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 “I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist. … I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now.” https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitting-the-washington-post?utm_campaign=post&triedRedirect=true Traffic to Twitter.com continues significant decline. https://www.similarweb.com/website/twitter.com/
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 @w7voa This bot has been asked to generate an alt text for your image by @regendans. Do you consent? Reply with 'Y' or 'Yes' to proceed.  @w7voa does the site have an option to have the y-axis start at 0? Because that’s really how this should be displayed for best representation (Reuters) - Syria's army command notified officers that President Bashar al-Assad's rule ended following a lightning rebel offensive. Syrian rebels said Damascus was 'now free of Assad.' https://reut.rs/3ZI7sFb Some Threads users complain their accounts are being deleted or restricted for linking to articles with controversial topics.
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 @w7voa What Umar writes about is the norm. Certainly was when I used Meta (Facebook till 2017, Instagram till 2019). Giving them ID may or may not work. Paying them money for an ad campaign: that suddenly helps open doors to a human in support.  In NYC hush money case, the verdict is being read. Donald J. Trump GUILTY on counts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 so far. Mastodon forms new US non-profit, announces CEO / Founder @Gargron. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/ Looks like Threads is inhospitable to journalists posting real time information about major international news stories.
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  One of the most prominent examples on Twitter/X of sexually explicit Taylor Swift AI fake images “attracted more than 45 million views, 24,000 reposts, and hundreds of thousands of likes and bookmarks before the verified user who shared the images had their account suspended for violating platform policy. The post was live on the platform for around 17 hours prior to its removal.” https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/25/24050334/x-twitter-taylor-swift-ai-fake-images-trending  @w7voa We are deep below the X event Horizon and rushing thru the crushing pressures to the Muskularity at the bottom  Business Post: Twitter/X has instructed staff not to suspend users that post explicitly racist, sexist and homophobic content, or who send sexual material to another person, as part of a new policy that has radically stripped back the company’s moderation of abusive material. https://www.businesspost.ie/news/exclusive-the-x-files-how-elon-musks-new-rules-allow-hate-to-flourish/
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 The platform formerly known as #Twitter will begin charging new users $1 a year to access key features including the ability to tweet, reply, quote, repost, like, bookmark, and create list, reports Fortune.
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 The platform formerly known as #Twitter rolls out a new ad format that can't be reported or blocked. https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-new-clickbait-ad-format
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 @w7voa well, sure it can. You just reported it, and I blocked twitter ages ago by deleting my account and making sure it never darkens my screens again!  “Musk’s acquisition of Twitter is now, for all intents and purposes, a multilevel marketing scheme.” https://newrepublic.com/post/174348/elon-musk-turns-twitter-mlm-scheme-far-right
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One very large, century-old #organ being offered to a new home without charge by the City of San Francisco. Buyer will assume transportation and installation costs.
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@w7voa Musk shadow bans people. "... highest level of visibility filters applied, ...", https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/10/after-matt-taibbi-leaves-twitter-elon-musk-shadow-bans-all-of-taibbis-tweets-including-the-twitter-files/.  @w7voa beep boop I’m not a bot! Keep up the great work & hope to see mastodon continue to grow, beep boop  "By mislabeling the organization, Twitter has put in jeopardy the lives and freedom of hundreds of NPR reporters and editors around world. There are many places that would love to close down independent journalism -- or worse. (China and Russia come quickly to mind.) -- SPJ Int'l Community (1/2) "These dictators and wanna-be dictators -- can use the Twitter designation as an excuse to 'protect' their national interests from US government interference by arresting or expelling the NPR teams." https://mailchi.mp/4813d28a0317/international-journalism-community-5406764?e=d922223716 (2/2) #NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official #Twitter feeds after being labeled by Elon Musk as “state-affiliated” and then “government-funded media.” https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label
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@w7voa Good for NPR, hopefully other organizations will follow suit. I would much rather see my (meager) NPR contribution going to support an NPR-owned fediverse instance than to a privately owned social media site / dumpster fire. #Twitter isn’t a company anymore — it’s been merged into a new entity called X Corp. https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/twitter-inc-x-corp-elon-musk-x-nevada.html
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 i'm ashamed i liked the space roadster. does the location website still even exist ? @w7voa I remember a story from while ago that dude bought the domain x.com. I assume this is tied into that? Or was I having a chatGPT-style hallucination. Edit: oh yeah it’s in the story. What I recall was PayPal let x.com lapse but he bought it back at some point. This could still be a hallucination. #Twitter has reportedly failed to disclose some political ads running on its site since early last month. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/10/twitter-political-ads-transparency-00091077
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@w7voa I proposed 6 months back that this is the ultimate goal: grab as much of the billions in national, state and local political ad dollars. the amount of money is staggering. #advertising #politics @w7voa Self-preservation is the highest motivation of any entity. The truth is an easy trade. Expect worse.
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@w7voa I wonder if #JackDorsey still believes #ElonMusk is “the singular solution” for #Twitter  Asahi Shimbun photojournalist Wataru Sekita was wounded during today's Russian attacks on Kyiv, #Ukraine. https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQD07RB8QD0UHBI01G.html?iref=comtop_7_01 |
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A statue of someone (from shoulders down) in a suit and tie, with tiny hands, stands on a dais marked with laurel wreath reliefs. Near the steps of the dais, three figures present bags labeled “$” towards the statue, with two of them on bended knee. A fourth figure, kneeling lower, offers up a lipstick. Further along, Mickey Mouse prostrates himself before the statue.
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Protection money.
The mob made them an offer they could not refuse I guess…