theonlymkewilsoninaustralia

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Formerly the same guy on Twitter, but now with better manners (acc to some). PhD nursing. Researching, and writing on assisted dying. Kiwi in Oz...I used to be a yank so I fixate too much on US politics and not enough on New Zealand.

Deleted all tweets from the birdsite other than this message:

"I'm no longer participating on Twitter (except for this tweet, daily). I don't want to lend any support to a sociopath who represents a growing threat to freedom of expression.

"You'll find me in the fediverse, where conversations are mostly civil.

"@ dangillmor @ mastodon.social"

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I hope one of the zombies looks like Ted Cruz.
The "I will" really takes this confirmation message to an uncomfortably ominous place.

Letter reveals that King Charles III supported the removal of Gough Whitlam in 1975 

'What you did last year was right and the courageous thing to do - and most Australians seemed to endorse your decision when it came to the point,' Charles wrote

#AustralianRepublic

For many years now, I make my final post of the year on Techdirt be about why I remain optimistic about the state of the world, which sometimes seems more difficult than other years. But this year, it wasn't difficult at all. https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/30/new-years-message-the-opportunity-to-build-a-better-internet-is-here-right-now/
New Year’s Message: The Opportunity To Build A Better Internet Is Here. Right Now.

Long term readers of Techdirt know that, since 2008, I’ve written a final post of the year on reasons to remain optimistic. It started when some people kept telling me that when they read wha…

Techdirt

Freethinker Elon Musk defies woke mind virus, refuses to tell people how to think about suicide

https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musk-orders-removal-twitter-suicide-prevention-feature-sources-say-2022-12-23/

Exclusive: Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it's under revamp

Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter who said it was ordered by new owner Elon Musk.

Reuters

The red-brown alliance is sending out very strong “anti-war” signals today. Take note; these are the people who will 1) sell Ukraine into enslavement and death, 2) undermine and aim to crash the dollar, 3) threaten Medicare and Social Security, 4) promote Putin’s vision of a “multi-polar world.”

Willis Carto, Aleksandr Dugin, David Duke would all be very pleased with these quislings.

When you need your mom to come and defend your blatantly asinine hypocritical anti-free speech policy...
Craig Mazin sensibly left Twitter at the end of October, but I'm hoping to convince him to join Mastodon, particularly with the premiere of The Last of Us coming up.
Lots Of Serious Trouble This Week

This Much Foolishness Needed Two Episodes

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