Clif @Clif@qoto.org

​ Have friends that would like to move to mstdn.ca?

This article by @chad takes the process step-by-step: https://news.mstdn.ca/migrating-your-account-to-mstdn-ca/

#TwitterMigration #MastodonMigration #feditps

With the Twitter reinstatement of the former US President who attempted to incite a fascist coup after losing an election, now would _really_ be a good time to stop cross-posting your Twitter RTs here.

If you feel that cross-posting is the only way to maintain a presence here, please consider limiting it to original posts without mentions or RTs, to avoid cluttering timelines with Twitter URLs. Thank you kindly for your consideration.

20 November 1924 | A Lithuanian Jewish girl, Sara Samilowas, was born in Žasliai. She emigrated to France.
On 20 July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz from Angers. She did not survive.
#history #Holocaust #Lithuania #France #ww2 #WorldWar2 #Jews 
See our online lesson dedicated to the fate of #women in the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
#education #elearning

Don't be naive folks. That poll had nothing to do with it.

So yesterday I spoke of the need to #FundTheFediverse - to build critical infrastructure for the #Fediverse & the need to do so before the next item in the #MuskPocolypse occurs. (Which, at this rate, seems daily)

These are my ideas: in 🧵 form.

1. The first obvious thing is to donate to your local instance admin, find their Patreon, usually on their about page, and give even $1 dollar.

Make it happen. Give $8 bucks if you want the added benefit of mocking Elon.

Next one in the reply.

OK this is (or should be) obvious too.

3. Fund @Gargron's non-profit. This builds:

☑️ The Official Mastodon app for iOS & Android
☑️ The flagship site mastodon.social & mastodon.online, as well as:
☑️ joinmastodon.org, the onboarding page of the project and related APIs
☑️ docs.joinmastodon.org, the documentation for the project - helping developers everywhere.

This is key infrastructure that needs more 💰 stat. These need to handle tons more traffic & upgrades now.

https://www.patreon.com/mastodon/about

I can't help but notice many toots from helpful newbies encouraging you to support the Mastodon Patreon.

It's fine to do that but understand it goes to just two big instances and the official Mastodon dev team.

It does NOT trickle down to YOUR instance. If you want to support your server, donate to it directly. Nearly all the costs of the explosive growth of the past few weeks is borne by local instances.

Mastodon is decentralized. There is no Mastodon Inc. This is not Twitter.

@georgetakei Glad to see you arrived safely.

And yes, we've joined here too! Aiming to spread important climate science news and making it accessible globally. #climate #science #scicomm #follow

Ok next:

5. If you are on a larger Instance, consider moving to a medium-small one that is run by a responsible admin who has signed the Mastondon Server Convenant.

This does two things:

☑️ Empties a seat on those big, more known instances for newbies
☑️ Distributes the load of current users out

As @hollie put it so well:

"Mastodon is a bunch of islands that can talk to each other. The smaller and more spread out we are, the easier things are to moderate. Horizontal scaling FTW! "

2005: Rupert Murdoch paid $580m for Myspace.
2009: he sold it in $35m.

2008: Bebo was sold for $850m, to AOL. The founders later bought it back for $1m. It was regarded as one of the worst deals ever made in the dot-com era.

2013: Yahoo paid $1.1bn for Tumblr. 2019: they sold it in $3m.

Elon Musk paid $44bn for Twitter. If history has taught us anything it's that this isn't going to end well… when there wasn't a viable business model in the first place.

#Mastodon #Twitter #TwitterMigration

Almost 180k new users joined #mastodon yesterday, a new record. This third #twitterMigration wave happened after Musk's Twitter 2.0 ultimatum to #Twitter workers. Each wave is stronger than the previous one. Here is my updated plot showing the three consecutive waves.

Global temperatures over land are rising substantial faster than for the oceans... so how does that compare with the #Arctic?

+ I will update this graphic annually at https://zacklabe.com/arctic-temperatures/.
+ Data from https://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/.

If you're hearing a lot about the fediverse these days, you should know: Mastodon is not the whole fediverse and the fediverse is not simply a Twitter replacement. The fediverse is an entire ecosystem, built on something called ActivityPub. Learn more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/leaving-twitters-walled-garden

I find it odd that many people on #Twitter who are anti-capitalists, are hesitant to try Mastodon, which is decentralized, not commodified (in sense of no one can buy or sell it). It is a #Fediverse. It is truly space for the people. I find it much less stressful than #twitter which is more combative.

Hi everyone, we're Carbon Tracker - a not-for-profit think tank based in London & New York & we're new to Mastodon!

#Introduction
We're a small growing team covering oil, gas & mining, power & utilities, #EnergyTransition, accounting & regulatory disclosure, autos & net zero aligned finance on a mission to decarbonise the #energy & financial systems.

We produce reports & analysis on transition from #FossilFuels to #CleanEnergy, so investors can align decisions with realities of #ClimateChange

If you’re a Star Trek fan there’s no way you want to head into that dangerous situation in a red shirt. #startrek #artemis1

Dr. Sarah Crump is a paleoclimate scientist who studies past climate change in Arctic and alpine settings to better understand how our environment might change as Earth warms in the coming decades.

Unfortunately, Sarah was diagnosed with a rare & aggressive cancer in April 2022. After a hard-fought battle, the cancer has spread, and her medical team is now focusing on her comfort and quality of life.

Sarah asks you to support her scientific legacy: https://www.colorado.edu/instaar/instaar-resources/student-funding/sarah-crump-graduate-fellowship

#climate #science

19 November 1941 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Benjamin Vischschoonmaker, was born in Amsterdam.

In October 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection together with his mother Sara.

#history #holocaust #netherlands #amsterdam #worldwar2