Dimestorehalo @Dimestorehalo@qoto.org

Mastodon has grown 8x in recent weeks, going from 300,000 users in October to 2.5 million last month: https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/tech/mastodon-twitter-usage/index.html

The asteroid that ended the dinosaurs was technically the highest ratio of killing birds to one stone.

Hey artists/devs/authors/other creatives! Self promote all you want (so long as your instance allows it I guess) and if anyone comes into your mentions talking about how "oh we don't do that here, we value *dialogue* over *advertising*" just ignore em! Those people suck so who cares what they think! Most of us want to see the cool stuff you made because making stuff and sharing it is a valuable part of community building too

During this holiday season, remember that you can search on Donor's Choose (or similar site) for teacher projects that correspond with your area of interest. #STEM #STEAM #education #reading

I have a project to get a digital microscope that isn't funded. It comes from my experience as a child with glasses and is called "It's Hard to See through a Microscope with Glasses"

Long URL to follow:

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/its-hard-to-see-through-a-microscope-wi/7037255/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=page&utm_campaign=project&utm_term=teacher_8643903&rf=page-dc-2022-12-project-teacher_8643903&challengeid=22013331

I encourage everyone to look for teachers in your area. Most of our requests are pretty basic.

Happy Holidays!

The #videogame industry will be unpacking the fallout from the new Epic Games COPPA ruling for a long time - $520 million in fines and restrictions. The ruling is a CRITICAL read for all of us who work with in-game economies, voice and text comms, and account processing. Half of the ruling specifically cites Epic's #UXdesign decisions as causing harm. Let's all make sure we take a hard look at our platforms post-holiday and prevent this from happening elsewhere. #gamedev https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/12/fortnite-video-game-maker-epic-games-pay-more-half-billion-dollars-over-ftc-allegations

According to the Jan. 6 committee's report, when people passed through the metal detectors to see Trump speak, security confiscated 269 knives/blades; 242 cannisters of pepper spray; 30 blunt instruments; 18 brass knuckles; 18 tasers; along with body armor and gas masks.

Republicans have called Jan. 6th "legitimate protest."

See this Semafor story: https://t.co/mwA4MFhKVw

There were three men came out of the West
Three kings both great and high
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Mastodon must die.

They took a tank and ran him down
With bullets in his head
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Mastodon was dead

But when the Spring came kindly on
And showers began to fall
John Mastodon got up again
And did surprise them all...

Wait for it.. 😂

IP lawyer folks, I'm curious (for non-professional reasons). On the topic of copyright protection for game rules as such have there been any legal developments since the Bang!/Legends of the Three Kingdoms litigation back in 2014?

State of law as I recalled it was generally only literal words, art, etc. were protected *but* there was movement that a suit against a comprehensive clone of another game could at least survive SJ.

@law #law #lawfedi

Hey, #lawfedi, can you help me find an obscure citation rule?

I need to cite my own article for something I'm writing. I'm positive I've heard that self cites require a special citation. So, what's the special rule for bluebook citing a secondary source you wrote yourself?

I can't find it, and now I've misplaced my bluebook too. :(

#law

The ol' Elon bump. And bump. And bump.

The American people have a right to know the name of every elected official who plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election on #Jan6 or impose martial law.

The rot at the core of the far right runs deeper than #DonaldTrump.

@macroliter @freemo It's likely not a legit poll. Elon was at the World Cup today, and his investors purportedly indicated that he should find a suitable CEO and step back.

Sorry, but I really got a kick out of this!

The Twitter Berlin Wall just went up.

Im glad to be here in West Mastodon, under the careful leadership of Prime Minister #JohnMastodon, but we still need to help our friends and family stuck behind the wall escape.

(And that includes blocking/banning/defederating the malicious actors coming along with them.)

If you're still on the birbsite and have your handle in your name or bio, this is your last week there.

So make use of it. Remind everyone you've left, and help the last few folks leave while it's still possible for them to use automated tools to do it

Every day of Twitter news that comes out I get happier and happier with this shirt. Thanks @chancerydaily

In June...