herid @herid@qoto.org

Notably, as Taibbi has crafted his “Twitter Files” narrative, he has borrowed a few tactics that bear striking resemblance to those used by Russia, which begs the question: If he really believes that Russia’s influence tactics are ineffective, then why is he borrowing from their toolkit?

(Perhaps because he knows they’re actually quite effective tactics for manufacturing scandals out of relatively mundane leaked documents).

“A democracy cannot function effectively when its constituent members believe laws are being bought and sold.”

—Justice Stevens dissenting in Citizens United

😞

Tweebot eulogy…

“We’ve invested over 10 years building Tweetbot for Twitter and it was shut down in a blink of an eye.”

#Twitter #Tweetbot

https://tapbots.com/tweetbot/#eulogy

This paper analyses a key problem with the "we're overcounting COVID deaths" argument: there have been over 1.25 million excess deaths from February 2020 onward.

If not COVID, then what caused them, and why did it happen in concert with COVID waves?

Just a huge coincidence? 🤔

Via @gregggonsalves

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.16.23284633v1

⚡️Minister: Ukrainian blood is the price of hesitation over Leopard tank supplies.

"Ukrainian blood is shed for real. This is the price of hesitation over Leopard deliveries. We need action, now," Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said on Jan. 20.

On the off chance you still have Tweetbot kicking around on your phone, if you cancel the login attempt you can still go to Settings and scroll down to Tip Tweetbot and it will work. Please enjoy this completely random bit of information shared for NO REASON WHATSOEVER.

Mozart - Symphony No. 40 (Molto Allegro)

https://youtu.be/Q4sJuUPv7Uw

#FavoriteMusic 65/

Finland is to deliver its 12th package of matériel "to increase our support of the just cause of Ukraine." That cause is to defeat the Russian invaders.

The cost to replace the weapons and ammunition being sent would be €400 million.

https://www.defmin.fi/en/topical/press_releases_and_news/finland_to_deliver_more_defence_materiel_to_ukraine.13357.news#2b9117c0

About 1 in every 39 people in Canada is currently infected with Covid.

💔​ Please remember how brave a masked seven-year old must be to sit all day in a classroom of unmasked classmates and facing an unmasked teacher.

#WearAMaskTeachers
#CovidInSchool
#KidsNeed RoleModels
#KidsAreBraverThanAdults
#OntEd
#ImmuneCompromised

January 15, 2023
https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/

An absolute kick in the teeth to all the indie devs who worked so hard to make Twitter a better experience for so many. Twitterrific was officially discontinued today and pulled off the App Store after 16 years of development. Among other firsts, they first used "tweet" to describe an update, first used a bird icon, and were the first native client on iPhone and Mac. https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/twitterrific-end-of-an-era/

Search for the word “climate” on #twitter and the first automatic recommendation isn’t “climate crisis” or “climate jobs” or even “climate change” but instead “climate scam.”

Clicking on the recommendation yields dozens of posts denying the reality of #climatechange and making misleading claims about efforts to mitigate it.

https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-twitter-inc-technology-science-social-media-a7e2e3214abb4470dcb6e2837aa39c2e

This is exactly why Musk bought Twitter and why he has the financial backers that he has. I understand that creators who use Twitter as their marketplace have a hard time leaving.

Please know this though. If you stay, you are complicit in the genocide of the planet earth.
#ClimateChange #TwitterExit

RE: https://kolektiva.social/users/daveid/statuses/109717719889375901

Jill Barber - Oh My My

https://youtu.be/7Inw1xYN05g

#SongOfTheDay
#FavoriteMusic 64/

Separately, today's US announcement on additional aid, with full list
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3272866/biden-administration-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/