@Brendanjones the US Amber alert system (child abduction alerts) many times use twitter to relay the message)

It because so ubiquitous that it was used for public emergencies.

But I have to have an account now to view tweets?!? Nope nope nope.

So now I usually look up those bits on other news sources.

All in all, I love Mastodon (to the point where I’ve started paying for hosting, because I like having my own custom emoji)