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I'm on Mastodon at oneunderscore__@mastodon.social
If I get sent upstate to live on a farm with all of the other posters you love, please protect .
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Political pundit has been suspended by Twitter. He had been tweeting critically of Elon Musk.
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Regarding situation everyone's been talking about, LAPD statement:
"LAPD's Threat Management Unit is aware of the situation and tweet by Elon Musk and is in contact with his representatives and security team. No crime reports have been filed yet."
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The Intercept journalist has been suspended. He had been writing critically about Elon Musk.
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This was The Washington Post's 's post before he was suspended from Twitter, outlining how Twitter suspended the account of its competitor Mastodon earlier today.
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They're gonna have to rename the Streisand Effect after tonight.
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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.
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Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's .
Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.
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Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell, who had previously tweeted about the bans on ElonJet and Mastodon, has now apparently also been suspended from Twitter??
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It appears Twitter has banned the accounts of Aaron Rupar () and Washington Post reporter . Unclear why, but this seems to be the final tweet from Harwell.
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I used MoveToDon to bring my follower list over from Twitter. It's not perfect but it's not horrible. Took about 10 minutes.
Knowing my luck, it's some horrific North Korean malware trap, but as of right now I recommend it.
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Aaron Rupar's account is suspended.
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The company that licensed Trump's image and likeness for the $99 NFT trading cards appears to be one founded in 2021 by former Trump advisor Nick Luna and current Trump lawyer John Marion.
Its mailing address is the same as the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
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A large portion of the far-right still does not believe the Paul Pelosi attack happened exactly the way everyone involved — the police, the victim, even the suspect — say it happened, even though horrific video of it was just played in a courtroom.
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This story really makes me furious. Remember the avalanche of bad faith nonsense about this?
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My colleague today published one of those surreal stories that people not on this beat might find hard to process: a white nationalist hate group bought a castle in small-town WV., now they're trying to muscle in on Xmas celebrations
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Georgia woman faces federal charges after bomb threat against Democratic Party headquarters
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Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan bit.ly/3hvaKIC
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To be fair, this poll was released before the Trump Cards were announced.
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Bellingcat Discord member Sepulco geolocated the video Elon Musk posted overnight, claiming to show a stalker, which he used to justify the banning of accounts that tracked flights. It's at 34.116175,-118.160635, not close to any airports.
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Great insight for both journalists who report on Musk-owned companies and the employees who work there. Good opsec means at minimum no reproducing company memos exactly how you got them.
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Trump's "major announcement" turns out to be a series of $99 NFTs that are ugly even by the usual NFT standards.
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Well I don’t think the announcement could have been much funnier than this
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This video is as stunning and as much of a gut punch now as it was the first time I saw it.
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Today is the 10 year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shootings. Please watch this video again that the parents of Sandy Hook put together and share it. We can never forget.
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“Earlier this year, Musk told his millions of followers on social media that he had ‘no further TSLA sales planned’ after April 28.”
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Get your free COVID tests through USPS, restarting again tomorrow! Please get yours and be careful around vulnerable friends and family this holiday season
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“How have you managed to work in journalism this long?”
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You can't even ask someone to meet you in Temecula any more
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