Sarah McLaughlin
The OatmealThis feels appropriate for the second thing I've ever posted to mastodon.
KayBay
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I should get up and move more but I’d rather read.
Days later, Twitter is still blocking links to the BBC documentary about Modi and Musk has yet to say anything about the censorship other than that he didn't know about it. That was 6 days ago. https://kenklippenstein.substack.com/p/elon-musk-continues-to-block-access
Will AllenI'm just over here trying to process the fact that the guy who leaked damaging news about Hillary Clinton was literally being paid by Russia, and was instrumental in burying the evidence that he, and many other Republicans, were directly working for Putin.
And we're just... I dunno. Going to work and having bagels and shit.
Russia. Owns. The. Republican. Party. Russia had spies in the highest levels of the FBI. Russia had spies in the highest levels of the NRA. Russia owns US Congresspersons.
But whatevs. It's just a literal takeover of the government by our sworn enemy.
Ken WhiteTo be fair, Chad’s my client and he can be a bit much.
Remember, on your site, the First Amendment gives you free speech and free association rights to ban whomever you want for whatever petty reasons you want.
tricia, queen of house cyberly 
some people don’t want to climb the corporate ladder, even if they used to.
some people don’t want to go “above and beyond.”
some people want less responsibility, not more.
some people want to do the job they were hired to do and be done.
there is *nothing* wrong with this.
we need to normalize language like this. you don’t have to work 90 hours a week to be “dedicated.” you don’t have to love your job. you CAN be in it just for the paycheck. that’s literally what a job is: payment for services.
this rhetoric of “what success looks like” is a falsity we have been tricked into believing to maximize corporate profits. success looks different depending on who and when you ask… sometimes success is getting up in the morning, and sometimes it’s getting promoted. it’s all relative, and we need to remember that.
Drew Harwell"It remains confounding to me that a person who tried to overthrow the government, and used Facebook to help him do it, ultimately got off with a two-year time out. Especially when much more benign users, notably sex educators, are routinely given permanent suspensions. At the same time, Trump hasn’t been held accountable by the US government, either. ... We find ourselves calling on Facebook to do what prosecutors so far have not"
@caseynewton: https://www.platformer.news/p/meta-restores-trump
Leta McCollough SeletzkyOthers have said this better, but when I see all the “no violence” appeals to protesters, I wonder if they also ask this of police.
Chris TrottierSome people believe there's no purpose to "liking" something on Mastodon since it doesn't affect any algorithm.
Not the case.
It does something incredibly valuable: it acknowledges people.
Which is incredibly powerful, and is all the more important *because* it's not connected to gaming any algorithm.
By liking something on Mastodon, you are doing it honestly -- without any agenda at play other than that you like it.
So go ahead. Click that like button for its own sake.
Alaric Aloor🐕🏎⚽️🥃
Dwight SilvermanI've been so excited about the explosion of new Mastodon apps that I decided to write about it in my column, with a focus on @ivory and @[email protected]. A thousand flowers blooming!
