On this third night of Hanukkah, I was pleased to attend a special menorah lighting along with the Jewish Federation of Cleveland and Greater Cleveland community members from all faiths.
Tonight, we shed light on rising antisemitism and its danger to our community, and joined together to celebrate in the spirit of the holiday season. #SHINEALIGHT 🕎
#Twitter suspends #Mastodon account, prevents sharing links: Our statement
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2022/12/twitter-suspends-mastodon-account-prevents-sharing-links/
On Dec 16, Twitter suspended our @joinmastodon account after we shared a link to the newly registered Mastodon account of @ElonJet, an account that broadcasts public flight path data of Elon Musk’s private jet, which was previously suspended from Twitter itself. At the same time, accounts of multiple journalists from major publications such as CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post, as well as various independent journalists, were likewise suspended for either linking to the account itself or talking about the event.
Everybody's gonna find their own way on here, but in case helpful to any other relative newcomers...
I had avoided using tools like Movetodon that let you easily follow all your Twitter follows, bc I wanted to start fresh.
But I was finding it a bit quiet, so today I used Movetodon and sorted the list to show the most recently active users at the top. I selectively followed about 100 of those, and now my Mastodon feed is much livelier. https://www.movetodon.org/
We wrote a big story in October about how TikTok's Chinese connections (and Republicans' eagerness to look tough on tech) made it into a political football: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/bytedance-tiktok-privacy-china/
In March, @taylorlorenz and I scooped that the company formerly known as Facebook was funding a Republican lobbying firm's mud-slinging campaign calling TikTok a grave societal threat: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/30/facebook-tiktok-targeted-victory/
The only police report filed so far in the Elon Musk "assassination coordinates" case is against a member of Elon Musk's security team: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/20/police-provide-first-official-details-on-elon-musks-alleged-stalker-incident
Backs up our reporting from Sunday into the minor gas-station confrontation that Musk used as basis to suspend Twitter accounts en masse: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/18/details-of-musk-stalking-incident/
I was on the impeachment team after January 6 and I saw Donald Trump's guilt firsthand.
Trump pledged to defend our Republic. Instead, he incited a mob to storm the Capitol and left everyone inside for dead.
Now, @TheJusticeDept must ensure that justice is served. No one is above the law.
Random #Mastodon accounts I have come across. I don't know if they're official or not. #TwitterMigration
@msnbc #MSNBC
@georgetakei #GeorgeTakei #StarTrek
@kathygriffin #KathyGriffin
@j2dw #j2DW
@BrentButt #BrentButt #CornerGas
@oatmeal #TheOatmeal
@peigreencaucus #PEIGreens #CanadianGreens
@alexwinter #AlexWinter #BillandTed
@squawkfox #KerryTaylor
@thetyee #TheTyee
@ScottishGreens #ScottishGreens
@deAdder #deadder
Few quick Mastodon tweaks I like:
* Settings > "Enable advanced web interface" is Tweetdeck and works really well.
* In your notification column, turn off all the "Play sound" toggles and turn on the "show filter bar" to be able to see favorites, follows, etc. by type.
* The web app is good! The official mobile app's not bad, either. But there are a lot of app options with different flavors worth trying out. Toot is popular on iOS. On Android, I use Yuito: https://bit.ly/3jjtzif
Work from home has been a huge boon to employment access for disabled people.
“The jobless rate for disabled workers — typically in double digits and 12.3% two years ago — dropped to 5.8% in November … the lowest rate for people with disabilities since record-keeping began in 2008.”
Rep. Shontel Brown
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Will Oremus
Drew Harwell
Joaquin Castro
Peter V. Tretter ✅ 🇨🇦
Tiffany Li
Brian M 🇺🇸