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JimLaw Nov 19, 2023

@LindaCollins11 But then, one could ask what's the nicest person in the world doing on Twitter?

JimLaw Nov 19, 2023

Dan Gillmor Nov 17, 2023

The European Commission has had enough of Musk's deadbird site -- at least enough to stop paying him for the privilege of swimming in a toxic waste dump -- and people are talking about that.

Which reminds me:

Please don't beat up on people who leave that toxic place, even if you believe, however righteously, that they should have left long ago.

They're doing the right thing now. Thank them, and encourage others to do the same.

https://www.politico.eu/article/no-more-ads-elon-musk-x-twitter-european-commission-tell-staff/

No more ads on Elon’s X, EU Commission tells staff

Ads on Musk-owned social media site risk causing ‘reputational damage’ to the EU, its executive says in internal note.

POLITICO

JimLaw Nov 19, 2023

Dan Gillmor Nov 19, 2023

I am a huge fan of Margaret Sullivan's work, and this piece about Musk is spot on -- except that she almost completely undermines her argument by continuing to pour her work into the deadbird site.

JimLaw Nov 19, 2023

So, I have now dumped Twitter (hoping to be called X). Over the last few weeks it's become unbearable witnessing psychopathic fascists jumping on to threads created by people who value human life in all its diversity. The last straw was arseholes mocking the death of an infant.

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JimLaw Jan 22, 2023

@TOrynski Greay post. When I left the west coast of Scotland to work in Strasbourg years ago I thought the same. I immediately discovered snow tyres and engaging 2nd gear. I'm still not confident like a Finn when driving on snow but I'm no longer shitting in my pants.

JimLaw Jan 22, 2023

Tomasz Oryński Jan 21, 2023

My piece from a few years back about all those British drivers who were telling me that driving in the snow is impossible looks even funnier today when I'm reading it in Helsinki: https://orynski.eu/driving-in-the-snow-is-impossible-period/

:-)

“Driving in the snow is impossible. Period”

orynski.eu

JimLaw Jan 22, 2023

@primonatura Well, that's all hope of a transition to EVs in the UK totally screwed.

JimLaw Jan 22, 2023

Tomasz Oryński Jan 22, 2023

RT @[email protected]

How to identify a pothole in Scotland…

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As my friend said to me: in Scotland we drive on the left on what's left.

JimLaw Jan 2, 2023

On This Day In History Jan 1, 2023

Today in 1983, 40 years ago: The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.

#OnThisDay

JimLaw Jan 2, 2023

moritz Dec 22, 2022

Oooh, this one turned out nice!

#solargraphy image:
This is the course of the sun over the last 6 months in Lilienthal, close to Bremen, Germany. The picture was taken with a can (with a tiny hole) and photo paper.