Fun thing I just learned:

When a crystal of tourmaline is heated up, it can produce an electric charge that can attract or repel other charged objects, just like a magnet would. The effect is known as pyroelectricity. This bizarre phenomenon was first documented by the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus more than 2300 years ago.

Neat!

#science

The people behind ‘2000 Mules’ claimed this company committed voter fraud. They claimed they had someone who hacked their system. The company sued them, said they are lying, and in discovery judge ordered them to show proof. They refused, and are in jail.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/true-the-vote-leaders-jail-contempt-of-court/index.html

😂 😜 👇

@ironshadow21
That he has !

PROTIP - This is a feature not a bug. It's part of the service and it's there to help you identify where your identity has been caught in a breach, somewhere on the internet.

Do NOT be frighten!

The eclectic list ranges from golf clubs given to Trump by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to a 2018 World Cup soccer ball gifted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, a gold-plated collar of Horus, the falcon-headed ancient Egyptian god, given by Egypt’s president, a large painting of Trump from the president of El Salvador, and a $6,400 collar of King Abdulaziz al Saud, a ceremonial honor from Saudi Arabia,.........

First the missing documents…And then there is this… National Archives asked to look for Trump's gifts from foreign leaders -

Under US law, any and all gifts given to the President are the property of the people of the US, and MUST be handed over to the archives - But Trump didnt hand over a goddamn thing

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/04/trump-foreign-gifts-national-archives-search/

PSA - Link previews have been disabled while I investigate an issue with pulling them from their external source.

Don't freak out.

Disclaimer:

I left the bird site for good July 2018...
Came here August 2018...
So I have no idea what a trash heap it has become.

But I am fiercely proud of CoSo, so if you act like a fool here you will be Blocked and Reported.
Don't be a fool.
Be kind, it costs nothing.

"We Be The Humans"

Bare With The Construction:

Yes this is a lot different than the bird site.
Please have patients with all of this.

Ya know that feeling when you throw a party, expecting just a few friends...... and some how the word gets out you have live music, and the whole city shows up !

Well that's what is happening here today.
So Be Cool.
have a sit down, read the guide.
and don't be a asshat.

https://counter.social/userguide.pdf

All Newcomers…
Welcome to CoSo 😊
Here is the User Guide:
https://counter.social/userguide.pdf

Some suggestions:. Check out the profile of @realDDGlover for lists of Hashtags for interests. Just click ID and it will open on right-hand column. Scroll down through lists. Hashtags are explained on page 7 of the Guide above. Page 5 of the Guide tells how to change your AVI from an egg to an image of your choice.
Also, we love pet/animal pics. Here’s my cat saying”stop with the pics” 🤣💕🤣

Hello, I am @adrianholovaty on Twitter and I'm trying this. :)

I remember Twitter fail whale days and the old t-mobile sidekick 2 dot mode when the network would go down. I'm here to grow with you, counter.social!

Really happy to be here!

Great to be here! Excited to have a space devoid of Twitter trolls, Misinformation and bots.

*traveled… also brought my spelling errors with me.

I gotta say...it's fun running into so many Tweeps from the other place over here.

It's weird, and different...feels like we're trekking across the unmapped West.😂

Be patient guys, the site is being worked on to accommodate the rush to get in. There will be times when J is tinkering and adding new goodies to the buffet and we are all giddily patient because we know that the downtime will have been worth the rewards.

So come on in, look over the place and get acquainted to the layout. Post something, anything. Do it again and again. As the hubbub settles and the power is fully restored.. you will be astonished you didn't join sooner!

"Musk's real goal has nothing to do with the freedom of others, His goal is his own unconstrained freedom—the freedom to wield enormous power without having to be accountable."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/25/dangerous-twitter-verge-accepting-musks-43-billion-buyout-offer