Please, take some time to check in on the ex-Twitter employees in your life.

Not because they need it or anything, I just bet they have some funny stories to share today.

could have spent a full year spitballing how musk was going to kill Twitter and couldn’t have come up with anything close to the unbelievable dipshittery of “users can only read 600 tweets a day” like, what do they put in billionaire cocaine anyway

Yup:

https://www.gocomics.com/mattdavies/2023/07/02

If there was one piece of advice I could give to new Mastodon users who are finding their feeds quiet or boring, it is to follow as many people and hashtags as you can. This is not Twitter; there is no algorithm, it is not going to fill your feed with stuff it thinks you like. You have to curate it yourself. Once you do, though, it's so much more vibrant and rewarding than Twitter has been for a year. #TwitterMigration #Twitter

Journalists: Mastodon seems great...BUT CAN IT SCALE?

*A few months go by. Mastodon gains millions of new accounts. Everything is still fine.*

Journalists: Mastodon seems great...BUT CAN IT SCALE?

When you leave your dog alone for a minute.. 😅

Is it just me or did the Texas legislature just criminalize the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/SB00012F.pdf#navpanes=0

big if true

If voice to text doesn't work the first time, try again angrier.

Via Noah Shachtman:

NEW: Team #Trump is scrambling to uncover the names of the #FBI agents and #DOJ prosecutors who are investigating the former president. The goal is to target them for an "immediate" purge, should Trump win again. #fascism https://t.co/1lAAy1vnsi

Secretary of State Blinken is scheduled to deliver a speech at Helsinki City Hall on Friday to "highlight all the ways in which Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been a strategic failure," according to the State Dept.

Bear sighting in #frankfort #Michigan this morning as the family drove into town

@VeryBadLlama “You may say I’m a streamer, but I’m not the only one…”

@VeryBadLlama coming soon, pay per month per feature on your car.

https://www.reviewgeek.com/122900/bmw-will-charge-monthly-to-use-your-cars-basic-features/

when John Lennon told me to imagine no possessions I just don't think he was envisioning a world where everything in my life is available only through a subscription-based model because the costs of personal property have been intentionally placed beyond my reach

This is one pissed off federal judge.

"Six of the submitted cases appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations."

The judge called (or probably had his clerks call) the 11th Circuit and confirmed that the decision wasn't real. He also points out that the internal citations are also to "bogus" cases.

The full order is here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63107798/31/mata-v-avianca-inc/

[NB: I did not intend this to be this long but whatever, we're all nerds here.]

On May 4th, the shit really hits the fan. The judge issues an order to show cause why he shouldn't issue sanctions on PL for citing cases that don't exist and then swearing that the copies attached on April 25 are real. (Dkt #31)

Are you just catching up on the bonkers story about the lawyer using ChatGPT for federal court filings? This is a thread for you.

This day in history. 1538. The council of Geneva expelled John Calvin because of his overly rigid teachings and communion wafers.

@TheUSASingers thanks for letting us know. Didn’t see that gem of news until your toot.

I don’t think DeSantis can pardon Trump for State crimes, so hopefully Trump will serve time behind bars somewhere.

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/25/desantis-doesnt-rule-out-pardoning-trump-jan-6-defendants.html