De-Adobeing picks of the day:

(All of these are free open source software)

➡️ @kdenlive - Video editing

➡️ @tenacity - Audio editing, forked from Audacity

➡️ @Krita & @krita_artists & @kritafoundation - Painting software, also suitable for drawing, illustration and 2D animation

➡️ @darktable - Photo organising, processing and development

➡️ @inkscape - Vector drawing

➡️ @[email protected] & @Blender & @blenderartists - 3D animation, 2D animation, special effects for live action and editing

Remember like last week when Elon claimed Twitter would be cash-positive this quarter?

Don't think on it. Too much laughter could cause muscle strain.

RT @[email protected]

new from me: Microsoft is dropping Twitter from its advertising platform

Twitter will be removed from Microsoft Advertising just before Twitter moves to its new high-priced API (starting @ $42,000 per month)

no changes to other social media platforms
https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-drops-twitter-from-advertising-platform

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MattBinder/status/1648770155462242306

Holy crap, Nilay Patel just ruthlessly corners Substack’s CEO Chris Best on moderating racist content and I love it

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR35o66A/

RT @sarahmughal769
TURKIYE & SYRIA BOOK AUCTION: Want a special rare signed leather bound copy of CORALINE by Neil Gaiman who generously donated @neilhimself
Bid here: all funds for earthquake relief efforts!

https://www.32auctions.com/organizations/105964/auctions/138929/auction_items/4339235

NEW: Elon Musk fired a top engineer over his declining view counts.

Plus the reason the site went down yesterday, fears about an upcoming FTC audit, and more, and more.

https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer

From @zoeschiffer and me.