Ghazi @curiousmind@qoto.org

Elon Musk lies a lot. He lies about being a "utopian socialist." He lies about being a "free speech absolutist." He lies about which companies he founded:

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-cofounder-martin-eberhard-interview-history-elon-musk-ev-market-2023-2

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/edison-not-tesla/#demon-haunted-world

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Are new Twitter refugees now called X-pats?

Everyone : Spotify’s price is increasing!

Me and my 20 years old/nearly 100Go MP3 folder :

#BBCNews - Watch ‘epic’ moment three #whales breach in unison
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66333690 wow indeed

Freedom: How You Can Reject Modern Medicine and Die Like a Medieval Peasant

3 radars mobiles en moins de 10 Km 😲 c'est vraiment la crise en #Tunisie

If you have some awareness of history, you’ll realize the EU new agreement with #Tunisia sounds a lot like the dirty deals European countries used to make with Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

The message from Europe’s authoritarian partners is as simple as ever: pay me to deal with these unwanted Black people for you.

It was disgusting then, and it’s disgusting now.

My newsletter today…

🗞️ Read in English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/07/19?story=paragraph-6159

📰 Lire en français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2023/07/19/terreur-tunisienne-et-team-europe

🔊 Listen:

Project Management 101.

for the fediverse to live up to its potential, you do have to report accts that violate rules. when you hit block you have the option of sending a report to the user’s admins, which is what it takes to remove abusive accts.

if someone is invoking systems of oppression in their posts or replies, it’s not just words, it’s harm that causes real stress, anxiety, ptsd etc, all of which are physically unhealthy and/or change a person’s ability to express themselves or seek and find community here

We interview a dog for a position as our dog.

🔴 Vagues de chaleur : les températures frôlent les 50 °C en #Tunisie
https://www.france24.com/fr/plan%C3%A8te/20230718-%F0%9F%94%B4-l-h%C3%A9misph%C3%A8re-nord-aborde-le-pic-de-la-canicule

Bien bien bien.
Il semblerait que Signal s'apprête à permettre l'utilisation de pseudos.
Cela permettrait aux gens de vous contacter sans avoir à donner votre numéro de téléphone.
(C'était un des plus gros reproches que je faisais à Signal)

(https://twitter.com/louisgrasset/status/1680615962532257795)

#help #fedihelp regarding #ClimateChange research, are there any researches/studies about the **direct** impact of heating systems to changes in temperature anomalies? I am asking about how, for example, kilometres of heated-water-pipes of district heating passing through cities contribute to heating the planet (not asking indirect impacts via carbon emissions) thanks in advance
#climate #ClimateCrisis #renewables #GHG #klimakrise

Aurora Store can now update Webview and other apps that need a separate library.

https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.aurora.store/

Mastodon tip for noobs and others - if you're reading a long thread on the web view, and the toots are behind Content Warnings you don't have to tap Show More on every toot. Open the thread up and look for an eye button at the top of the column. It will have a line through it. Tap that to open all the CWs in the thread.

I can't say if this feature is in any of the various apps people may be using, but it's certainly worth looking for.

#FediTips

BBC News - US refuses #climate #reparations for developing nations
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66197366