Mike Masnick ✅Made it through episode 4 of Andor, and I don't get why people said it was slow. I mean, sure episode 2 was kinda setting things up for episode 3, but I'm fully invested...
Kewtie Bird
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ExPat in Oslo. Here for journalists’ takes and activism. Hoping for a successful Twitter exodus.
menottiIf we can solve discovery and social graph expansion on Mastodon, it could have legs. There's clearly momentum from the same types of folks (news, thought leaders) that made Twitter special. Get the graph stuff right and the clients etc will come along in due time.
Kriszta Satori#BBC News - US renames five places that used racist slur for #Native Americans
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64252259
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64252259
Scott StedmanEarly reports that Kyiv was unable to launch air defenses before 6 rockets struck city infrastructure.
Drew HarwellThe Washington Post's visual forensics team is really amazing. This investigation uses satellite imagery, social media videos and on-the-ground interviews to show how China’s covid death toll is far higher than the government admits
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/01/09/china-crematorium-covid-deaths/
by @samueloakford & others
Steve HermanIt's “embarrassing” the House is taking so long to select a new speaker and “the rest of the world is looking," President Biden tells reporters on the White House South Lawn before boarding Marine One for a trip to #Kentucky.
Josh SternbergNYT: "Meta suffered a major defeat on Wednesday that could severely undercut its Facebook and Instagram advertising business after European Union regulators found it had illegally forced users to effectively accept personalized ads.
The decision, including a fine of 390 million euros ($414 million), has the potential to require Meta to make costly changes to its advertising-based business in the European Union, one of its largest markets."
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/business/meta-facebook-eu-gdpr.html
Official death toll rises to 35 from explosion of two car bombs in central #Somalia.
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RT @HarunMaruf
BREAKING: Over 20 people killed in two car bombs in Mahaas town, Hiran region, Wednesday. The Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the attack. Mahaas, 308km north of Mogadishu is one of the operational centers for the local mobilisations against Al-Shabaab. https://twitter.com/harunmaruf/status/1610551902441246721
https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/1610590736411512832
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RT @HarunMaruf
BREAKING: Over 20 people killed in two car bombs in Mahaas town, Hiran region, Wednesday. The Al-Shabaab militant group claimed responsibility for the attack. Mahaas, 308km north of Mogadishu is one of the operational centers for the local mobilisations against Al-Shabaab. https://twitter.com/harunmaruf/status/1610551902441246721
https://twitter.com/HarunMaruf/status/1610590736411512832
Harun Maruf on Twitter
“BREAKING: Reports of 2 explosions from VBIEDs in Mahaas town, Hiran region. State media quoting the town’s mayor reported fatalities. One VBIED detonated in front of the mayor’s home; 2nd VBIED targeted residence of federal MP who is the area to participate in military offensive”
David ZipperWriting in The Atlantic, I argued that electric vehicles shouldn't be overpowered behemoths:
"Automakers' focus on large, battery-powered SUVs and trucks reinforces a destructive American desire to drive something bigger, faster, and heavier than everyone else."
Twitter apparently has been down or slow in Australia and New Zealand for hours. But no one's talking about it, because I'm pretty sure Australia does not exist. 😉 https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/04/australian-twitter-users-aim-ire-at-elon-musk-after-apparent-local-outage