@Popehat Your IT team shouldn’t accept email from your domain name if it’s coming from the internet. It’s also common to flag all emails from external sources as such.

@bryanhansel Thanks Bryan. Usually I can identify legit prominent accounts just by the activity, but the lack of verification does mean you have to read a little more critically. It’s a little like the day anyone could sign up for Twitter Blue using any display name!

@annamal @Popehat oh. I missed that!

@Dbrauer Mpls resident here, first day on Mastodon, actually. Just building a list of journalists / commentators I feel are trustworthy.

@annamal @Popehat You sure about that? The FTC warned them about complying with their consent decree a month ago, and it sounds like they made a formal inquiry here in the last few days.