Dudley Saunders

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Writer/musician/video artist. Best description: “I like beautiful melodies telling you terrible things.” (Description stolen from Tom Waits). Winner of GLAMA, Outmusic, Mountain Stage, Emmy awards.
Consider how much coverage the national media devotes to DeSantis’ hypothetical presidential campaign compared to the policies DeSantis is imposing right now on teachers and students

“Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.”

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

@pluralistic

Pluralistic: Tiktok’s enshittification (21 Jan 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

There’s tons of great stuff in this article by @zoeschiffer, @caseynewton and @alexeheath. My favorite is the musk-o-meter that goes down as the article progresses.
https://www.theverge.com/23551060/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-layoffs-workplace-salute-emoji
Extremely Hardcore

Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the social media site against impulsive billionaires who wanted to use the reach of its platform for their own ends, and then one made himself the CEO.

The Verge

Wyoming: We're banning sales of EVs to own the libs!

Libs: Who gives a shit what Wyoming does about anything?

Thanks @JeremyFaust.

Data Snapshot: Are we overcounting #Covid deaths?

No.

It's a fair question. A recent Washington Post column didn't look at the data. A few times during the pandemic, we have overcounted Covid deaths. Mostly, though, we undercount.

#epidemiology #publichealth

https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/data-snapshot-are-we-overcounting

Data Snapshot: Are we overcounting Covid-19 deaths? No.

It's a fair question. A recent Washington Post column didn't look at the data. A few times during the pandemic, we have overcounted Covid deaths. Mostly, though, we undercount.

Inside Medicine

RT @[email protected]

Biden has yet to hold a solo press conference in 2023

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DougJBalloon/status/1609444851988434946

New York Times Pitchbot on Twitter

“Biden has yet to hold a solo press conference in 2023”

Twitter

In Germany everyone who planned the coup was rounded up in one day last week, thrown in jail.

In U.S., almost 2 years later, we're still finding texts from members of Congress urging Trump to invoke "marshall law." And Trump, leader of the coup, is running for president again.

Wait? Christians are lying?

RT @[email protected]

We are being inaccurately portrayed in news/social after a room rental yesterday. Our estimated door count during the event is around 750, not 2500. We've had larger events. We turn 150 yrs old in 2023. And our auditorium, which our guests chose not to rent, holds 300, not 2000.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/indylibrary/status/1608832073426685956

Indianapolis Public Library on Twitter

“We are being inaccurately portrayed in news/social after a room rental yesterday. Our estimated door count during the event is around 750, not 2500. We've had larger events. We turn 150 yrs old in 2023. And our auditorium, which our guests chose not to rent, holds 300, not 2000.”

Twitter
There are so many #impersonators on #mastodon and apparently no mechanism to take them down. Is this something that the #fediverse makes difficult? Can it be figured out? It’s a major reason I spend less time here.
#impersonations
Reporters on Twitter Are Still Locked Out: How to Find Them on Mastodon

For several reporters banned by Twitter, Mastodon is the only place to hear their stories.

CNET