Stick Figure is one of my faves. HAPPY Friday! https://music.apple.com/us/album/easy-runaway/1474970495?i=1474970507
Feeling validated. Hearing my phone ring instantly makes my heart rate increase. The “oh, god” thinking kicks in. Text me, text me, text me.
washington post: “Calling out of the blue: Why would you do this to someone you love?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/11/28/unexpected-phone-call-horror/
I just made an new Mastodon instance focused on #neuroscience at synapse.cafe . I'd like this to be a cozy space to discuss the wonders of the brain, from cells to thoughts. If you do research in neuroscience or even have a general interest in it, come by and check it out!
Today is #TransDayofRemembrance when we honor and remember trans lives taken by violence. How horrifying that a deadly attack upon the LGBTQ+ community in Colorado Springs should occur right before this solemn day.
Hate isn’t born in us. It is taught. It must end.
This starts with our political leaders, who must cease their cynical attacks against our community before another attack occurs.
Call out the hate. Remind them of its consequences. Hold them to account.
RSS fans!
You can follow any Mastodon account via RSS by just adding ".rss" to the end of the account's public profile URL.
To find a user's public profile URL, click on their profile image within Mastodon.
For example, if you click on FediTips' profile image you get this page in a new tab:
https://mstdn.social/@feditips
So, to follow FediTips through RSS, use this address:
https://mstdn.social/@feditips.rss
This will only show that account's public posts. Other posts will not be visible on the RSS feed.
A reminder for anyone new to mastodon who might not be happy with some of the racist and bad actors out there on other servers... Just import the fediblock list to your personal blocks and you will be safe from the vast majority of bad actors.
Understanding a little bit more about the #fediverse through data. Here is a plot of all #fediverse instances at instances.social as a function of their number of users and toots (statuses) and if they are open for new accounts. In general, instances are small in the number of users (median = 28). Interestingly, there are a lot of small, very active, and closed servers in the #fediverse. Also, some of the biggest servers are Japanese communities.
Fun Mastodon accounts to follow
https://www.howtogeek.com/847422/new-to-mastodon-here-are-10-fun-accounts-to-follow/
Let’s try this again. Where you at #fediverse? Boosts welcome so we can get the best sample size.
The difference between Twitter and Mastodon right now is stark.
Twitter: Tons of stochastic retweets and "people follow this person" algorithm nonsense. This only started happening in the last 2 weeks.
Mastodon: Only content from the people I follow!
I almost thought Mastodon was broken for a little while until I realized... the people I followed just hadn't posted in a few hours!
Twitter nervously tries to fill that silence with the algorithm to keep you engaged, while Mastodon is like:
Participate in perceptual diversity research at https://perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world/.
How someone interprets sensory input could be very different from your way. There is so much to consider when we are interacting with others.
Here is a great example of perceptual diversity: https://www.businessinsider.com/aphantasia-cannot-visualize-pictures-faces-affects-mental-images-brain-2022-11
#neuroscience
#neurodon
#neurodivergent
#neurodiversity
#neurodiverse
#neurology
The Perception Census
15 to 20 minutes survey
help @anilkseth & team advance research into perceptual diversity, and learn about your own powers of perception too:
https://mastodon.online/@anilkseth/109315955368351759
https://perceptioncensus.dreamachine.world/
@neuro @neuroscience
#neuroscience
#neurosciencemigration
#neurodon
Engineering Operations Program Manager working in ed tech. Lifelong learning. Recovering runner, new #crossfit explorer. #adhd #scifi #neuroscience #rollerskating