Whew. Thank goodness there were some pastries here. I was starting to feel shaky.

@ps9714 followed by the b-word in conjunction.

He wants to say the word so badly.

@DavidSalo Should we learn to samba? Maybe have capoeira classes? Develop a love for single-named football players?

@peterquirk Meanwhile my wife has, barely, a sore arm.

What we're seeing first with Telegram and now Twitter in Brazil is that, increasingly, governments are beginning to turn their attention to the damage unmoderated social media does to political ecospheres. You cannot have a stable commonwealth if large portions of their populations are lost in mis- and disinformation. And yes, democratic governments have every right to stop the spread of disinformation which roils their societies, as we saw two weeks ago in England and Northern Ireland.

@GreenLady08 No, he had nothing to do with the banning. This was from a Supreme Court judge. But there's broad agreement in the country over this move.

@peterquirk I wish I could be confident that I wouldn't have a reaction, but the past four years have taught me otherwise.

OK, I have a shit ton of stuff I want to get accomplished this weekend, so I will get my Covid shot in a couple of weeks.

Social media giant X ordered to be taken down by judge in Brazil over dispute with Elon Musk

https://news.sky.com/story/supreme-court-judge-orders-shutdown-of-x-in-brazil-13206388

@northernbassist I'm rooting for you, Steve!!!

Hot damn!

@northernbassist No kink shaming, Jean-Luc.

It's hard being a Chelsea supporter.

cc @opie @kellykba

@Mark15 You understand perfectly.

@Mark15 Same thing here. We joke that we'd have to save an elderly patron from a burning library while singing "The Wheels on the Bus" to get a "very good" rating.

What a vile piece of excrement.

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Good boy!!

When I get blocked by an antisemite whom I blocked first: