Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

“Violent language never stops at violent language,” says Rabbi Jill Jacobs of the rise in antisemitism. It's often the precursor to physical violence. “This rhetoric has to be countered, has to be denounced wherever it emerges,” says Rabbi Michael Knopf. #velshi http://ow.ly/PLbQ50M6Bjj

French official fires warning shot at Elon Musk that new Twitter policy could open up 'criminal liability'. https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-twitter-2658980534/

Dude just stubbled upon “fuck ‘round, find out” ~ the French digital minister 😂🤣😂

Real talk for my fellow #birdsite friends. If I see [RT] at the start of your toot, I swipe right on by to the next post.

My tool for making a simple, searchable, themeable archive of your public tweets and threads is now live:

https://tinysubversions.com/twitter-archive/make-your-own/

The tool runs entirely on your computer, in your browser. None of your data is uploaded anywhere in the process. The output is a zip file of a basic HTML website that you can upload to a web host if you choose.

The site also answers most of the common questions I get. Please read it first before asking me questions here!

Also, if you haven’t watched Spirited on Apple TV+ yet, you should! I really enjoyed that movie.

The cover of the Polish weekly Wprost.

If you want to grab your Twitter follows/followers before it's too late:

As of right now, #debirdify is still working. https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/

I am not Musk's lackey.

I will not change the way I tweet every day in order to comply with rules he makes up in the morning.

Make whatever rules you want.

Ban me if you want.

I will not comply.

So, with the #purge at #twitter I'm seeing a LOT more "follower begging" here today.

This. Is. Not. #Twitter.

Begging for #followers will get you #muted on my TL - and I'm sure many others.

STOP the vicious circle. Do not try to make "boost and follow so we can fight" happen here. It won't. All it will do is get you muted or blocked. Leave that behavior on twitter!

One’s educational trajectory and one’s vocational or occupational trajectory need not intersect, despite the myths to the contrary. If they do, as in my case, they should be celebrated. Learning for the sake of learning is a worthy endeavor and we must mainstream that notion.

Think of all the companies that have deep roots on the birdsite, and are there for customer support.

Guess they will have to flock here to catch the departed, or just choose to ignore them.

Radical weaponized religion has been a scourge on mankind since man invented religion. That's exactly why the framers warned against it. Separation of Church and State is essential to the survival of Democracy and the avoidance of oppression and mass-tragedy.

Outgoing Senator Pat Toomey is urging John Fetterman not to nuke the #filibuster. Don’t listen to him, John!! #USpolitics

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/18/toomey-fetterman-filibuster-senate-00074481

Season's Greetings

This may or may not be my last day on Twitter

I'm going to continue to tweet out factual information until I get banned

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Reminder: If you think I, or anyone else, is detracting from your experience here, you absolutely, no question, should use the block button. I’m TOTALLY fine with that.

Knowing that others can do that frees me to be myself, engage with difficult or controversial subjects, and generally use this medium in a way that works for me. And you should use it in a way that works for you.

There’s probably room for both of us here.

And the torture is not limited to the condemned. This is an excruciating process for the victim’s family members. And the family members of the person condemned to die are frequently treated as criminal associates. Read this account if Alan Miller’s failed execution by Alabama.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/alabama-inmate-execution-alan-miller/671620/

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