I know there are a few of you out there still using Twitter, or at least retaining your accounts there. That's fine, but I know that after I deleted private messages, downloaded all my tweets, and left the account in place for another month or so pointing here, I did finally disable the account and it is now gone.

Two reasons. First, anyone could pay money and get a blue checkmark, posing as me (and there was little to nothing I could do about it) so the excuse of "fighting impersonation" didn't make sense. Second, it counted as an account on the site, as in by having the account there it was an endorsement of Musk and his policies there.

I thought it would be painful to give up thousands of followers, but it wasn't. I have a fraction of the followers here but much better interactions (particularly with #infosec), no ads, and hell of a lot less noise - much more signal.

#NoGoingBack #JustMakeTheLeap #twitter

@OrangeMenace I had the same feeling when that result came through. The relief was tangible. We voted and we hoped that life would different for us here. I was at university when the Omagh bomb went off. It was completely shattering, the fear that we were going back to that. That is why I will always support the #GFA, the feeling of watching the news of Omagh, after we had that hope of change. The #DUP will never convince me otherwise with their behaviour. #Nogoingback #GFA

"You have to be taught to leave us alone."

#DontPissUsOff #NoGoingBack #FightFacism

Until recently I was still using paper and pen for note-taking but after seeing an intriguing post about #AcademicWriting I switched to #Obsidian and it's been a revelation.
Really like the markdown functionality.

This is exactly the kind of thing I joined #Mastodon for.

#NoGoingBack

It took a bit of manoeuvring to get through #NoGoingBack #Flooded

"Wednesday’s raids showed that 'we know how to defend ourselves with full force against the enemies of democracy,' Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said."

They weren't messing around. #Germany 🇩🇪 #NoGoingBack

https://apnews.com/article/europe-germany-constitutions-d7e67cfefbd1f33e2909f9c2fe1a3d3d?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_03

I bloody LOVE #mastodon already. I keep looking at #hellsite *shuddering* and running back here for sanctuary, upbeat discussion and positivity. And no ads about board games and whatever is left on Elon’s big white elephant. I think I might be closing the door on Twitter soon. It just feels nasty, sad and infested. #nogoingback #mastodonnewbie #happiness #bravenewworld

"There is a 40% chance that global temperatures will reach 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in the NEXT FIVE YEARS - and the odds are rising"

@TomSwarbrick1@twitter.com #ClimateEmergency @LBC@twitter.com

RT @ImIncorrigible@twitter.com

"There is a 40% chance that global temperatures will reach 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in the next five years - and the odds are rising"

https://trib.al/MiezNdL

#ClimateEmergency #NoGoingBack #NewNormal

RT @XRebellionUK
During #COVID19 carbon dioxide emissions plunged by a global average of 17% in April, compared with last year, but have since surged again to within about 5% of last year’s levels. Bye civilisation. Hello mass death. #InactionEqualsDeath #NoGoingBack #ActNow 📸 @anthonyjarman

Nous le savons, la catastrophe écologique et climatique, et son cortège de conséquences touche en premier lieu les plus vulnérables.
Prenons soin de celles et ceux qui prennent soin des autres 🤗
#CultureRegeneratrice

Pour défendre l'accès aux soins pour tout-e- et refuser un retour à l'anormal, iels ont besoin de nous ce mardi 16 partout en France.
Retrouvez la carte des mobilisations avec les lieux des rdv pour chaque ville🔽
https://www.bastamag.net/Mobilisation-soignants-16-juin-hopital-public-segur-de-la-sante
#PasDeRetourAlAnormal
#NoGoingBack

From #xr protest in #london
#nogoingback