After a couple of days on #Mastodon I’m very impressed & excited to be part of this growing community! #mastodonmigration
My only humble suggestion is that it needs more #tardigrades aka "water bears."
Tardigrades have survived every mass #extinction on Earth since they evolved about a 1/2 billion years ago. There are ~1,300 known species. And millions of years from now, they won’t even notice we’re gone.
@badbirch hey! As a relative newcomer to this place I’m following left right and center 😁 and you are quickly become a favourite . Would you mind if I sometimes use your photographs as inspiration for paintings? Or would you prefer if I asked specifically as anD when (or maybe the answer is never, in which case I’ll just look at them :-) )
One of my favorite #artists to order from, Lianne Pflug, has a new shop update. I adore her art for being both stylized and accurate at the same time. She's not on Mastadon I don't think, but you can find her shop here!
Just saying hi and introducing myself to see how this works, so hi 👋🙂.
I'm a needle felter (among other things), which is best described as sculpting and painting with wool, and will usually post in dutch (I think, not sure yet).
Below are a couple of things I made, if anyone would like to see, and for me to see how posting here works 🙂. Enjoy your day! 👋
#introduction sort of
Periodically more or less obsessing over
#houseplants
#cats
#sculpting
#paintingacrylics
#woodworks
#houserenovation
#crafts
#mudlarking
#beachcombing
#forestbathing
@trinsec ha! you have more faith in me then I do. I’m so confused still/again 🤣🤣
there’ll be a long drawn out process, there’ll be loads of rows, there’ll be a behind the scenes deal and compromise will be hammered out and everyone will go home and forget about it
Nothing will change and I just fear we as humans - and I include myself in this - are just too selfish to make the kind of changes to save the planet. Selfish”
#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #climate #Ireland #COP27
Okay this might be a long post
One thing that I realised is making #twittermigration harder for people to switch is because the whole concept can feel daunting & overwhelming for non-tech savvy people.
With Twitter to them it was straight forward and easy to find topics they enjoy but with mastodon its a bit different.
So if you’re new to mastodon or you want to introduce someone to mastodon here are some tips, useful sites & tools:
Twitodon - Find your Twitter friends on Mastodon
FediFinder- Similar to Twitodon
Fedi Tips - an informal, unofficial guide for non-technical people who want to use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse
Fedi Directory - A human-curated small selection of accounts to spice up your timeline.
Trunk -Trunk allows you to mass-follow a bunch of people in order to get started with Mastodon or any other platform on the Fediverse
Fediverse.info -growing list of people and topics can help you discover mutual interests with people around the world
Mobile Apps:
Metatext for iOS
Tusky for Android
Lastly if you are interested in setting up your own instance you can learn via https://learnfoss.org/ its completely free and its made by the wonderful @stux
I apologize for the long post lol, just hope this helps anyones transition over
XKCD nails it again ... *so* good:
Hmmm something odd is going on with my following thingy (science lingo;-))
In either direction it just blinks and goes back to whatever it was. Maybe there is a maximum times you can do it? I got confused (sleepy/meds) with the icon and unfollowed a few people I wanted to follow but actually already did, and now it won’t change it back (even after 24 hours) ...🧐
Hmmm something odd is going on with my following thingy (science lingo;-))
In either direction it just blinks and goes back to whatever it was. Maybe there is a maximum times you can do it? I got confused (sleepy/meds) with the icon and unfollowed a few people I wanted to follow but actually already did, and now it won’t change it back (even after 24 hours) ...🧐
2/2 Yet while I’m sculpting (working with wire or carving in plaster or wood etc) I can listen to an audiobook or a podcast for hours on end and my hands will just keep going. Why is that? What’s the difference between painting/sculpting? I’m genuinely interested. (Next questsion will be about where art and science overlaps 😁) #artist #artpractice #brain #science #studio #studiohabits #multitasking #curious #dialogue
While reading a thread on twitter about people knitting or doing crochet during lectures and such (thanks Jo Bell) I remembered something I noticed a while ago. Hoping people will chime in!
➡️When I paint I can not listen to or concentrate on an audio book or podcast, while painting I need either quiet or very familiar music so that my brain doesn’t have to “think” too much...1/2
Dutch living in U.K. Full time multi discipline artist, botanophile, prefer individuals over people, like languages, cat mother, houseplant hoarder