The greatest story about social media. I don't think it gets better.
In November 2022, @TexasObserver became one of the first newspapers to start their own Mastodon server.
Unlike most newspapers, @TexasObserver operates as a non-profit.
This week, the non-profitās board of directors voted to disband @TexasObserver.
But within 48 hours, people have given $250,000 so it can continue to exist.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-observer-journalists-and-staff
Cannot reiterate this enough:
PLEASE donāt request refunds from Apple for any unused time on your Twitterrific or Tweetbot subscriptions.
It could literally bankrupt small shops like these.
https://blog.iconfactory.com/2023/01/twitterrific-end-of-an-era/
Twitterrific has been discontinued. A sentence that none of us wanted to write, but have long felt would need to be written someday. We didnāt expect to be writing it so soon, though, and certainly not without having had time to notify you that it was coming. We are sorry to say that the appās [ā¦]
We need a vote option for the Ford with the Bible in the glovebox! Maybe that'll do it.
Chris Trottier
ryan cooper
Marco Arment
Alisca