Aaron Parecki

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Dan York https://mastodon.social/@danyork

@aaronpk I hear you! It's like watching the train wreck that's about to happen because they are blowing up the bridge that the train is about to cross...

Hillingdon, England • 61°F

Fri, Nov 11, 2022 1:03pm +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 1:04pm +00:00)
Jessica Lessin https://twitter.com/Jessicalessin

Watching @elonmusk + Co take over Twitter is like watching a business school case study on how to make money on the internet. Amazing that at some level it is so basic. Lesson one: charge your power users what they are willing to pay. 1/3

Hillingdon, England • 61°F

Mon, Oct 31, 2022 7:32pm +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 12:57pm +00:00)
Jon Reed https://mastodon.scot/@jonreed

There once was a spaceman called Musk,
Who hollowed the bird to a husk,
We migrated and flew,
To find friends old and new,
And now we are fans of the tusk 🦣
#VerseThursday

Hounslow, England • 60°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 8:31pm +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 12:23pm +00:00) #VerseThursday
briankrebs https://twitter.com/briankrebs

Acquired an Oculus headset before the company was subsumed by Meta. Created basic FB account to go w/ it because, well I had to. Oculus now requires login via FB, but FB has arbitrarily deleted my fakebook account & access to all purchased games. Good luck w/ the Metaverse, Mark!

Hounslow, England • 60°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 8:43pm +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 12:01pm +00:00)
Jens Clasen https://mastodon.social/@jensclasen

The German word "wählen" can mean
- to pick, to choose
- to elect
- to dial
The German word "Null" can mean
- zero
- loser, jerk
So, someone saying "Ich habe die Null gewählt" either means
- "I've dialed zero."
Or
- "I voted for that idiot."
Enjoy our language!

Hounslow, England • 60°F

Fri, Nov 11, 2022 11:16am +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 11:53am +00:00)
Matt Seybold https://twitter.com/MEASeybold

When the 70-yr status quo of US radio started unraveling in the late 90s, station owners, many of them media conglomerates, turned over this robust infrastructure, with almost unprecedented reach, to networks like American Family Radio & Excellence in Broadcasting.

5/8

West Drayton, England • 60°F

Wed, Nov 9, 2022 10:14pm +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 10:59am +00:00)
Matt Baer · @matt@writing.exchange https://twitter.com/ilikebeans

this is literally twitter https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/11/how-to-use-mastodon-i-tried-to-app-heres-what-you-need-to-know.html

West Drayton, England • 60°F

Fri, Nov 11, 2022 8:44am +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 10:44am +00:00)
paris martineau https://twitter.com/parismartineau

an actual quote from twitter's all hands today:

London, England • 60°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 10:23pm +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 10:37am +00:00)
iJustine https://twitter.com/ijustine

I’ve been on twitter since 2006 and have literally seen it all. I’m open to innovative tech but this isn’t it.

London, England • 59°F

Fri, Nov 11, 2022 5:24am +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 9:08am +00:00)
Derek Powazek thinks Elon Musk is an asshole https://twitter.com/fraying

Imagine how much fun it’s going to be to watch Elon learn why every Twitter decision was made by undoing and redoing it three or four times.

London, England • 59°F

Fri, Nov 11, 2022 4:38am +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 9:02am +00:00)
Jeena https://toot.jeena.net/@jeena

@aaronpk what I like most about it is that it's a one time fee, not a monthly rent fee where you'd need to send it back once you want to stop paying for it.

London, England • 59°F

Fri, Nov 11, 2022 12:52am +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 12:53am +00:00)
Jason Grinblat https://twitter.com/ptychomancer

You all tweeted "this website is free" too many times

London, England • 59°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 11:15pm +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 11, 2022 12:27am +00:00)
Nick Brooke 🌻🇺🇦 https://twitter.com/moonbroth

https://twitter.com/moonbroth/status/1590818358219673601

London, England • 58°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 9:27pm +00:00 (liked on Thu, Nov 10, 2022 11:08pm +00:00)
Zoë Schiffer https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer

Elon Musk is doing an all hands with Twitter employees. They got a one hour notice and he showed up 15 minutes late.

London, England • 58°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 8:52pm +00:00 (liked on Thu, Nov 10, 2022 11:07pm +00:00)
Violet Blue® https://twitter.com/violetblue

I've been offline for a few hours, did Google Plus relaunch yet?

London, England • 58°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 9:38pm +00:00 (liked on Thu, Nov 10, 2022 10:35pm +00:00)
Max Böck https://indieweb.social/@mxbck

@websident I mean I'm paying for the domain. And I did check my driver's license before I did this, so it's legit

London, England • 58°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 10:04pm +00:00 (liked on Thu, Nov 10, 2022 10:29pm +00:00)
Zach Leatherman https://twitter.com/zachleat

a huge yikes to everyone endorsing musk and buying the twitter verified check mark today

London, England • 58°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 9:06pm +00:00 (liked on Thu, Nov 10, 2022 10:21pm +00:00)
Ben Smith https://twitter.com/semaforben

NPR issues internal guidance on Twitter: don't advertise your handle, but don't delete it because someone could take it and impersonate you.

London, England • 57°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 4:57pm +00:00 (liked on Thu, Nov 10, 2022 6:27pm +00:00)
Derek Powazek thinks Elon Musk is an asshole https://twitter.com/fraying

Part of Twitter's centrality can be seen in newscasts with twitter handles on screen and author twitter handles on articles. Keep an eye out for those disappearing.

London, England • 57°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 5:39pm +00:00 (liked on Thu, Nov 10, 2022 6:27pm +00:00)
Casey Newton https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton

According to messages shared in Twitter Slack, Twitter’s CISO, chief privacy office, and chief compliance officer all resigned last night.

An employee says it will be up to engineers to “self-certify compliance with FTC requirements and other laws.”

London, England • 58°F

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 3:13pm +00:00 (liked on Thu, Nov 10, 2022 3:38pm +00:00)

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