A side note: I cannot recommend any of the other private alternatives to Twitter, including Bluesky, Spoutible, or Post.

Any private platforms are subject to the same risks that have befallen Twitter. Also, Dorsey and Musk share the same worldview. Mastodon is at least open, and your data is portable.

As Twitter is melting down (once again), we have many new users coming in here at Toad.Social. All are welcome.

I am committing to break significant news here first, and only later on Twitter, henceforth.

My team and I are heads down working on significant new stories, so may be a bit quieter than usual, but we'll be making sure you have a good experience here.

Thanks for being part of this community, and for your commitment to truth and journalistic integrity. :toad:

Elon doing a great job forcing everyone off Twitter.

Get on over to goodreads so that you can join the book giveaway for Isa Arsen's SHOOT THE MOON!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60731083-shoot-the-moon?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=RbiYNGNlsx&rank=1&fbclid=IwAR0t50yEOcfsPAbgGzfyQdc0KD717I93LOWYUcn7Ke8-THXuODJ7hx-KNoQ

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The wonderful Mindy Kaling has chosen AMina Akhtar's ALMOST SURELY DEAD for Mindy's Book Studio!
"A psychological thriller with a twist, Almost Surely Dead is a chilling account of how one woman’s life spins out of control after a terrifying―and seemingly random―attempt on her life"

Goodreads with a chance to win a copy of Kelly J Ford's new Easter Egg Serial Killer book THE HUNT!

“Ford’s THE HUNT cements her as not only one of the best Southern fiction writers around but also one of the best contemporary writers period." Heather Levy
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/enter_kindle_giveaway/369434-the-hunt

this dude over at twitter is absolutely killing it.
No I mean it he is killing twitter!

Katie Hobbs has been sworn in as Governor of Arizona.

That means Katie Hobbs is now officially Kari Lake’s Governor.

Trump taxes revelation: The Trumps earned $78 million from foreign countries in 2020, while he was president.

Over the course of Trump's presidency, he received payments from at least 22 foreign countries including China, Brazil, the UK and the Philippines. -The Recount: https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1609907673327341569?s=46&t=uN72iR7xKfJ3ATNo8u8ANA

New Year New deal!
REAL BAD THINGS by @Kelly_J_Ford is on sale for $1.99 on kindle.
"a moving meditation on misplaced loyalties, love, and the legacy of violence and abuse, all wrapped in a mystery filled with guy-wire tension.” —John Vercher

This is where Twitter jumps the shark and makes their users the ad agency to replace the ones they burnt bridges with.

Twitter says paying Blue subscribers now get ‘prioritized rankings in conversations’ https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/23/23523845/twitter-blue-paying-priority-replies-conversations

#Twitter #TwitterBlue #TwitterMigration #TechNews

NEW: No directive: FBI agents, tech executives deny government ordered Twitter to suppress Hunter Biden story

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/23/politics/twitter-files-elon-musk-fbi-hunter-biden-laptop/index.html

"It's really cold so therefore global warming is a hoax," said the fucking moron.

Henry Ford, Elon Musk, and the Dark Path to Extremism: Twitter’s billionaire owner seems set to follow Ford into the abyss. https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-henry-ford-extremism/ #twitter #twittermigration #twitterexodus #technology #twitter #elonmusk #news

California police say member of Elon Musk's security team is a suspect following stalker claim

Police in Southern California said Tuesday they were seeking additional information about an incident last week that Twitter CEO Elon Musk said prompted him to crack down on accounts that track whereabouts of private jets — including his.

#elonmusk #twitter
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/california-police-say-member-elon-musks-security-team-suspect-stalker-rcna62664

Don’t know this history? Read up.

https://washingtonspectator.org/paranoia-on-parade/

The red-brown alliance is sending out very strong “anti-war” signals today. Take note; these are the people who will 1) sell Ukraine into enslavement and death, 2) undermine and aim to crash the dollar, 3) threaten Medicare and Social Security, 4) promote Putin’s vision of a “multi-polar world.”

Willis Carto, Aleksandr Dugin, David Duke would all be very pleased with these quislings.

Linette Lopez provides a sketch of Elon Musk:

"He’s Silicon Valley red-pilled in a very 'there should be no states' kind of way. You definitely also hear this type of thinking from Peter Thiel, and he’s known Peter Thiel for a very long time. At a certain point I think when very rich people aren’t getting their way all of the time, they think, 'Well, I should just run everything.'”

#ElonMusk #Twitter

https://aaronrupar.substack.com/p/linette-lopez-twitter-suspension-interview