For the past 6 hours, there’s been 2,000+ Mastodon account creations per hour.
This hasn’t happened since December 2022.
@mmasnick predicted that Elon Musk’s new Twitter Blue policies would result in another Mastodon migration, and it looks like he’s right.
Once Twitter effectively becomes “pay to play”, Mastodon suddenly becomes more appealing.
https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/110102918619817258
@ClaraListensprechen The House is still a deliberative body with the members-elect as it’s members and the clerk currently acting as chairperson. It has no special rules without a speaker but this “rule” is from the Constitution. So one of the members could make a motion to expel another member and the clerk would put it to a vote. Although the delay of legal challenges to such a move might last longer than this speakers race.
Article I, Section 5 of the US Constitution allows the House of Representatives to expel a member (or members) with the concurrence of two-thirds of the body. Just sayin. #speakerofthehouse
@QasimRashid I feel like billionaires would be upset by not being referred to as whom
@taylorlorenz Not sure what “epic bacon” is but definitely #ravenclaw.
Earlier today Elon Musk said that my ban was temporary, 45 min later he denied my appeal to reinstate my account and confirmed that I am *permanently* banned. The email I just received says the decision cannot be reversed.
I have never once violated Twitters rules or terms of service. I’ve never had a single tweet flagged, my account was permanently banned with no warning and with no reason, after I reached out to Musk for comment.
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #twitter #tech #news #technews
Trying to decide how long I need to wait before watching that final again #worldcup #Argentina #Messi_Is_God
Coffee drinkers! Listen! Starbucks workers nationwide are starting a 3-day strike today (Friday 12/16) as part of their effort to unionize.
How can you help? Don't cross the picket line. Get your coffee elsewhere. (Preferably at independent coffee shops. Long live small biz).
And spread the word! Make this message viral. Let's hold billionaire corps accountable because worker's rights are human rights. Let's go.
@AliceFraser - Is Hari Kondabolu on Mastodon? I want to ask him if #SnackVsChef Ep. 5 is based on Crunchy Frog in #MontyPythonsFlyingCircus and you’re the only person I know he knows.
Okay. Migrated from masthead.social to mastodon.social. Meanwhile, here's the Substack on my decision to leave Twitter.
@atomicpoet if I remember correctly, what made the web cool in the 90’s was gifs. :blobtoofast:
Congrats Georgia! You did the dang thing. :sticker_hatkid: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/georgia-senate-race-results-12-06-22/index.html
@dtnorth Charlotte FC just started last year about 100 miles away. Generally I root for our local Greenville Triumph in USL1.
@dtnorth I’ll be watching from #southcarolina. Hopefully outside if the weather holds up. Go #USNMT!
