Samira Ahmed

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Fuck #elon & his thin-skinned authoritarianism.
Now seems like a good time to mention that I wrote a beginner's guide to Mastodon, the social network Elon Musk apparently doesn't want you to know about. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/
Self-proclaimed free speech champ #ElonMusk is now banning the #Twitter accounts of the journalists who covered him. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/elon-musk-twitter-journalists-banned-1234648351/
Elon ‘Free Speech’ Musk Un-Suspends Accounts of Journalists Who Criticized Him

Twitter has reinstated the accounts of prominent journalists who had been critical of Elon Musk, who paints himself as a champion of free speech.

Rolling Stone
Lol. So, uh, yeah. From @internetarchive I see that this is the last tweet that Mastodon has posted on the other site, pointing people to @elonjet

I volunteer to write the next chapter of THE TWITTER FILES on how the decision was made to deactivate the accounts of a bunch of journalists that reported on Musk

Just send me all the internal communications.

My email is in my bio.

JoinMastodon official account has been banned on Twitter.

Seems like someone’s getting worried?

This quote by Carl Sagan hangs in my office. #science

RT @[email protected]

One conservative activist is responsible for most of the 102 books that have been removed from the shelves of school libraries in Clay County, Florida.

He is now threatening 3,600 more challenges to "overwhelm your awful, awful procedures and policies."
https://popular.info/p/how-to-ban-3600-books-from-school

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PENamerica/status/1602451015776755716

How to ban 3600 books from school libraries

This year, at least 102 books have been removed from the shelves of school libraries in Clay County, Florida. Many of these books were pulled at the request of one man: Bruce Friedman. A conservative activist and longtime resident of New York, Friedman moved to Clay County this May.

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Outside Berkeley, California's city hall, activists from the Pedestrian Party have installed guerilla signage reminding us of how often residents are being hit or killed by drivers.

It's so in your face that you can't look away. I don't envy the people who have to update the numbers, often downward, every week.

More at https://www.thepedestrianparty.org/

Home | The Pedestrian Party

The Pedestrian Party

I'm really worried that if Twitter becomes unusable that I won't be able to stay afloat financially.

My main source of income comes from newsletter subscriptions (https://www.readtpa.com), and Twitter has been the biggest driver of new free and paid sign ups.

I don't know what to do, to be honest.

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