Clif @Clif@qoto.org

Honestly, I wish all the cultists crying about Hunter Biden and his laptop recognized the billionaire oligarchs are laughing their way to the bank, pleased by the noisy distractions so they can stay focused on consolidating their power and wealth without disturbance. Musk’s use of a bogus poll to let the Malignant One back on Twitter makes the point.

via The Guardian

Astronauts to live and work on the moon by 2030, NASA official says

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/20/astronauts-moon-nasa-artemis-mission-space
#News #NASA #Artemis #Orion #Space

Polar research ship sets sail to study impacts of climate change on Antarctica.

The £200 million polar research ship will arrive by Christmas.
#climate #climatechange #science
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/david-attenborough-antarctica-british-antarctic-survey-hampshire-essex-b2229173.html%3famp

The two largest US oil companies have raked in more than $30 billion in the last three months.

Don't tell me inflation is being driven by government spending or workers asking for better wages.

Once thought to be extinct, there are currently only about 400 takahē in existence. Therefore this image of a juvenile and their parent sadly contains a whopping half a percent of the world’s population.

#wildlife #birds #nature #bird #BirdPhoto #photography #RareBirds

My heart is broken for Colorado Springs.

LGBTQ+ people are nearly four times more likely than non-LGBTQ+ people to experience violent victimization.

And Anti-LGBTQ+ emboldens extremists to violence.

This must end. Now.

@griffin @tchambers @jeffjarvis @newsdesk Great to see other news orgs coming aboard!

I am heartbroken by this news. 5 are dead and 18 wounded from this horrific armed assault at a gay club hosting a drag show night in Colorado Springs.

An attack upon our community anywhere is an attack upon us all everywhere. My heart is with the victims and their families.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/20/us/colorado-springs-shooting-gay-nightclub/index.html

I don’t know what you all think but Twitter often feels lonely. The sense of community here is amazing and the warmth & affection I’ve experienced since I arrived yesterday has been incredible. My thoughts so far is that something very special is happening here. I’m still going to be saying boll**** quite a lot though!

Today is #TransDayofRemembrance when we honor and remember trans lives taken by violence. How horrifying that a deadly attack upon the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs should occur right before this solemn day.
Hate isn’t born in us. It is taught. It must end.
This starts with our political leaders, who must cease their cynical attacks against our community before another attack occurs.
Call out the hate. Remind them of its consequences. Hold them to account.

20 November 1945 | The 1st Nuremberg Trial started. 24 political & military leaders of the German Third Reich were tried. Twelve were sentenced to death.

The purpose of the trial was not just to convict the defendants but also to assemble evidence of Nazi crimes, offer a history lesson to the defeated Germans, and delegitimize the traditional German elite.

Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials

List od defendants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defendants_at_the_International_Military_Tribunal

#history #justice #WorldWar2 #histodons #Nazis #Germany

​ Have friends that would like to move to mstdn.ca?

This article by @chad takes the process step-by-step: https://news.mstdn.ca/migrating-your-account-to-mstdn-ca/

#TwitterMigration #MastodonMigration #feditps

With the Twitter reinstatement of the former US President who attempted to incite a fascist coup after losing an election, now would _really_ be a good time to stop cross-posting your Twitter RTs here.

If you feel that cross-posting is the only way to maintain a presence here, please consider limiting it to original posts without mentions or RTs, to avoid cluttering timelines with Twitter URLs. Thank you kindly for your consideration.

20 November 1924 | A Lithuanian Jewish girl, Sara Samilowas, was born in Žasliai. She emigrated to France.
On 20 July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Angers. She did not survive.
#history #Holocaust #Lithuania #France #ww2 #WorldWar2 #Jews 
See our online lesson dedicated to the fate of #women in the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
#education #elearning

Don't be naive folks. That poll had nothing to do with it.

So yesterday I spoke of the need to #FundTheFediverse - to build critical infrastructure for the #Fediverse & the need to do so before the next item in the #MuskPocolypse occurs. (Which, at this rate, seems daily)

These are my ideas: in 🧵 form.

1. The first obvious thing is to donate to your local instance admin, find their Patreon, usually on their about page, and give even $1 dollar.

Make it happen. Give $8 bucks if you want the added benefit of mocking Elon.

Next one in the reply.

OK this is (or should be) obvious too.

3. Fund @Gargron's non-profit. This builds:

☑️ The Official Mastodon app for iOS & Android
☑️ The flagship site mastodon.social & mastodon.online, as well as:
☑️ joinmastodon.org, the onboarding page of the project and related APIs
☑️ docs.joinmastodon.org, the documentation for the project - helping developers everywhere.

This is key infrastructure that needs more 💰 stat. These need to handle tons more traffic & upgrades now.

https://www.patreon.com/mastodon/about

I can't help but notice many toots from helpful newbies encouraging you to support the Mastodon Patreon.

It's fine to do that but understand it goes to just two big instances and the official Mastodon dev team.

It does NOT trickle down to YOUR instance. If you want to support your server, donate to it directly. Nearly all the costs of the explosive growth of the past few weeks is borne by local instances.

Mastodon is decentralized. There is no Mastodon Inc. This is not Twitter.