@mathewi

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I'm the chief digital writer at the Columbia Journalism Review
In advance of the Musking mandates…a first, er, toot on Mastodon.
Mastodon question: If I want to move to another server, do I have to export my following graph first and if so how do I do this?

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The totally eclipsed blood red moon passes behind the antenna on the Empire State Building in New York City, Tuesday morning in New York City #bloodmoon #LunarEclipse #beavermoon #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/GaryHershorn/status/1589936269525942273

Gary Hershorn on Twitter

“The totally eclipsed blood red moon passes behind the antenna on the Empire State Building in New York City, Tuesday morning in New York City #bloodmoon #LunarEclipse #beavermoon #newyork #newyorkcity #nyc”

Twitter

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Since Elon Musk took ownership of Twitter, some users have jumped to Mastodon. But what is it, and how does it work? Here's what to know. https://nyti.ms/3tbPVny

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1589734467303837696

What Is Mastodon and Why Are People Leaving Twitter for It?

Since Elon Musk took ownership of Twitter, some of its users have migrated to Mastodon, an alternative social platform.

The New York Times

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"Call me crazy, but where I live the goal is not to come up with solutions; the goal is to reframe the problem so that it seems like it’s a specific group’s fault who I can then blame and become enraged by."
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-personally-dont-believe-solutions-are-the-answer-to-our-problems

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mcsweeneys/status/1589804901218910208

I Personally Don’t Believe Solutions Are the Answer to Our Problems

On a whole range of issues — from racism to anti-Semitism to gun violence to global warming — there is a strange and quite frankly dangerous tenden...

McSweeney's Internet Tendency

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We've gone from "we believe in all legal free speech" to "activist groups protesting me are engaged in tortious interference" in a week.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/mmasnick/status/1589674892106305536

Mike Masnick on Twitter

“We've gone from "we believe in all legal free speech" to "activist groups protesting me are engaged in tortious interference" in a week.”

Twitter

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JUST IN: Elon Musk has discussed putting all of Twitter behind a paywall, per the Verge.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/unusual_whales/status/1589798356473503744

unusual_whales on Twitter

“JUST IN: Elon Musk has discussed putting all of Twitter behind a paywall, per the Verge.”

Twitter

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Since 2020, @[email protected] has helped incarcerated writers publish more than 1,600 articles - including this recent NYT column from Patrick Irving, an incarcerated writer in Idaho, who explains how inflation is felt inside American prisons https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/opinion/inflation-prison.html

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/WesleyLowery/status/1589626341087154176

Opinion | Prisoners Like Me Are Being Held Hostage to Price Hikes

Shampoo. Sausages. Prisoners are struggling to afford staples whose prices have swelled beyond their ability to pay.

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being on Twitter right now is like playing the violin on the titanic except we are also making fun of the iceberg and the iceberg is getting genuinely mad

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/callmekitto/status/1589407148462964736

Lauren Dombrowski on Twitter

“being on Twitter right now is like playing the violin on the titanic except we are also making fun of the iceberg and the iceberg is getting genuinely mad”

Twitter

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Day one of #NewTwitter

I don't have access to a tool I need to use to stop traffic to a system I'm trying to shut down, in order to save money to pay interest payments on the loan used to acquire the company.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/nickrw/status/1589591839208013824

nickrw on Twitter

“Day one of #NewTwitter I don't have access to a tool I need to use to stop traffic to a system I'm trying to shut down, in order to save money to pay interest payments on the loan used to acquire the company.”

Twitter