Romaq @Romaq@qoto.org

Good morning to readers. Hello from Ukraine.
Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands, but a barrage of missile strikes plunged much of the city into darkness over the last twenty four hours.
Forecast calls for a low of 24 degrees F in the capital tonight.

Today’s dog of war is Ray, a very protective dog hanging out with friends outside a church where we were talking with religious scholars about how Ukrainians mark Christmas

More to come.

Hope you’re all having a nice day!

CNN, WaPo, NYT journalists' accounts were restored. The Intercept and independent journalists were not. We've gotten the worst of it all: the criticism of being the “mainstream media” but without the backing or protection of being the “mainstream media.”

@Romaq woah! That's an old one!

Would any of you like to get in on the ground floor of an incredible opportunity

The Childish Drama of Elon Musk

Yet again, an important part of the public square is controlled by a narcissistic toddler.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/12/the-childish-drama-of-elon-musk/672496/

Elon Musk and Autism/Aspergers

I certainly don't speak for all autistic people or for the autism community in general, but as an autistic person and someone who knows many autistic people who are kind, compassionate, honest, and decent human beings, I feel compelled to make this statement:

Elon Musk is an egotistical narcissistic megalomaniac who is out of touch with reality, power hungry, entitled, privileged, corrupt little man but nothing he does or thinks or says is because of autism.

If anyone is writing about him, or reporting on him, or making any attempt to analyze what is going on in that head of his, please keep autism out of the equation.

Does he actually have Aspergers, like he claims? Who knows. He says he does but clearly he lies. A lot. I don't know him well enough nor am I qualified to make that assessment.

Ultimately though, it doesn't matter. Autistic people can be evil too. It just means that autism isn't the reason.

So please do myself and all of the autistic people I know and any who agree with this statement a favour and leave autism out of the discussion.

Normalise being wrong. Normalise admitting to mistakes and changing your opinion as you learn more. It's how we learn. It's part of being human.

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2022/12/15/2142129/-Musk-bids-good-bye-to-free-speech-on-Twitter-bans-rival-Mastodon-what-should-DKos-do

@Romaq @mikmaqpeek @scottjohnson
Haha! Happily the couple in the Minecraft wedding are real. They had a private real life wedding because of Covid and travelling distance from family, and the Minecraft ceremony was just a way of inviting family and friends to share the experience. The fact that it's tied to a real life marriage made it quite special as well as fun. Apparently people cried...

@oatmeal I have a dog and can confirm this is 100% accurate

#Twitter is outright lying to its users now, to prevent its competition from spreading.

No matter. We'll continue to grow. Please Boost this post and spread the word that Mastodon is being being deplatformed on Twitter.

#TwitterPurge #RIPtwitter

CNN:

@mergerson @Chanders

I'm reminded of the George Carlin quote, "Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?"

There's a lot of that lack of nuance around the Leaving Twitter discourse.

"Anyone who left before me was an alarmist, anyone leaving after me supports nazis."

How to be a dog in two easy steps

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.