It's probably obvious to most of you, but a big difference between the commercial social media platforms and the fediverse is that as those commercial platform grow, they get additional revenue from ads, from selling personal information, and otherwise monetizing their users. While that is turning out to not actually pay the bills for them, in the fediverse, just about every instance is run by volunteers and funded by donations or out of the volunteers' pockets. It's a labor of love and a hope for a better future. When traffic grows, we need to expand our capacity.

That is why I am asking, if you are able, please consider donating to the instance you on to help keep the fediverse ecosystem going. Typically the /about web page will have details on how to donate.

Note: I am well aware that many of you are not in a financial position to donate - and that is OK. We are here to serve you as well. Donations are completely optional.

A judge is forcing Donald Trump to sit for yet another deposition in yet another lawsuit. Since by definition these depositions require Trump to speak out loud, they never go well for him.

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/case-s-opened-door-another-hazardous-trump-deposition-rcna93060

#press

Let's give it up for the JURY in the Carroll case.

Find 9 random New Yorkers and we probably can't agree on ANYTHING.

Except that Donald Trump is a sexual predator.

‘He got what he deserves’: GOP Rep rebukes Trump over E. Jean Carroll verdict.

A Republican congressman on Tuesday rebuked Donald Trump after a Manhattan jury found the former president liable for defamation and sexual abuse in the E. Jean Carroll lawsuit. https://www.rawstory.com/he-got-what-he-deserves-gop-rep-rebukes-trump-over-e-jean-carroll-verdict/

America was once before awash in guns, and in 1934 Congress passed a law that took them off the streets without making a single one “illegal.” It used taxes. We can do it again with a simple tweak of the National Firearms Act.…

https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/we-already-have-the-law-to-get-weapons?r=nl8r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Legal experts cheer Trump verdict — and bash CNN town hall: 'Platforming a sexual predator'.

Legal experts responded on Tuesday after a jury in New York found former President Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. https://www.rawstory.com/trump-legal-analysts-verdict-response/