Meet the "Twitter killer"

The MoJo Daily newsletter, Monday through Friday. [View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter](     July 6, 2023 Twitter has always been an alluring place for people who think they're hilarious and can't let a thought pass without making sure everyone in their company hears it. In other words, people like me. I have been addicted to Twitter for more than a decade, and I've also been watching anxiously as it changes [at the hands of Elon Musk](. I haven't been able to stop scrolling and refreshing, even as the site required people to start paying for blue checks and limited unverified users' tweet consumption to [600 posts per day](. Despite the frequent glitches and deterioration of functionality, the site has charged on. But even if the servers power down one day, there is an alternative. Enter [Threads](, a text-based cousin of Instagram created by Mark Zuckerberg's Meta and marketed as a "Twitter killer." The vibe on Threads is decidedly chaotic, and my colleague Sam Van Pykeren has been having a field day establishing Mother Jones' presence on the nascent app—as well as reminding people to [log off and get some fresh air](. Seriously, he's hilarious. If you decide to enter the Threadiverse, I hope you'll [give us a follow](. —Abigail Weinberg Advertisement [House Store Ad]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [My Deeply Unsettling Return to the Moms for Liberty Conference]( Beneath the "joyful warrior" cosplay was a startlingly dark agenda. BY KIERA BUTLER SPONSORED CONTENT BY BAY NATURE MAGAZINE   Wild Billion$: Once-in-a-generation climate change money Meet BIL and IRA—the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. They’re the US environmental legislation unleashing nearly $1 trillion for green energy, infrastructure, and nature-related solutions like reducing wildfire and flooding risks, drought, and environmental justice. But for agencies, spending so much so fast—many funds expire within four years—is no simple task. This summer, [Bay Nature]([tracks the money]( in the greater Bay Area and agencies handling the rush. [Trending] [How I got "crime-pilled" by a bunch of very-online web sleuths]( BY CHANCE TOWNSEND   [Anarcho-tyranny: How the right's new intellectuals play victim]( BY NOAH LANARD   [More than 1,500 US fossil fuel lobbyists serve as "double agents"]( BY OLIVER MILMAN   [Why has Joe Biden just rewarded a guy who supported murderous war criminals?]( BY DAVID CORN Advertisement [House Donations Ad]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [You Are Smarter Than Elon Musk]( Because you know that truth is not the same as what you want to hear. BY MONIKA BAUERLEIN [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Donate Monthly]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755