Hortense @Hortense@qoto.org

Wearing my new self #knit sweater today. It‘s so soft and warm 😍 #knitting

Finished up my Tunisian crochet bookcase blanket. I always have difficulty judging the width when I set up the first rows so I had to make the border extra wide but overall I like it. #crochet #yarn

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

I mentioned Edward Snowden in another thread. I note that he (according to The Washington Post) was personally granted Russian citizenship by Vladimir Putin.

Under the circumstances there was probably little else Snowden could do.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/26/putin-snowden-citizenship-russia/

[This happened way back in September. I've only noticed now.]

#Snowden #Putin #Russia

One of the greatest things Twitter brought to the table was the ability to scale up smaller or more obscure information and sources. Someone halfway around the world throws out a message about something eventful happening and shortly after the world is discussing it. I and a lot of others are Looking into and trying to figure out Mastodon. I’m hoping Mastodon can facilitate that function should Twitter no longer be reliable as it appears likely the case.

@judisohn I am a #knitting wizard. Been trying to finish my epic queen sized #geek blanket for 2 years now (keep having injured hands and having to stop).
#marvel #rainbowbrite #ladylovelylocks #pokemon #starwars #doctorwho #redpanda #thelabyrinth #adventuretime #sailormoon #lordoftherings #cardcaptorsakura #DnD #FFXIV #Mylittleponyfriendshipismagic #kingdomhearts #loki #worldofwarcraft #murloc #shugochara

Because you need this in you’re life.

😍 From a different angle... what an immense cloud formation! I soon needed to run here ⛈️ already a strong outflow. Stay tuned for more ⚡

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(btw, I am on a cycling path here)

#weather #shelfcloud #cloud #potd #photography #extremeweather #netherlands

Summary of my personal Mastodon experience after 1 week.

1. No one likes the current owner of Twitter
2. Cat people outnumber the dog people
3. Everybody is remarkably smart about something

That’s it.

Well my Twitter account got permanently suspended. Last thing I said was this

@Hortense I’m not sciency myself. I think it’s good to have you here! The more backgrounds the better.

I have seen some art and philosophy posters on qoto so it can be anything you want.

Got to admit I'm having a hard time curating a feed on Mastodon, or rather, finding the time and muse to curate a feed.

I was always the guy who never had music play lists, or paid for music streaming services like Spotify or Deezer. Looking up music, picking it out, adding them to play lists, creating multiple ones... All that just couldn't keep up with "I'm going to enter what I want in that very moment into the YouTube search bar". Creating a feed on Mastodon feels the same, head space wise.

I'd have to look up specific has tags because I can't just enter random terms in the search, and hope the other person actually used hashtags. There is no algorithm that would help me find content once I got around to find a few artists and scientists and the likes. So that falls entirely to the user, which has its positives, but causes me to feel the same way about it than the music playlist.

I also don't feel like posting a lot here - I consciously joined a STEM server because I love to read about all that science stuff. But looking at my Twitter feed, I barely post about them myself. Should I have multiple Mastodon accounts, one for searching, one for posting, and sync them? I'm a bit lost. And rather feel like creating a music playlist.

Here’s my #Introduction now I’ve come over from the dark side in the #TwitterMigration. I’m a freelance writer and an editor specialising in food and drink, who originally trained as an archaeologist. I’m an addicted knitter and I love my garden. I live in Wales between the mountains and the sea, still defiantly describe myself as European.

#archaeology #history #ancienthistory
#books #reading #writing
#knitting #wool #sheep #ravelry
#Wales #Annibyniaeth #politicsUK