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Coastside Democrats @CoastDemocrats

A progressive, grassroots Club serving the Pacific West Coast of San Mateo chartered under California Democratic Party.

Joined June 2020
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Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced that he is joining the great migration off Twitter, due to the rise in incendiary messaging on the social media platform since its purchase by controversial billionaire Elon Musk. sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti…

Santa Clara D.A. says he’s leaving Twitter over rise of hate speech

The largest prosecutor’s office in Northern California is leaving Twitter, according to...

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Users whose tweets drive what remains of Twitter’s shrinking ad revenue are its most important employees. The illusory sense of community that still lingers on the platform is one of Musk’s most significant assets.
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28 Nov 2022
High-profile Republican members of Congress gained tens of thousands of Twitter followers in the first few weeks of Elon Musk’s reign over the social media network, while their Democratic counterparts experienced a decline washingtonpost.com/technolog…
High-profile Republican members of Congress gained tens of thousands of Twitter followers in the first few weeks of Elon Musk’s reign over the social media network, while their Democratic counterparts experienced a decline washingtonpost.com/technolog…

High-profile Republicans gain followers in first weeks of Musk’s reign

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have lost tens of thousands of followers, while Republicans such as Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene have seen big increases.

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Twitter chaos and Trump reinstatement leave users worried about data - security experts warn that the drastic job cuts may open the door to bad actors exploiting the platform's vulnerabilities and compromising user accounts. apple.news/AhogytzovR7SKMNx3…

Twitter chaos and Trump reinstatement leave users worried about data

Security experts warn that Twitter's job cuts may open the door to bad actors exploiting the platform's vulnerabilities and compromising accounts.

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Leaving Twitter? Hive, Mastodon and Post are alternatives seeing new users : NPR npr.org/2022/11/24/113907974…

Looking to leave Twitter? Here are the social networks seeing new users now

Can a network like Hive Social or Mastodon foster the communities and conversations that thrived on the bird app's good days? It's too soon to know for sure, but many hope the answer is yes.

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July 2022 Twitter user data breach: Hacker lists database of 5.4 million users for sale | Fortune fortune.com/2022/07/26/twitt…

Twitter hacker touts 5.4 million users' data, including celebs and companies, for $30k | Fortune

Phone numbers and email addresses of millions of users were apparently accessed, and are now being sold via the dark web.

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What Is Hive Social? A Guide to the Twitter Alternative cnet.com/culture/internet/wh…

What Is Hive Social? Everything to Know About the Twitter Alternative

This mobile-only social media platform is growing rapidly.

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Elon Musk never cared if Twitter was a business failure – he wants a political win | Billionaire takeover was, in part, a political move aimed at “disrupting” communications networks that the American right has repeatedly claimed are biased against it. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Elon Musk never cared if Twitter was a business failure – he wants a political win | Richard Seymour

The social platform’s new owner wants to rebalance information ecologies in favour of the right, says activist and author Richard Seymour

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What Is Hive Social? Twitter Alternative Celebrates 1 Million Users newsweek.com/what-hive-socia…

What is Hive Social? Twitter alternative celebrates 1 million users

Hive Social and Cohost are gaining users at a rapid pace as internet users desert Twitter.

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Twitter faces boycott after Elon Musk readmits Donald Trump | Civil rights groups have threatened to boycott Twitter after the social media platform owned by Elon Musk readmitted controversial users including Donald Trump. thetimes.co.uk/article/twitt…
Everything is constantly changing. We are nomadic in our platform usage, moving from one platform to the next—often involuntarily. wired.com/story/twitter-face…

Will Users Replace Twitter or Learn to Live Without It?

The fate of users who left Facebook may provide clues to a post-Twitter world.

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VoteVets
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20 Nov 2022
Good time to remind folks of this fact, but now we are 1.5M strong. He will NEVER set foot in the Oval Office again.
VoteVets
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The Commander in Chief can block @VoteVets, the voice of 500k military veterans and families, but we will NOT be silenced.
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Rep. Liz Cheney
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20 Nov 2022
With Trump back on Twitter, it’s a good time to watch this Jan 6 hearing. It covers each of Trump’s tweets that day, including those that have been deleted, and features multiple Trump WH staff describing his inexcusable conduct during the violence. january6th.house.gov/legisla…

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Why Elon Musk Is Blowing Up Twitter’s Business - He can mouth the words brand safety, but he has no meaningful understanding of what that phrase means, or why advertisers might be genuinely concerned. Musk even seems skeptical of the very idea of safety. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…

Why Elon Musk Is Blowing Up Twitter’s Business

The new owner says he hates advertising. That’s a problem, because it provides 90 percent of his social-media platform’s revenue.

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Pelosi stepping down as top House Democrat after 2 decades in leadership washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Pelosi stepping down as top House Democrat after 2 decades in leadership

Pelosi’s ability to keep her caucus in line has led to bipartisan recognition that she alone may be capable of wrangling Democrats’ disparate factions.

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VA Mobile Clinic will be at the Half Moon Bay Library on Tues 6 Dec 10AM to 2PM.
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No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
@NoLieWithBTC
16 Nov 2022
This is how you write a headline. Thank you, @NPR.
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Brian Tyler Cohen
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15 Nov 2022
What’s amazing to think about, almost 2 years after January 6, is that Trumpers thought Biden’s election meant the end of the country, and since then, they’ve gotten 10 million jobs, rural broadband, upgraded roads/bridges, healthcare for veterans, lower Rx drug prices…
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