ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

@paulg, who until about an hour ago was pretty publicly giving Musk the benefit of the doubt, decided to move here and then got banned there.

Musk is burning it all down, including friendships.

If you can:

1. Donate to Fediverse devs and intance admins
2. Start your own instances
3. If you can't start your own instances, join a non-profit or co-op instance
4. If you can't join a non-profit or co-op instance, support small businesses that are building the Fediverse
5. Resist the likes of Google or Apple from extending their tech monopolies into the Fediverse

You can (but really don't) follow me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/maldr0id

No let's see if @jerry is going to ban my account for tooting this!

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If it's now against the rules to promote other social networks on Twitter, that means Jack Dorsey can't promote Bluesky on Twitter!

Screenshot is relevant.

Democracy Dies on the Net https://democracyparadox.com/2022/11/28/democracy-dies-on-the-net/ via @demparadox

This just hurts my soul. Microsoft basically hid a Black cemetery on land they got for free after tax breaks and then allowed for the desecration of the graves. The county and newspaper aren’t off the hook either. Same with the consultants and archeologists. https://www.propublica.org/article/how-authorities-erased-historic-black-cemetery-virginia

Okay, so holy crap: earlier today @permagriculture recommended this browser extension for Mastodon, and IT IS A GAME CHANGER: https://github.com/lartsch/FediAct#installation

One of the more annoying things on Mastodon is if you end up on a page on a different server.

This solves that!

It's fantastic.

I know that some people hate browser extensions, but if you're cool with them, check it out.

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.”

12 hours into the appendectomy the surgeon sobbed as he pulled the 75th appendix out of the clown. There was no end in sight.

For shame, @NBCNews. @oneunderscore__ is a stellar reporter on the most dangerous beat this side of Ukraine's battlefields and this is how you support him? He is right. This shows how you have not learned to cover malign, insane men with power. For shame.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nbc-suspends-reporter-ben-collins-for-criticizing-elon-musk?source=twitter&via=desktop

Oh, wow, Tom Lehrer has released all of his songs into the public domain. Apparently also his website will shut down "at some date in the not too distant future" so now's a good time to download directly.

"In short, I no longer retain any rights to any of my songs.
So help yourselves, and don’t send me any money."

https://tomlehrersongs.com/

Ten Years Later, The EU #OrphanWorks Directive Is Officially A Failure – Just As The Copyright Industry Intended - https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/16/ten-years-later-the-eu-orphan-works-directive-is-officially-a-failure-just-as-the-copyright-industry-intended/ further proof that #copyright is broken and that governments have no intention of fixing it...

My mastadon link at my pinned tweet on Twitter is now warning anyone who clicks on it that the sight may be “unsafe.”
You know what actually feels unsafe right now? Musk on Twitter.