Kris Sargent, MD @kristofor@qoto.org

@emptywheel @dangillmor Everyone of them should ALREADY have asked for an archive copy and deleted any DMs older than a week.

Before they delete their phone number they should have requested backup codes for 2FA access.

Their profiles should also give alternate addresses right now, using Twitter bypass tools if they are using Mastodon account addresses.

Twitter formalizes blocking of accounts that exist only to reference content on other social media sites, including Mastodon.

Specific examples of violating tweets given in the policy:

> “follow me @username on Instagram”

> “username@mastodon.social”

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy

@mmasnick I remember reading that John Mastodon was the inspiration for the Chris Knight character in Real Genius.

The best thing about this latest Mark Rober video is that if you know what to look for, you'll see that it matches up with everything I've tried to tell y'all about San Francisco crime:

* SF is the car break-in capital of the USA
* Most car break-ins are not done by Black people
* Most car break-ins are not done by homeless people
* Police are not designed to help you with these car break-ins. Police are designed to abuse Black people.

🤷🏿‍♂️

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iWeu2dxHRDg

#BlackMastodon

The speedrun through "every trust and safety problem others have experienced over the last decade but that I don't know anything about" continues.

Up next, adversarial reporting.

@mmasnick @anildash @taylorlorenz @igd_news Elon has taken the foot-gun and made it automatic.

A spectacular sight 1225m (4019 ft) beneath the waves off Baja California as E/V Nautilus encounters the amazing Halitrephes maasi jelly.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D0eyl7-XQA

#ocean #nature #science

Twitter banned @taylorlorenz for … asking Elon for comment?? Embarrassing

If it behooves you, instead of thinking any more about Twitter—hit us with some PDFs, some incomprehensible sociology, a fact about your town, some poetry no one cares about, political theory that will never land, obscure social history, climate links, math things, some tech so obscure 20 people use it. We want your inner noise. Just push the gas on your own ephemeralism and launch us into the future.

On Musk, and democracy, neofascism, and Thiel:

What’s happening with #Twitter now is very similar to how Trump built the MAGA GOP: dominance.
Musk is forcing #journalism to scrape and beg. Reinstated accounts are tweeting happiness to be back.

That’s the “dominance politics” playbook. The authoritarian, #neofascist playbook. The way to fight is to pull out.

@joshtpm re: Trump, 2017:

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/reporters-need-to-pull-out-of-trumps-dominance-rituals

It is certainly a little odd that this secret Text released during one of Musk's legal hearings, which many (myself included) believe is from Peter Thiel, is more or less exactly what we've been watching for the past six weeks and change.. would be amazing if anyone reported on this information that is in the public sphere already, in context. But alas, not holding my breath.

Hate to see journalists on their knees in supplication to Musk, begging him to not be so mean to them. The implication is that if he reverses course -- restoring accounts of reporters he doesn't like, and links to the competition -- all will be well.

This totally ignores reality. He has demonstrated again and again that lies and deceit are tools of his trade.

Journalists, please get out now, or soon. Don't help him.

ALERT: Arizona court dismisses election denier Mark Finchem's (R) lawsuit contesting his loss in the AZ secretary of state race. The judge rejected all of Finchem's claims, calling them "frivolous," "wholly unsupported by the record" and "fatally flawed." https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/arizona-judge-dismisses-finchem-election-contest/

Well here’s my protest, lol. I haven't fully thought this through, but for now I'm only going to use Twitter for announcements, and will direct people here to Mastodon for conversations. Journalism can no longer reliably happen on Twitter.

Are medical errors really the third most common cause of death in the U.S.?

TL:DR - No they aren’t.

From @gorskon

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/are-medical-errors-really-the-third-most-common-cause-of-death-in-the-u-s/

* Also force them to provide "loan documentation to understand the acquisition plans of a company and its financing strategy;"

* When companies are found to have violated antitrust, ban them from acquiring any other company for 3-5 years, and/or force them to get FTC pre-approval for all future acquisitions;

* Reinvigorate enforcement of rules requiring that some categories of business (especially healthcare) be owned by licensed professionals;

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