Ok, from now on, I’m here—except when I need to use Twitter for some reason or other (Spaces, SMO promotion, etc.)
These will cross-post to Twitter, but I’m going work principally out of here and Substack. Greetings, all.
@benjaminwittes Happy to see some familiar peeps. Will watch for you in both places.

@benjaminwittes I've just logged out of twitter for the last time.

ça suffit

@mgabriel yeah I can’t really do that. But I can shift the locus of my work to here.
@benjaminwittes I have the important ones I follow bookmarked. I will look at what they post but no more surfing there.
@justme2323 @benjaminwittes if you aren’t ready to leave, create a list of the accounts you can’t live without. Only review the list. For some reason, ads were never pushed on lists.
@benjaminwittes You and pretty much everyone else who used #birdsite for their information/content businesses. The audience isn't there anymore. It's here.
@benjaminwittes Good to see you here.
I hope you will bring baby cannon with you! 🧨
@ChristinaLutz #BabyCannon, the #BeastOfTheDay and the Good Morning image will all cross-post from Twitter as they need to have the widest reach possible. special military operations will leave on Twitter and cross post here as they require video and audio—and it’s important that they reach Ukrainians. Commentary and news sharing and dialogue will live here.
@benjaminwittes I'd say I couldn't believe Musk let him back on, but I'd be lying.
@eriksherman @benjaminwittes that was the plan all along. Push the dominant platform for journalism further right.
@fitek @benjaminwittes I don't know that Musk has a plan for anything other than general ideas. He's remarkably scattered.
@eriksherman @benjaminwittes seems like the dominant strategy for fascists is not to make you believe any one thing, but to overwhelm people into mental submission
@benjaminwittes Nice to find you here - I was following you on the birb site too.
@benjaminwittes this is good news….at least for all of us.
@benjaminwittes glad you are here. I deleted my T account tonight.

@benjaminwittes
Welcome.

I used Twitter mostly for breaking news, so I hope a great majority of substantive “blue checks” will do the same as you have so that Mastodon can become the go-to platform for news and information .

@benjaminwittes Sorry if it has been addressed and I missed it, trying to get used to this site, is Lawfare moving here too. Thank you.
@milwmathprof @lawfare has a presence on Mastodon and will also maintain its Twitter presence.

@benjaminwittes

When you shift your platform #attention
FROM: Twitter
TO: Mastodon
Twitter starts feeling like an RSS feed utility to check on now & again... and tap when needed.

#TwitterMigration

@benjaminwittes greetings. Followed over from the hellsite. Also support lawfare and subscribe to Dog Shirt Daily. Thanks for all your efforts

@benjaminwittes
Keep fucking with the RU embassy please and thanks.

Lasers were a nice new tactic.

@benjaminwittes Looking forward to some fun cannon tusks here on the Don