Drew Harwell"I want to say that I am not losing hope. I read. I exercise. And I am trying to write. Maybe, finally, I am going to write something good"
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jailed-wsj-reporter-in-letter-home-says-he-is-not-losing-hope-4cbbd1af
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Ken White
flexghost.I need your help…
NPR is leaving Twitter but they are planning to focus on Instagram
We need to tell them to join the Fediverse
Many of their journalists’ accounts, as well as their main account, haven’t been active on mastodon. Tell them how much we need them here. (In fact, they should have their own instance)
Use the link, tell NPR we are waiting for them here and spread the word far and wide:
Rod HiltonI don't know what's going on with produce right now.
Over the last 10 years, Strawberries have gotten worse and worse. Organic or non-organic, this store or that, any time of year, they're all artificially reddened with nitrogen and the inside is pure white without a hint of sweetness. Every strawberry is disgusting.
Meanwhile someone out the perfected the art of growing blackberries because every blackberry, even the tiny and firm ones, is delicious.
Augie RayI don't post a lot personal on Mastodon, but I wanted to share this terrific photo of my father. I took it ten years ago today, and it's one of my favorites. We were enjoying a great day knocking around Manhattan, and this shot was taken from a bar overlooking Times Square. We lost him almost two years ago. He was one of the good ones.
Steven BeschlossSo Elon Musk thinks he can scare Twitter users by lying that substack newsletters, including my America, America, are unsafe and may be filled with violent content. Lie to Twitter users when they click on a link about a perceived competitor rather than fix his broken platform. Sad for writers. Sad for progressive communities. But it makes platforms like this more important.
Casey NewtonToday Elon changed the birdhouse on Twitter's homepage to a doge meme and everyone has a joke ready but almost no one seems ready to leave. There is simply no amount of punishment that Twitter users are not prepared to absorb
Don't let the #COVID19 deniers rewrite history. Nations that did more to prevent the spread of the virus did NOT suffer economically compared to those that did less. The data “do not support the popular proposition that countries that have been better at saving lives during the pandemic have paid an economic price.”
Slack is gone, Jira is busted, and other woes inside Elon Musk's Twitter. From @zoeschiffer and me
https://www.platformer.news/p/new-cracks-emerge-in-elon-musks-twitter
The idea that Elon Musk is gathering all the Twitter engineers remaining to interrogate them right now and the topic is his engagement numbers and not the Superbowl - one of the top 5 days for Twitter during the year - is hilarious.