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Many questions loom about conflicts of interest in the second Donald Trump term.
@CNN reports that "post-election sales pitches illustrate just how closely Trump’s personal business interests are entwined with his politics."
Here's where things stand for seven major landmarks in the Los Angeles fires https://www.npr.org/2025/01/08/nx-s1-5252587/los-angeles-fires-landmarks-culture-arts?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
G. E. M. de Ste Croix’s Marxist History of Greece and Rome https://jacobin.com/2025/01/ste-croix-marxism-ancient-history/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #socialism
After close consideration we have come to the decision to block Threads.net instance wide on all related instances
(mstdn.social, masto.ai, mastodon.coffee, pixey.org, gram.social)
The new Meta policy goes against much we stand for and we will not allow to let it spill over to the Fediverse
I just checked the numbers and it seems Threads is the biggest 'loser' here
On all instances combined we lose just under 100 followers spread across all instances
Threads will lose over 13K total
Triller launches a tool to back up users’ TikToks ahead of the U.S. ban deadline https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/08/triller-launches-a-tool-to-back-up-users-tiktoks-ahead-of-the-u-s-ban-deadline/
HOWEVER, we do reserve the right to suspend any accounts advocating for Canada to succeed to the US on sight.
These accounts are traitors in the absolute definition of the term and it has no place on mstdn.ca.
CNN — President-elect Donald Trump’s team was given the questions asked by Fox News anchors at an Iowa town hall last January in advance by someone inside the network, according to a forthcoming book, in what would be a serious breach of journalism ethics. https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/media/trump-fox-news-town-hall-questions-maria-bartiromo/index.html
Hey Threads, I'm out. Here's why: https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-01-07-threads/
Find me on Bluesky or Mastodon: https://dansinker.com/connect/
Find the lines you won't cross.
Remember when I wrote “LGBT and Marginalized Voices Are Not Welcome on Threads” last summer on @macstories? https://www.macstories.net/stories/lgbt-and-marginalized-voices-are-not-welcome-on-threads/
Funny how that headline is now more accurate than ever. https://social.coop/@cwebber/113788266953239523