I got asked about this by somebody from WIRED so I got some numbers together. I believe that Mastodon servers have gained around 49,000 new people since March. Our iOS app downloads rose by 109%. On mastodon.social, I am seeing a 71% increase in sign-ups and 36% increase in monthly active users as people are coming back to their old accounts.
Twitter is blocking me from posting a link to my mastodon. If I try to post the link, it says:
"We can't complete this request because this link has been identified by Twitter or our partners as potentially harmful"
*Censorship* is harmful. This is an attack on my free speech.
I originally posted this on twitter: https://twitter.com/n4of7/status/1517354288820932608
I have now identified Twitter as potentially harmful.
violating sanctions is a victimless crime. the crime is the theft of taxes on trade within the country (to fund violence), or if you trade directly with the government of the evil country, and fund them.
doing business with someone (not in government) in a country subject to sanctions is morally just. so is teaching in a sanctioned country.
what happened to virgil griffith is absolutely shameful. he is in jail for teaching.
The USA will throw you in jail for speaking at conferences in countries they don't want you speaking in.
Land of the free, eh?
fix is here if anyone is interested
https://superuser.com/questions/1702899/gpg-periodically-loses-connection-to-yubikey-on-monterey
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