ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

As requested and hot off the press: My tutorial How to Block Server Domains in Mastodon - something you as an individual can do.
Q: Why not just rely on admins A: Your admins might not want to cut off, say, RuthSocial or whatever. But you may.

SInce this pertains to #privacy #cybersecurity and #safety by all means:

~~PLEASE BOOST!~~

By doing so you are protecting the community from the trolls at the gate. Stay tuned for more, including how we can share such lists.

https://medium.com/@theghostoftomjoad/how-to-block-server-domains-in-mastodon-899b24f8fb6e

@SocraticEthics at what point will we have a moment-appropriate equivalent of the McCarthy hearings, uncovering Russian infiltration into our government? The amount of people being bribed / blackmailed is astonishing.... Sure, the Russians have worked to align to the cultural fault lines of western society (fear of immigration, white and Christian fear of replacement, etc) ... But that only takes you so far...

If we don’t have voting rights we don’t have anything. Moore v. Harper is an enormous case that will be argued this week before the U.S. Supreme Court. Keep your eyes and ears open for it. @marcelias and @democracydocket will be all over it this week. #politics #votingrights #scotus #supremecourt

My name is Tim, recently widowed and retired. I worked in IT for State Government
(South Carolina) for 21 years.I am presently just working on my cabin, processing loss,
and hoping sdf will be able to manage all the Twitter users that may migrate here. I am staying at the bird until it is taken away from me or splats. My present interests are...
#introduction
#SouthCarolina
#liberal
#progressive
#Democrat
#widower
#retired
#vinyl_record
#computerTech
#JADAM
#Cabin
#seniorCitizen
#10thousandsteps

Those Who Ruin The Whole Vibe of Omelas By Constantly Bringing Up The Suffering Child Every Time Someone Rhetorically Asks Them "How's It Going?"

Kevin McCarthy has announced his extremist plans to attack private businesses who refuse to bend to his demands as he seeks to amplify unhinged right wing conspiracy theories rejected by voters in the midterms. https://youtu.be/IxDW6G4tdOE

This is what I'm posting on Twitter each day:

Taking a time-out, perhaps permanent, from posting on Twitter (other than this tweet). I don't want to lend any support to Musk's increasingly vile behavior.

You'll find me in the Fediverse, where (so far) conversations are civil.

mastodon.social/@dangillmor

Elon Musk, #Blunderkind
Migration to other social media platforms shows no signs of slowing following Elon Musk's chaotic takeover at Twitter, report says 04-DEC-2022 https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-migration-shows-no-signs-of-slowing-following-musks-takeover

This piece falls into an either/or fallacy, trying to downplay the importance of acting on climate change because it won't solve the biodiversity crisis. Rather than forming up a green circular firing squad, why not work toward solutions for both problems?
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/03/climate-biodiversity-green-energy/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐬: #Thread

When they are alone, all foreigners prefer to speak English to each other.

If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing parade - at any time of year.

All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets that reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to the waist level on the man lying beside her.

The Chief of Police will almost always suspend his (sic) star detective- or give him 48 hours to finish the job. /2

@lauren @jeffjarvis @lauren Mastodon still can't handle influx of masses if suddenly 10 million more wanted to join.

There is no generic server which registration form one could point users to go. Main servers seem to have closed registration, and joining through joinmastodon.org is very confusing for regular people. It's like choosing your guild first, and then figuring out where the registration happens.

Mastodon could use more generic servers for those who are not in to guilds.

@Ciantic @jeffjarvis I've said this publicly before. The #Mastodon onboarding situation is a real problem, especially for nontechies without a lot of time to "research" all this. Frankly, I'd like to see a nonprofit create a quality onboarding and support structure, with some sort of membership fee involved to pay the bills. I realize this is controversial but I think it likely is necessary -- or else something else along these lines.

Looks like some of those who are remaining behind on Twitter are clicking their heels and jumping to the desires of #MuskRat

But then #MattTaibbi outed himself as a #tankie #sellout long ago, with the likes of #GlennGreenwald

Trump saying that the Constitution must be terminated so he can be reinstated as president is the most authoritarian thing ever said by an American political candidate. STOP calling today’s GOP ‘conservative.’ They are fascists. https://youtu.be/-yrD9gbsJiE

This thread is extremely disturbing. Apparently a former Army officer who resigned after taking part in the Jan 6 insurrection is indirectly claiming credit for an attack on critical infrastructure, with the goal of curring power to a drag show.

These people are deranged and dangerous.

https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/1599253199126683650

This story from the New York Times is not reassuring:

"In a brief telephone interview early Sunday, Richard Maness, the chief deputy of the Moore County Sheriff’s Office, called the situation 'alarming' but said he could not provide more information.

“'We’re really right in the middle of this thing,' he said. 'I’ve got detectives spread out all over our county.'”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/us/power-outages-north-carolina.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@edwardchampion @catelaz

You are right. Let's help it along.

Sick of #twitter ?

Just go to the Playstore, search for Twitter. Don't reinstall it, but rate it with one star. Then select the three dots in the top right, with 'Flag As Inappropriate'. The next screen asks why you think it is inappropriate. Mark it as 'Contains Hate Speech', and submit.

Google does take these reports seriously. It's worth the effort.

#Twitter #ElonMusk

As a historian I am well aware that every historical moment is sui generis: no other identical combination of people, politics, technology, economy, education, etc. has ever or will ever exist in any one place.
But it is striking how so many problems of so many people in so many societies at so many times come down to too much power and money in the hands of the few.

I celebrate that #Taiwan held a free and fair election where people had the day off to vote, votes were openly and efficiently counted, and losing candidates admitted defeat without questioning the results.

Truly a democratic system countries around the world can learn from.

@atomicpoet You might want to consider the United Federation of Instances as an interesting new dynamic in this conversation

https://qoto.org/@freemo/109433298021890915