.

This is not to disparage people who are still using it as their primary social media outlet (I still post career news/updates there). But I am glad it's no longer the focus of my social media life. There are other places to be.

Like here! Hello!

Do you know who this person is?

Give your answer or make your best guess below. (No reverse image search and peeking at other responses.)

His name will be revealed tomorrow.

Please retoot if you can.

#MysteryPersonQuiz

If you know the fascist plan is to exhaust you with their bullshit, then don't pay so much attention to their bullshit.

READ: Prosecutors seek 33-year prison term for ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio in Jan. 6 case https://t.co/NI2GK3zDll

My Mastodon follower count has started to drop. So, this is what it's like to peak here. [surveys land and nods]