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A must-read on @elonmusk@twitter.com from Linette Lopez, one of the journalists that Musk has suspended from Twitter.

She has covered his business activities with a critical eye for years.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-business-playbook-boss-visionary-jerk-spacex-tesla-twitter-2022-12

Want to see the winner announced live?

I’ll be discussing the year in tech with @brianmerchant, @hypervisible, and @xoxogossipgita at 1pm PT / 4pm ET. At the end, we’ll be crowning the winner of Worst Person in Tech of 2022!

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#tech #podcast #livestream

Coffee drinkers! Listen! Starbucks workers nationwide are starting a 3-day strike today (Friday 12/16) as part of their effort to unionize.

How can you help? Don't cross the picket line. Get your coffee elsewhere. (Preferably at independent coffee shops. Long live small biz).

And spread the word! Make this message viral. Let's hold billionaire corps accountable because worker's rights are human rights. Let's go.

@funnymonkey John Mastedon in "Tracking the Mile High Club" ElonJet come to couse 235 FL450 and Squawk 6969

You always have time to show kindness to a child: six year old Madeline wrote to Los Angeles animal control seeking permission to keep a unicorn as a pet if she could find one. They responded, granting her request, outlining proper care, and issuing her a custom unicorn license. #edutooter #education

The Colts should be ashamed of themselves.

CNN, WaPo, NYT journalists' accounts were restored. The Intercept and independent journalists were not. We've gotten the worst of it all: the criticism of being the “mainstream media” but without the backing or protection of being the “mainstream media.”

NEW: What happened when Des Moines Public Schools ended its contract with police and embraced restorative practice? A conversation w/ @andykopsa on her latest @inthesetimesmag article:

#restorehumanity #education #LeadLAP #edchat #satchat

https://www.humanrestorationproject.org/podcasts/the-city-that-kicked-cops-out-of-schools-and-tried-restorative-practices-instead-w-andy-kopsa

Anyone else struggling to get in the "holiday spirit" because of all the awful stuff that has gone on and/or continued this year?

I'm just hoping 2023 is better for a lot of people.

And, we need to be talking about building community redundancy.

We can't rely on single platforms anymore.

We need to be strategic about backing up not just our data, but our communities.

That way, when the unexpected happens, we don't get stuck rebuilding from scratch.

Here’s a thought.

Instead of telling new people what not to do and the bajillion made up rules that have no consensus, tell people why the fedi is a cool place and just be decent while they figure it out.

A lot of people always talk about how ‘free and open’ this space is but express that by throwing rule books at people before they get a feel for it.

Focus on not being a shit person and it will be ok.

A thought: Let’s spend less time talking about Elon Musk and a lot more time talking about the #ColoradoRiver.
Everyone should read @ianjames this week on #ClimateChange in the @latimes

“The reservoirs could drop so low that #water would no longer flow past #HooverDam in two years. That dire scenario … would cut off water supplies to California, Arizona and Mexico.”
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-12-16/risk-of-dead-pool-looms-at-colorado-river-meeting