Peace Train

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I've been thinking lately, thinking about the good things to come..
.the visionary behind home.social really has it together. Email access, good block list, etc
Any troll attacks will be reported to him through multiple channels including encrypted email. Violations of German law may become Interpol files. This is not the place for s********ing so trolls kindly move on.
Others: welcome w/o regard to race, color, creed, nationality, gender, sex, orientation, status. Pronouns: whatever. Be kind.

My tutorial How to Block [Multiple] Server Domains in Mastodon - something you as an individual can do. Without waiting for them to harass you first.

Q: Why not just rely on admins A: They don't have time - and - be proactive!

#privacy #cybersecurity and #safety:

~~PLEASE BOOST!~~

By doing so you are protecting the community from the trolls at the gate.
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https://medium.com/@theghostoftomjoad/

How to Block Server Domains in Mastodon - The Ghost of Tom Joad - Medium

Problem: Many newer and established instances in Mastodon social network do not have extensive block lists. Also, there are new instances cropping up all the time. Admins are busy as it is, and…

Medium

China’s move to open up travel sparks concern over spread of new variants https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/28/chinas-move-to-open-up-travel-sparks-concern-over-spread-of-new-covid-variants?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

WHO are concerned about China’s abrupt decision to drop some of its toughest Covid-19 restrictions, including scrapping quarantine rules for travellers and how this may affect variants and their global spread.

As usual the UK Government are taking a laissez-faire approach and not planning at this stage to introduce testing of travellers from China.

China’s move to open up travel sparks concern over spread of new variants

Japan, India and Taiwan introduce measures to prevent influx of cases as experts say lack of data makes it difficult to assess risk

The Guardian

Password managers are quite familiar to people into #infosec.

But for #twitterexodus maybe not so much. Where are you at on this issue?

[Anonymous Poll!]

None - no automated manager
8%
Browser for passwords
10.7%
Lastpass
10%
1Password
19.2%
Dashlane
2%
Keepass or derivative
15.1%
Bitwarden
23.3%
Other - Paid
2.8%
Other - Free
8.7%
Poll ended at .

#STRIKE #ACTIONALERT

#NewsGuild 24 hour strike
please #boycott #NewYorkTimes all day December 8th, 2022!

“We’re asking readers to not engage in any #NYTimes platforms tomorrow and stand with us on the digital picket line! Read local news. Listen to public radio. Pull out a cookbook. Break your #Wordle streak.”

! Please boost!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/new-york-times-braces-for-24-hour-strike-by-newsroom-staff/ar-AA151Smf

New York Times braces for 24-hour strike by newsroom staff

"It's looking very likely that we are walking on Thursday," said a Times finance reporter and union supporter.

MSN
Which of these compelling topics do you find particularly magnetic apropos all this time we dedicate to the #MastodonMigration?
Resist autocracy boost democracy
56.5%
Inspiration, beauty, art, poetry
8.7%
Love for animals, dogs, cats, wildlife
21.7%
Tips/insights @ social media, cybersecurity
13%
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Let's build a resilient community to oppose the global authoritarianism.

Boosts are how we federate here!

Experiment:

let's see how many #followback events we can generate for #antifascist
#prochoice
#savedemocracy
#antiracist
#transrightsarehumanrights
#twittermigration accounts. Feel free also to reply with an #introduction

#ascii #follows #screenreader halt

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So apparently as part of the "spam purge" this morning in which tons of Twitter accounts were mistakenly suspended, Twitter suspended the two biggest Elon stan accounts (until people complained and they were reinstated). 😂
It isn't the worker's fault. Fricken robber barons refusing sick days and willing to impact the economy to save themselves money. #Railroadstrike

Another big plus to home.social, and similarly well-put together instances: very detailed extensive block lists.

Some new instances have only very sketchy blocklists and that could become a problem.

Others with good block lists belong in replies here.

THREAD

#SECURITY #CYBERSECURITY

Taking temperature - where are people now in terms of #TwitterExodus -
hard exit, wait-and-see or sticking with both?

#twittermigration #mastodonmigration

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Already left Twitter (account inactive or closed)_
34%
I mainly live on Mastodon, minimal residual Twittr
39.7%
50/50 ish both platforms for now.
23.4%
I intend to remain highly active on Twitter.
2.8%
Poll ended at .