Ron Anderson, PhD @DoctorRinny@qoto.org

Mastodon is is the 5th or 6th social media platform I've engaged with in a serious fashion, but it's been awhile since I had to start a profile from scratch. In the process I have relearned the one constant truth of all social media -- until you have accumulated at least 300-400 connections, the flow of information is going to seem skewed and limited, and you are going to wonder whether it is worth your time and effort.

Thus, echoing what others have said, you need to do more than just set up a profile and lurk, thinking an algorithm will direct information your way. You need to peruse the "Following" and "Follower" lists of people whose contributions you find interesting, then connect. Start with your local server and its Group and Profile directories (much easier to do from the web instance). Look for people you have followed on other platforms, and then look through their connections. The distributed nature of the fediverse (the so-called siloes that seem to cause a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth from people still clinging to twitter) can make it a bit more difficult to find and connect to people quickly, but patience will be rewarded. Take the time to dip into other people's timelines, and connect to those that maintain interesting and active feeds. You will quickly notice a perception of increased 'quality' in your newsfeed once you have a few hundred links.

It's fantastic to connect with a lot of new people on #Mastodon, and so I think it's a great opportunity to highlight the #dataViz #protocols that I've been working on. The purpose of this resource is to lower the barrier for people in life sciences to start using R/ggplot2 for #dataViz.
Link:
https://joachimgoedhart.github.io/DataViz-protocols/

Hellooo down there! I never gave a formal #introduction here so here we go.

I’m a former #astrophysicist turned #quantum lady. I design and implement classical & quantum #machinelearning algos.

I live in sunny #Vancouver, and in my free time I’m #hiking in the warm weather and #snowboarding in the cold. Mostly I’m on social media for goofs & nature pics but you’ll also hear me talking about #science, #Canada, #sustainability, #history, #progrock, #islayscotch, and my humongous cat Snufkin.

masstodon

I'm finding it a bit hard still to find folks on here/interact much (probably because Mastodon is a bit messier on the app, and also since boosts are so frequent it's harder to see people's content on their profiles)

If you're a space artist, photographer or take cool photos of Scotland please let me know so I can check out your stuff!

Adding hashtags for good measure
#Astrodon #Scotland #MastoArt #spaceart #astronomy #sciart

Alright Mastodon let's do this.
#Introduction I'm Dr. Liz Haynes. You might know me as @actin_crazy on twitter. I'm a Morgridge post-doctoral researcher studying #neurodegeneration and #neurodevelopment using #zebrafish and #microscopes! I am all about #openaccess and #opensource solutions. I get to hang out with the cool folks working on ImageJ2 at the Laboratory for Optics and Computational Instrumentation (LOCI) at UW-Madison. Follow me for the pretty pictures, stay for the science!

#introduction #TwitterMigration

Hello Fediverse. We are the #Social #Neuroscience of Human #Attachment - #SoNeAt - #Lab led by PI @PVrticka at the #University of #Essex in #Colchester (#UK).

We investigate the #brain basis of human #relationships, #caregiving and #attachment using #MRI, #fMRI and #fNIRS #hyperscanning in #mums, #dads & #kids.

It would be nice to connect with other #academics, #researchers, #teachers, #practitioners, #journalists etc. on here 😀 .

#introduction Hi! I'm an undergrad in electrical engineering looking to do research in #robotics . My long term goals are to make robotic #prosthetics and to make a robot that goes to space! I like any topics from STEM and have an addiction to getting books. Currently in the planning phase of my first personal robotics project making a nerf turret to mess with my siblings to learn about #ROS , #mechanical #design and #computer #vision. I'll try to post updates! I've also never used a twitter kind of social media so I just put hashtags places that feel relevant!

Hello, I'm an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering @ Kuwait University, interested in #robotics #mechatronics and Applied Estimation and #control. Previously worked on all things drones. Now working on #fluids #CFD and #modeling from high fidelity simulations, among other interests in education, innovation, and sustainable living. I use #julialang whenever possible and believe in its future in #engineering education.

#introduction

I'm an #automation and #fermentation engineer based in the SF Bay Area.

I'm interested in microbes of all kinds, and especially how we can work with them to meet human needs.

In my day job, I work in #biomanufacturing, focusing on #robotics and #bioreactors. I figure that #microbiology can do amazing things, and #robots and #software are the best tools we have to talk to it.

I'm big on #OpenSource and #diybio. Yes, I would love to collaborate on a cool bio project with you!

#introduction Hello Mastodonians. I'm Greg. Like many residing here om , I'm into #amateurradio. I mostly play in the HF spectrum and prefer #QRP operation while #hiking, #backpacking or wilderness #canoeing.

By day, I'm a #robotics instructor for an industrial robotics company.

I like #FountainPens and #falconry.
I was a dog in a previous life.

#introduction

Hello,

I am a neuroscientist studying how specific regions in the brain are vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease (#AD). We are mainly interested in the neurons of entorhinal cortex and hippocampal since they are affected early in AD and important for memory. We use in vivo electrophysiology to understand the population dynamics of neurons affected by amyloid beta and tau pathologies. More recently, we've been interested in how locus coeruleus pathology impacts downstream regions.
Was awesome meeting so many fellow scientists at the #neuroscience meeting #sfn2022

#neurodon #memory #alzheimers #dementia #entorhinalcortex #hippocampus #locuscoeruleus #sfn22

@freemo Only been here a short while so far, but it feels nice to see the interesting STEM related stuff here and inclusion. Honestly haven’t come across anyone bigoted on this server either. I understand the desire to not platform bigoted people, though blanket bans don’t seem to solve anything either

Today's good news was a software engineer in my lab found an accidental memory allocation in our real-time video analysis code, and now 99.99% (up from 98%) of the time it runs as fast as we thought it should when we did a back-of-the-envelope calculation way back when. I like when computers behave as I expected them to.

#Artemis1 is going to produce a lot of science not only about the #moon, but #radiation, #space and even a little bit of help for people living on #Earth.

I recently wrote about 10 passengers and payloads, some flying on the #Orion spacecraft for #STEM purposes and others carrying a wide variety of #science in #space right now.

https://www.space.com/artemis-1-strange-things-moon-mission

#artemis #nasa

Hello everyone! I joined a few days ago. I'm a glaciologist and senior researcher at #GEUS, The Geological Survey of Denmark and #Greenland
I mostly tweet about #Arctic #Antarctica #climate #climatechange #Polar science, but also #Mars science, #equity #openaccess and #fieldwork

Ah yes: The three dirty words of New York: Lake. Effect. Snow.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/17/weather/new-york-northeast-snowstorm-thursday/index.html

Since the vote was 13-2 in favor of mojito, and I am a believer in democracy, here is proof of mojito. I will attempt not to work tomorrow and Saturday.

Finally, after a year of procrastinating, I got my #GOES16 receiver working. Here is a full color of the earth at 22Z that I pulled right off GOES 16! :)

#rtlsdr #hamradio #wx

This is my University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center lab's latest project, a #research #survey for all #cancer #patients & past-5-yr cancer #survivors (age 18+) in the U.S. COMPLETELY anonymous (no IP addresses or PII collected). Please share: https://bit.ly/uhccsurvey