herid @herid@qoto.org

#NewUsers now above 5000 per hour.

We are now higher than last week's rate. Mastodon is managing this surge so far. Some servers are lagging. Please be patient as systems administrators manage the situation. It may get worse given the Twitter news.

@mastodon.social, @mastodon.lol, @mastodon.online, @mstdn.social, and now @mas.to closed to new user registrations.
Quick Scan - Mastodon Larger Instances >>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hN-0bNfjaV7UTuLP6eudmXCNNPdeNQoFtbfcqxl4FFQ/edit#gid=0
Fediverse tracker >>> https://mastodon.online/@mastodonusercount@bitcoinhackers.org

#twittermigration

Mastodon, you're not perfect, but I'm happy you're here

This is how it should be done. Every media organization, government, university, research centre and brand should run their own Mastodon server. Like e-mail, built in verification, decentralized resources and in full control of their technology.

https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/109524251352902160

And here's the official announcement:

The entire @macstories team and media properties are now on Mastodon. We did it on our own server, which we fully control, and which anyone can follow thanks to federation.

I'm excited to own our social media presence. Long live the open web. Let's go 🚀

https://www.macstories.net/news/macstories-is-on-mastodon-with-its-own-server/

Anita Kelsey - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

https://youtu.be/25e9ni85d_w

#FovoriteMusic 35/

How books get scanned.

My dumbass always pictured an old librarian with gloves at the copy/scanning machining having to redo it over and over because it scanned crooked.

Danielle Smith wants you to “get used” to paying for public healthcare.

Do not accept this.

It’s never been clearer: public healthcare is under attack by the UCP.

Get loud, Alberta.

#ableg

UPDATE: Linette Lopez, a journalist who has produced important reporting on @Tesla@twitter.com for years is still suspended

📣 PLZ READ AND BOOST!

I've been working on #digitalrights and #techpolicy issues since right after the #SOPA blackout.

We spend most of our time trying to STOP bad legislation (think: #EarnItAct, #SESTA FOSTA, #KOSA etc)

It's *so rare* we get a chance to pass ACTUALLY GOOD legislation.

We have one of those once in a lifetime chances right now: the #BigTech #antitrust bills #AICOA and #OAMA

There is a real chance these bills make it into the #omnibus. Do the thing https://www.AntitrustVoteNow.com

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.

💥​Ford has freed up 3,414 hospital beds by moving elderly patients into nursing homes.

It has NOT resulted in shorter wait times for beds.

Without nursing staff, a hospital bed is merely a piece of furniture.
Problem was not elderly patients, but the lack of HCW staff.
Ford's Bill124 & lack of support has driven HCWs to leave.

P.S. 'More Beds, Better Care' Act chrgs patients $400/day for refusing to move into a home designated by the gov't.

#Onpoli #malfeasance

https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2022/12/16/ford-government-says-controversial-new-policy-hasnt-yet-shortened-waits-for-hospital-beds.html

An absolute must watch from @ImaniBarbarin again.

Hey you, people in the #infosec community who I used to work with, who follow me here. Notice how I don't follow you back? That's because you posted maskless selfies on Twitter while in Vegas this summer. Yes, even you in app sec with your own book...

"Individual risk assessment." FUCK YOU. And now there are no hospitals to help you. IDGAF if I wrote something with you.🖕🖕🖕

#COVIDisAirborne #COVID

https://twitter.com/Imani_Barbarin/status/1603884499112284165?t=0zeA9uNhwP9QWZZiPeI9DA&s=19