mcneely @mcneely@librem.one

A speaker's right to have their conversational speech removed a distinct form of information than information published by a third party about the subject -- it's much much easier for me to understand and agree with the former right in the public interest.

I'm not saying there are a lot of viral infections going around right now, but when the NY Times feels the need to publish a list of symptoms so you can figure out which of four illnesses you have, that might be saying something.
The rate of COVID positive testing is at its highest point in three months in the US. The US rate of flu hospitalization is up 50 to 100% in the past two weeks across all age groups. Masks on to protect yourself and your family this holiday season!

#Histodons, please help us spread this opportunity for early-career environmental historians (PhD candidates included). The editors of the upcoming 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 are looking for emergent scholars to write the book's afterword!

https://www.iceho.org/news/2022/12/12/open-call-for-authors-future-directions-in-environmental-history

#EnvHist @histodons #EnvHum

Someone reported @KimCrayton1's tweet to us, when she was talking about racism. The tweet was reported to us from another instance. This is the first person reported to us on our instance, and it is a Black woman. What does this tell you?
Good thing we're running our own instance. No action taken, more encouragement. Keep doing what you're doing.

@mmasnick @ericbrignac I've had the same thought. Conceptually, I'd like something like what Twitter does but with sliders to allow me to tune the weightings the way I want.

@ericbrignac I get that instinct, but frankly, having an algorithm that I could control (as opposed to a company) would be nice to better organize things...

A suggestion (inspired by @meganmariehart): If an organization hosts a profile of you on their website and includes social share buttons, ask them to create a button to take people to your #Mastodon account. Also, even without such a button, have them include your mastodon feed in your contact information. #fediverse #twittermigration

@mmasnick I would say we’re living rent-free in Elon’s head, but he doesn’t seem to know what paying rent is.

If it's true that the EU has forced Apple to open up ios devices to outside app stores, this is a huge and important change.

It should have been done long ago in the US, but our lawmakers love monopolies and cartels.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-13/will-apple-allow-users-to-install-third-party-app-stores-sideload-in-europe

Based on your Mastodon experiences so far, how sure are you that you would have learned about George Floyd, Sandra Bland, or Tamir Rice from your current feed?

if your opinion is "technology is neutral" then you and I do not have a difference of opinion, just like I do not have a difference of opinion with people who think the world is flat

you're just wrong

The reliably good @GregSargent on Elon Musk’s latest tweets as an example of right-wing info warfare: “In much of the right-wing info-ecosystem, liberal outrage is a sign of an attack's effectiveness. It can be only confirmation that the Libs Were Owned. Shaming is useless in such an environment, and in some ways can backfire.” He also talks with the also great and reliable provider of incisive takes @mmasnick in this piece. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/12/12/musk-fauci-right-wing-information-warfare-how-to-respond/

Terrifying. A new bill, HB1011, out of Oklahoma would forcibly medically detransition anyone under 21, including Transgender ADULTS.

It bans things like "aesthetic procedures" and likely even hair removal. It must be stopped.

Sub to support my work. 🧵

#trans #Transgender #transrights #lgbtq #legislation

https://erininthemorn.substack.com/p/adult-transgender-bans-are-here-ok