Michael Porter @MichaelPorter@qoto.org

Extremely grateful today for the end of the birdsite’s monopoly on rumor, quips, news, and the cultural memes that—more than we know—exert a vicegrip on our imaginations & moods. What a dangerous setup that was, & I can only fully see it now, with hindsight. Twitter can now fall apart or do porn/sports betting/4chan stuff. But it’ll never have a monopoly again.

The thin veil clouds tonight help to show how orange-red planet #Mars is. Bright star at left is #Elnath in constellation #Auriga.

Now my sole tweet (on a protected account).

Whoever named the nervous system did a really good job

If you think it’s horrible one billionaire bought up the public square and killed it, wait until you find out why your city doesn’t have a trolley system

@cstross I (who am totally not a robot) wish you a traditional American Giving of the Thanks as depicted in patriotic image of first Thankinggives at Plymouth The Rock. Has Turkeybird and Pilgrimship! Much American, very traditional, wow!

Drama this afternoon on road to Uisken. This snipe was committed to doing its wee dance in the road, and would not let my car past. It flew off 0.5 seconds after I got out to take this pic 😊 #Bird #Snipe #Mull

3D views (left cross-eyed, right parallel) of a core fragment shown right at the entrance of the sample tube.

Processed images:
Undistorted MCZ_RIGHT
LMST: 14:13:33
MCZ_LEFT
LMST: 14:12:42
RMC: 30.1172, Sol: 626
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

#SamplingMars #Perseverance #solarocks #space

Take breaks & encourage them folks.

Healthy cultures value time off and encourage vacations and breaks to renergize. In toxic ones, burnout is proof of commitment and people often take long breaks just to recover from exhaustion.

Handy visual of what we often do vs. perhaps should:

The best toots are intentional toots

what the fuck

@allochthonous @Geotripper One of my favorite fault traces: through the parking lot of the Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, TX USA. This is the surface expression of the Big Barn fault, a down-to-the-basin growth fault associated with salt withdrawal into two nearby salt diapirs. There is some fault gap exhibited here, too: you can stick your arm down into the gap in places in the parking lot! The fault also goes through some nearby neighborhoods, causing expensive damage. #geology

#elon #elonmusk #twitter #birdsite

Hello world (and universe)! I'm a #space journalist from #Canada who writes about #spaceflight, #rockets, #astronomy, #StarTrek, #NASA and whatever else is trending that day.

I recently got to talk to an #astronaut about cosplay, of all things. That was unexpected. https://www.space.com/european-female-space-station-commander-2001-cosplay

My favourite stories cover #diversity, #stem and other ways to make our universe a little bit more inclusive.

I am blundering about here on Mastodon as a beginner ... but believe in showing others that learning and growing at any age is a good thing. :)

In my spare time I enjoy #archaeology #history #libraries #gaming ... and I'm also a beginner #python coder, because why not.

Drop by and say hi!

Random photo of the day.

#photography #random #photooftheday #POTD #dailyphoto #OttawaPhotographer #winter #snow #blackandwhitephotography #trees

In 1959, police were called to a segregated library when a Black 9-year-old boy trying to check out books refused to leave, after being told the library was not for Black people.

The boy, Ronald McNair, went on to became an astronaut. The library is also now named after him

#DnD #dndmemes #DungeonsAndDragons

This show is just so extraordinarily well-done. The procession cinematography, the music, the setup of all the key players on Ferrix, the quote from the manifesto, Maarva's speech, Andor's goodbye and the final scene ...

Can't wait to see what they do with Mon Mothma in S2 -- lots of promising build-up there!