Steve

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A @Wired interview with the founder of Mastodon on the last couple of weeks:

"People probably want to hear that it's been great—all this growth and success—but I would prefer to be watching from the sidelines. There is more work, there are more fires to put out.

It's incredibly stressful."

https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#twittermigration #twitter

The Man Behind Mastodon, Eugen Rochko, Built It for This Moment

People fleeing Twitter have turned to Eugen Rochko’s alternative. He says social networks can support healthy debate—without any one person in control.

WIRED
for a while the birdsite was an entertaining disastrous spectacle. now it's too cringey to watch much less comment on.
This site makes me feel guilty about the fact I didn’t let mastodons on the Ark.
@peachybrets @BostonAbrams I was missing news feeds when I got back to Mastodon a couple weeks ago so I built bots to pull them in at least until these publications get here.
This account is following the news sources I have so far and I’m open to requests/suggestions. All the accounts on newsrelay.org are bots pulling in news. @admin

@BostonAbrams I was missing news feeds when I got back to Mastodon a couple weeks ago so I built bots to pull them in at least until these publications get here.

This account is following the news sources I have so far and I’m open to requests/suggestions. All the accounts on newsrelay.org are bots pulling in news. @admin

@ndurner yes, some of the bots use global feeds others use regional feeds. Sometimes that’s because I could not find a single global like The Guardian. Sometimes it’s because there is such breadth to their coverage I thought it more useful to let people follow specific feeds. If there were a CSV that linked the publication name, their URL, and a feed account would that help? For some it might be an official account like ProPublica, for others it goes to newsrelay.org?
@ndurner @tchambers @ianhillmedia Coming from Twitter I was missing some of the news sources I was used to so I made a series of bots that pull posts into Mastodon. Hopefully eventually these outlets will be here, but for now I’m hoping this makes the transition more viable for people. Open to feedback. I thought you might consider adding them to your list? https://newsrelay.org/@admin/following

Garland to Name Special Counsel for Trump Investigations - The attorney general is scheduled to make the announcement just days after former President Donald J. Trump announced that he would seek the White House again in 2024.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/us/politics/trump-special-counsel-garland.html

Garland Names Special Counsel in Trump Investigations: Live Updates

The attorney general named Jack Smith, the former head of the Justice Department’s public integrity section, to the job just days after former President Donald J. Trump announced that he would seek the White House again in 2024.

A guide to Mastodon, the Twitter alternative that's on fire - If you've heard the word "mastodon" a lot since Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October, here's why: The extinct mammal is also the name of a relatively small, formerly little-known social network that has skyrocketed in popularity, as many Twitter users try it out as an alternative for connecting with others online.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/tech/mastodon-twitter-explainer-trnd/index.html