Jayson Massey @jaysonmassey@qoto.org

'Twitter is a mess, so former employees are creating Spill as an alternative' via TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/16/spill-twitter-alternative/

"A Seattle woman can’t build affordable housing on her property without first paying the city $77,000. Now she’s suing."

via @marketwatch

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-seattle-woman-cant-build-affordable-housing-on-her-property-without-first-paying-the-local-government-77-000-so-now-shes-suing-the-city-11671130706

Hey @brittlestar do you have a favorite butter tart recipe?

"the Solutions Journalism Network have now trained over 25,000 journalists worldwide to cover the news in ways that won’t make us sick."

"Solutions journalism…

- Describes a response to a problem and how it works.

- Seeks to draw out insights that explain success or failure.

- Presents the available evidence about the effectiveness of a response.

- Explains the shortcomings or limitations of the response."

https://www.solutionsjournalism.org/storytracker

Haas anyone used the Arc browser? What do you think of it?

https://chriscoyier.net/2022/12/08/whats-good-about-the-arc-browser/?s=09

These communications rules seem very solid.

"Communication often interrupts, so good communication is often about saying the right thing at the right time in the right way with the fewest side effects."

https://37signals.com/how-we-communicate/

Today was only 19 in 45 seconds. Still, good work.

“After examining a sample of malware, we found out that this Trojan, although it masquerades as a ransomware and extorts money from the victim for ‘decrypting’ data, does not actually encrypt, but purposefully destroys data in the affected system,” Kaspersky’s report stated. “Moreover, an analysis of the Trojan's program code showed that this was not a developer's mistake, but his original intention.”

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/never-before-seen-malware-is-nuking-data-in-russias-courts-and-mayors-offices/

I did it again today! 28 swings in 55 seconds! I felt dizzy, yet accomplished.

I am trying this by doing a minute of kettlebell swings as fast as possible. 28 in one minute!

https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/science-says-1-minute-of-this-kind-of-exercise-may-equal-45-minutes-of-jogging.html

If you were going to make a 2023 resolution right now, what would it be?

Mine would be to eat better. No pizza in 2023! 🍕 🙅‍♂️

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/lets-do-autumn-resolutions-instead/379409

Tags: #cybersecurity #breach #iphone #twitter

Chad Loder is reporting a Twitter breach of U.S. and European accounts. "Any Twitter account with "Let others find you by your phone" enabled in Discoverability settings is affected." See more at his Twitter post:

https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1595557696131911680

@dit100 Hey!

Finding a replacement for Twitter is one thing.

What about a replacement for Medium?

https://beebom.com/medium-alternatives/#:~:text=Medium%20Alternatives%20for%20Readers%201%201.%20Quora%20As,5.%20Vocal%20Media%20...%206%206.%20BeamStart%20

Journalists: There has to be a concept of overreporting. Like, we've gone over this and there's no actual new angle. We can move onto all of these other stories.

There also should be a sense that your news org specializes in certain things. You focus on the impact of crime, or positive stories, or hopeful stories.

The product itself has to have a point of view, otherwise, the oligarchy controls it but does no media buys.

Then, you're stuck in this control - agitate - engage loop.

The oligarchy spews. It agitates people. Some like it, some hate it, they post and watch. This engagement leads to bigger CPMs, so as a news org, you wait for the oligarchy to spew again instead of doing great stuff.

The only real way to inoculate your news org is to have sticky stories that people are interested in. This is tough! Gotta get into niches.

As the saying goes "the riches are in niches". That's where there you separate yourself in content and even in ad $$$.

Otherwise, you're getting bullied by whoever has the most attention and biggest check...and that might be the same person at this point. Not good!

"If you’ve ever wondered how social media is changing our society, we’re finally seeing a debate that’s not just a bunch of hot takes. Professors from the world’s leading universities are now weighing in, taking into account a vast body of studies to draw conclusions about the actual impact of Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, etc. on the way we live."

#socialmedia #twitter #facebook #tiktok

https://getpocket.com/collections/is-social-media-making-us-stupid?utm_source=pocket-newtab

If you're upset about the Twitter news below, here's what to do:

1. #blockallads. It's a simple protest that will work if enough people do it

2. Use another app to post to Twitter. I use Buffer free edition. It's a compromise, but it also leaves you off of their platform.

3. Don't like 'em? Block 'em.

4. They got you mad! Don't retweet anything from them. Use an image instead. Remember to algorithms, ENRAGEMENT = ENGAGEMENT.