Alex Wild

The incomparable Ceratina cobaltina, a small carpenter bee from south Texas. #nativebees #bees #Ceratina #insects

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When you cancel your Washington Post and other billionaire-compromised media subsciptions, consider replacing them with your support for outlets still performing real journalism. Local public media, ProPublica, etc.

A little jewel of a robber fly, Taracticus octopunctatus, from Texas hill country.

#Asilidae #Flies #Insects

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Twitter/X suspended numerous journalists overnight, with no reason given.

*added in edit: looks like at least some of the accounts were reinstated around noon EST.

#Twitter

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The private equity vampires have killed another institution. Popular Science.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/27/23978042/popular-science-digital-magazine-discontinued

If you're new to Mastodon, know that you don't get your tusks until one of the longtime natives scolds you for not putting your stuff behind a content warning, and your response sets off an old-school flame war that defederates at least three instances.

March 15 is the day people leave Twitter.

The abandonment of Twitter in the Musk era has, for now, been inconsistent and chaotic, with people leaving at different times and for different reasons.

An organized effort to promote a "Leave Twitter" day, when everyone still reluctantly there logs off for the last time, with enough advance to line up alternate sites, should help get people out.

Thus, March 15. The Ides of Musk. Spread the word.

#Twitter #IdesOfMusk #LeaveTwitterDay

For everyone showing up here again: You should stay this time.

There are no ads.

Troll farms get cut off at the source.

You can edit your posts.

You can follow hashtags.

There are no limits on third-party apps. If you are having trouble and don't like your interface or your mobile app, you can just try another one. Ivory is really good, but there are others.

#Mastodon #Twitter

Wow people are somehow still on Twitter. Why?