AkaSci 🛰️Apr 21, 2023
Guess who is not ponying up for the blue check?
😀 🐳
#twitter #bluecheck
1/n
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Apr 21, 2023
And ... Bette Midler, not mincing her words.
https://twitter.com/BetteMidler
#twitter #bluecheck
2/n
bettemidler (@BetteMidler) / Twitter

We sacrificed our children to the God of the Gun.

Twitter
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Apr 21, 2023
The company you keep!
https://twitter.com/DanRather/status/1649221063639977984
#twitter #bluecheck
3/n
Dan Rather on Twitter

“Tucker Carlson has a blue check. So does Sean Hannity and Elon Musk. The NAACP and NY Times don’t. I’m more than good being one of the latter.”

Twitter
💧Tawdry бот StrumpetApr 21, 2023
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️
Bye, bye tweety.
https://twitter.com/IJasonAlexander
#twitter #bluecheck
4/n
jason alexander (@IJasonAlexander) / Twitter

Kindness, decency, humanity, empathy, curiosity and the desire to laugh just a little bit - let’s try for those and see if we make the world a little better

Twitter
Apr 21, 2023 at 7:37pmWeb
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Apr 21, 2023

Universities not paying for the blue mark of shame -
Stanford MIT Harvard Princeton
Oxford Yale Columbia Brown
Maryland Arizona Michigan UCBerkeley
Duke Rutgers Rice
GWU GMU JHU
...
Haven't found one yet with the blue check mark.

#twitter #bluecheck
5/n

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Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Apr 21, 2023
#BlockTheBlue is trending.
https://mashable.com/article/block-the-blue-twitter-campaign-dril
#twitter #bluecheck
6/n
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks

After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.

Mashable
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Apr 21, 2023
Twitter has suspended the @BlockTheBlue account.
https://twitter.com/blocktheblue?lang=en
Too little too late.
#twitter #bluecheck
7/n
Twitter

Twitter
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Apr 21, 2023
Twitter also removed the “state-affiliated media” labels from media twitter accounts probably to appease orgs like China’s Xinhua News and Russia’s RT.
But NPR ain't tweeting.
#twitter #bluecheck
8/n
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Apr 22, 2023
So, Jason Alexander got a free blue check.
Looks like Elon is feeling the heat of celebrities, content producers and traffic generators leaving twitter. $8/mo per celebrity seems like a good investment, eh?
#twitter #bluecheck
8/n
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Apr 23, 2023
More free blue checks being handed out. Elon's revenge or pure greed?
These accounts have one thing in common - 1+ million followers.
#twitter #bluecheck
9/n
Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Apr 23, 2023
So, it appears, that accounts with over one million followers, are getting gift blue checks, whether they want it or not.
Traffic engineering 😜
#twitter #bluecheck
10/n
Show threadUnabogie has voted Kamala!Apr 23, 2023
@AkaSci what a complete shitshow.
Show thread🛒 ᗰYᑕᗩᖇT 🛒Apr 21, 2023
@AkaSci That’s ridiculous. Elmo’s feelings wuz hurt