John McAvey @cd24@mastodon.social

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Let me try this again. Where can I read comics on this app #introduction

So looks like Twitter would like someone to develop a protocol for a decentralised communication platform, eh?

https://twitter.com/jack/status/1204766078468911106

"Wait, you became a demon?"
I took another swig of beer. "Doesn't even cost your soul."
"Why? Do you have powers?"
"Nope. But I can be summoned. I'm saving a fortune in commuting costs."
"Cool, so-"
My friend and the bar faded. I was in the office.
"Sorry," my boss said, "but..."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Images not loading on mastodon.social issue has been partially fixed. My flexify.io credit has run out while I was outside so they shut off the virtual bucket I had in place while fixing file permissions on Exoscale. I've now redirected the traffic directly to Exoscale. Caveat: Not all file permissions have been fixed yet so some images will still not load. But newly uploaded ones from the last few days will be fine.

By Any Measure, Capital Punishment Is a Failed Policy https://theintercept.com/2019/12/03/death-penalty-capital-punishment-data/

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"Google fired us for organizing [against] the protection of execs who sexually assault employees… retaliation against employees… work w/ Customs & Border Protection… anti-LGBTQ & anti-immigrant leader on the AI Ethics council… drone tech for the US Dept of Defense… harassment & discrimination on YouTube… secret project w/ Chinese gov to launch a censored search engine... hiring an architect of the Trump admin's family separation policy…"
https://medium.com/@GoogleWalkout/google-fired-us-for-organizing-were-fighting-back-d0daa8113aed

From @RozRaidReborn@twitter.com: actual statistics about transition regret, to counter the nonsense in the press.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l2F1X_ywVPtB-3CqgdBqYuiBb8X3oUeH9GGc_HT32hQ/edit?usp=sharing

The Christian persecution complex (and Trump's divisive pseudo-populism) has started another war: The War on Thanksgiving. Good thing it's imaginary.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/11/27/the-war-on-thanksgiving/