Hans Gerwitz once lived here

User #44196397 seems intent on turning this place into a dystopia of unfettered bullshit. So I've made a permanent home outside in the open fediverse: @hans@gerwitz.com You can use joinmastodon.org to join, and follow me at @hans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">social.gerwitz.com/@hans

Elon Musk is a dangerous idiot.

I don't know why but I saw an "Alliance to destroy Elon Musk's testicles with a spinning kick" flag yesterday 😭😭😭

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

@rapuckett @sermad I never did with hands. Ee experimented with cameras in different positions (my favorite was elevated above a helmet) but mounting on hands…never occurred to me? I would guess it takes a long time to acclimate.

@sermad You did this back at frog, yeah, @gerwitz ?

Does anyone remember the project where you put on a headset and "gloves" where cameras were on your hands and you saw from your hands POV? Yes really I swear I didn't dream this.

@rapuckett It is, I remain on "tweet strike". (That post was an accident; Micro.blog picked it up from my RSS and syndicated it here.)

@gerwitz So is Mastodon more of a "permanent house" now, or something? ;)

User #44196397 seems intent on turning this place into a dystopia of unfettered bullshit. So I've made a permanent home outside in the open fediverse: @hans@gerwitz.com You can use joinmastodon.org to join, and follow me at @hans" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">social.gerwitz.com/@hans

The employees of @Twitter have been running my favorite place on the internet for 16 years and are now being treated like livestock. Out of solidarity, I won’t be posting until adult supervision is restored. You can find me over in the fediverse: @gerwitz" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">chaos.social/@gerwitz

@radiotopia for what it’s worth, I would love to see podcast networks set up Mastodon instances. Especially for “words people” like @pastpunditry to have a safe and verifiable alternative to Twitter.

@Harpers @thomaschattwill @Twitter @premiumbusiness @NYTmag When you create a Mastodon community, it will be clear that @thomaschattwill@harpers.org is his real account.

@thomaschattwill @Twitter @premiumbusiness @NYTmag @premiumbusiness This is outrageous. Thomas Chatterton Williams is a published author who writes for Harper's Magazine and The New York Times regularly he's also been profiled and interviewed on NPR and other prestigious venues, and he has over 100,000 followers. How is he not verified?

.@Twitter @premiumbusiness says "*Independent or freelance journalists may be Verified if they can provide at least 3 bylines/credits in Verified publications published within the 6 months prior to applying." I submitted 3 clips from @Harpers and @NYTmag. Denied verification a 2nd time

I cannot get enough of this meme

@bpick2040 @impiousimp @tomcoates @BillyM2k @elonmusk It might be time to give up on this site, @tomcoates, if not the US entirely.

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@RealGhostTrader @Chef_R3d @ValuablOfficial Those of us that live with these crazy Amsterdam housing prices and lease our land from the city do, though. That's why I left Seattle for it. (It certainly wasn't for the tax regime!)

@gerwitz @Chef_R3d @ValuablOfficial “Humans” aren’t an indicator of a healthy society if we’re being honest. I get your angle. Why need generational wealth if we’re in an altruistic society that cares etc. but we’re not. So gotta play the game we are in which means looking out for yours and helping where u can

A friendly reminder of how insane property prices are. Here is 400 years of data from Amsterdam. We're living through the biggest real estate bubble ever.

I knew I should have bought in 1806.

@platinombrero @ValuablOfficial I will not be selling my Amsterdam home because of this chart.

@ValuablOfficial dutch GDP per capita has 50x’d since 1960 so it makes a lot of sense that financialized real assets are storing a lot of the “newfound” wealth. rents are also capped in amsterdam

@RealGhostTrader @Chef_R3d @ValuablOfficial Maybe generational wealth isn’t an indicator of a healthy society.

@Chef_R3d @ValuablOfficial Wow! Didn’t realize few counties offer fixed rates. And agreed, can imagine being told I don’t own my land. SMH. How does one create generational wealth if you can’t build for your kids and their kids. Ridiculous

This feels inevitable at this point. Elon and Mark should not be the only verification providers.

Some Mastodon servers are under very heavy load during the past few days due to the extreme spike in user numbers. Remember, no matter which server you sign-up on, you get access to the same decentralized network. You don't have to choose the popular ones!

Cancel culture has gone too far.

@kevinsimler meltingasphalt.com/what-im-readin… > Last updated: August 2020. If this gets more than a few months out of date, I'd appreciate a gentle reminder to update it