Mark Turner

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Well, sorry Fediverse, it looks like Bluesky won. If anyone makes an app that can interact with both though, that would be very helpful…
Delete Your Account. For Real This Time. “There’s no need for any Trump opponents now to be on X for the same reasons that they’re not on Gab, Gettr, Truth Social, or wherever else.” https://slate.com/technology/2024/11/delete-your-x-twitter-account-threads-elon-musk-donald-trump.html
This Is a Simple and Satisfying Way to Fight Trump and Musk

With Trump headed back to the White House, there’s no better time to delete your X account.

Slate

A really annoying thing that absolutely needs to stop:

- "More info in the discord!" / "Changelog in the Discord!"

STOP THAT.

Discord is a closed, proprietary platform. Post your stuff on the actual open web where more people will see it.

At the Behest of Russia, Apple Has Purged Nearly 100 VPN Apps From the App Store
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/10/02/russia-app-store-vpns
At the Behest of Russia, Apple Has Purged Nearly 100 VPN Apps From the App Store

Link to: https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/09/25/apple-removes-nearly-60-additional-vpns-from-its-russian-app-store-en-news

Daring Fireball
By Harry Burton in the Irish Examiner:
Incidentally, I wrote something on my new website about my journey off of Twitter and how I’m going about replacing it, I’d be keen to hear if it strikes a chord with anyone, or if anyone has any advice for me! https://markturner.info/posts/quitter/
Quitter

The problems with Twitter (like many I refuse to call it X on principle) have been well-documented and I won’t go into too much detail about that, suffice to say it’s not a place I wish go anymore. This is somewhat sad because once upon a time it was a fun place filled with friends and acquaintances who I enjoyed engaging with on that platform, but it has gone steadily downhill, first by becoming ubiquitous and eventually filling up with the worst kinds of people (and even the worst kinds of non-people), and then of course by being taken over by a stupid man with many questionable traits (far from the worst among them, but noteworthy nonetheless, is actively working to make Twitter an even worse platform).