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Will be participating in a year-end discussion of #COP27 and the state of climate progress on @bbcworld Radio TODAY 3:30pm London local time (10:30am ET): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_world_service

We’re throwing quite a lot of time & resource into building our #Bylines Mastodon server, building our Bylines App and expanding our network to cover more areas.

Please do keep supporting what we’re doing!!
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WARNING: If we don’t push back against this recent stylish hype about another proprietary Twitter clone, we may as well just slit our cultural and political throats right now. We’ll just be going right back to the same future hellscape we just came from.

Twitter is considering forcing users to let the company sell their data and phone numbers to advertisers, in potential breach of #Apple rules

#Twitter is working on plans to force some users to agree to data sharing or lose access to the app in a bid to save its ad business, according to Platformer.

Elon #Musk's platform, like #Google and #Facebook, currently allows users to opt out of personalized ads, but this option could soon disappear.

https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-plans-to-force-users-to-share-data-with-advertisers-2022-12

2022, like every other year, was cruel to so-called blasphemers. I wrote about how people continue to suffer under blasphemy laws and norms, and how some countries are currently trying to make it even less safe for dissenters.

New post on Substack: https://sarahemclaugh.substack.com/p/2022-this-year-in-blasphemy

Even if he hadn’t written three of the most-loved #DoctorWho stories, Chris Boucher would be a legend for just this line:

"You know, the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views, which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."

RIP Chris 💙💙

Ooops: Tesla stock hit a new 52 week low on Tuesday. Before Elon musk began focusing on Twitter the stock was over $400 a share. It’s now below $160-a 60% drop. Turns out Neo Nazis and other vile trolls Musk has embraced on Twitter don’t have the income needed to buy a Tesla 😀

"It’s likely the [staff] reductions will force Twitter to concentrate content moderation efforts on regions with stronger regulations governing social media platforms like Europe, where tech companies could face big fines under the new Digital Services Act if they don’t make an effort to combat misinformation and hate speech... “The few content moderators left are going to be focused on Europe, because Europe is the squeakiest wheel.”"

Article --> https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-europe-business-1b3d4266c5acdab47fc1c95fe8026590

Tesla is now trading at its cheapest valuation in years.

And yeah, this has partly to do with Twitter.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tesla-stock-is-trading-at-its-cheapest-valuation-in-years-wedbushs-dan-ives-says-190147306.html

EU Parliament wants to ban forced sterilisation to protect people with disabilities https://ift.tt/yitbz90

This is truly enraging.

The terrorist who killed 5 people at Club Q boasted during a 2021 bomb threat about his plans to become “the next mass killer.” Knowing this full well, authorities dropped all charges anyway and still let him keep his guns. His records were then sealed to ensure he wouldn't have to face the consequences for his threats to terrorism.

Meanwhile, Tamir Rice played with a toy gun and authorities killed him in 1.7 seconds because they "feared for their lives."

Two Americas.

'A case to indict': Morning Joe astonished by 'shocking' Trump evidence in Georgia https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-georgia-2658962602/
#news #politics #trumptrial

I'm not saying there are a lot of viral infections going around right now, but when the NY Times feels the need to publish a list of symptoms so you can figure out which of four illnesses you have, that might be saying something.
The rate of COVID positive testing is at its highest point in three months in the US. The US rate of flu hospitalization is up 50 to 100% in the past two weeks across all age groups. Masks on to protect yourself and your family this holiday season!

this would probably just be a nightmare but if anyone wants a million dollars to work on the #fediverse it looks like jack is giving money away

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/jackjack/issues/a-native-internet-protocol-for-social-media-1503112