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Shelley Youngblut Nov 9, 2022

So much here. To consider. To not be distracted by. To act upon. Thank you, George Monbiot. https://www.monbiot.com/2022/11/09/our-path/

Our Path

Because Twitter threads aren’t working at the moment (thanks Elon!), I’m republishing a chain of tweets about how we should rise to the challenge of democratic collapse. By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 9th November 2022 Here’s where I think we now stand, and how we should respond. A thread. 1. There is a global…

George Monbiot

Shelley Youngblut Nov 6, 2022

Gerard Cunningham ✒️Nov 6, 2022

So here's what I've learned.
Mastodon isn't Twitter.
And that's by design.
You've grown used to things designed to give you that anger rush.
Mastodon is very deliberately built to avoid that.
The temptation is to replicate your Twitter experience.
Picking arguments, amplifying trolls.
Please don't.
This isn't your house, people here put time into building it.
Content warnings, ALT tags.
Don't turn it into a replica of the mess you just left.
If you miss the fights, the birdsite is still there.

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Shelley Youngblut Nov 6, 2022

@JoyceVance Excited to rebuild a better place (a good place, even) with you.

Shelley Youngblut Nov 6, 2022

Brianna Wu Nov 6, 2022

After 70 years of relative stability, democracy is weakening all around the world. Strongmen and dictators are ascendant, and legislatures are weakening.

The real problem is we are in a global information war. It goes on every minute of every day.

And we are LOSING THAT WAR.

Shelley Youngblut Nov 6, 2022

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Brianna Wu Nov 6, 2022

3/ 4 billion people on earth have access to the Internet. They are the combatants in the global information war, knowingly and unknowingly.

And social media companies are the weapons manufacturers.

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Shelley Youngblut Nov 5, 2022

@NightshiftMD Hey you!