herid @herid@social.cleverlibre.org

Former #TweetDeck fans, do yourself a favour and turn on Advanced mode! #MastodonTips #TwitterRefugee

Republicans have a compelling partisan interest in securing Elon Musk’s control of a leading communications hub for journalists, and have responded companies pausing their ads on Twitter by threatening the firms with political retribution. https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/gops-corrupt-bargain-elon-musk

Early Warnings for All Action Plan unveiled at COP27

"The estimated new targeted investments of US$ 3.1 Billion over the five years would be used to advance the four key Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS) pillars:

Disaster risk knowledge (US$374 million) - systematically collect data and undertake risk assessments on hazards and vulnerabilities
Observations and Forecasting (US$1.18 billion) - develop hazard monitoring and early warning services
Preparedness and response ($1 billion) - build national and community response capabilities
Dissemination and communication (US$ 550 million) - communicate risk information so it reaches all those who need it, and is understandable and usable

The plan identifies key areas for advancing universal disaster risk knowledge, and outlines the priority actions required to achieve this, building on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction."

https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/early-warnings-all-action-plan-unveiled-cop27

Hi, this is Greta. You are welcome to follow me here, if you prefer planet earth to planet mars.

This report from RUSI on the Russian use of air assets during this conflict is absolutely world-class. Dispels many myths, while highlighting the real source of Russian failures, with detailed multi-source on-the-ground report

https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-resources/russian-air-war-and-ukrainian-requirements-air-defence

Woke up to find the twitter exodus **Still** accelerating. The last 24 hours has been the biggest influx yet, up over 20% from yesterday. We are seeing 1000 new users a day now!

If Canada's public health leaders are still scratching their heads on how to do their job this winter, here's some free evidence-based tips:
#covid19 #BringBackMasks

RT @MackayIM@twitter.com

And the article referred to...
Fit-Tested N95 Masks Combined With Portable High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filtration Can Protect Against High Aerosolized Viral Loads Over Prolonged Periods at Close Range https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/226/2/199/6582941#.YwrYRF8SgGQ.twitter

Hard to separate the broader Twitter Blue strategy from the reality that Elon Musk spends a lot of his time on here looking at his mentions and would probably like all the top responses he sees to be from sycophants willing to pay him money.

Watching Musk flail around, alternately threatening/alienating advertisers while threatening/alienating long-time users of Twitter ...

.. I'm thinking of an essay I wrote last week about how Musk is remarkably unsuited to manage something like Twitter ...

... because it's a social system, and thus way more complex than the physics systems (orbital space, cars) his companies have worked to master

Or as I put it ...

"Running Twitter Isn't Rocket Science: It's Harder" -- https://clivethompson.medium.com/running-twitter-isnt-rocket-science-it-s-harder-57fd19bf6d5e

RT @ChandraPasma@twitter.com

A massive 71% of Ontarians believe the government is taking the wrong approach and should get back to the negotiating table.

The people are making their voices clear about what must be done.

Can you hear them @fordnation@twitter.com? Get back to the table.

#onted
https://globalnews.ca/news/9256193/most-ontarians-blame-ford-government-school-closures-cupe-poll/

Woah - German government has got its own Mastodon instance and most of the ministries and many agencies already have accounts.
Verification problem at least partially solved - just need to check the domain is right!
I've also seen newspapers like theatlantic.com set up instances themselves. Looks like verification will be worked out sooner or later.
https://social.bund.de/explore