herid @herid@qoto.org
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Refugee from twitter. I am into math, tech, clean energy, EVs, COVID info, books, movies, music.
Based in Toronto. Support Ukraine.
Boosts=endorsements twitter:https://twitter.com/heridfan
Joined Nov 2022
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LOLOL Gmail is adding blue checks for verified domains...
I wonder if the effect will be that recipients think the sender paid $8/mo for Gmail Blue.
https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/05/expanding-gmail-security-BIMI.html
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I think I should get some credit for having a false flag op that actually involves a flag.
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Friendly reminder to stop asking small content creators why they deserve a dollar a month and to start asking billionaires why they deserve billions of dollars.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts
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I see a lot of criticism of #Bluesky in my #mastodon TL. Much of it **very** angry and resentful. I don't have access to Bluesky so can't judge first hand but I don't doubt that much of this criticism is valid. However, what I see very little of is any kind of reflection of **why** people are choosing Bluesky (even in its very early stage of development) over Mastodon. After 6 months here I see a number of big deficiencies which as far as I know are not being addressed. Moreover, I recall that in the first migration wave there were a number of people including journalists who articulated those deficiencies but were shouted down by ideologues. The result: they left.
This is not the way. Mastodon needs to adapt and do it quickly.
/endofrant
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"Elon Musk has threatened to reassign NPR's Twitter account to "another company."
Handing over established accounts to third parties poses a serious risk of impersonation and could imperil a company's reputation, said social media experts."
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173422311/elon-musk-npr-twitter-reassign
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Minimizers have confidently asserted COVID doesn't spread in schools, workplaces, on public transport, in hospitals etc.
Yet they've also said there's nothing we can do to stop COVID spread. Where is COVID spreading then?
Minimizers will lie profusely to advance their agenda.
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Another variant to be concerned about after the official end of the Covid emergency.
#COVID #CovidIsNotOver
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He's right of course.
I'm resigned to the likely reality that my life may not be nearly as long or as healthy as I expected it to be in 2019. We *could* try to solve this problem together, with solutions like improved indoor ventilation, but we have chosen denial over action.
https://bird.makeup/users/DFisman/statuses/1652290888880517120
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@oatmeal day 13
A Little Wordy #13 🎨🤡✅ 83% https://theoatmeal.com/wordy?date=04-29-23
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If you're tweeting today that AR-15 isn't the problem and that it's not even the most powerful gun or that 2nd Amendment rights shall not be abridged or AR stands for armalite, I already understand you think that gun is far more important than the lives lost repeatedly to it.
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Former mayoral candidate Gil Penalosa is not letting Ana Bailão off easy after yesterday's smear tactic directed at 'lefty' candidates.
"Why would Bailão worry about Cllr Matlow adopting some of my policies?
I wish Bailão herself would adopt some of my housing policies. She led #Housing while #Toronto councillor & deputy mayor and didn't make a dent in the crisis. Her [housing plan] 'CreateTO'.. in 5 yrs did not have a shovel in the ground. Failure."
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There are moments when a conversation leaves you speechless and immediately expands your worldview. When I chatted with United States Army veteran, feminist, writer and trans activist Charlotte Clymer, that is exactly what happened.
As many know, the Republicans have targeted the trans community with particular viciousness and ferocity in the past two years and we want to understand what’s behind it a bit more deeply. At a more fundamental level, we want to hear from trans people like Charlotte about common myths and misconceptions and what it’s like to be trans in America today.
Importantly, those of us who are horrified by the legislative attacks on trans identity and hate crimes against trans people want to know how we can best be allies in this struggle.
Please consider taking the time to hear directly from Charlotte about what is currently happening: https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/five-questions-with-charlotte-clymer
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Refugee from twitter. I am into math, tech, clean energy, EVs, COVID info, books, movies, music.
Based in Toronto. Support Ukraine.
Boosts=endorsements twitter:https://twitter.com/heridfan
Joined Nov 2022
