Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@social.cleverlibre.org

So I posted a long rambly thread on Twitter last night sharing my thoughts on the Musk mess. Since people really seem to like it, I thought I'd share it here, too:

So here's my hypothesis on the whole Musk twitter deal. 1/

Here is a gifted link to the New York Times article on the special prosecutor, Jack Smith, just appointed to oversee the Mar-a-Lago documents and 1/6 insurrection cases, courtesy of @TheTweetOfJohn on Twitter.

(I hope the link works this way.)

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/11/18/us/trump-garland-special-counsel?unlocked_article_code=GrYu7kx2ZtyRNsbMBlMMlcfCwpJHxBu7HkjGBxHUUrcan9O0WpJMhlJwgFBHEHfFnI-Et-mWF5f8FHNUYBwK-2GizhHBJOiEeEvvbkvepxy-0u_xuwXT5ptTZyITx2rlDUOZnplMyFchsyRC6pRH-Ph1I4QA5ktibniYvfyNFavSMedx2pjQlrDUAEmB151lmzFhoUtpM_6RRd3STgo68MXu1d9dAme_bDIzB2PXMjFRBt9msKwVhx6Lp00cMEMzIm7LUaKWYOd9DLTsyc8fq8Ry4e-2KK5xbfx8xttelaCLj2yErfRyP9GQDQiaRaloia6--JzNx7Apa3Rs9POoL7dbk1lonbyOAyei#trump-special-counsel-garland

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#twitter certificate expires on Dec, 12th. Countdown party? #riptwitter

Ugh, these new Twitter refugees are ruining the place for long-standing community members like me who have been here for ten days.

Since the vote was 13-2 in favor of mojito, and I am a believer in democracy, here is proof of mojito. I will attempt not to work tomorrow and Saturday.

Elon Musk should buy Ticketmaster next.

Today’s #Texas M5.4 #earthquake (approximate location as a purple blob) in the context of nearby #reinjection wells and other recent #earthquakes on a map from Tung et al. (2020)

I’m boldly going where I haven’t gone before, which is right here at this site. Apparently this is a “toot.” I would appreciate a follow!

People who joined Mastodon / Fediverse this year. Do you feel this to be the end of your search or do you hope for a Social Network that fits you better and this is a temporary stop? Feel free to boost for visibility.

I guess I'm okay paying a substantial portion of my salary to an "entitlement" I'll never receive because the Republicans won't stop stealing it.

how did twitter end

You might have heard about that marriage equality bill the Senate's gonna vote on and got confused over what it actually does.

Well, I got some good news and some bad news. Read on...

https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/i-hate-the-senate-bill-and-we-need