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If Musk "steps down" as Twitter CEO, per his latest bogus "poll", some things to remember:

1) He'll still be in control. The owner sets the policy the CEO carries out. The owner decides in the end.

2) He lies incessantly. Nothing he says can be trusted, ever.

3) Big Journalism will breathlessly cover the charade as if it meant something, and will continue to support a man who loathes honest reporting and has contempt for genuine freedom of expression.

RT @[email protected]

Earlier this evening myself and other activists engaged in direct action. A screening of a transphobic film was to be held at Edinburgh Uni, we decided that wasn't happening. You don't get to spread hatred and expect to be unchallenged. 1/8

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/_DylanHamilton_/status/1603133262066778113

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“Earlier this evening myself and other activists engaged in direct action. A screening of a transphobic film was to be held at Edinburgh Uni, we decided that wasn't happening. You don't get to spread hatred and expect to be unchallenged. 1/8”

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🚨Breaking: ScotGov wins court case against anti trans campaigners, over whether people can legally change sex.

Court of Session rules that "sex is not limited to biological or birth sex" and that gender recognition certificate do alter a person's sex in the eyes of the law.

Trans group demands Keir Starmer urgently addresses transphobia in Labour – before it’s too late

https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/12/12/keir-starmer-labour-party-trans-rights/

Trans group demands Keir Starmer urgently addresses transphobia in Labour – before it’s too late

Lobby group Labour for Trans Rights has called on Keir Starmer to urgently mend the party's relationship with the trans community.

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One thing I'm seeing a lot more of since #TwitterMigration is Black and Indigenous people being inundated with comments about how we just don't know how masto/fedi works and that's why we're not finding community.
Problem is that it's developed into a trolling tactic by the altright/nazis et al to create a hostile environment for #BlackMastodon and PoC in general, so my recommendation is to block on sight.
White people who Aren't Like That: you've got the chance to not become collateral damage.
anti-#trans/#LGBTQ+ accusations of "grooming" obviously have nothing to do with actual grooming. to find out what these claims are actually about, & why they resonate w/TERFs & conservatives alike, pls read my recent essay (no-paywall link):
https://juliaserano.medium.com/anti-trans-grooming-and-social-contagion-claims-explained-a511a93b042f?sk=6bb3c7d13529e52d16f9781f42162a3b #transgender #gay #queer
Anti-Trans “Grooming” and “Social Contagion” Claims Explained

There is a virtually endless list of things that supposedly cause people to become transgender. During the mid-to-late twentieth century, perhaps the most common proposed cause was faulty…

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"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must — at that moment become the center of the universe."

— Elie Wiesel (from his Nobel Peace Prize speech)

Imagine you have a friend. Let’s call him Rick Reasonable.

Now imagine you have an enemy. Let’s call your enemy Bart B. Oilingwater.

Bart is a real piece of crap. Here's what he does: Whenever he sees you, he throws boiling water at you. Usually you dodge it, but every once in a while, he catches you with a bit. You have to constantly be on the lookout for Bart, because if you let your guard down, it’s scalding water time!

"If you have an influx of new users and then you punish them for being themselves or trying to figure out ways to be themselves on the platform, then you will disincentivize users from recommending transformation or changes in the platform, even in open source platforms. They simply will not want to engage."
https://techpolicy.press/the-whiteness-of-mastodon/ Important from @shengokai
#blackmastodon
#fediverse
The Whiteness of Mastodon

A conversation with Dr. Johnathan Flowers about Elon Musk's changes at Twitter and the dynamics on Mastodon, the decentralized alternative.

Tech Policy Press

This explains basically everything about Elon Musk's actions. Some of his companies work in spite of him. Twitter just has no immune system against his thing.

https://www.tumblr.com/numberonecatwinner/701567544684855296/elon-wyd

oops all spiders

I was an intern at SpaceX years ago, back it when it was a much smaller company — after Elon got hair plugs, but before his cult of personality was in full swing. I have some insight to offer here.…

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