Mastodawn

Rob Shortt Apr 6, 2023

Gareth Harmer Apr 6, 2023

This Tau Empire Boarding Patrol box sold out in minutes when it launched on Games Workshop’s website, and for one reason:

- a new Commander Farsight model.

Today, thanks to some excellent friends, I managed to get my hands on one.

Super, super happy right now.

#Warhammer40k #WarhammerCommunity #TauEmpire

Rob Shortt Dec 23, 2022

Drew Harwell Dec 22, 2022

It's day 7 of me and some other journalists being suspended on Twitter because we reported factual public information that Twitter's "free speech absolutist" owner didn't like.

Rob Shortt Dec 23, 2022

Emily Baker-White Dec 22, 2022

ByteDance used TikTok to track my location — and the locations of two of my colleagues — to try to find our sources. We reported on this back in October, but kept things vague to protect sources. Today ByteDance admitted it, so we can say much more:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2022/12/22/tiktok-tracks-forbes-journalists-bytedance/

EXCLUSIVE: TikTok Spied On Forbes Journalists

ByteDance confirmed it used TikTok to monitor journalists’ physical location using their IP addresses, as first reported by Forbes in October.

Forbes

Rob Shortt Dec 22, 2022

Richard MacManus Dec 21, 2022

My interview with @blaine, who was there at the very beginning of Twitter; now he's focused on building #fediverse infrastructure that will help #Mastodon scale. https://thenewstack.io/why-a-twitter-founding-engineer-is-now-all-in-on-mastodon/

Why a Twitter Founding Engineer Is Now All-in on Mastodon

Blaine Cook was there at the very beginning of Twitter; now he's focused on building fediverse infrastructure that will help Mastodon scale.

The New Stack

Rob Shortt Dec 22, 2022

Jeff Jarvis Dec 21, 2022

The Washington Post is the newspaper most likely to try stuff and I'm delighted that @jeremybowers says they're spinning up a Mastodon instance as we speak. Bravo.

Rob Shortt Dec 22, 2022

Brandy Zadrozny Dec 21, 2022

OK this is interesting. Mozilla starting a Mastodon instance next year...

"Now is the time, as we’re living through the consequences of 20 years of centralized, corporate-controlled social media, with a small oligopoly of large tech firms tightening their grip on the public square."

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/

Mozilla to explore healthy social media alternative | The Mozilla Blog

Update: Starting May 4, 2023, we’re expanding Mozilla.social to a private beta. If you’re interested, join our waitlist. In early 2023, Mozilla will st

Rob Shortt Dec 22, 2022

Drew Harwell Dec 21, 2022

Journalist profiles on the Washington Post's website can now include Mastodon links. Here's what it looks like: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/drew-harwell/

Rob Shortt Dec 19, 2022

Abandoned America Dec 19, 2022

I'm really glad you're here in Mastodon - yes, you, personally. You either helped build it early on and believed in it before the Twitter exodus, or you're part of that exodus and had to leave a platform that you cared about bc of your morals, but either way, you're here and I think that's really cool. Thanks for joining, contributing your thoughts, efforts, and time, and making this a great place to be. I appreciate it. ❤️

Rob Shortt Dec 16, 2022

Jack Sweeney Dec 16, 2022

Elon has gone on damage control banning journalists. Any and everything related to me is banned. So much for free speech.

Rob Shortt Nov 29, 2022

You've got to say Wales only went to the #WorldCup to make up the numbers. Bless them!