"Look, I went through it myself. In the early days I insisted that sites shouldn’t do any moderation at all, including my own. But I learned." https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey-elon-let-me-help-you-speed-run-the-content-moderation-learning-curve/

#politics
There we go. DeSantis' lawyers were forced by the court to define "woke." The lead lawyer described it as "The belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them."

So if anyone wants to stop anyone from being "woke" they want to perpetuate injustice in society

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/574045-in-andrew-warren-suspension-trial-gov-desantis-officials-answer-what-does-woke-mean/

All silliness aside, if you know anyone in Ukraine or know anyone who knows anyone, this may be useful. It's website of ads of people providing free temporary housing to displaced Ukrainians. Each ad is vetted manually. Please do pass this along if you think it would be helpful.

https://dopomagai.org/

Google Translate version:
https://dopomagai-org.translate.goog/

#FUNFACT: You can't block anyone on https://post.news. And you can't DM anyone at all either. And they have their own 'tipping' currency but nobody knows what the 'exchange rate' is. And it's powered by 'OpenWeb' - which is a hosted, managed turnkey solution where they have VERY limited control and 'OpenWeb' have access to everything, including their users/data.

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"After last night’s bitter loss, the news of your passing set fire to my heart ... Some day the masks will fall, the truth will be laid bare ... This is not what our youth deserve. This is not what our nation deserves." - Saeid Ezatolahi, Iran national team on his childhood friend who was shot by Iranian security forces while celebrating Iran's loss to USA.

#iran #protest #worldcup

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/30/iranian-man-27-shot-dead-while-celebrating-teams-world-cup-exit

I know that when you've been on a platform for years, made friends, built alliances and communities, leaving it can be very hard.

But it's good to remember that nothing is permanent; all things, good and bad, pass away. In their wake, new things are built. You can't recreate things that have disintegrated, but you can build new things that are as good or better.

I got my Time magazine today and Elon Musk is on the cover. He's holding a bird cage up full of Twitter birds.

I think we are all in a bad dream! I hope I wake up soon.

Would love to respectfully suggest a feature to the Chief Programmer here:

Could you please add a follow button to the reply interface, so that when I'm reading replies or answering them, I can follow without having to go to their page?

Also, is there a follow limit, like the 5K one on Twitter?

From California governor Gavin Newsom:

NEW: We are proposing an amendment to enshrine the right to choose in the California constitution.

We can’t trust SCOTUS to protect the right to abortion, so we’ll do it ourselves.

Women will remain protected here.