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booty noodles

@bigsnugga

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small businesses should still pay living wages, ive always hated how thats an excuse for underpaying people. "small business owners" some of the biggest opps out there

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Glorilla’s New Assistant

@TopherPatt

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Everyone speaking on this assistant thing but don’t understand the role. Talking about some $80K. Artists are not large corporations. They are essentially small businesses.

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Skyward: birdwatching is belonging for two teenage conservationists

Skyward: birdwatching is belonging for two teenage conservationists

theguardian.com

Young birdwatchers Mya and Arjun feel the pressure of climate breakdown and the biodiversity crisis. As two reserved teenagers on the cusp of adulthood, they find comfort in birdwatching while being...

‘I became more and more violent’: shocking testimonies of abuse from IDF veterans

‘I became more and more violent’: shocking testimonies of abuse from IDF veterans

theguardian.com

Horrifying military abuse is recounted in a new video project that aims to highlight how US funding is aiding violence in Israel

Twitter suspends accounts of several journalists who had reported on Musk

Twitter suspends accounts of several journalists who had reported on Elon Musk

theguardian.com

Many at CNN, Washington Post and the New York Times who had written critically of the new owner found their handles suspended

With Bull City Griot, Paul Scott Is On a Book-Giving Mission

Min. Paul Scott

@truthminista

Please help Bull City Griot, Durham NC's first free Black bookstore spread the gift of knowledge this holiday season. New or used books or e-gift cards are appreciated. Thank you. bullcitygriot@gmail.com #Durham

indyweek.com

For nearly two decades, Scott has posted up in Durham’s West End, giving away books about Black American and African history.

Gwen Snyder is on Mastodon

@gwensnyderPHL

Elon's ban doesn't cover spaces, so all the reporters he banned are having a fugitive chat right now. AND ELON JET IS THERE. A true rock star

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I was wondering how she was going to respond to that comment …

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Most of the 'Sister Wives' have left Kody Brown. What's next for the TLC show? latimes.com/entertainment-

Aged so badly, the moment it was published

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Inversion

@Aaron__keenan

Replying to @TomNamako @NYTimesPR and @PhilHelsel

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Tom Namako

@TomNamako

Statement from

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, Executive Editor of The Washington Post, to

@NBCNews

: “The suspension of Drew Harwell's Twitter account directly undermines Elon Musk's claim that he intends to run Twitter as a platform dedicated to free speech... 1

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Just to be clear: a huge number of people will actively cheer for the most powerful individuals on the planet to censor those who inform the public about what the powerful do.

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The strange physics of absolute zero and what it takes to get there | New Scientist

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Weird things happen down at -273°C, the coldest possible temperature. Now we're building quantum fridges, which could make things even weirder

Also: chanda@post.news

Elon Musk's Twitter bans accounts of CNN, NYT, WaPo journalists | CNN Business

Jon Passantino

@passantino

"Elon says he is a free speech champion and he is banning journalists for exercising free speech. I think that calls into question his commitment,” WaPo's

@drewharwell

, who was banned tonight, told CNN.

cnn.com

Elon Musk's Twitter banned Thursday the accounts of multiple journalists covering the technology industry without explanation.

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Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company

NBC News

@NBCNews

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DEVELOPING: Twitter suspends several high-profile journalists who have been covering the company and Elon Musk.

nbcnews.com

Thursday's suspensions come as Musk has backtracked on his promise that he would run Twitter as a free speech absolutist.

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Quote tweets are often amazing remixes and they are banned on mastodon

Anyway these days when I log into mastodon and look at Black Mastodon users, a lot of them are writing about the struggles over racism on mastodon. Same old, same old. Struggle is here too. The conversations on Twitter remain more interesting for me. Why? Quote tweets.

That said, people should actually be sensitive to the fact that for freelance writers and book authors, the loss of a sizable social media following can be pretty stressful. It’s how folks circulate their work, and publishers ask for social media size. It can affect your advance.

My actual concern: not the size of my following. The size of my block list. Over the years I have built up an enormous block list on Twitter, and there’s no way to import that to Mastodon. Also block chains are not possible on Mastodon.

