On November 25, at the urging of a far-right troll, Elon Musk banned the @CrimethInc Twitter account.
Musk’s goal in acquiring Twitter had nothing to do with “free speech”—it was a partisan move to silence opposition, paving the way for fascist violence.
Please help us circulate our full statement:
https://crimethinc.com/TwitterBan
Please follow us on Telegram and Mastodon.
A massive Twitter data breach last year, exposing more than five million phone numbers and email addresses, was worse than initially reported. We’ve been shown evidence that the same security vulnerability was exploited by multiple bad actors, and the hacked data has been offered for sale on the dark web by several sources. It had […]
Excuse me, what?
San Francisco police consider letting robots use ‘deadly force’
https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/23/23475817/san-francisco-police-department-robots-deadly-force
Researchers have estimated that if we still had a federal assault weapons ban, we would see 70% fewer mass shooting deaths.
S-E-V-E-N-T-Y PERCENT.
Reinstating it should be a no-brainer.
Hello #Mastodon, if you know a Black woman student (HS/College/Grad School) or early career, I am going need you to lend me your ears.
The Sadie Collective, a nonprofit bringing resources and community to Black women in quant and social science fields, is award ing $6000 and all expense paid trips to their annual conference.
As someone who participated PLEASE share widely.
https://sadiecollective.force.com/s/research-reception-form?language=en_US
#econtwitter #economics #sociology #science #academia #academic #BlackMastodon #Blacktwitter
For Twitter folks who are brand new to Mastodon
Few pointers from a veteran of <checks notes> 2 weeks:
1️⃣ BOOST generously: If you see a Toot you like & want others to see it, boost (RT) it. Unlike Twitter, liking it does nothing for visibility
2️⃣ HASHTAGS are important, use liberally. They're the only way to make content discoverable by search
3️⃣ Use alt-text for images/gifs for accessibility
4️⃣ Err towards content warnings - not just for obv triggering content; helps keep feeds uncluttered
CrimethInc. Ex-Workers
Chad Loder
Dorisima
Robert Reich
Anna Gifty 
Ilan Schwartz 
George Takei 
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