ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

@RFancio @mathewi @cjr we need to rid our press of this reported perception “It seems that some Mastodon users aren’t all that receptive to the ways in which journalists tend to use social networks” https://www.cjr.org/analysis/journalists-want-to-recreate-twitter-on-mastodon-mastodon-is-not-into-it.php

I for one welcome the press on #Mastodon - while acknowledging that generating controversy for clickbait is a nuisance. Objective and well-researched reporting is needed #FreePress

A self-proclaimed "Alpha-Male" MAGA bro is melting down about the new "feminist" M&Ms packaging.

Honestly, it's not entirely clear to me whether he is punking us or really is this much of a snowflake. Watch and you be the judge:

https://secondnexus.com/nick-adams-m-m-boycott-feminist?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=2N

Yesterday, someone I was helping told me in a very insulting way to stay in my lane.

Today, I'm enjoying the freedom watching a train hurtling toward a bridge that might be out without feeling any responsibility for anything that might happen.

Not my problem, yo. 🤷

Can we all pledge to go 'camera off' during zooms in 2023, please??

Powerful ocean waves.
Water and wind.
A powerful combination.

#friday #ocean #waves #wind #nature
#landscape #photoart

This week #Mastodon will pass 9,000,000 users. Every day we're growing and each post you create, or like, or reshare helps us arrive at the future we want.

#TomFord (new queer neighbour) is about to make life even more awkward for Trump at Mar-a-Lago

In 2019, a tweet went viral with a quote attributed to Ford that claimed he didn’t want to dress Melania because she’s a “GLORIFIED ESCORT”

#MOG
https://l.smartnews.com/LojB1/kZiJLL

Today the Trump organization was fined $1.6 MILLION after being convicted for 17 felonies, including tax fraud. In a related story, I lost a quarter today when it fell onto the subway tracks.

Someone's worried no one will show up! #Trump #2024

The ex-president plans a smaller event than his usual big-arena rallies. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-campaign-south-carolina_n_63c1a554e4b0cbfd55f2d7c9

¡ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ ɯoɹɟ doʇdɐl ɐ ʎnq I ǝɯᴉʇ ʇsɐl ǝɥʇ sᴉ sᴉɥʇ

"Hey, can you switch instances? Your admin favorited a joke that I didn't appreciate once. Might need to block you otherwise. Oh, and that crowdfunding platform you use? Back in 2006 they let an organization I don't personally align with use their platform. You should abandon that. Also, -"

Shhhh. Let people enjoy things. I am all for being socially conscious but we can't boycott everything. We are so tired. Please go outside.

Thank you @gretathunberg for your support in #Germany! 💪 🌍

Excellent news though
👇
https://masto.ai/@rbreich/109683169755128560
rbreich@masto.ai - Your feelings about Musk aside, this isn't something to celebrate. Our focus should be on fixing an economic system that allows one person to gain such massive wealth.
Despite losing more than the rest of us can even imagine, Musk is still the second richest person in the world.
RT @business@twitter.com
Elon Musk's wealth wipeout hit a new milestone: he became the first person ever to lose $200 billion https://trib.al/EaJ0Vtz

"Is... Is it okay to be weird?"
The witch studied the young woman.
"No."
"No? I thought you'd understand."
"Don't be weird," the witch said. "Be yourself."
"But..."
"Now, some people may call that weird, but that's their word, not yours. Be yourself, however that is."
#MicroFiction #SmallStories #TootFic

“The floatovoltaic industry is poised to expand rapidly. Science and policy must move equally fast to ensure that this use of the world’s reservoirs is sustainable & equitable.”

Some valuable insight to consider today as we fight to end fossil fuel use.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01525-1?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=880196f532-briefing-dy-20230105&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-880196f532-47563632

I was just fired. If you know someone hiring staff level software engineers, preferably in a #sre, #devops, or #PlatformEngineering space, I'd love to talk.

#StreetArt 🎨🎨🎨

Starving for principle.

Republicans, who rely on Social Security for survival vote for Republicans, who plan to take Social Security away.

How do we have a conversation with people who vote against their own interests?

What has to happen for these people to get it?

Finland ranked No. 1 of 41 European countries on resilience against misinformation for the fifth time in a row in a survey published in October by the Open Society Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Officials say Finland’s success is not just the result of its strong education system, which is one of the best in the world, but also because of a concerted effort to teach students about fake news. Media literacy is part of the national core curriculum starting in preschool.
#Misinformation #Disinfo