https://twitter.com/kelseyhightower/status/1604546204573974529

I came across this issue, too - I talked to the owner of the bot that creates these profiles and he was, to put it mildly, a jerk. I've learned many Mastodon instances block these "birdsite"/"bridge" instances, at least.

Kelly Ellis (@justkelly_ok)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 20:55 GMT

https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817

“That’s the bad one!”

Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:05 GMT

This is the biggest possible advertisement for Mastodon, delivered in an attempt to counter exactly that. Absolutely unhinged decision.

twitter.com/twittersupport…

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https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817

Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.

Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 17:37 GMT

tierney cyren (parody) (@bitandbang)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 20:59 GMT

Why is it impossible to find a backpack that: 1. Looks good 2. Has a padded laptop sleeve (can fit a 15" MacBook Pro) 3. Is durable I loved my Everlane one (it fit so much stuff), but a cat peed on it, and it was irredeemable. And they don't make it any more :( Recs?

Kelly Ellis (@justkelly_ok)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 20:53 GMT

Tired: linking to your forbidden decentralized networking profile Wired: linking to your forbidden decentralized networking protocol w3.org/TR/activitypub/ ban me birdsite daddy

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this is great, this new policy of not allowing promoting other social networks is good I am part of the problem please ban me @elonmusk for co-authoring activitypub, the protocol used by, as you say, "masturbateodon" nothing could make me happier ban me birdsite daddy

octodon.social/@cwebber (Christine Lemmer-Webber) (@dustyweb)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 18:22 GMT

octodon.social/@cwebber (Christine Lemmer-Webber) (@dustyweb)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 21:00 GMT

this is great, this new policy of not allowing promoting other social networks is good I am part of the problem please ban me @elonmusk for co-authoring activitypub, the protocol used by, as you say, "masturbateodon" nothing could make me happier ban me birdsite daddy

octodon.social/@cwebber (Christine Lemmer-Webber) (@dustyweb)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 18:22 GMT

This is the clearest declaration of weakness I’ve ever seen from a major US tech platform, and a transparent declaration of anticompetitive intent that a GC would set themselves on fire to prevent (if somebody had that job at Twitter).

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https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817

Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.

Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 17:37 GMT

Alex Stamos (@alexstamos)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 17:49 GMT

https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/1604534269010796544

The EU has been looking to establish the new DSA and DMA as weapons against US tech and Twitter is making it too easy. You can follow me at cybervillains.com/@alex when I’m suspended for some post-hoc rationalization.

Alex Stamos (@alexstamos)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 18:00 GMT

Apparently I’m super out of the loop because I genuinely have never heard of some of these 😅 twitter.com/twittersupport…

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Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.

Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 17:37 GMT

Laurie (@laurieontech)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 21:07 GMT

Attached: 1 image Fragility, the Tweet.

https://twitter.com/Pokket/status/1604563105454899202

apparently you are

Not Pokket 😈 (@NotPokket)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:54 GMT

So you’ve got a $44B problem and you’ve decided to solve it with Regular Expressions…

Scott Hanselman (@shanselman)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:57 GMT

https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817

This most certainly goes against EU regulations though. It will either be reverse or Twitter will be fined heavily in Europe or kicked out. - commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-p…

Maynard Manyowa (@iAmKudaMaynard)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:48 GMT

https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817

Make your own links page, for free, and use your own domain name so you have control over it. glitch.com/glitch-in-bio This will also give you a page that verifies your mastodon account, also for free. If you don’t own your website, you are not in control.

anildash (@anildash)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:30 GMT

https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817

Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 17:49 GMT

https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817

i have always wanted to ratio twitter on twitter with a twitter ratio

keffals (@keffals)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 18:18 GMT

Frenchie’s now watchin 27 Dresses to ease the pain

THE BOYS (@TheBoysTV)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 19:53 GMT

Changing my Uber name to a man’s name ranks as one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. My fake boyfriend prevents almost all harassment.

emily freeman 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@editingemily)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 04:16 GMT

My unemployment is chronic but my ass is iconic.

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Yeah I’m a backend developer *does 10,000 squats*

ali is looking for a python swe job !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (@endingwithali)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 17:31 GMT

ali is looking for a python swe job !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (@endingwithali)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 14:39 GMT

https://twitter.com/mattxiv/status/1604198150247440384

Treston ☭🧡 (@idahosbest1)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 21:22 GMT

https://twitter.com/mattxiv/status/1604198150247440384

don’t forget this piece of history

Volée makes them all say olé (@violavolee)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 23:00 GMT

https://twitter.com/mattxiv/status/1604198150247440384

Still one of the greatest screenshots I’ve ever taken

NFL Guru Joe  (@jhislop22)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 01:38 GMT

Hey @elonmusk this account is doxxing your live location - can we assume a ban or not?

