Now that’s filling a major gap on Boston area Mastodon!

'An abused and enraged Red Sox Nation awoke to soul-crushing news of another cornerstone player gone with little coming in return. The notion that ownership cares more about money than winning was reinforced.' - Dan Shaughnessy bostonglobe.com/2022/12/09/spo…

Important trial over the power of the FTC to stop big tech companies from buying promising little tech companies. Zuck to testify - Meta battles U.S. antitrust agency over future of virtual reality reuters.com/technology/met…

Weiss's thread has a few interesting if not surprising new details, e.g. on the escalation team and some internal deliberations on enforcement. Transparency is good! But her framing is *deeply* misleading and sensationalistic, and ultimately obscures far more than it illuminates.

Twitter first announced—yes, announced! publicly! they even held briefings for me and other reporters on it!—the set of moderation practices that critics would later dub “shadowbanning” in May 2018. I called it “Twitter purgatory.” slate.com/technology/201…

I’ve read tonight’s #TwitterFiles thread. Tl;dr: Twitter 1.0 had an undocumented, publicly-denied shadowbanning policy for such users as election denier and anti-vaxer Charlie Kirk. Fortunately, Twitter 2.0 has renounced shadowba… oh, wait, new boss says it will do just that.

Packed house in Boston for the 10th annual NEVY Awards, hosted by The New England Venture Capital Association

News from Greentown Labs: CEO Dr. Emily Reichert to step down, search for successor commencing, Jon Chesto reports bostonglobe.com/2022/12/08/bus… via The Boston Globe

When you've just lost your beloved franchise shortstop and there's a Globe writer on your plane home... bostonglobe.com/2022/12/08/spo…

Elon Musk’s Twitter Files Are a Feast for Conspiracy Theorists
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Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout bostonglobe.com/2022/12/08/wor… via The Boston Globe

“This is the most prominent piece of property we have on the Charles River. We talked about something distinctive. I think we got it.” bostonglobe.com/2022/12/06/bus… via The Boston Globe

The dedicated Anissa Gardizy came back from her Thanksgiving vacation to attend the high school reunion of Caroline Ellison, former head of crypto-trading firm Alamada Research (sister company of the suddenly bankrupt FTX), to report this great story. bostonglobe.com/2022/12/06/bus…

AI startup DataRobot sued for alleged discrimination and retaliation bostonglobe.com/2022/12/07/bus… via Boston Globe Technology

wow now they're cancelling killer police robots.

Hello! You’ve Been Referred Here Because You’re Wrong About Twitter And Hunter Biden’s Laptop Mike Masnick techdirt.com/2022/12/07/hel…

At least 27 women in venture capital rose to partner or higher in 2022. We have the full list.

Notably, a number of women launched their own funds, and Lightspeed hired five female check-writers.

Cheers ladies 🥂businessinsider.com/women-in-ventu…

Big deal as Apple is (finally) going to offer end-to-end encryption of iCloud data, including iCloud Backup, Photos, Notes, and more. Law enforcement may not be pleased, as unencrypted iCloud backups have provided much evidence.
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Local startup Turtle Health aims to bring fertility care into the home, Dana Gerber reports bostonglobe.com/2022/12/06/bus… via Boston Globe Technology

Aaron Pressman My t-shirt will say, “What do CEOs of real companies do?”