Libby Gauche

This is a fantastic article from Pranav Dixit of The Guardian on the demise of Twitter. Loved - and agreed - with every bit of it.

theguardian.com

Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit | The Guardian

We’ve watched in horrified fascination as the town square that was once the world’s collective pulse has gone up in flames

02:30 PM - Oct 29, 2023

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Dr K

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I’m turning off MSNBC. They’re following DJT’s car on the highway. College students in TN have been marching to keep from being gunned down in class; the FL gov has signed a bill so any lunatic terrorist can buy a gun legally, but no, let’s follow a pathologically lying seditionist crook.

08:31 PM - Apr 03, 2023

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While cable news is fixated wall-to-wall on Trump’s every movement:

—Republicans are passing abortion bans
—Florida Republicans just enacted a bill that could make it easier for criminals to carry guns
—Republicans STILL want to cut Social Security and Medicare

08:42 PM - Apr 03, 2023

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Not gonna get a mugshot??? You mean I bought champagne for THIS? Hmph.

09:04 PM - Apr 03, 2023

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I still can't believe #SDSU is going to the finals. I mean, I made a bet on them to win it all, and I STILL can't believe that they may actually win it all!

JTaylor66 @JTaylor66

#MarchMadness

What every sportsperson dreams of

https://www.youtube.com/wa...

San Diego State hits incredible buzzer-beater to advance to title game - YouTube

With time winding down, Lamont Butler stepped up to hit a buzzer-beater and send San Diego State to its first ever National Championship Game. Watch the incr...

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I live about 3 miles from the #SDSU campus. I'm simultaneously stunned and rooting hardcore for them to win it all. I'm also dreading if they do win, as the streets will be too covered with "celebratory stuff" for me to leave my house for a month afterwards. 🙃 #MarchMadness

01:51 PM - Apr 02, 2023 (Edited)

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This is one of my all-time favorite horse pics I've taken. You can see in this beauty's eyes that she knows the storm is coming towards us.

A Brown and White horse looks directly at the camera, with bluish storm clouds behind it. You can see in its brown eyes that it knows the storm is heading its way.

07:07 PM - Mar 28, 2023

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One of many new "Tw*tter" updates that made me say to myself, "...oh yeah, I should go check on my #Spoutible account today!" What a LOSER.

Dennis A @DharmaDog

#TwitterDown
"And Elon Musk now says he wants to force these users all into your feed."

Half of Twitter Blue subscribers have less than 1,000 followers | Mashable

New Twitter data shows that its users just don't like reading tweets from its paid Twitter Blue subscribers.

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I love seeing other talented photographers' work on Spoutible. Great job!

Jerf @JerfJarf

Sunset on the blooming aloe, way out west.

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Same in #SanDiego ! It's cold, windy, and rainy today. Tip generously!

04:48 PM - Feb 24, 2023

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It is SO cold here in San Diego today! So, I'm sharing a photo of mine from a much sunnier day in #Hyderabad #India . This is a view from the top of Golconda Fort. I love how it contrasts the old and the modern within the city -- one of my favorite things about Hyderabad, in general! #Photography

Remnants of an Ancient Stone Wall at Golconda Fort contrasting with the Modern High-Rise Buildings of Hyderabad, India

04:46 PM - Feb 24, 2023

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Speaking as a teacher, If you have the time and desire or know someone else who does, I ask that you run for your local school boards to prevent anymore conservative overreach in our classrooms. Cons playing the long game has got us here. All politics is local.

02:26 PM - Feb 24, 2023

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Man, I was just thinking the same thing. Here in San Diego, there's flash flooding risk, and there aren't even close to enough inclement weather shelter spots for all of our homeless. 😢

Slippy Shoe Spouts Stuff @slippyshoe

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11:15 PM - Feb 23, 2023

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I spent most of the Trump administration thinking "Why aren't people doing more." By the end, I realized no one was coming to save us so I asked myself why am I not doing more. 2024 isn't that far away and it's not going to win itself. While there's still time, ask yourself what you can do and do it

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INSANE. And, I'd be surprised if that's really the final number. More will die earlier deaths because of this.

bbc.com

Ohio toxic train crash killed nearly 45,000 animals - BBC News

The new estimate is more than 10 times more than the initial predicted wildlife death toll.

07:01 PM - Feb 23, 2023

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BHM reading assignment …

10:42 PM - Feb 22, 2023

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Day 22 on #Spoutible #BlackHistoryMonth At the 1948 Olympics in London Alice Coachman became the first black woman to win a gold medal in track and field. Coachman later became the first black female athlete to endorse a product, signing on with Coca-Cola.

10:01 PM - Feb 22, 2023

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My favorite city to travel to is #amsterdam , but my favorite country to travel to is #India . I'm looking forward to sharing some of my photography from each place. Today's photo is from Amsterdam, looking down the canals with bright orange tulips showing off their stuff in spring.

Bright orange tulips with red stripes are in focus in the foreground, with a blurred background including a boat sailing down a canal in Amsterdam.

07:03 PM - Feb 20, 2023

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Interesting to see some folks more upset about porn not being allowed on Spoutible than they are about books by Black, Latino, and Indigenous authors not being allowed in schools, but that's none of my business. #IStandWithBouzy

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I'm a big #Photography junkie, but I rarely shared any of my work on Twitter. I'm looking forward to sharing my favorite pics, and enjoying others', too! This pic was snapped on our hike through a Cloud forest, and is a view from Mombacho Volcano of Lake Nicaragua in Nicaragua.

A Wooden Viewing Platform looking out with a beautiful view from Mombacho Volcano of Lake Nicaragua, taken in Nicaragua.

02:53 PM - Feb 12, 2023

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@Spoutible had a few hiccups earlier, so I’m going to post again for a Monday evening #FollowBack session. Echo, and like this spout and follow back all who do the same. Let’s expand our pods!

08:46 PM - Feb 06, 2023

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Spoutible is proof that, while $44 billion from an eccentric narcissistic billionaire can buy Twitter, it cannot buy all of us. We can go elsewhere, and someone with programming skills and vision can create that elsewhere. Spoutible is that place.

01:27 PM - Feb 06, 2023

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I'm hoping to get more of an opportunity to share my #Photography on Spoutible. I hardly ever shared it on the bird site due to trolls & bots. I just didn't trust it. Any photographers feel the same way?

02:42 PM - Feb 05, 2023

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Honestly, the smoothness of the launch has been very impressive. Better speed will be great, but, Jiminy H. Cricket, it's mind-blowing how good this is for how quickly it was launched!

Christopher Bouzy @cbouzy

I promise we will get it much faster by morning, and then we will address the bugs.
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