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Breaking news: Former president Donald Trump’s namesake company was convicted of tax crimes committed by two of its longtime executives after a Manhattan trial that gave jurors a peek at some of the inner workings of the Trump Organization’s finances. wapo.st/3VydG5U

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Glad to see the officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 awarded Congressional Gold Medals this morning. It is due to their bravery that we were able to proceed with the transfer of power that day.

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相対性理論。"Theory of relativity" I moved the camera and umbrella at the same time and took a panning shot.#followfriday #cyberpunk #photography

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And Guangzhou leaders dramatically removed their masks at the press conference to show Zero-COVID is over and there's nothing to worry about. FFS🤦🏻‍♀️

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@Rousse @emptywheel @rubicon
Thanks again. Great catch!

Lots of journalists have Mastodon accounts. However, many of them are inactive. There are also journalists who crosspost That is, automatically copy their tweets to Mastodon. This is a short list of journalists active directly on Mastodon.

The list will be added to periodically as other journalists hit their stride over here🙂 .

For a big list of journalists you can search through here >>> docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

#twittermigration

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My twitter followers are jumping ship. My engagement is dropping rapidly. They changed the algorithm to force feed me right wing accounts. And white supremacy, Islamophobia, & antisemitism on Twitter are being defended as valid points of view.

By contrast this Mastodon community is igniting robust dialogue, respectful disagreement, and offers little comfort to racists and bigots.

This is what Twitter could’ve been, and I’m really hopeful this is what Mastodon continues to be. Thank you all.❤️✊🏽

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Breaking News: Hate speech on Twitter has jumped since Elon Musk took over, researchers found.

Musk “sent up the Bat Signal to every kind of racist, misogynist and homophobe that Twitter was open for business,” the head of one of the research groups said.
nyti.ms/3H5BCJC

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#Inspiration :11)

Life is not measured
by how many breaths we take
but by the moments
that take our breath away.

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A federal appeals court removed a major obstacle to the criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s hoarding of sensitive government documents, ending an outside review of thousands of records the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate. nyti.ms/3H39p61

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RT @ReverendWarnock@twitter.com

My mom grew up picking cotton in the 1950s. Yesterday, she waited in line to once again pick her son to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. We’ve come a long way, but the work isn’t done!

Please vote, Georgia 🗳

🐦🔗: twitter.com/ReverendWarnock/st

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In an experiment that ticks most of the mystery boxes in modern physics, researchers announced they had simulated a pair of black holes in a quantum computer and sent a message between them through a "baby wormhole." nyti.ms/3AXsrH3

Link to the study in Science Advances mentioned by correlating genes for hyper sociability in dogs to that of humans with Williams-Beuren Syndrome.

science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv

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For all us lovers, ' recent look at the evolution of dogs and how it intertwined with humans. studies suggest that both Homo sapiens and Canis familiaris mutually evolved with friendliness genes that improved each other's survival. Other studies of both species are helping to find new anti-cancer treatments.

youtube.com/watch?v=kucO4JKtLc

Occurring now, a rare dual eruption of two, nearby volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, on the island of Hawaii.

Screenshot of video by David Swindler: @actionphototours (Instagram)

instagram.com/p/CljpqWJOSI4/

I took this photo at the start of the , October 8, 2019. Those fortunate enough, like me, to make it to this remote location were greeted by about a dozen mounted , who slowly rode their horses through the crowd, an eagle on their arm. I’ve been all over the world, but this festival ranks in my top three most amazing experiences.

Taken at the base of the Altai Mountains, outside of Bayan-Ulgii, , and ~100 mi/160 km from the nearly intersecting borders of Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and China.

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From @TheAthleticFC: Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves said he "hopes nothing happens" to the protester who ran onto the field at the #FIFAWorldCup carrying a rainbow flag and wearing a T-shirt that said "Save Ukraine" and "Respect for Iranian Women." nyti.ms/3Ug13La

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