Ann Telope @AnnTelope@qoto.org
- https://twitter.com/meran_k
Geek, Trekkie, parent, full-time student, Texan, cat person. She/her.
It is so pleasant to read through a timeline of updates from accounts I've chosen, without a sponsored or recommended post in every other slot. Feels like back when the whole social media thing was still more social than commercial, when I was still young and optimistic #TwitterMigration #OldInternet
Why do the Fig Newtons you get after donating blood taste so much better than the ones you can buy in the grocery store?
Look closely at the center of this image. You probably noticed the bright spot in the center, the central protostar. But did you notice the dark band in front of it? That’s the protostar’s accretion disk, created as material swirls around it.
The material within this disk can sometimes clump up, forming the beginnings of planets. But the protostar will absorb many of these before they can mature.
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI
Look, I’m not saying that I miss being in Zoom meetings all day long.
But I do miss meetings being periodically interrupted by someone’s cat suddenly appearing. So clearly the solution is for more offices to have cats.
Boost this toot if you're planning on sticking around Mastodon whether or not it becomes more popular than the birdsite.
The Tom Holland Singin’ in the Rain Lip Sync in the timeline rule still applies, right?
In appreciation of good friends: I got to see my dearest friend today for the first time in nearly a month, and suddenly the world is a much brighter place.
Making new friends as an adult is WORK (in person or, say, on a brand-new-to-you social media platform) but so very worth the effort. #gratitude
A few years ago I made this flow chart of which Mastodon posts end up in which timelines!
So, you can see how each instance will have a different local timeline, and even a slightly different federated timeline - and you can see why the federated timeline moves so much faster than the local one, too.
This is why it's important to boost good posts and use hashtags - the fediverse is fragmented and harder to search by nature.
Anyone have #recommendations on budget-friendly desk chairs for short people? I had to bump my desk height up to 30" and my chair can't adjust high enough 
#ShortPeopleProblems
I have learned to uncheck the box for toot layout > crop images to 16 x 9 found in account preferences > appearance to fully enjoy meme and other images:
I'm thankful to see #caturday is a thing over here too. #catsofmastodon
Question: my home server is qoto.org. As I post about different interests or topics, I wonder if topic diversity will be welcomed or seen as spam. Thinking about local timeline and lack of algorithm. Should I not be concerned?
I think the biggest learning curve of moving to Mastodon is going to be calling them toots with a straight face.
- https://twitter.com/meran_k
Geek, Trekkie, parent, full-time student, Texan, cat person. She/her.