The thing is, I never sought to build a big platform on Twitter. I am a lot less concerned with the size of my following than folks think I am. If I’m talking about being concerned about the racism and the literal death threat? Those might actually be my concerns.

Mastodon is yet another space that is definitely not designed with people like me in mind, and it was interesting watching this guy — who complained about not being empowered to harass me on Twitter — felt empowered to “assess” me. Exhibit A, really.

I relation to this point, I had an experience on Mastodon a few weeks ago where I was posting about my experiences with racial slurs and death threats on that platform. A white man weighed in to tell me my real problem was that I was sad I was losing my big platform.

For Black Folks, Digital Migration Is Nothing New

“It’s not that people can’t go somewhere else, but there is a sense of fatigue at pulling up stakes once more to establish a presence in a digital environment that likely was not designed for you.”

wired.com

Two Black academics discuss the rationale behind leaving Twitter or going down with the ship.

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Majestic12: The Seventh Stranger

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Replying to

I’m here for the beer.

My read of this is that leftists and progressives leaving Twitter means that you are acting as expected under their cartoon villain plan

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Ben Collins

@oneunderscore__

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Texts from an unknown sender, from discovery in the Elon Musk/Twitter suit months ago. Pretty remarkable to read after these suspensions of journalists tonight.

I can also be found at chanda@spore.social, though I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to use that account yet.

Anna Merlan

@annamerlan

Brb, quickly writing a masters thesis on why he only gets this wigged out by male journalists doing their jobs

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Ben Collins

@oneunderscore__

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Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: @Donie O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's @drewharwell. Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.

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Twitter suspends journalists who have been covering Elon Musk and the company

Bruno J. Navarro

@Bruno_J_Navarro

The suspensions come as Musk has backtracked on his promise that he would run Twitter as a free speech absolutist, reinstating accounts associated with the QAnon movement and other far-right groups while banning others.

nbcnews.com

Thursday's suspensions come as Musk has backtracked on his promise that he would run Twitter as a free speech absolutist.

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Yes, my Twitter account was permanently suspended

Richelle Carey

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Yes, my Twitter account was permanently suspended, by

@atrupar

aaronrupar.substack.com

And I don't know why.

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Ben Collins

@oneunderscore__

Can confirm this is from

@rmac18

, the NYTimes reporter who was suspended from Twitter tonight. twitter.com/macsilenced/st

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35mm Love Letter: A Memoir and Guide to Analog Film Photography

Greg Pak

@gregpak

anyway if you need a break from the collapse of social media as we know it feel free to check out 35MM LOVE LETTER and back it tonight

crowdfundr.com

A love letter and guide to 35mm film photography from writer, filmmaker, and photographer Greg Pak.

In case I disappear, you can find me in all of these places:

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Gwen Snyder is on Mastodon

@gwensnyderPHL

There's a purge of antifascists and journalists on tonight. If I get the boot, my Mastodon is in the tweet below. Also, I made up my mind, a Substack will be happening early next year. Subscribe here: gwensnyder.substack.com

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Gwen Snyder is on Mastodon

@gwensnyderPHL

Dec 15

I'm here (and some other places, check my linktree!) mstdn.party/@gwensnyder

I would like to remind people that there are almost 2000 PhDs awarded in physics and astro in the United States every year, and Black women earn 5-10 of them. We have no statistics on gender expansive folk -- I'm the only out one on the list. This is a small and precious group.

(Thanks to

@MariaSteinrueck

for reminding me that Brittany should be on the list.)

So far there have been two updates who are now in there: 1. 2022 PhD Brittany E. Miles, who is so new she does not yet appear on the AAWIP list. 2. 2017 PhD Danielle Speller, who currently does not appear on the AAWIP list. Will be alerting AAWIP to both updates!

Sirana | Please get vaccinated!

@Sirablopp

Awesome collection of amazing Black people working in science! chanda.substack.com/p/celebrate-50 {Repost of the link in case the original tweet disappears.)

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NEW!!!! It's here. For the last 2 years I have been working on a #CiteBlackWomen bibliography focused on #BlackandSTEM astro/physics. PRESENTING: 50 years of papers by Black women+ PhDs in physics, a public resource. More details here: chanda.substack.com/p/celebrate-50

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