I love this brutally honest piece by @zoesqwilliams in the #Guardian.

It also has smatterings of whimsy throughout too. Great read, thanks, Zoe. 👍

theguardian.com/media/2022/nov…

‘Could this be Twitter without the toxic slurry?’ My week on Mastodon

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has left many users wondering if they should join its rival, which promises a ‘different kind of social media experience’. But how different is it? I decided to find out

^{Zoe Williams (The Guardian)}

When #greenwashing by #ad companies meets bad journalism.

Not at all what I expect from the #Guardian 😞

theguardian.com/environment/20…

The message here is "yes we can make tiny symbolic gestures to protect the environment, but only if it saves #advertising profits":

No ads, no bees. Would be a pity if we had to throw away the flowers!

It's beyond ridiculous! I'm going to unravel the deception in five toots:

(this is 1/8) 🧵

Buzz stops: bus shelter roofs turned into gardens for bees and butterflies

Bee bus stops first appeared in the Dutch city of Utrecht. Now the UK is planning for more than 1,000 and there is growing interest across Europe and in Canada and Australia

^{Phoebe Weston (The Guardian)}