I don't work for bigots & can't support a platform owned/operated like it. It's hard for #journalists to quit twitter, but will just use it for sourcing & research. Their ‘verified' account scam is 'pay to play' for hate speech, 99% is allowed & boosted .

Had a great month off Twitter while traveling WA State & setting up accounts at Post, Spoutible, and Threads too, so find me on those platforms or Insta via @erikhoffner and enjoy an image of WA old growth Douglas firs, many of these are 35+ feet around:

"A girl in a flowing white dress floating gracefully into a dreamy sky filled with stars and colorful clouds at sunset.". Try Grok Imagine, free for a limited time:.

And the trolling and hate speech will get worse soon:

Platform is tanking anyhow:.

RT @LatoyaAbulu: Mongabay Explores the Congo Basin: Can we right the wrongs of fortress conservation?. @MikeDiGirolamo speaks with Goldman….

RT @mehdirhasan: "You can't crown yourself the grand poobah of free speech while also cravenly caving to the demands of foreign autocracies….

Big thanks again to @amywestervelt @WeAreDrilled for coming on Mongabay’s podcast recently to talk shop, podcasting, climate change — AND for sharing our latest episode on another region grappling with oil issues like Guyana—with their excellent audience:

Life is so much better at Instagram during these days of #twitterfail

This is how the musk clown car rolls on. Employees promised bonuses are “yet to reap any such rewards. Instead, they've received further cuts to benefits, "nebulous" and "shady" promises of future financial returns & more work…”.

[Creative Conservation] . Enjoyed editing this one: @monicapelliccia reports on Kyrgyz herders working w/ @snowleopards to diversify away from livestock toward #bees, #agroecology, ecotourism & handicrafts to reduce conflict with the big cats: 

Mongabay has millions of readers/month!. If just 1% donated even $5 a month it would make a HUGE difference and help secure the resources necessary to sustain and grow the impact of our reporting from nature’s frontline:.

While the numbers of subscribers are "lackluster, an even more telling detail about Twitter Blue is just how many of its earliest subscribers have canceled their subscriptions.".

Just wow, this musk x twitter experiment is doomed, what a clown. "If this is a sign of things to come on Twitter, we might soon see even more of a rapid retreat by media organizations and other brands that don't think it's worth the risk.”.

RT @MongabayOrg: Make your mark on environmental journalism. Apply to be Mongabay's first Program Manager for Africa today and lead our mul….

Musk thinks he’s got a “major win-win” for news publishers with…micropayments?. “After all, who would news companies rather trust their revenue to than the guy who calls them a “relentless hatestream”. @jbenton reports:.

RT @MongabayOrg: Kenya and Ethiopia sprayed millions of hectares of cropland and pastures with chemical pesticides between 2019 and 2021. A….

My thoughts exactly about #twitterfail.

“Twitter users, weary from another tumultuous week/end, are exploring Jack Dorsey-backed app Bluesky as a possible alternative to the social media network.”.

Since Musk took over Twitter promising free speech & independence from political bias, its own data shows it has complied with 100s of government orders for censorship or surveillance — especially in countries such as Turkey and India. #twitterfail