Notices by Luke Martell (lukemartell@social.coop)

Most of this will be nothing new to most people here, but this is a post on why I left Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and X, why I'm exasperated that left people choose capitalist BlueSky over non-capitalist Mastodon as an alternative, and what some other alternatives to Big Tech are.
https://lukesnotes.mataroa.blog/blog/leaving-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-and-x-the-alternatives-or-not/
#meta #fediverse #bluesky #X

I'm gradually extricating myself from Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp (the first two of which I have not been active on for a long while anyway). This link is great for explaining to people why I am leaving Meta. Thanks to @kappazeta for telling me about it. https://freefediverse.org/index.php/Nightmares
#Meta

@jinscho I wrote this on alternative email providers https://lukesnotes.mataroa.blog/blog/alternative-email-1/

For anyone appalled by Proton's expression of support for Donald Trump: a few months ago I wrote these blog posts on alternative email providers, looking at privacy but also other ethical criteria: https://lukesnotes.mataroa.blog/blog/alternative-email-1/
#proton #email

A brave and articulate voice. Birmingham doctor could be struck off after Just Stop Oil protest - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv20p4e1zy5o

The Shoa after Gaza by Pankaj Mishra.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n06/pankaj-mishra/the-shoah-after-gaza

As someone who's had quite a bit of experience of badly paid amazing care workers from outside the UK working 15 hours days this is really disgusting.
‘Inhumane’ Home Office denying visas to children of migrant health workers
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/20/inhumane-home-office-denying-visas-to-children-of-migrant-health-workers #care #migration

Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, many citing Musk's policies. The most popular alternative for new social media accounts is Mastodon.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0
#mastodon #twitter #elonmusk