If anyone knows a journalist that might be interested in a story on musk's gating the Twitter API and its effect on accessibility on Twitter, I'd love to talk to them. The rallying cry is currently #SaveA11yBots

Please boost 💜

Attn #London (& London-adjacent) folks!

My pal Sanjay is doing his first ever solo comedy show next week, and it would mean so much to me if some of y'all could check it out and bring him my love! (Boosts welcome!)
https://vaultfestival.com/events/love-me-like-a-chai-tea-latte/

“Sky High” is a fun superhero/high school mashup movie that kind of got buried by the MCU. https://www.theincomparable.com/theincomparable/651/

Bringing back #FollowFriday:

@minter is a Raleigh dev and entrepreneur, and is also the lovely/witty public announcer for the Carolina Hurricanes

@jsnell runs @sixcolors and @theincomparable, for your Apple and pop-culture needs

@HollyGoDarkly makes a lot of podcasts and has opinions about #DoctorWho "The Ribos Operation"

Twitter announced the end of their free login service, unless we pay, and we are not going to pay. If you log into GovTrack using your Twitter account, make sure you don’t lose access to your GovTrack account. Log in and check that your profile has your current email address. https://www.govtrack.us/accounts/login

Then log out and use the 'Forgot your password?' link to add a password to your account. After that, you can log in with your email address and password.

If you've noticed Mastodon.social being offline a few evenings this week, it was actually under DDOS those nights. When I asked, I was told the best way to help with Mastosoc's scaling and resiliency-under-pressure issues would be to help them fill this open job posting for a devops position with Mastodon gGMBH:

https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/290fd40f-125e-41fc-942d-f4ce59e6bda2

If you know anyone who might be qualified for this position, pass it on!

@minter Wade, this post has not been good for my constitution.

@mark NOW I know what all that (colon)blobcat(colon) stuff @stux toots means!

@lexfri Sorry, Lex.

mastodon.social, mastodon.online and joinmastodon.org were hit by a DDoS yesterday, thankfully joinmastodon.org was already behind Fastly so it didn't have any impact on it. We've now moved mastodon.online behind Fastly and will do the same with mastodon.social soon.

I don't care what anyone else says. I LIKED Vinder. #DoctorWho

It is wild to me that streaming companies are all desperate to stop the common practice of 'subscribe for a month while a show is on, binge it, then immediately unsubscribe' while seeming to do everything in their power to encourage it

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/snowpiercer-minx-cancellations-tv-reset-1235504910/

You'd think an archaeological collection would have fancier digs. #UNC

@minter I wore my Canes jacket to Merritt's Grill in Chapel Hill (best BLTs in the Triangle), and the owner asked me in ALL caps, "WERE YOU THERE?" I said no, but again took credit for the tie.

Great newsletter from @jsnell and @dmoren @Moltz in the mailbox. Funny, thoughtful and packed with information and tips. If you’re interested in the Apple ecosystem, really consider being a Six colors member. Good work, guys!

@minter For the record we turned off the game after their ENG. We are responsible for the tie.

@minter Thanks for showing the colors.

Please boost.

I am starting my thesis research. I am looking for community health centers in a variety of locations, and looking for their websites/FB pages. I am investigating the rhetorics used surrounding trans care, trans bodies, and trans experiences within those community health centers. I am looking at their methods of community engagement with the trans community.

If you are trans (or an ally) who knows about or engages with a community health center in your area, could you please reply here or DM me? I want to cast a wide net for my research, but want to do so by starting with actual trans people in those communities.

Brianna

@andypiper @minter, this may be of note

Meanwhile, my pal @jsnell has an in-depth look at the new M2 MacBook Pros, which provide a nice incremental update over the previous generation M1 Pro/Max models. https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/01/2023-macbook-pro-review-more-of-the-same-in-a-good-way/