James Britton

@jamesbritton
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Lover of good people, performing arts, mountains, digital marketing, WordPress. Arts marketing director. 📍West Lafayette, IN 🐦 since 2007 @ jamesbritton
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@mastodonusercount 13m in the next few minutes #twitterfail

I want to expand more on the comedy of errors that led to the eviction of #Twitter from their Boulder, Colorado office.

The story that leads up to this building even existing is bizarre and hilarious, so here goes...

A thread 🧵

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/judge-ruled-twitter-must-be-evicted-from-colorado-office-over-unpaid-rent/

Twitter evicted from office amid lawsuits over unpaid rent and cleaning bills

Twitter evicted in Boulder, Colo., still faces unpaid-rent suit at HQ in California.

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Clarence Thomas Promises To Adopt Code Of Ethics For The Right Price. "I admit to seeing the wisdom in developing some kind of ethical framework for the Supreme Court, so long as Papa gets some sugar." https://www.theonion.com/clarence-thomas-promises-to-adopt-code-of-ethics-for-th-1850409408
Clarence Thomas Promises To Adopt Code Of Ethics For The Right Price

WASHINGTON—Telling critics in Congress that if they wanted serious reform they simply needed to make it worth his while, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas promised Friday he would adopt a code of ethics for the right price. “After hearing out the Senate Judiciary Committee’s concerns, I admit to seeing the…

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“This loss represented 57% of his fortune. Zuckerberg was then living a nightmare, fueled by investor rejection of his bet on the metaverse as the next big thing…”
it’s 21,000 jobs, but still…“Nightmare scenario for Zuck? Gimme a fucking break.

I wrote the words for everything on the upcoming FourPlay album, Signs of Life, except for this.

But I took such joy in saying the words while they played.

https://youtu.be/St4qEymhI30

Clock (Words by William Shakespeare, Read by Neil Gaiman, Music by FourPlay StringQuartet)

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What's the best* online community—I include things like work Slacks, project-specific communities, and communities formed on platforms or in the cracks between platforms—that you've ever been a part of? Don't overthink it, what's the thing that comes instantly to mind?

* Most fun, least terrible, most generative, whatever.

Disclosure: I'll never quote you without asking, but I *am* in research mode for a thing that will be public someday, in case that matters.

Boosts super-welcome. 💫