Lil' Ms. Sunshine @mssunshine@qoto.org

Who Is Dying from COVID Now, and Why
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-is-dying-from-covid-now-and-why/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=health&utm_content=link&utm_term=2022-11-21_featured-this-week&spMailingID=72353499&spUserID=OTE2Njc3ODY2OTQS1&spJobID=2260735746&spReportId=MjI2MDczNTc0NgS2

1. It's hard to overstate the damage @NBCNews@twitter.com and @MSNBC@twitter.com are doing by not adjusting their prediction that should now be D217-218 with two NBC GOP calls going to Dems today. By reporting GOP took the House they're sewing the seeds of more attacks on our system.

Good primer here from @jeffjarvis on the, uh, multiverse (multiple fediverses?) that is emerging https://medium.com/whither-news/hope-for-a-post-musk-net-f156d0cdf431

"All they wanted to do was stop the vote ... And the next thing you know, all hell is breaking loose." On "Radio Atlantic": One election official recalls the chaos of 2020—and offers a warning about the current pressure test on America's voting system. https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/radioatlantic?selected=ATL6340282218

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1590007548127883264

RT from Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum)

Why does Putin make sinister jokes about nukes? Because if you can make your enemies afraid, they will not oppose you. You can then win the argument, the battle, or the war without ever having to fight. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/russia-ukraine-nuclear-war-fear-us-policy/672020/

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/anneapplebaum/status/1589666680112025600

Remember just like anywhere else without end to end encryption, your DMs here are not private.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18079

Distributed servers (/instances) can make for interesting times (eg, potentially no more record of your toots/followings/followers) should your server go down. Server resilience against hostile actors is case-by-case.

Republicans have a compelling partisan interest in securing Elon Musk’s control of a leading communications hub for journalists, and have responded companies pausing their ads on Twitter by threatening the firms with political retribution. https://www.mediamatters.org/twitter/gops-corrupt-bargain-elon-musk

To all the lovely humans starting Mastodon instances:

Please think about succession planning, resourcing, and rules of engagement (aka Code of Conduct) as a matter of priority for your instance.

When you create a community resource, you're making a commitment. If you're new to stewarding a community, ask for help. #AskACommunityManager

It'd be really sad if in 3, 6, 12 months we start losing a ton of instances and Fediverse community members with them.

#MastodonAdmin #FediTips #Admins

The DOJ Civil Rights Division is sending election monitors to 24 states.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-monitor-polls-24-states-compliance-federal-voting-rights-laws

I'll never understand why more Americans aren't outraged that foreign autocracies are trying to pick our presidents and essentially steal our vote. https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-business-social-media-7fefa7ab0491b653f6094a4d090155fe

So rumor has it that Trump is going to announce that he will be running again during his rally with JD Vance tonight.

Why does Putin make sinister jokes about nukes? Because if you can make your enemies afraid, they will not oppose you. You can then win the argument, the battle, or the war without ever having to fight:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/11/russia-ukraine-nuclear-war-fear-us-policy/672020/

If you had any doubt why Elon Musk bought Twitter, here you go...
The Twitter Editorial Board of one. He's building a good case that Twitter is no longer an internet provider but a publisher.
(Not subject to sec 230c immunity.)