Andy Lowry @AndyLowry@qoto.org

Hey look, @SOEALLC is now on Mastodon, too! Follow for info & news about the Sources of Old English and Anglo-Latin Literary Culture project (https://soeallc.hcommons.org/).

@Tattooed_mummy I hate the "shinggg" noise they put in films/TV every time someone pulls out a sword, every single bloody time, even if they are pulling the blade out of a silk sash tied round the waist

@DeanObeidallah
"Freedom" is obviously a code word for something, like how Bush the Lesser used to like to bring up Dred Scott, but I can't figure out what. 😉

Dark Rocks.

Volcanic sea stacks off the southern coast of #Iceland at Vík í Mýrdal. These are Reynisdrangar, seen from Víkurfjara beach at the south of the town. Although the sea looks dark and foreboding, it's actually very clear water but the sand beneath is black.

#FollowFriday #FridayPhoto

There are many legitimate reasons to track Elon Musk's flight coordinates, for example to offer him ads more relevant to his interests

Singer Josephine Baker was the toast of Paris. She was a spy for the French Resistance during WWII & secured passports for Jewish citizens fleeing Nazi territory.

Her marriage to a Jewish businessman drew the attn. of Hermann Göring, who poisoned her. Members of the Fr. Resistance rescued her; she recovered.

She was awarded the Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre & the Rosette of the Resistance. In 2021, she was inducted into Panthéon, France's hallowed tomb of heroes. #BlackFriday

ALERT: Arizona court dismisses election denier Mark Finchem's (R) lawsuit contesting his loss in the AZ secretary of state race. The judge rejected all of Finchem's claims, calling them "frivolous," "wholly unsupported by the record" and "fatally flawed." https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/arizona-judge-dismisses-finchem-election-contest/

I've been on the Internet literally since before there was an Internet per se (that is, on the original DOD ARPANET that become the Internet). I've been thinking about Musk's actions over the last few days. I cannot think of any instance of any Internet-related firm ever attempting a broad *** censorship of their users' *** ability to post freely available, legal information, including discussion and links to such information, except ... that in so doing, Musk joins the ranks of Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, and other countries that criminalize all manner of information as part of their repressive regimes.

Musk has now bound himself to them and their philosophies, and any advertisers, firms, or other organizations doing business with him in any way, regarding any of his companies, will be doing the same by association going forward.

@Popehat my working theory is that his boots are crusted in coke and that’s why his fans won’t stop licking them.

Oh, wow, Tom Lehrer has released all of his songs into the public domain. Apparently also his website will shut down "at some date in the not too distant future" so now's a good time to download directly.

"In short, I no longer retain any rights to any of my songs.
So help yourselves, and don’t send me any money."

https://tomlehrersongs.com/

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/16/schumpeterian-terrorism/#deliberately-broken

by Cory Doctorow @pluralistic

"Optimized for Netscape Navigator." 😏​

Yeah, but what a great tweet to go out on!

My mastadon link at my pinned tweet on Twitter is now warning anyone who clicks on it that the sight may be “unsafe.”
You know what actually feels unsafe right now? Musk on Twitter.

Should all Journalists show solidarity with the banned accounts on Twitter and stop posting on Twitter?

It is a few today that fell foul of Elon Musk, it could be you tomorrow over something else.

If you see this post, vote and boost it.

Dear white friends: It's Black Friday when Black Mastodon celebrates its cultural heritage.

Follow the hashtag periodically today. I've already enjoyed music I haven't heard since I was a teenager; I've also seen some great artwork and bookmarked some reading material.

Expand your world with #BlackFriday every week. Boost Black and BIPOC voices as you do so.

And follow @BlackAzizAnansi who's made a great start increasing Mastodon's cultural diversity.

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi

WOW. Elon Musk's Twitter straight-up banned the account for Mastodon. Just, wow.

i'm probably not the first person to say this but Post feels like a fake social network they'd show on someone's screen in a movie so everyone can see OH THAT'S A SOCIAL NETWORK!!!

it has this fisher price My First Influencer Opportunity vibe