Jason Etheridge @jasonetheridge@qoto.org

The amazing thing about Twitter's situation is that a whole bunch of Elon Musk fanboys don't think Twitter needs advertisers, don't think Twitter needs engineers, don't think Twitter needs moderaters, don't think Twitter needs infrastructure stability, don't think Twitter needs to abide by various international laws, don't think Twitter needs institutional knowledge.

They think the will of Elon's personality will be enough. It's very sad.

An official Google social account is now on Mastodon https://ift.tt/3temu56 #ntt

Remember folks, just liking a post doesn’t help out with getting the message out. You need to “boost” the post as well. Make sure you “Favourite” and “Boost” a post you like. It will help all of us get re-connected here on Mastodon.

Today is #TransDayofRemembrance when we honor and remember trans lives taken by violence. How horrifying that a deadly attack upon the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs should occur right before this solemn day.
Hate isn’t born in us. It is taught. It must end.
This starts with our political leaders, who must cease their cynical attacks against our community before another attack occurs.
Call out the hate. Remind them of its consequences. Hold them to account.

Just wanted to give a hearty thanks to all for the reblogs/retoots early on here. I know folks are arriving and looking for familiar accounts and they seem to be finding my very dumb posts, so I appreciate y'all! #StarTrek #twitterMigration

I will give big points to the first news organization, big or small, that:
* Sets up an instance for its newsroom,
* Sets up an instance for the community it serves,
* Enables rel=me for staff,
* Creates a boost-on-Mastodon sharing function,
* Enhances that function so headlines/images (with alt-text) appear in the toot,
* Covers the Fediverse as more than a geeky curiosity or alt-Twitter,
* Listens to and joins in the conversation here.

Am I wrong to be faintly depressed by the BBC's current "Most Read" top 5?

This holiday season Twitter fires 4K workers, Amazon fires 10K workers, & Facebook fires 11K workers—all while US Billionaire pandemic wealth increased an absurd $1.7T.😳

A reminder that billionaires don’t create jobs—they exploit workers. Tax billionaires. Unionize workers.

My first promotoot - not for me, but for the eximious and wondrous #JonathanMeades who should, I think, be cherished as one of our finest, funniest and acutest writers, both in the factual and fictional spheres. His Empty Wigs is crowdfunding at Unbound.
https://unbound.com/books/empty-wigs/
Subscribe - and In his (ironic) words invite your friends, family and servants to do so too.

#Unbound #EmptyWigs

http://jonathanmeades.co.uk
http://meadesshrine.blogspot.fr/p/shrine.html

Here's the Mastodon 4 changelog for those who are curious about the new features here:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

When I was growing up, I thought the phrase "picture it in your mind's eye" was just a figure of speech, because I've never been able to picture anything in that way -- when I close my eyes and try to imagine something like an apple or a sunset, or even the face of a loved one, it's just black. If this sounds familiar, you might have #aphantasia https://mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2020/04/05/aphantasia-when-you-try-to-picture-something-in-your-mind-and-nothing-happens/

#Scholars and #Journalists in #Mastodon: open lists to join and discover colleagues:

History Scholars
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zmuH0ffMpCNOEjsReMk5iiqGwiUvhO2TtrM8QKu98SE/edit#gid=844879137

Journalists
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit#gid=1320898902

Notable Twitter users on the Fediverse
https://fedified.com/

Researchers in digital technologies, law, policy and society
https://liveuclac-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/ucqnmve_ucl_ac_uk/ES11jfqXsNVNpd1roXFokNkBzRux6n2xThtV4CsgqpSj8g?e=rKrajY

Researchers in Communication, Media Studies, and Adjacent Fields
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vFWP_eBXrjeDqDkmT6PEbxnsZ_QFC4OgEgUHTrJWhhQ/edit#heading=h.ubui23b9p9g3

Tech Policy/Defense
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iAMJN3X6WHTmvkKxSVRYl8UAD_dxbIuDAjJ_q0VzNIg/edit#gid=1114409984

#Research #ScienceMastodon #SciComm #FediScience

Amazed that people are still trying to pitch me their crypto startups. I'm like, read the room, dude. It's over.