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Elon Musk is at the World Cup final.

Get French Football News (@GFFN)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 14:33 GMT

Chris Stokel-Walker ~ @stokel@infosec.exchange (@stokel)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 14:47 GMT

twitter has officially removed the feature that tells you what device a tweet was sent from and i just wanna say say dorothy we will never forget you.

matt (@mattxiv)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 19:33 GMT

giving real time location? should be banned twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…

bird on a plane (@santarelli)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 14:55 GMT

https://twitter.com/cooper_towers/status/1604490831016169472

Elon actually doesn’t do anything at any of his companies so it’s not a surprise.

Langdon Longdong (@bangbangbookie)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 15:06 GMT

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604490162976698368

But your ASSASSINATION COORDINATES!!!!!!!!!

Jo 🌻 (@JoJoFromJerz)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 16:22 GMT

https://twitter.com/maisieccino/status/1604438648593817600

again reiterating that i would totally date pre transition me. he’s cute

maisie 💖 (@maisieccino)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 13:18 GMT

4 years of decembers

maisie 💖 (@maisieccino)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 11:29 GMT

my ex boyfriend just basically announced that he cheated on me by making a 1 year post w his current gf when we broke up this january LMAO

chloë ⚡️🐊 (@chloebolts)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 21:21 GMT

Do you want to check out as guest or would you rather spend the next fifteen minutes trying to remember a password you haven’t used in three years?

Josh Gondelman (@joshgondelman)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 23:09 GMT

https://twitter.com/Cabronacore/status/1604077611629441025

A lot of people in their 20s have internalized the idea that if they didn't master something as a child, then it's too late and useless to try. Culturally, we probably overemphasize the child prodigy and underemphasize success at other ages.

Strong Mother (@strongfemchar)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 13:05 GMT

my sweet summer child, that was always a lie

Paris Marx (@parismarx)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 19:37 GMT

Unpopular opinion: tech workers aren’t overpaid at all. Ours is just one of the few fields whose salaries have managed to somewhat keep pace with the insane cost of living. The real issue is that most everyone else is *severely* UNDERpaid

Nicholas Hunt-Walker🐀 (@nhuntwalker)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 14:03 GMT

Twitter The Simpsons 🤝 Owned by an evil billionaire Getting worse 4000 characters

Alasdair Beckett-King (@MisterABK)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 10:28 GMT

Going as well as everything else it seems.

Molly Quell (@MollyQuell)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 11:26 GMT

The lesson of the past few months of tech layoffs and claims of “lazy employees” as a justification is that even if you love your job, your job won’t love you back.

Dare Obasanjo 🐀 (@Carnage4Life)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 05:54 GMT

Yes, the only interaction with people is via video calls. Sometimes I just walk out at lunch to speak to another human (apart from my Wife and Baby). However wouldn't change it (apart from visiting the office mote often).

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People who work 100% remotely and alone, do you sometimes miss having coworkers to talk to and interact with during the day? 🤔

Gwendal Brossard (@GwendalBrossard)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:26 GMT

Daniel Pomfret (@Danomanic)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 09:15 GMT

Attached: 1 image This holiday season, take a moment to hold this timeless message close to your heart

My nesting partner & I have been dealing with a fever, dizziness & grotty noses for the last 5 days (yay, flu season!) We're doing okay, but I can tell she's reached a breaking point of sorts as I can now hear, echoing down the corridor from the other room, a dejected version of "Santa Claus is coming to Town" with the repeated lyrics: "No quiero mas snot" 😅

I think the new richest person should be required to buy Twitter now and this cycle should continue until none of them are rich anymore

Elliott Downing (@elliott_downing)Fri, 16 Dec 2022 22:22 GMT

Why would I use these dopey brightness keys when I could just `echo 10000 | sudo tee /sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness`?

Beyang (@beyang)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 08:34 GMT

https://twitter.com/Crazitomali/status/1604248352819974144

A champion of cryptocurrency who also thinks Avatar is some of the greatest cinema of all time. Pick a struggle.

YourBestFriend (@LearningYouGood)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 23:00 GMT

I don’t think we should ignore how much Jeremy Clarkson and Piers Morgan’s language & behaviour mirrors that of dangerous incels

Jaimi Shrive (@Jaimi_Shrive)Sun, 18 Dec 2022 10:51 GMT

flicking through The S*n while I was waiting in a caff and read this by clarkson. In what world is something so vicious and unhinged allowed to be printed? completely vindicates everything in #HarryandMeghanNetflix

Hannah Stacey (@hanstacey)Sat, 17 Dec 2022 12:19 GMT

I’m back reading about `awk` again. I have never really _needed_ to use awk in my day to day work but I just love learning about these tools that have been around for decades. I think I’ll refresh my memory of `sed` afterwards 😄 #coding #CommandLine