That’s one way of making a politician’s life suddenly more complex
From today’s eye opening story about a global disinformation team:
“Much of their strategy appeared to revolve around disrupting or sabotaging rival campaigns: the team even claimed to have sent a sex toy delivered via Amazon to the home of a politician, with the aim of giving his wife the false impression he was having an affair.”
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This is one hell of a story: Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections
Free speech absolutism excludes China, it seems.
I enjoyed the conversation between @manton and @danielpunkass on Core Intuition about the shifting sands of the Twitter API.
I’m certainly one of the people who value Twitter cross-posting - but, equally, I wouldn’t quit micro.blog if it goes away.
Started reading: A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby 📚
Good to see that the Musk rat is experiencing the same as the rest of us: cratering Twitter engagement.
Less good that he’s randomly firing people who try to explain why.
I’ve just revamped the look of my Ghost blog One Man & His Blog, and am very happy with the results:
14 years ago, someone registered a domain name for the local church.
Nobody remembers who. Somebody is still paying for it. Tracking down the registering account will be fun.
Why do I say “yes” to these things?
This pen is a blast from the past. Early 2000s blogging, when Movable Type and Typepad seemed like they would dominate - a good time, but so long ago.
