My latest book is free on a Kindle promo perhaps you can download a copy and take a look when you have a few minutes. It desperately needs reviews- It hit #1 on the top 100 in International Diplomacy at one point and I have the screenshot to prove it. But it feels awkward to promote until I have reviews. My other book has 19 in the US market this one has only one lonely review. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CW3QCSC3 (this is a new one)🎵🎼🎹 #ukraine #slavaukraine #putinisawarcriminal #slavaucraini #russiainvadedukraine #putin

NEW: LibsOfTikTok's Chaya Raichik appears to have trespassed at the Capitol on Jan 6

https://newsletter.extremism.io/archive/did-chaya-raichik-trespass-at-the-capitol/

What I really want to know about Hunter Biden is why the Saudis gave Jared Kushner two billion dollars.

The hack of Piers Morgan's Twitter account comes just a few days after someone claimed to have obtained the data of 400 million Twitter accounts in a major breach. That person was trying to sell the data and included Morgan's phone number and email as evidence that the breach data was authentic.

I don't see any great news articles about the breach, possibly because of the holidays, but @briankrebs has recently posted some reliably good info and analysis about it here on Mastodon.

@theghostoftomjoad @didgeridoo

Note: You must insert the " @ " sign in front of these for the upload to work:

This is all just what aus.social blocks.
Not personally vouching one way or another.

