On this platform, I get a lot more sincere replies to what I assumed were obvious jokes.

So, for the avoidance of doubt; I know neither magic or dragons are real, I'm not advocating the assassination of any of my friends or co-workers and I don't think I'm a squirrel.

#Twitter rival #Mastodon rejects funding to preserve nonprofit status

'Rochko told the Financial Times he had received offers from more than five US-based investors to invest “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in backing the product, following its fast growth.

But he said the platform’s non-profit status was “untouchable”.'

Huge respect for Eugen for this.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/

Alan Turing was a mathematician & cryptographer who was a leading code-breaker in the team that decrypted Nazi Germany’s Enigma machine during WWII. He inspired modern computing & what became AI.

Instead of being hailed as a genius & hero, Turing was convicted as a homosexual & forced to endure chemical castration. He died by suicide at 41 in 1954.

The British government didn’t apologize until 2009 & Queen Elizabeth II finally pardoned him in 2013. #history #science #HistoryRemix