I’m waiting for the replacement app that isn’t aggressively partitioned like Mastodon. I’d bet it’s coming soon, not sure from whom though.

When business is going great.

One of the most insidious democracy-undermining moves Republicans have done is pass state laws that prevent counting of all votes on election night (eg in Pennsylvania) and then insist that not finishing the count on election night shows something’s wrong.
And people fall for it.

wont get to Tweet it, but here it is - the last Twitter Tweet from my team and I

Love y’all and thank you for the honor of a lifetime #OneTeam

Laid off Twitter engineers all over this app saying how much they loved their teams and what they'd built, new Twitter is in a best case scenario in an ugly rebuild, and lots of users are clamoring for an alternative that does not exist. Seems like an opportunity

Teams dedicated to making Twitter better for individual users and the world at large have been completely decimated. Some of these folks were doing such smart, creative work to better the experience, provide context, curation, transparency, safety, equality, etc.
A bummer.

Haha epic memeing one thousand internet points for you sir

Again, Tom Fitton is a 2020 election conspiracist, climate change denier, and Trump advisor. Very clear who Musk listens to.

Amazing

I’m often asked what everyday Americans can do to counter extremism. Here’s one option:

Cormac McCarthy!!!

When you ask your mom who directed Pulp Fiction:

The Virginia CRT tip line didn’t get CRT tips.Not a surprise if you seriously, honestly engage in this space.

“A spokeswoman for the governor confirmed on Thursday that the tip line was deactivated in September, having 'received little to no volume.' “ usatoday.com/story/news/edu…

That would be the mandatory physical 2FA put in place after the 2020 celebrity hack by teenager Graham Clark, who took over accounts of Obama, Musk, and Biden among others. Security train wreck on the horizon.

'If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever, for $8/month'

I am revising my earlier position and genuinely searching for alternative information streams now. Beyond the human impacts, these layoffs are almost certainly going to result in degraded platform performance.

Thermocline ahead

Talking to a couple of Twitter employees just now who learned they don't work there anymore when their email stopped working. I have never talked to people more excited to get laid off in my entire life.