aethy.com
best-friends.chat
bitcoinhackers.org
botsin.space
bsd.moe
campaign.openworlds.info
chungus.cc
c.im
cloutfla.re
cryptodon.lol
cum.desupost.soy
cybercrusade.xyz
dragon.garden
freeatlantis.com
freespeech.group
girlcock.club
humblr.social
idolheaven.org
kartoffel.cafe
leafposter.club
liberdon.com
masthead.social
m.c**.im
miruku.cafe
mitra.social
monads.online
mstdn.foxfam.club
mulmeyun.church
my.dirtyhobby.xyz
neko.ci
pl.smuglo.li
pone.social
porn-k.com
presidentielle.tech
preteengirls.biz
rakket.app
sexcify.com
silkhe.art
sinblr.com
snouts.online
social.drastical.tech
traboone.com
albin.social
ap.maladaptive.art
argentum.social
a.sc
asimon.org
badly.co
bae.st
bajax.us
baraag.net
bbs.kawa-kun.com
berserker.town
beta.birdsite.live
beta.mstdn.cf
birb.elfenban.de
birbs.qdon.space
bird.2345781.xyz
birdbots.leptonics.com
birdbridge.autonomy.earth
bird.evilcyberhacker.net
bird.froth.zone
bird.im-in.space
bird.nzbr.de
bird.openmtx.com
bird.r669.live
birds.garden
birdsite.b93.dece.space
birdsite.cloutier.co
birdsite.darkesttimeline.social
birdsite.frog.fashion
birdsite.gabeappleton.me
birdsite.gnyo.org
birdsite.gred.al
birdsite.gredal.dev
birdsite.ingwie.me
birdsite.jemverse.xyz
birdsite.link
birdsitelive.bubbletea.dev
birdsitelive.loca.lt
birdsitelive.moistgarbage.info
birdsitelive.treffler.cloud
birdsite.lluni.de
birdsite.mastodon.me.uk
birdsite.monster
birdsite.nytpu.com
birdsite.oliviaappleton.com
birdsite.skye.cx
birdsite.slashdev.space
birdsite.spectreos.de
birdsite.tcjc.uk
birdsite.thorlaksson.com
birdsite.toot.si
birdsite.vrparty.social
birdsite.wilde.cloud
bittube.video
bridge.birb.space
brighteon.social
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cawfee.club
charlestown.social
chudbuds.lol
clubcyberia.co
clube.social
crypto-group-buy.com
detroitriotcity.com
develop.gab.com
GAB OR GAB affilated.
eatthebugs.social
eientei.org
eveningzoo.club
exited.eu
federated.fun
fedichive.tk
fedi.intkos.link
fedi.pawlicker.com
f.haeder.net
firebird.mullet.social
fluf.club
freecumextremist.com
freespeechextremist.com
froth.zone
fwedivewse.vfpmedia.com
gab.ai
gabble.xyz
gab.com
gabfed.com
gab.io
gab.protohype.net
genderheretics.xyz
geofront.rocks
gitmo.life
gleasonator.com
glindr.org
goodchristian.website
gorf.space
goyslop.cafe
graz.social
greenlifeplus.net
hallsofamenti.io
hentai.baby
honkwerx.tech
iddqd.social
impeccable.social
jakordaz.host
kabuki.club
keomea.top
kiwifarms.cc
kiwifarms.net
kompost.cz
kurosawa.moe
lostvoid.cyberretards.xyz
lounge.dtzbts.xyz
loveforlandlords.com
md.kakise.tech
morale.ch
mugicha.club
musksocial.com
nanorkad.host
neckbeard.xyz
newjack.city
news.twtr.plus
nicecunt.genital
nnia.space
noagenda.social
noagendasocial.com
normie.cafe
novoa.nagoya
obo.sh
onevery.ignorelist.com
outpoa.st
pawoo.net
pleroma.elementality.org
pleroma.narrativerry.xyz
pleroma.nobodyhasthe.biz
pl.info.natehiggers.online
pl.kitsunemimi.club
pl.natehiggers.online
pl.tkammer.de
poa.st
poster.place
posting.lolicon.rocks
prout.social
qersla.press
raki.social
rapefeminists.network
rapemeat.solutions
rdrama.cc
refusal.biz
rettiwtkcuf.social
rojogato.com
ryona.agency
schwartzwelt.xyz
seal.cafe
sealioning and slurs
sealion.club
search.fedi.app
shitpost.cloud
shitposter.club
shortstackran.ch
shota.house
shota.social
sleepy.cafe
sneed.social
channers, racism, abuse
social.076.ne.jp
social.arinbasu.online
social.berzs.xyz
social.getgle.org
social.lovingexpressions.net
social.odayacres.farm
social.researchanddestroy.technology
social.wideboys.org
soc.mahodou.moe
solagg.com
soo.chat
spinster.xyz
tastingtraffic.net
t.digor.sh
terrible.place
test.misskey.cf
thepostearthdestination.com
tmediatech.io
toot.payfrit.com
troet.sysadmon.de
truthsocial.com
truthsocialpro.org
twatter.jvpiter.net
tweetbridge.kogasa.de
tweet.pasture.moe
twitter.activitypub.actor
twitter.kfem.cat
twitter.moxr.de
twitter.piriklub.eu
twotter.waifuism.life
tw.outsidermanga.com
twt.fuckgov.org
twtr.carnivore.social
twtr.ingeechat.party
twtr.plus
twtr.vrij.social
urchan.org
varishangout.net
wagesofsinisdeath.com
weedis.life
whinge.town
www.banepo.st
xxxtumblr.org
yggdrasil.social

I love that one of my musician friends who is otherwise much more conservative than me is enthusiastically support climate awareness in this clip I took a while back.

Sadly, some leftists I know still need convincing that #climate is a prioritity, go figure.

Yes Virginia, the ice caps are melting. That sucks for everybody.

Spouting slogans and one-upmanship with how much you know about #Kropotkin #Bakhunin and #Malatesta and Mahknov don't change the fact that the #planet is dying at the hands of rapacious #capitalists and state socialist actors.

I am old enough to remember pretty much the birth of #ecoanarchism around the time #earthfirst became prominent and one of the best books to come out was The Mirror of Production in which " Jean #Baudrillard examines the lessons of Marxism, which has created a productivist model and a fetishism of labor. He argues that we must break the mirror of production, which "reflects all of Western metaphysics," and free the Marxist logic from the restrictive context of political economy whence it was born."

