Jim Parkin @ParkinJim@qoto.org

Those who state they’ll not vote for Labour because of their ‘Brexit stance’ etc just need to look at actual reality in the UK. We need the Tories out to begin to make the changes we so desperately need - that requires votes. Matt Hancock is in the final of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. The people who vote for him are real voters who vote Tory & keep them in power - without their vote we get the Tories forever. Hard to accept but their vote keeps us all in Tory hell.

Apparently today Apple has pulled advertising from twitter and will possibly cancel the app from their app store.

Muskkk is now having a full blown Trump-style meltdown and declaring war on Apple in a number of childish tweets, of course because as we know this is typical of Far Right Trolls, Musk is King Troll, they don't back down, they try to pretend it's a joke to them.

#MuskMeltdown

In what I think I consider a badge of honor, after generating with about 12 Chinese #Mastodon sites, I was blocked by the Chinese firewall.

Other #Mastoadmins, DM me for what to try, I'll then communicate over signal.

#China #ChinaProtests
#Admin #IndieWebSocial #Fediadmin

Twitter Users Brutally Mock Elon Musk For Trying To Shame Apple Into Advertising - “Apple has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter. Do they hate free speech in America?” the tech mogul tweeted on Monday. #twitter #huffpost

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-mocked-apple-advertising_n_6385122fe4b0e4c77595ad78

I've watched this on an endless loop for 15 minutes.

Would this happen on #Mastodon?
Time the World moved over, to avoid the belligerence of Authoritarians and the intransigence of Oligarchs.
#China #Urumqi #Twitter

These are the Biden holiday decorations, just unveiled by our first lady, Dr. Jill Biden.
My first thought was, “What, no blood red scary trees, symbolizing the blood of our enemies?!”
It’s sure nice to have normal back. In so many ways.

Twitter was never a healthy "public square" for most of us. Let's not rewrite history while eulogizing the hellsite.
Twitter was a frightening battleground where we managed barely to claw out an uneasy existence amidst the worst violent neo-Nazi extremists who constantly published our home addresses, threatened our kids' lives, and sent hordes of racist trolls into our mentions.
The same principles that allowed us to survive uneasily on Twitter will be required here in the #fediverse. Community defense, thoughtful pressure on moderation policies, and eternal vigilance.
There are no safe spaces but those we make safe through constant effort. We keep us safe.

I was just chatting with a friend about this, and we were both saying that we’re not even Jewish and the recent mainstreaming of antisemitism in the Republican Party, from Trump to Kanye to the GOP House to Musk’s flirtations with the far right — are absolutely chilling.

In 2018, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell was awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Physics for her discovery of pulsars. The judges and founders of that prize did what the Nobel Committee should have done.

She used the prize money to set up a fund supporting students from under-represented groups who want to become researchers in physics and astronomy.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45425872

People applying for a few quid in measly welfare face more checks and scrutiny than the mates of govt cronies do for millions of £££'s in taxpayer money.

#EatTheRich

Meta fined €265M for not protecting Facebook users' data from scrapers https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meta-fined-265m-for-not-protecting-facebook-users-data-from-scrapers/

Well there is no doubt about it now folks. #ElonMusk has just posted Pepe the Frog confirming to any doubters that he's all in w the alt-right, white power, #GQP, 4chan racist/anti-semites/anti-democracy/anti-LGBTQ losers. #Racism #antisemitism #AntiLGBTQ #Transphobes #Twitter #GQP #AltRight #Maga #MagaRepublican #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy #VoteBlue2024 #HateSpeech #HateSpeechIsNotFreeSpeech #Fascist #PepeTheFrog #Cult45

I don’t have an unwanted pregnancy.

I’m not in Ukraine getting hit by Russian shelling.

I’m not facing ethnic cleansing in Tigray.

I don’t have a disability.

I’m not gay.

➡️ But I defend everyone’s rights.

✅ Because that’s what universal human rights are all about.

The more I understand #economics the more dangerous #monopoly seems. We need to control monopolies as forcefully as we do inflation.

@pluralistic excellent as usual: https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/28/enshittification/

Aren't Apple allowed free speech too?

A fan carrying a pride flag and wearing a t-shirt stating "respect for Iranian women" and "save Ukraine" ran onto the pitch during the #FIFAWorldCup match between Portugal and Uruguay.

Read more ⬇️

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-world-cup-rainbow-flag-28605580?4

Perhaps Hancock should apologise to the families of those who were killed by his incompetence whilst balancing a toad on his head and see if it takes the edge off for them.

ITV could air it.

It’s grotesque when minimizers cheer for other countries to fail at mitigating #COVID spread.

It’s also self-defeating: When other places fail, it raises the likelihood of more transmissible & deadly variants, which prolongs the pandemic & increases the danger for EVERYONE around the world.

#COVID19 #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth