Mike Capern @mikecsees@qoto.org

Even Crimethinc (play on 1984 thought crime) was trolled out. See original post on this thread ⬇️

I am just dying right now! ☠️

HOW was this done last year- and I missed it? 😳 #StarTrek #AllIWantForChristmasIsQ #Christmas 🎄

If you wander down the coast from Glencoe to Oban, you’ll drive along the side of Loch Linnhe. You’ll also pass Cuil Bay which has a spectacular view South down the coast. This image was shot just after sunset which allowed me to capture a band of golden light on the horizon just as it started to fade allowing the Milky Way to then dominate the night sky.

#Photography #AstroPhotography #LandscapePhotography #ScottishPhotography

At the turn of the (20th) century newspapers were the social media platforms of the day.

At the turn of the 21st century newspapers ceded that role, and their futures, to big-tech and the portals and silo-social networks.

The move to the fediverse gives modern news orgs a once in a generation opportunity to take that back.

Follow the lead of @TexasObserver and other news orgs that are launching their own instances for their staff/reporters and their audiences.

New York is taking a first-in-the-nation step to tap the brakes on the spread of cryptocurrency mining, under legislation that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Tuesday.

https://www.masslive.com/politics/2022/11/cryptocurrency-mining-limited-under-new-york-law-first-of-its-kind-in-us.html

Today I am working here. First opened in 1752,the Biblioteca Marucelliana, Florence, was created to house the library of Francesco Marucelli (1625-1703), as per his will. It's motto: "Maxime Pauperum Utilitati", roughly "Above all for the poor". It is still a free public library @histodons

When #Twitter kicked #QAnon off on 1/8/21, the #diaspora largely ended up on #Telegram which is full of #nazis and #Russians. #diasqora

The people #radicalized on Telegram for two years have gotten far worse because it’s basically a Kremlin #psyops marketplace targeting every interest, demographic and vulnerability with propaganda and almost zero #moderation.

Twitter just sent QAnon away for an upgrade.😬
#EvacuateTwitter
https://jimstewartson.substack.com/p/putins-massive-american-telegram

I cannot express how important this is for you to read. Please take the time, take notes, tell everyone, write your representatives. Thank you.

Clock is ticking for the pro-democracy “independent state legislature” takeover.

https://web.archive.org/web/20221125035119/https://newrepublic.com/article/169091/supreme-court-independent-state-legislature-theory

“We the People” select our representatives!!

6 unelected, life-tenured justices, who have proven their views on fundamental issues to be well south of mainstream America, have no business attempting to snatch that hallmark of democracy away.

Tonight I finished @maddow’s new podcast Ultra. This powerful warning shot, this unearthing of the threat of American facism in the 30s& 40s is required learning for this moment. There has been a dress rehearsal for what we are facing. We’d best learn. I strongly encourage you to listen to all 8 episodes. The parallels are stunning. A reminder that we’ve fought this before. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rachel-maddow-presents-ultra/id1647910854?i=1000586931428

“We've arranged a society based on #science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science and technology. This combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces.”

- Carl Sagan, in his last interview to Charlie Rose https://charlierose.com/videos/9094

I miss #LibrarianTwitter. Recommend me more library folks to follow here??

The #fediverse could be awesome, if we don’t screw it up (via @eff)

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/fediverse-could-be-awesome-if-we-dont-screw-it

Federation does not fix moderation problems. Only moderation fixes moderation problems.

50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR TWITTER

You just pin your last tweet, Pete,
Request your archive, Clive,
You don’t need a blue tick, Vic,
Just get yourself free.

Hop on the tusk, Gus,
You don’t need to delete much,
Except your DMs, Jen,
And get yourself free.

Use Debirdify, Di,
Provide some alt tags, Mags,
Add a content warning, Tim,
To post sensitively.

Remember to boost, Ruth
You don't need to deny truth,
Just drop off the perch, Dirk,
And get yourself free.
#VerseThurday #TwitterMigration #FediTips

It is EXTREMELY URGENT that government agencies, emergency groups, and others who have over time become dependent on #Twitter to disseminate important announcements to the public, now move quickly to prepare alternative methods (which they really should have already).

It is clear that Musk's behavior is decimating Twitter as a reliable platform for reaching the public without interference, and since Musk now says he will let all hate speech and disinformation that is "not illegal or spam" be propagated on Twitter, even from previously suspended accounts, Twitter will now rapidly become of zero value as a source of trustworthy information on any topics.

DO NOT DELAY!

Optimist: The glass is ½ full.
Pessimist: The glass is ½ empty.
Excel: The glass is January 2nd.