One of the finest sights I ever saw was a big old whale about 100 meters off the California coast while walking my dog. There are reasons we love them and maybe they love us back.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90824672/whales-climate-change-carbon

Patricia Kopatkinskaya has been known to fly the #rainbowflag at concerts and shocked the bourgeioisie with her epic "Bye Bye Beethoven" productions, which include musicians knocking over their music stands - complete #anarchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr9KmgDFwMc

@AnarchoDoggo Good points. But anonymity can work against us when, for instance, issues are being discussed and anonymous actors pied piper a following adverse to someone posting traceable or in real name, who is subjected to blocks at the least and harassment which often spirals way out of hand. Who would even know to pay attention, for instance, if Snowden posted something about technology, anonymously. And in his case we would all be wary of him parrotting something the FSB told him to say. And, much as I depise what Chomsky has become, I still take note of his latest tankie lies if only to know what to push back against. Anonymously, the stuff he puts out would be totally ignored.. I could go on but I think I have made my point. Good day.

Excellelent points on shared #blocklists

The implementation should track the source of any blocks; and any published reason should also be copied
Blocklists should be subscription based - i.e. you should be subscribing to a feed of blocks, not doing a onetime import
They should handle unblocking too - its vitally important for a healthy environment that people can correct their mistakes
Ideally, there would be an option to queue up blocks for manual review before applying them

via https://blog.erinshepherd.net/2022/11/a-better-moderation-system-is-possible-for-the-social-web/

There is social pressure to disregard safety protections such as wearing a #mask or elbow bumping as opposed to shaking hands.

It seems like a sort of tribal affirmation "I am not afraid of no stinking microbes and our friendship is worth more than any increment of risk this close contact entails".

And with that, millions and millions of people have contracted #diseases including #bubonic #plague #smallpox #ebola #meningitis #polio #cholera #diptheria #pertussis #covid #influenza #pneumonia #tuberculosis #mpox #malaria #hepatitis

Extra credit: which diseases in that list are NOT contracted by close contact?

This is a follow-up to the article I published under my main account handle @theghostoftomjoad

:fediverso: I'm getting a lot of positive feedback on my concept of individuals sharing and uploading domain blocklists. I wrote this up on Medium and Substack and described HOW to upload your own personal domain blocklist -- before, not after you get hit with nasty trolling.

What I did NOT describe is how to create a usable block list, which has to be in the form of a .csv.

:fediverso: The easiest approach is to copy existing blocklists which some but not all admins publish on their instance "About" page. However, these are not in single-line .csv format.

Some people will know how to write scripts to convert them, and others will be able to manually edit them down in notepad or gedit or some other simple text editor.

You can also find a spreadsheet linked at the climatejustice About page. All you need to do for that one is copy and paste it into your own version of Excel or Libre Office, isolate the column, and paste it into the proper .csv format.

:fediverso: There are others who publish comprehensive blocklists. For instance, Nathan at mastodon.lol does not fuck around and he lists most of the domain names in full text. -However, you will need to use the Find-Replace function in your word processor to remove the excessive verbiage and create the necessary stripped down .csv file.

:fediverso: Pro-active domain blocking is necessary because the admins have to balance the needs of thousands of people, some of whom may prefer more "free speech". New admins get conflicting advice from veteran admins about what should or should not be blocked. Indeed, many of the OG admins block each other.

For instance, scholars.social blocks domains >10,000 accounts on the theory that moderation is not possible with larger instances; nevertheless, the well-known admin at mastodon.social seems to be providing content that most admins would not want to block.

OTOH qo.to admin has been pleading to be unblocked as many admins vehemently disagree with its' COC.

New admins can't really know who to believe; they don't want to over-block and censor anyone's experience; they can understandably going to respond to harassment complaints as they arise.

:fediverso: That, however, is a reactive approach. People who are outspoken but value peace may have need for tighter blocking and moderation than folks who just want to trade cat pictures and avoid controversy. And mark my words - if you make a stand for principle, you will be waving a red flag for some nasty trolling.

:fediverso: Many even look forward to the opportunity for posting "instance-only". Which, essentially, is a #domainblock against the entire #fediverse.

