# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 6
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/mztv5oa
The edgelord-to-rightwing-conspiracy-theorist pipeline continues apace.
Since it looks like Musk it going to try going through with mass layoffs, I've been sharing information about what to do on LinkedIn for Twitter employees who happen to follow me. In the US, this act is likely illegal: the WARN Act requires 60-90 days warning before mass layoffs can be conducted. There are protections in place at the federal and state level against abuses like this. That doesn't mean these protections will be applied, but not pursuing some kind of remedy here is a guarantee they won't. Whatever Musk's actual aims might be, if allowed to go on like this what's happening at Twitter is a big step backwards in terms of labor protections.
Nothing remotely like this would be possible if the tech industry were unionized, which it really ought to consider doing.
There are people who'd say "no way am I going up against Musk! I'll never get a tech job again!" Think about what that means for a second, if you hold that belief or sympathize with it. It means there's one rich guy whose whims frighten you so much that you refuse to advocate for yourself out of fear of reprisal. That's how mobs work. Rich individuals are not supposed to have that kind of power. It even violates the basic tenets of *capitalism*, let alone the basic tenets of democracy/rule of law. If you're living in fear like that, something has gone way off the rails. Naturally you have to protect yourself and if that's what you feel is right then I'm not here to criticize. I just think it's important to recognize the world we inhabit for what it is.