I'm moving servers to the land of the free. My new account is: @aravosis
https://mastodon.social/@aravosis
Follow me there.
“A senior U.S. intelligence official says Russian missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, killing two people.” - AP
I have NEVER had as much drama on Twitter in 14 years as I've had with you folks over the past 11 days. It's ironic, since this place is supposed to be the anti-Twitter, but in some ways, some of you are far worse. I'm taking a breather and getting backing to trying to help Ukraine, because I just can't anymore.
I'm on the verge of publicly recommending that no one come over to Mastodon. Is there any server that isn't overrun by the always-offended crowd? We're talking folks who don't think all political posts are offensive, that food posts should be behind a trigger warning, and that posts sharing Newsweek article about the struggle of women in Iran aren't offensive and in need of deletion? Does any server meet these criteria?
So, Mastodon just banned a post I made sharing a Newsweek article about the horrific crackdown in Iran. Yes, now Newsweek articles about the brave women in Iran are too much for you folks over here. Your community guidelines are actively harming marginal communities and the international human rights struggle. Just think about that, and think about the women in Iran, the next time you complain that it's too much to bear that some guy shared a Newsweek story.
Let’s be clear about something. If you go on social media to criticize your boss, you should be fired. Now, that doesn’t mean those engineers who criticized Musk aren’t heroes. I think they are. But they knew what the result of their actions would be.
RT @[email protected]
Three senior+ software engineers working at Twitter quote tweeted the below, pointing out how it doesn’t make sense.
All three fired the same day, one done in public.
Criticising your boss in public always has negative consequences, though this response was unusually strong. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1591853644944932865
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1592423259232145408
Elon Musk on Twitter
“Btw, I’d like to apologize for Twitter being super slow in many countries. App is doing >1000 poorly batched RPCs just to render a home timeline!”
MSNBC on Twitter
“.@VaughnHillyard: "Could I say something about Kari Lake, you guys?"”
RT @[email protected]
Scoop: The US has intelligence that suggests Russia delayed formally announcing its withdrawal from Kherson in part to avoid giving the Biden administration a political “win” ahead of the midterm elections. Biden hinted at this last week. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/us-intelligence-russia-withdrawal-midterm-election/index.html
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1592486075301339137
Allison Pecorin on Twitter
“Pennsylvania Senator-Elect John Fetterman has arrived at the Capitol for new member orientation wearing a suit and tie.”