:fediverso: My philosophy is that there are thousands of instances with thoughtful, creative and interesting people.

For now, I personally am happy to block the hundreds of instances with bad actors or poor moderation. If you could see some of the harassming DM's and replies that have already penetrated the administrative firewalls, you would be appalled and understand that preference.

:fediverso: A solution that may work for some is to have two or more #mastodon accounts; one for comfortable fireplace chats with a civil, screened group of #Mastodonians, and another for the wild wild west of the fediverse.

:fediverso: I am not keen on publishing my personal blocklist of 262 domains...yet.

First I must sort them and write up descriptors & disclaimers and instructions so I am not in the role of a censor.I am not qualified to suggest which domains should or should not be blocked. All I can do is boil down the existing lists into usable .csv files and indicate where they came from and what the seasoned admins have had to say about the domains in question.

:fediverso: But for those who do prefer a quieter, calmer experience, reply here or (SM me if it goes through) and I will expedite an inside track to get the material to you privately on a pre-publication basis or as a limited-publication preview.

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My original post is here: https://union.place/@theghostoftomjoad/109425962314337645

Funny the Pentagon is only just figuring this out?

Dealing with all the trolls on Twitter we got this wired a long time ago.

#infosec #cybersecurity #privacy #compartmentalization

https://www.c4isrnet.com/cyber/2022/11/22/pentagon-publishes-zero-trust-cyber-strategy-eyes-2027-implementation/

I've collected some #Mastodon 🦣 #instances to help with the #TwitterMigration focused in #inclusion, #accessibility and #minorities. They look like safe spaces for most of us. I'd appreciate the boost and new recommendations to add to the list:

🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://ableism.rip/about - space to fight ableism
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://disabled.social/about - for disabled people
🔗🇬🇧🇩🇪 https://fedisabled.social/about - for all disabled people
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://neurodifferent.me/about - neurodiversity and neurominorities
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://mentalhealth.social/about - focus on mental health and help
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://iaccessibility.social/about - interest in assistive technology
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://a11y.info/about - Acessibility and digital inclusion
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://indg.club/about - by and for indigenous people from North America and worldwide. All First Nation people welcome
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://blacktwitter.io/about - history and voices for black people
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://babka.social/about - A community for Jewish people of all kinds and their allies, safe from antisemitism
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://lgbt.io/about - for LGBT+ and allies
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 http://queer.party/about - queer-oriented instance
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://autistics.life/about - space by autistics for autistcs
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://ehr.scot/about - Equality and Human Rights defenders, advocates and organizations
🔗🇬🇧🇺🇲 https://tech.lgbt/about - for tech workers, academics, students, and others interested in tech who are LGBTQIA+ or Allies
🔗🇧🇷🇪🇸 https://ursal.zone/about - antifascist, feminist, antiracist, anticolinialist, accesible, and trans-and-nb-inclusive, in Latin America
🔗🇧🇷🇵🇹 https://bantu.social/about - non-white portuguese speaking people
🔗🇧🇷🇵🇹 https://colorid.es/about - queer/LGBTQIAPN+ people

Please boost to reach more people!

Green Protest on Black Friday
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/11/26/18853116.php

Every day I see more and more evidence of society descending into utter lawlessness and chaos.

https://www.wikihow.com/Spot-Undercover-Cops

If there is interst I will continue this thread with details on the offensive post, how the blocking proceeded.

The graphic in question should be suppressed, IMO it should be destroyed as it is harmful. I expect the guy who made the animated meme will claim it was to show how stupid the homophobic abger is blah blah blah

But the meme is likely to show up on the 4chab clones as a source of amusement to the most virulent homophobes.

The initial report was accompanied with THIS DM to the mods.

New LGBT!IA+ - friendly Community COC were put to the test Monday when someone posted n #exploitation "artwork" mixing up the rainbow flag with an animated gif resulting in a pop-up of a pistol.

More on this later, asan example of how the #reporting process works at Mastodon and as an example of good moderation and COC.

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