ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

"Musk’s new legal department is also apparently asking engineers to “self-certify” compliance with FTC rules and other privacy laws."

If you know people working at Twitter, you need to tell them to resign rather than do this. That company is asking you to absorb the institution's liability, and the muskrat will fuck you without hesitation if you allow the possibility of that happening to exist.

@taylorlorenz It feels somehow cosy reading this from a distance, rather than on twitter itself. Like being inside, warm & dry, watching the rain lashing the window outside

Interesting thought by @riskybusiness on his latest podcast: what would happen if someone like Google set up their own Mastodon instance, and it became like the Gmail of Mastodon.

I recognize that a lot of people who have been around would have concerns, but... it's the kind of thing that could happen.

We never did a proper #introduction, did we? 😲

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They're beginning to figure out the mathematics of rogue waves: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mathematicians-may-soon-be-able-to-predict-enormous-rogue-waves

Why do I bring up *your* personal data in the context of a potential Twitter paywall?

Because Elon Musk has made blatant what has, until now, been hush-hush: that everything you contribute to Big Social is valuable.

It's not just your tweets, but also:

1. The time you spend on site
2. Your search queries
3. Your social sentiment
4. Your interests
5. Your contacts and relationships

You put in the work, gave Twitter that data—and now they're going to monetize all of it to the very last drop.

I little bit prouder today of my institution. MIT is hosting its own #mastodon server

mastodon.mit.edu

See you there soon

"How could this happen to the guarantor of democracy?" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/world/us-international-democracy.html

A lot of snarky people on #Twitter are mocking people migrating to mastodon, which I find funny because I remember when Twitter first came out and it was mocked heavily until people got famous and built entire careers from it. Then of course it became *Very Important*. Entire books written on how to conquer it! (To be clear though, I don’t really want that arc for mastodon, because I think we need a change from the old model…)

I just wrote about Elon Musk and Twitter

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/11/elon-musk-twitter-mastodon

@mmasnick

https://bit.ly/3Thg9Ql - Journalists
https://bit.ly/3E9N7hg - LawFedi

A colleague of mine at the @nytimes has written this explainer of Mastodon, noting that Elon Musk has tweeted and deleted three derogatory posts about it today. Gift link. No paywall! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/07/technology/mastodon-twitter-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=Ym-dwAQpggeE8wyaweGmXOufG3kT571DziACj-9ztHR_DoW7UhtaveVqma6Hv4EqVjAI5sGgYV6a2SeRsj8oUBQaD1HarCCtStjPVb8x_Ji80zfZLoYQCLM-gog21aqvplknt9x8mosa29DwKbKQ-6enjCF_sgiq4DQQr9Eofe-GmU7aWoskhPbpOIr27gh_7WqFNd26WRsgsD8vplthIN5kaQl72Mq3dFgNEja1CsWfi18vBu7OQAxKp8adjjpfm9g8vHYrCaxDlYgWCu7uw39KXZnMSP7hqgZzba_6JtqsC0iw8frVDsA38syUq-GJ2QPTzEipr5QDZrGcwDXRocszBvXxS-A&smid=share-url

I spoke to someone from a very large US gov org over the weekend and they are looking into standing up a #Mastodon instance. Would be unusual to see them move so quickly but there are several good reasons to do so. No idea if it will happen but at least its on the radar. Interesting times.

Genuinely surprised people aren't calling it twexit

Good piece on why scientists are using the word 'scary' to describe our climate futures. It points out that extreme weather events are set to become even more extreme and prevalent - we are now locked in for big change in the coming years - but will get far harder still if we (rich countries esp) do not draw down CO2e and CH4e at once.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/07/why-scientists-are-using-the-word-scary-over-the-climate-crisis

This one is for all the new people on #Mastodon: did you know that the #fediverse has more than just a microblogging replacement? And that they can all interoperate with your Mastodon account?

Check them out!

Facebook replacement: Friendica
Instagram replacement: Pixelfed
YouTube replacement: PeerTube
Spotify replacement: Funkwhale
MeetUp replacement: Mobilizon
Reddit replacement: Lemmy
Podcasting replacement: Castopod
GoodReads replacement: BookWyrm

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

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.23.22275458v4

"Covid-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people ages 0-19 years in the United States"

This is where “let it rip” policies in schools have led us to. How is any of this ok?!

“Immunity debt” & “masks” DID NOT cause this. This was caused by #POTUS failing to follow science & #CDC being politicized. #Walenski failed to inform public accurately. Instead schools been allowed to become infection hotspots then carried home.

#mask #BringBackMasks #Covid

Meta is preparing large-scale layoffs this week

https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-parent-meta-is-preparing-large-scale-layoffs-this-week-wsj-2022-11-06/