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#Debirdify has been suspended by Twitter without warning or explanation. Apparently it violated ‘Twitter rules and policies’, but that is all they told us.

We contacted Twitter support about the situation, but we are not particularly optimistic.

We always knew this could happen; it happened to other services in the past, so we are neither particularly surprised nor sad about it.

In the mean time, Fedifinder still works: https://fedifinder.social

Use it while you still can!

—@debirdify

It appears comments aren’t being moderated anymore on CSS-Tricks. If you’re looking to build an accessible calendar, don’t reference the post currently featured on the homepage.

—@eric

What’s classy if you’re rich, but trashy if you’re poor?

Getting money from the government.

—@dgar

The narrative of “kids are depressed because of phones/screentime” is so enticing for adults because it lets us off the hook for our myriad failures: the environment, creating a socual safety net, gun violence, racism, sexism, hate directed at LGBTQIA people, etc, etc.

Youth are rational actors. They see the mess we are creating, and know they have no choice but to live in it.

And: adults have also failed to create a humane and ethical tech industry!

But sure – blame kids for phone use.

—@funnymonkey

Philip Bump at WaPo has an entire article on what the right “means” when they call someone or something “Soros-backed.”

As if it has ever meant anything other than “this is Jews! Jewy Jewy Jews trying to put their Jewy taint on your life! Jeeeeews! Yucky!”

I’m getting tired of deep analysis that tries to give some rational basis to the blatant bigotry of American fascists.

—@amaditalks