This isn’t said often enough: Vladimir Putin is a murderous thug whose genocidal war against Ukrainians should lead to his prosecution and conviction for war crimes. That this will not happen anytime soon and likely ever is intolerable.
When I started my fb page in 2011, it took me one month to get to 1000 followers.
I’ve been on Mastodon for one month and I’m almost at 100,000 followers.
If Musk "steps down" as Twitter CEO, per his latest bogus "poll", some things to remember:
1) He'll still be the owner, and the owner makes the rules the CEO carries out.
2) He lies incessantly. Nothing he says can be trusted, ever.
3) Big Journalism will breathlessly cover the charade as if it meant something, and will continue to support a man who loathes honest reporting and has contempt for genuine freedom of expression.
@retrohondajunki @AndreaCPowers @mmasnick with every day that passes it’s worth less and less. In the end it will be a fire sale.
@AndreaCPowers @mmasnick Could all these measures be pre-emptive to declaring bankruptcy? 🤞 The sooner #Twitter comes back on the market the better. But I think keep it #RIPTwitter
@kronocide @e_urq it’s rapidly devolving into Parler. I finally had enough and deleted my accounts today.
This is the last straw. This isn't free speech. Space Karen is dumb AF.
#Twitter #TwitterPurge #TwitterMigration #Mastodon #News #RIPTwitter
@aral he’s a full on clown, for sure. While a lot of journalists/bloggers rely on Twitter for revenue, it’s time to figure out a different path. The bird site as we knew it 6 months ago is gone and honestly, I don’t think it’ll ever come back. 6 months from now, it’ll be just as different. #RIPTwitter
So I guess I didn’t waste my time building somewhat of a presence on this platform? Lol #RIPTwitter
@kronocide @e_urq Melon Husk has so thoroughly gutted the Twitter organization and brand that the value is a small fraction of what it was when he overpaid for it. We’re he to sell someone would buy it for the platform and code to rebrand and relaunch under a new entity. Even then it’s probably cheaper to build greenfields given that the teams of engineers that built and maintained Twitter have been scattered to the four winds.
I am getting close to the point of feeling frustration at journalists who aren't willing to simply leave twitter at this point.
The platform is incompatible with journalistic freedom. It's closing time. You don't have to join Mastodon, but you can't stay there.
https://t.me/liveukraine_eng/3058 ⚡️🇺🇦 After the liberation of Kherson in the south, the war entered a new phase, - Deputy Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Skibitskyi. He noted that the Russian Armed Forces and PMC "Wanger" concentrated their attacks primarily around the city of Bakhmut, despite the huge losses. #Ukraine #News #War #Russia
https://t.me/United24media/1883 ⚡️🇪🇺 European Union countries are considering a proposal to cap gas prices at lower levels than proposed today to try to win approval for the move at a meeting of the bloc's energy ministers on Monday, Reuters reported, citing the document. #Ukraine #News #War #Russia
⚡️🇺🇦President Zelensky: Electricity restored for 9 million Ukrainians (more) https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/zelensky-electricity-restored-for-9-million-ukrainians #Ukraine #News #War #Russia
President: Modern air defense systems will deprive Russia of its main instrument of terror (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3636834-president-modern-air-defense-systems-will-deprive-russia-of-its-main-instrument-of-terror.html #Ukraine #News #War #Russia
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