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This Twitter fiasco is a reminder of who is *actually* critical to the survival of our economy & society.
Twitter worked before the billionaire got here. Now that workers are gone, Twitter is collapsing. Workers made Twitter work—a billionaire broke it.
Workers > Billionaires
One thing that's getting a little lost in this mix, is that some of the people desperately holding on at Twitter are because they are trapped by either healthcare or visas.
That there are systemic traps that trap workers in America so they feel unable to move freely to new employers who want them and would have better pay or conditions is *nuts* and deserves a lot more attention than it gets.
Curious about what drives follower growth on Instagram? My book #EjaculateResponsibly launched Oct 18. It's had tons of press from WashPost, Vogue, USAToday, and many more outlets.
With that attention, my Insta following grew from 167k on 10/18, to 171k on 11/10. Then, on Sunday 11/13, The NYTimes shared an insta post about me. In the 48 hrs since my insta grew to 180k.
NYTimes has 16.3m followers. That generated 9k new followers for me. Does that surprise you? Would you expect higher? Lower?
A VERY good question:
"Twitter’s potential collapse could wipe out vast records of recent human history
What happens when the world’s knowledge is held in a quasi-public square owned by a private company that could soon go out of business?"
I *love* subscribing to people's personal blogs.
Whenever I add a new RSS feed to my Reeder I feel like I've added a new gem to my treasure box. ☺️
Average list price for a unit of insulin:
Australia: $6.94
UK: $7.52
France: $9.08
Germany: $11
Canada: $12
Japan: $14.40
US: $98.70
Isn't it time America hold Big Pharma accountable for its extortion?
Here's a neat #Mastodon trick I just discovered:
You can access an RSS feed of any user's posts simply by adding .rss onto the end of their profile URL — so, for instance:
You can then use that link to follow all of that person's posts in Feedly, Feedbin, or any other RSS reading service.
Heck, you can even do it directly in #Chrome, if you want!
"What can people do to help Mastodon if they like your ideas?
I would say contribute to the Patreon for the server that your account is on. These people who are running servers, they're making it happen, and it's them who should be receiving people's support."
https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/
Andrea Junker 
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Pwnallthethings
Tim Chambers
Sara Soueidan
Robert Reich
JR Raphael
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