[admin] Hello, lovely people, I'm back! But only very briefly. I thought that I might keep this account going on an ad-hoc basis, but recent events have made me realise that promotion further use of what this platform has become is unconscionable.

[admin] Just remains to wish everyone a happy, safe new year, whether you subscribe to the Gregorian calendar or not.

[admin] The good news - I have been talking to some lovely people, and we plan to re-establish this concept on Mastodon/Fediverse. I was going to do it myself, which means it wouldn't happen. Now I am more an adviser, so very happy about that. 4/n

[admin] Twitter's security is utterly broken. A password reset through the help centre booted my phone off, so I am hoping it did so with the intruder, too. Assuming it was an intruder, and not mis-routing someone else's traffic. Anyway, this platform is BROKEN. 3/n

[admin] I had no notifications of logins, but could see a history of access. Immediate change of password, and enabled 2FA. NOTHING in the permitted/signed in apps list, and that includes the session I was already running from my phone. My message here is this... 2/n

{admin] Hello, friends! Although this account is mothballed, I check notifications periodically and, today, was surprised to see someone replying to this account. And even more surprised that it was a reply to recent tweets from this account. 1/n

Quick follow up to this thread, see here:

@smiffy [admin] See you somewhere, don't be strangers!

[admin] ....closer to Old Twitter. I have, in a very short space of time, reconnected with the community that was Aotearoa Twitter, A lot of Science Twitter is there. I am @smiffy over there, and @GrumpySmiffy@aus,social on the Fediverse/Mastodon.

[admin] .. that some utter shitstain of a person would destroy this on a whim. Despite having been on Mastodon for years, I realise that it's not for everyone, because otherwise there would have been a far bigger migration. Bluesky is certainly shaping up as a platform...

[admin] .. or, indeed, any decent human, we are now CLOSED. Savour the memories of the community we had, the friends we made. I know how hard it is for some people to move, who have livelihoods dependent on this platform, which makes me SO angry..,

[admin] ...which has got Germans jumping ship to Bluesky in DROVES. Enough is enough. It's not going to get better. Even though I wasn't going to continue administering this account, this platform's values are so far divorced from those of this account..

[admin] Let's say it went beyond vile misogyny and rape-apology. I was absolutely sickened to see this shit pushed into my timeline. And I see management making antisemitic remarks, and now showing support for the German AfD party...

[admin] I haven't been active here for some time, so haven't seen "bad stuff" in my timeline. Until today. In the "for you" feed today, I was served a tweet that, in the past, I would have reported like a shot, but now know that management is absolutely fine with.

[admin] Is anyone able to contribute a suitable (non copyright) avatar we can use in between hosts? Anyone got anything interesting coming up, or just fancy hosting?

[admin] Huge (belated) thanks to the Eurovision team! I'm (@smiffy) back in hospital again, so glad I decided to switch this account to ad-hoc! (Please see pinned tweet thread.)

@WeRWorld (My brain is still stuck at Cha Cha Cha)

We Tested 50 Pancake Recipes Here's The Best One

That Post Eurovision Withdrawal is still hurting, been trying to remind myself that ren faire is next month

machines will not replace us any time soon