Twitter quietly dropped the government identity check requirement for verification, as well as the requirements that the account be 30 days old, have an avatar, and are not impersonating anyone.
I was able to get verification on a 2 day old account named Barack Obama with no avatar or posts.
In one year, New York City's messaging went from "you do you" to "mask up with an N95."
This didn't happen by chance. Advocates and groups like Covid Advocacy NY organized to take down the MTA signs and attended every NYC council hearing on COVID to push for better messaging. Advocacy works!
From the outside, it's easy to say "oh of course NYC has N95 signs, they are so progressive." But the truth is that we are not. New York's COVID response has been & continues to be problematic. But thanks to the tireless work of advocates, we are getting some wins. Don't give up!
President Zelensky suggests Trump's election can strongly affect war.
The result of the upcoming 2024 U.S. presidential election can "very strongly" influence the course of Russia's war against Ukraine, President Zelensky said during a press conference on Dec. 19.
DAMMIT! We had plans to see some of our most COVID-cautious friends between Xmas and NYE. They don't do much, wear masks, and won't see their grandkids' Xmas concerts for safety. Then she tells us she's going to the salon that week--in what will probably be one of the most dangerous, high-transmission weeks in 2 years!? So, we've canceled with them.
Why is it so hard to make sane, appropriate decisions on elective activities during a #COVID19 surge?! Risk your long-term health over a haircut?!
@sour You mean, aside from the fact it kills over 1,000 Americans every week, is surging to the second-highest level of the pandemic in parts of the US, leaves 10% or more with chronic Long COVID symptoms, and risks increase with each reinfection--yeah, totally irrelevant.
You know what makes me happy? Looking up something weird like "why does my carrot have a green ring inside" and finding a forum post from like 2010 with a bunch of gardening enthusiasts discussing it. Forums are great. Searchable, readable, text. Still works 13 years later. Wonderful.
@nixCraft the year of the linux desktop will occur when we stop asking ourselves if this is the year of the linux desktop and just let it happen organically
To my English reading tootline, sorry for all the political messages you are reading these days.
As a matter of fact, president Macron has been elected twice with a small majority of the electoral vote, against a far-right candidate, with the explicit promise that he would be the dam against far-right.
Tonight, he is ready to have a law passed that drastically restricts the rights of foreign people in France, under a warm round of applause of the far-right he had pledged to contain.
This is a sad night for France.
This is a sad night for democracy.
This is a sad night for the world.