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98.8% of the US population lives in counties with substantial or higher transmission. This map, based on data which the CDC downplays, is far more meaningful than the misinformation in the CDC's Community Level map which intentionally downplays the pandemic & need for masking.

#COVID #BringBackMasks

If you have family gatherings upcoming, don't forget to test for COVID. My sister was planning a brunch tomorrow, but two members of her household just tested positive.

If they hadn't tested, we might have exposed our mom and 97 year old grandma to a deadly virus.

Seriously. Don't chance it. Test.

#Covid #Christmas

@mikestevens @taylorlorenz actually the devs are warming up to it more. It just may not be the priority now.

I also created this github to further the discussion.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/20673

@mikestevens @taylorlorenz Here is an active, thoughtful thread on GitHub for Mastodon discussing this very thing! Quote boosting appears very likely. They simply want to approach it carefully.

"user-controlled, abuse-resistent quote-boosting"
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/20673

People who are talking as if reblogging is what leads to harassment need to understand that abuse happens *far more* often in replies. Does that mean u shoudjnt be able to reply to people? No, it means we need controls! As far as I’m aware there’s no way to limit replies on Mastodon or filter them. Would love for more controls like that to be added. Threading on replies wouod help a lot too imo.

Sometimes you want to go viral, sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you want feedback on a post, sometimes you don’t. Part of meeting the needs of a wide user base (which should be the goal!) is allowing for customization. Facebook and other platforms allow a user to change the privacy settings on a post level, both after and before the post is published, and I think that’s great!

Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley P.T.A.

https://youtu.be/aOZPBUu7Fro

#SongOfTheDay
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Journalists will never stick around this app long term sadly unless it adds quote posting. We desperately need it to communicate effectively, build on each others ideas, and add crucial context to posts. These are things replies simply do not accomplish. Also quote posting or reblogging does not = harassment! Tumblr, for instance, has had the feature since the beginning. We need it here now too 🙏🏻

The NORAD Twitter account has been suspended for doxxing the location of Santa's sleigh.

Ukrainians have been fighting bravely against their aggressor for 9 months now.
 
We will never match their sacrifices.

But we are helping in every possible way.
 
This year, we have mobilised over €19 billion in support to Ukraine.
 
And more is coming.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1606573250435325952

All EU countries have now agreed to our proposal to channel €18 billion in macro-financial assistance to 🇺🇦 next year.
 
Money disbursed regularly, to help with urgent repairs and pave the way to reconstruction.
 
A reconstruction that will put Ukraine on the path to the EU.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/vonderleyen/status/1606573543201931265

By "denies," you mean "lies about." The feature is gone. He could say it's being put back up. But he just lies knowing this is how lies get reported.

The people who refused to applaud Zelenskyy in Congress yesterday are the same people who would have refused to applaud Churchill when he addressed Congress in December 1941.

2. Even with variability/weather taken into account, wind & solar compose the bulk of any future decarbonized grid -- NREL did hundreds of model runs, w/ widely varying assumptions, & wind & solar dominate in *all of them*. RE will be the foundation of any decarbonized grid.