2022/10/29

Saturday, October 29, 2022 (#302)

Friday Saturday Sunday Musk Twitter fuckery confirmed 2021-01-27 WhatsApp and the domestication of users: user domestication, WhatsApp, Mozilla, Signal app... "user domestication" weaponizes nontechnical users ...in much the same way as... right-wing politics / rage farming weaponizes politically-ignorant voters. 2021-02-23 Keeping platforms open (via): Matrix chat, XMPP, Gmail, email defederation 2022-10-28 By Buying Twitter, Elon Musk Has Created His Own Hilarious Nightmare (h/t) 2022-10-28 A Compromise on Immigration Is Possible. This Bill Could Make It Happen.$ (archive.org) advocates for the Bipartisan Border Solutions Act while acknowledging the issues with the CBP. 2022-10-28 After Musk Takeover: Twitter bans links to climate scientist, activist and journalism websites, including many to alternative social networks (namely the Fediverse / Mastodon) (via) I personally confirmed that climatejustice.social has been blocked; close friend confirms that the block had not gone into effect as of last night. 2022-10-28 Elon Musk now owns Twitter. Here’s what he could change 2022-10-28 GM temporarily suspends advertising on Twitter following Elon Musk takeover (h/t) «“We are engaging with Twitter to understand the direction of the platform under their new ownership,” GM said.» 2022-10-27 Mike Pence says Americans don't have a right to freedom from religion: are GOP voters okay with this? 2022-10-28 Conservatives Are Already Laying the Groundwork To Declare Democrats’ Midterm Wins Illegitimate: Are GOP voters ok with this?