MAD IDEA: Limit views on a website you're desperately trying to sell advertisements on.

That'll work fer sure!

😂 😂 😂

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#FUNFACT - you can (currently) get around the latest Musk buffoonery in your scraping code by fooling Twitter into thinking you are Tweetdeck. Just pass the following user agent in your HTTP request:

"curl/7.25.0 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0) libcurl/7.25.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1c zlib/1.2.7 libidn/1.22"

You are - for failing to protect your platform. Go on, ask me how I know.

Okay folks, some of you folks who are PRO account holders may have noticed that your blue checks here are starting to change to GOLD CHECKS.

This whole checkmark debacle going on over on other sites has prompted us to step up our verification game.

In order to be competitive, more importantly, genuine, we need to make our checkmarks here mean something.

BUT - we also want to recognize our OG's.

So here's what's going on in Casa COSO. Read it:

https://verification.counter.social

cc: @th3j35t3r

ANNOUNCE - Pre-Cog Reading mode is now available in the new https://counter.social simplified single column mode as well as the advanced multi column mode. You can enable it in your preferences. We're the only social network that built this in natively.

What am I talking about?

Mike Pence calls for privatizing Social Security for young people as a way to cut spending on public benefits. "We could replace the New Deal with a better deal," he told a conference of business executives.

The Republican Party wants to steal away your EARNED benefits. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1621650372245995520

Hello and Good Afternoon, Everyone!

ABC News: Suspects arrested in plot to attack power stations, destroy Baltimore: Prosecutors.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspects-arrested-plot-attack-power-stations-destroy-baltimore/story?id=96923380

@MrGoat @Render

December, just before xmas...
https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/1604223759979876352

@Render @th3j35t3r I recall a recent posting of said content here on CoSo but it was dealt with very quickly and proper authorities notified.

@th3j35t3r Reinstating multiple convicted pedophiles doesn't seem compatible with that pledge.

At all.

^^^ Meanwhile here at https://counter.social >>>
https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/1604223759979876352

"Musk Pledged to Cleanse Twitter of Child Abuse Content. It’s Been Rough Going."

Child sexual abuse imagery spreads on Twitter even after the company is notified: One video drew 120,000 views.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/06/technology/twitter-child-sex-abuse.html

Once in a lifetime capture by Jonathan Eggleston
2/5/23

If you're sick of hypocritical evangelicals posting bible phrases, you can of course quote anything from the New Testament to refute them. Here's one from the Old Testament too, since they seem allergic to the actual words of Christ.

Isaiah Chapter 58 verses 3-10

Gifted/no paywall

No matter what the cause or your stance on climate, the water is already gone, and this needs to be fixed.

Good explanations on water, rights, distribution etc.
#climate
#DecadesLongDrought

https://wapo.st/3HCOS7a

Newspapers.

Elon Musk is a blatant Stochastic Terrorist.

The majority of MAGA Republican senators voted *against* protecting marriage equality: