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Yesterday was good. Work to make 2024 even better.

Feeling kinda anxious about #ElectionDay today cause I've seen tons of Republicans talk about stopping support for #Ukraine, so I hope they'll lose it today. US support for Ukraine is extremely vital, especially right now as the winter's right around the corner and Russians will surely be attacking our energy infrastructure again  

I don't wanna see my country disappearing from the map of the world, so please #VoteBlue!

I just asked my communications and IT colleagues at #Stanford to consider hosting a #Mastodon server for our University community (as MIT has already done: mastodon.mit.edu).

Such institutional sponsorships (e.g., higher ed, academic associations, etc.) seem like a compelling & sustainable equilibrium for the #TwitterMigration. I also think organizations that do so would benefit in several ways without meaningful new risks.
#OpenSource #fediverse #Twitter #EconTwitter #Economics

@mmasnick kind of makes you realize how many quiet lurkers there are on Twitter… the sort of people who will never pay $8 for the service but are crucial to maintaining ad revenue.

I’m voting and giving to #abortionfunds

I’m voting and learning about #abolition

I’m voting and engaging in #mutualaid

I’m voting and getting to know my neighbors and others in my #community

It seems futile some days. I want to do so much more but I have a finite amount of time and money. When it all feels futile, the words of Mariame Kaba give me hope.

“Pick a thing. Do the work. Fight like hell.”

What’s your AND?

So... this morning I had more notifications waiting for me in Mastodon than I did in Twitter. And all the notifications on Twitter are people telling me Mastodon will never get enough users to matter.
Go and #voteblue

NEW: Trump is privately celebrating Musk's struggles — and speculating that they could inject some life into the disaster that is Truth Social

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-elon-musk-twitter-truth-social-conflict-1234625330/

Trump Is Loving Musk's Early Twitter Debacle

Behind the scenes, the former president is celebrating the new top twit’s struggles — and speculating that they could inject some life into the disaster that is Truth Social

Rolling Stone
I'm personally looking forward to going through the misty-eyed innocent phase of a social media platform again.
I don't think Mastodon or the fediverse has ever received this much attention before. It's a great opportunity for people to finally see that social media can be done differently, that it can be a protocol not under control of any single company.