@o_simardcasanova Since when is promoting genocide, democide, or any other form of mass murder okay? The omniverse is an omnivore.
Karyl Krug
@wiseoldtexan
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@Skepticat That is my life after breast cancer treatment.
@mountdiscovery This is exactly how I feel about 2023. I just finished 6 months of surgery, chemo, and radiation. Begone, 2023. I want my hair back.
@georgetakei I want one of these soooooo much. During my recent chemo, my orange and white cat, Mango, followed me everywhere in the house, often leaving white litter-snow paw prints wherever she went.
@georgetakei I hope they still do the more realistic fighter plane interception footage, like they used to. I bought it for a while.
@hanse_mina Putin is the person who made a Trump presidency happen, which ruined my country in numerous ways. Putin is a cancer on the planet. Putin needs to go away.
@augieray Thanks to anti-vaxers and free riders, I just finished 6 months of cancer treatment while hiding out at home, because chemo compromises one's immune system. Even when I went to the Mayo Clinic for treatment, I masked up. In every waiting room there were a few selfish jerks hacking up a lung without even covering their mouths, which is extremely rude as well as dangerous. They could have killed me, & God knows how many others. The Mayo asks patients & guests not to do this.
DgarOn 25th December, a child was born who would change the world forever.
Happy birthday Isaac Newton.
Tim ChambersThis pretty much tracks about Elon, no notes. #Elon #Christmas
(Original link: https://twitter.com/SmoothDunk/status/1738606818585088224)
Molly Whitereally disappointed by #substack and their recent statement about nazi content on their platform.
evaluating alternatives.
statement: https://substack.com/@hamish/note/c-45811343
good read on said statement: https://popehat.substack.com/p/substack-has-a-nazi-opportunity
Hamish McKenzie (@hamish)
Hi everyone. Chris, Jairaj, and I wanted to let you know that we’ve heard and have been listening to all the views being expressed about how Substack should think about the presence of fringe voices on the platform (and particularly, in this case, Nazi views). I just want to make it clear that we don’t like Nazis either—we wish no-one held those views. But some people do hold those and other extreme views. Given that, we don't think that censorship (including through demonetizing publications) makes the problem go away—in fact, it makes it worse. We believe that supporting individual rights and civil liberties while subjecting ideas to open discourse is the best way to strip bad ideas of their power. We are committed to upholding and protecting freedom of expression, even when it hurts. As @Ted Gioia has noted, history shows that censorship is most potently used by the powerful to silence the powerless. (Ted’s note: https://substack.com/profile/4937458-ted-gioia/note/c-45421012) Our content guidelines do have narrowly defined proscriptions, including a clause that prohibits incitements to violence. We will continue to actively enforce those rules while offering tools that let readers curate their own experiences and opt in to their preferred communities. Beyond that, we will stick to our decentralized approach to content moderation, which gives power to readers and writers. While not everyone agrees with this approach, many people do, as indicated by @Elle Griffin’s post in defense of decentralized moderation on Substack, which was signed and endorsed by hundreds of writers on the platform, including some of the leading names in journalism, literature, and academia (see Elle’s post below). Even if we were in a minority of one, however, we would still believe in these principles. There also remains a criticism that Substack is promoting these fringe voices. This criticism appears to stem from my decision to host Richard Hanania, who was later outed as having once published extreme and racist views, on my podcast, The Active Voice. I didn’t know of those past writings at the time, and Hanania went on to disavow those views. While it has been uncomfortable and I probably would have done things differently with all the information in front of me, I ultimately don’t regret having him on the podcast. I think it’s important to engage with and understand a range of views even if—especially if—you disagree with them. Hanania is an influential voice for some in U.S. politics—his recent book, for instance, was published by HarperCollins—and there is value in knowing his arguments. The same applies to all other guests I have hosted on The Active Voice, including Hanania’s political opposites. We don’t expect everyone to agree with our approach and policies, and we believe it’s helpful for there to be continued robust debate of these issues. Six years into Substack, however, we have been encouraged by the quality of discourse on the platform. As Elle said in her letter: “We are still trying to figure out the best way to handle extremism on the internet. But of all the ways we’ve tried so far, Substack is working the best.” Thanks for listening, and for caring, and thanks to everyone who publishes on Substack. We are here to serve you and will continue to do our very best in that mission.