AmberWavesoFlame @AmberWavesofFlame@qoto.org

"We are in uncharted—and risky—waters, but not because of the Manhattan grand jury. We are here because of the actions of Donald Trump." https://www.thebulwark.com/trump-indicted-three-things-to-keep-in-mind/

This, from @jbouie, is exactly right. And what makes it worse is that the cultural values so many of these parents want to force upon schools are in fact bad and immoral and, to the extent they become more widely represented in our society, the lower and more vicious our society becomes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/opinion/parents-rights-republicans-florida.html?unlocked_article_code=bJ_49bcVvUI_58WtG9TLPyBVR-D4ssqQ9bXTyhHytAtFaYiaj2hATf0GVVZZuhKqZ5P5d6POzOiAhigTPVibOgjMwnW2G4-loBvQh8J7lL8DMd12sDmHNGaAA7l6h7lsH9o-1Dq1xTwHOLyttVEblZAKlhS6AS5er2cBUk5zoZJfRg8KzyrwQiUFK8mmZ-WWdD5eXONkTnPOWn6_km8e0rP8ZF11W4kG7JMAQb1VZgXMrRoI3Jg0IpYbcsZtweZ9GgslP4BD8Ma6eN5xE5cr0JRfEiUXd5zPjh6DCiK80B5MmqPHWwKTicXtszXknKSnIOnYBZ1U8QcdRpOrDDJdIXMqz3D02aHbeV6QGQ&smid=url-share

For the past 6 hours, there’s been 2,000+ Mastodon account creations per hour.

This hasn’t happened since December 2022.

@mmasnick predicted that Elon Musk’s new Twitter Blue policies would result in another Mastodon migration, and it looks like he’s right.

Once Twitter effectively becomes “pay to play”, Mastodon suddenly becomes more appealing.

https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/110102918619817258

@fediversenews

It is no exaggeration, as @mmasnick writes here, that Big Publishing is one huge step closer today to killing libraries it doesn't control -- a longtime goal of a cartel that would never permit public libraries to exist if they were being proposed today.

That's how awful a judge's ruling was in the Internet Archive case.

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/03/27/publishers-get-one-step-closer-to-killing-libraries/

Note: The ruling could also open the floodgates to the Copyright Cartel-led banning of all kinds of things we take for granted today.

Israeli protesters: "We won't be Hungary!"

As @ruitavares points out (on Twitter), pretty impressive how Orbán has turned his country into international shorthand for “regime formerly known as a democracy”.

#Israel #Hungary

I said I'd logged off for the night but I'm logging back on to share the news that in less than 12 hours we hit $100,000 to support the Texas Observer team. Here's an update from @jamescanup (former fundraiser for TXO) on why we are increasing the goal to $200K in the hopes it will convince the board to keep our doors open.

We're so immensely grateful to everyone who has donated or shared already. 🤠https://www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-observer-journalists-and-staff

Word of the Day: Phytoremediation

This refers to using plants to clean up contaminated environments (eg. oil spills).

I recently came across an interview with Dr Eucharia Nwaichi, a biochemist working with local communities in the Niger Delta region, planting lemongrass & rubber to clean toxins from contaminated soils.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dw6mln

#Phytoremediation #WomenInStem #WomenInScience #Nigeria #Sustainability #Environment #Nature #Plants #Science #Scientists #Pollution #WordOfTheDay

OK, #Fediverse hive-mind. I'm working on #TwitterMigration research on higher reach individuals on Twitter that have already migrated to the Fediverse, and have not left #Twitter... at least not yet.

Am looking for accounts on Twitter that have about 500K followers and higher and are also here.

▶️ Am I missing any accounts?

Boost this around to help share it, want to make this as complete as I can. Thanks

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MdxfIYcO-T6ghtJUXGgvOJ-EmO0eXLWpfNTbSEH50d4/edit?usp=sharing

You know a magazine profile is going to be really on point when the author starts by making fun of the subject's clothes, religion, and the food they eat. Yep I'm being extremely sarcastic and yep I'm subtooting.

#Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to hide their checkmarks to avoid shaming and mockery ~ https://boingboing.net/2023/03/23/twitter-blue-subscribers-will-be-able-to-hide-their-checkmarks-to-avoid-shaming-and-mockery.html #tech #news #socialmedia