Kris Sargent, MD @kristofor@qoto.org

This is what fascist propaganda looks like.

I've been on Mastodon for about a month. I'm following about 15% as many people as I did on Twitter and I have just a little under 10% of the numbers of followers than I did on Twitter, but engagement here is about the same and the replies are much less likely to be spammy, abusive, and/or deranged.

To all the #journalists out there on #Mastodon, I pose the same question. ~ "Given #Musk’s track record, reporters should put little stock in what he says. Instead, the press continues to chart and publish nearly every bold utterance he makes and every tweet... Why does the press keep falling for this circus act?" ~ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/21/elon-musk-twitter-press-00074881 ~ #ElonMusk #Twitter #SocialMedia

Incredibly, I think yesterday's version of the Twitter Files finally revealed something interesting! Though it's not clear that those releasing them understood why or what it was. https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/21/finally-an-interesting-twitter-files-that-appears-to-reveal-sketchy-government-behavior/

Why do we call them “central banks” and not “apex creditors”?

J6C suggests that Bill Stepien saw Rudy replacing his own role as campaign manager.

A good way to avoid an indictment!

"Stepien described his interaction with Giuliani as an intentional “self-demotion,” with Stepien stepping aside once it became clear that President Trump intended to spread falsehoods."

Very good piece by @mmasnick https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/19/i-speak-fluent-new-social-media-ceo-whos-in-over-their-head-let-me-translate-the-last-few-days-of-twitter-policy/ #twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #technews #technology #journalist

For anyone wondering, I'm still unable to access Twitter until I delete this tweet, which is factual journalism that doesn't even break the location rule Twitter enacted a few days ago. The account isn't marked as suspended anymore, but I can't use it or see tweets from people I follow. Using Mastodon exclusively for now and actually really enjoying it.

There were three men came out of the West
Three kings both great and high
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Mastodon must die.

They took a tank and ran him down
With bullets in his head
And they have sworn a solemn oath
John Mastodon was dead

But when the Spring came kindly on
And showers began to fall
John Mastodon got up again
And did surprise them all...

I've decided to shift my social media focus to Mastodon, and so this is my #introduction.
I lead Microsoft Research and new product/business incubations that emerge from our research projects.

I'm pleased to be here and am looking forward to this fresh start with all of you.

It seems appropriate that we thank @ruud and others responsible for #moderation in mastodon.world instance.

We created our account here uninvited and from the very beginning we received a great #support.

On the very first day some Holocaust deniers tried to troll the account. The moderators reacted immediately and, which is very telling), we actually did not experience anything like this afterwords.

We also got #help when we had technical issues with account verification.

#thankyou

Won a very difficult motion? Okay I guess. Landed excellent client? Eh. Drew praise for something I wrote? Fine, sure.

Son really liked my kimchi-jjiggae and ate almost all of it last night? Day made.

Happy Hannukah

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Every year our card contains a picture that aims at inspiring moral reflection about the world we all share.

The photo by Metin Aktaş was taken during exhumation of bodies of civilians killed by the Russian army in Izium (#Ukraine).

#Hannukah #Izium #Russia #war #wishes

#Photo: Metin Aktaş/#Anadolu Agency/#Getty Images

@mmasnick @aja Elon’s hatred for Mastodon has its roots in his childhood. In his childish scrawl, he penned a rambling fan letter to John Mastodon. Six months later John made history and a lifelong enemy. Elon received an envelope containing a single piece of paper. Two words written on it, “Who Dis?”. And the rest is history.

Leave Twitter, they said. Not on your life, at least as long as I keep laughing this hard.

If Musk "steps down" as Twitter CEO, per his latest bogus "poll", some things to remember:

1) He'll still be the owner, and the owner makes the rules the CEO carries out.

2) He lies incessantly. Nothing he says can be trusted, ever.

3) Big Journalism will breathlessly cover the charade as if it meant something, and will continue to support a man who loathes honest reporting and has contempt for genuine freedom of expression.

Lol.

Lmao.

So what are the odds this is prompted by creditors telling him they're going to file a petition for an involuntary bankruptcy if he doesn't start paying Twitter's bills? 🙃

Earlier today Elon Musk said that my ban was temporary, 45 min later he denied my appeal to reinstate my account and confirmed that I am *permanently* banned. The email I just received says the decision cannot be reversed.
I have never once violated Twitters rules or terms of service. I’ve never had a single tweet flagged, my account was permanently banned with no warning and with no reason, after I reached out to Musk for comment.
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #news #technews