ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

My boss, Matt Mullenweg, the boss of Automattic, owner of Tumblr, is looking for ex-Twitter employees for Tumblr, saying,

"we're putting on a fast track to see how they can help super-charge Tumblr. We can't absorb thousands of people, but I'd be open to hiring entire teams if they already work great together."

He's photomatt on Twitter, or look here too: https://automattic.com/work-with-us/

Boost for visibility, please? Spread the word!

#Twitter #JobFairy #Automattic #Tumblr

Hello, Mastodon

@AccordionGuy People who stan for sociopathic billionaires are… weird.

Everyone on Twitter right now:

Estragon: Well, shall we go?
Vladimir: Yes, let’s go.
(They do not move)

Dear Space Karen,
No thanks.

Owncast is proud to support the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians by offering them a hosted Owncast instance. They contacted the project discussing their streaming needs, and how the Big Tech options weren't working out for them, and they didn't have the resources to operate Owncast on their own. They asked if we could help via our donation program https://owncast.online/donated/.

I look forward to seeing their arts, sports and cultural events streaming live soon!

This next wave of Twitter refugees is going to contain a higher percentage of bad actors, I’m afraid.

📢Notice to anyone previously involved in Twitter disinfo, harassment or trolling:
Unlike Elmo’s World, this is not friendly territory. You have no advantage here.

Don’t even think about it.

Currently Masto.host is experiencing the highest volume of traffic that has ever reached the infrastructure.

The service is partially degraded and I will be doing fast upgrades on the platform.

These can lead to partial downtime, errors and large delays in support requests.

Really sorry. Doing the best I can on my end. Hope you understand. Thanks.

"Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Myspace and the gleaming Facebook, and the years of the rise of Mastodon there was an Age undreamed of, when shining social media kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Instagram, Tumblr, and a myriad of others. But the proudest social media kingdom of the world was Twitter, reigning supreme in the dreaming west."

Mastodon, c’est chouette 😎

https://framablog.org/2022/11/18/29098/

To me, the fediverse is about having a community of people collectively maintaining this public space where they can freely share their thoughts, passions, and problems. Where they can support each other and keep each other safe with community power.

As I attempt to go back off grid for the first time in decades, this time with a family in tow, I'm struck by just how much the solar, and by extension renewable energy, industry has changed.

What once was geared towards people living an alternative lifestyle is now centered around making yuppies in the suburbs believe that they're saving the world if they grid-tie some solar panels on their roof and charge their Tesla at home. It's populated by "business managers" who are only interested is seeing how many shoddily done jobs they can slap up in a short amount of time who mask that fact by pretending to care about the environment to their customers.

I have yet to have a positive interaction with anyone in the industry about actual self-sustainability. They just don't care. It's all so....corporate and phony now.

This is a real disappointment in my current life. Can't even drop out of society effectively anymore.

Watching Twitter's demise so wanted to re-connect here with ppl interested in #science, #scicomm, #healthpolicy, #AMR, #superbugs, #phagetherapy & #harmreduction

The European Commission is hiring enforcement staff for the #DigitalServicesAct! They’re looking for lawyers, data scientists, economists & digital policy experts. One of the most interesting digital policy jobs out there right now, perhaps even for disgruntled former tech workers… 😁 Applicants must be EU citizens. https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/job-opportunity-european-commission-hiring-experts-enforce-digital-services-act

I once sold cheese to Europe. Brexit took my business to the brink of destruction - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/18/europe-brexit-business-export-paperwork-british #BrexitReality

Threat of antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) is real but the market fails to provide right kind of incentives. As a result, firms are closing labs & those with promising drugs go bankrupt. @aledmedwards@twitter.com & I discuss options for Canada in @TheHillTimes@twitter.com: https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2022/11/17/fighting-the-next-health-crisis/355121/

Them: "Mastodon is hard to use."
Me: _gets started easily_
#coops

Them: "The #fediverse is fragmented - hard to find anyone."
Me: _easily finds many folks here I know or enjoy_
👋

Them: "It's just white male tech nerds"
Me: _discovers fairly robust presence of non-white, non-male folks_
✊

Them: "It's set up so it's antiviral"
Me: _sees more interest in my thoughts here than ever on the birdsite_
🙃

Them: "Local servers are like isolated islands."
Me: _finds a canoe to explore archipelago_
🛶