Notices by Raymond Scott Pert (raymondpert@social.targaryen.house)

Choosing an "instance" is just way too confusing. They want a "service" to take care of all that techy nerdy stuff.

>10 million join #Threads in under 10 hours, boosted by #Instagram integration

I'll bet META is thinking of an aquisition attempt for one of the biggest instances.
https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/06/10-million-join-threads-in-under-ten-hours/ #META #Fediverse #Mastodon

Which social media platforms are competing with Twitter?

This article gives a pretty good mention to #Mastodon in place nbr. 2 after #Threads.
https://qz.com/social-media-platforms-competing-with-twitter-1850605406 #SocialMedia #Meta #Twitter

Poor people being bypassed or bankrupted as rich countries pour development billions into private healthcare | Common Dreams

>The economists referenced a working paper they released last week that shows corporate profits are responsible for just under 45% of the inflation spike during the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/poor-people-being-bypassed-or-bankrupted-as-rich-countries-pour-development-billions-into-private-healthcare #globalsouth #healthcare #privatization #privatisation

Florida rejects social studies textbooks, pushes publishers to change others : NPR

>In one case, references to the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement were removed. https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1175232763/desantis-florida-textbooks-social-studies-schools #GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #Florida #DeSantis #education