Into the Wine, Not the Label
I also write for #Supercorp on AO3
https://archiveofourown.org/users/EnviroGeoTrvlr/works
This is practically a whistleblower complaint to the FTC.
RT @alexeheath@twitter.com
This was sent to all Twitter staff this morning by the legal leader on its privacy team. Pretty remarkable.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/alexeheath/status/1590732764487512064
1. Political media is broken
Major outlets spent weeks PREDICTING there would be a "red wave" and EXPLAINING its causes
It was all based on polls, which are unreliable
This kind of coverage is not just pointless, it's harmful
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Clearest explanation I've seen of the state of play in the House.
RT @Fritschner@twitter.com
The House is still in play. R majority is likeliest outcome but Dems have a path. Every seat matters for majority and for vote math. My watchlist is down to 18 seats; Dems would need to net 3 lead flips to win. R's will win some where Ds are up now so it's tough... but possible.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Fritschner/status/1590697893903548416
Why pay $8 to mock a billionaire to his face when you can vote to tax and regulate him for free?
In recent years, we became too comfortable letting #Twitter define journalism & media. Algorithms often dictated the narratives we collectively paid attention to.
Absurd trends were covered by news outlets & ballooned into major stories while we missed so much real substance. And the quick takes of uninformed politicians & bad actors were forced upon anyone participating in the network.
It was bad for democracy. The #Mastodon model makes me hopeful we can do better. #twittermigration
I've made two accounts:
One for politics & liberal type stuff...
@NottaWriter
One for writing, art, & fandom type stuff...
@NottaWriter
Me reading my own fics:
*Fucking masterpiece*
Tip for the new folk:
Often Mastodon’s features work the way they do because it was first populated by people who had been harassed on FB and the Birdsite.
For instance (not sorry), you cannot search Masto for a simple term. Only #hashtags. Say you’re having a private conversation about iguanas. Anti-iguana trolls will not be able to search for “iguanas”, find your conversation, and drop into it to say, “Iguana luvers suck!”
But if you are wanting to connect with new iguana fanciers on Mastodon, slipping an #iguanas hashtag somewhere into your posts will allow people to search for and find them.
Plan to stay on twitter (for now) but
also feel like all websites benefit from #WynonnaEarp so here is some...👍 ❤️ 😀 (toot! lol)
