Neekerbreeker 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @Neekerbreeker@qoto.org

A few words on alternative platforms you might be considering:

- Tumblr: still exists, now run by Automattic, the WordPress crew -- decent folks. Not my kind of thing but seems to have found its niche, might even interoperate with Mastodon some day.

- Cohost: good vibe, good people, feels small-scale Tumblr-ish. Run by a "not-for-profit software company".

- Post.news: funded by early Twitter investor Andreessen Horowitz. Nonsense micropayment scheme. Avoid.

- Hive: security nightmare. Avoid.

Things I would love to see Mastodon implement (at least on the biggest “main” servers):

1: Integrate “find your friends” from other networks (especially twitter) in onboarding
2: Make following people universal / simpler without having to copy/paste a user’s full handle (should be one click no matter where you are)
3: Give users an *option* to find / discover accounts related to their network (personalized)

“The Other Side Of Christmas: Pagan Winter Solstice Festivals”

“December 25th might signify the birth of Jesus for Christians, but the Winter Solstice is also central to other traditions.”

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/winter-solstice-pagan-holidays

#VariousTraditions #culture #customs #WinterFestivals #trivia

RIP Angelo Badalamenti, whose music I think about almost every day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-eqgr_gn4k&t=53s

My Nieces didn't know who Bill the Cat was. I was asked to describe caffeine...

All those high profile Republicans insisted that Herschel Walker would make a great senator, but since he didn't get the job I'm sure they'll insist that he be elected RNC chair.
Right guys?
Right guys?
*crickets*

Heavy emphasis on European rather than Indo-, but this is a fun chart from Kenneth Katzner's book The #Languages of the World (new Routledge edition, 1995) #linguistics #words #IndoEuropean

Needless to say, it says a lot about #elonmusktwitter that an algorithm added a sensitive content warning label to my tweet with our live @columbiaclimate #SustainWhat chat just now asking "Can Thriving Online Include Thriving on Mastodon?" https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1OwxWwbgovnxQ

My pronouns are she/her, I follow science, and I support Dr. Fauci.

@elonmusk@twitter.com’s one player (albeit with influence). We must address a much larger global problem of anti-science rhetoric, #disinformation, and #hate.

#introductions

I haven't done one of these in a while. My friends at Democracy Town introduced me to the Fediverse. We also sought refuge from the bird site.
My bio tells you most of what I'm about and that URL, climatemarch.org is my family.

Here's a trailer to the documentary I played a supporting role in. If it was a movie, I would have been part of the stage crew; low-key and behind the scenes.

http://climatemarch.org/the-race-to-save-the-world-earth-day-2021/

Join us at 1pm ET live to figure out what @joinmastodon can and can't do for you in building a more sustainable world - and social web. https://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/view/can-thriving-online-include-thriving-on-mastodonquestion
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RT @revkin
@kairyssdal Doing my live @columbiaclimate #SustainWhat #ThrivingOnline chat on making the most of #mastodon at 1pm ET today! @SethBaum will share his learning. 3 ways to watch (no signup). htt…
https://twitter.com/Revkin/status/1602354715949502468

Trying to post a youtube video i made a while ago.
Jamming with a guy in Big Sur.
https://youtu.be/Zbnh78qCMdk

If you know my history, you know I grew up as part of ACT UP, the AIDS activist group in the 80s and 90s. I've protested every President, multiple drug companies, and federal officials. 1/

Will Musk’s latest antics (targeting Dr. Fauci and mocking inclusivity) reignite the #TwitterMigration to #Mastodon?

Trooper, trucker, sailor, fishwife: What we swear like when we swear like a something.

New for Strong Language, with thanks to the many Mastodonians who helped with #translation:

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/trooper-trucker-sailor-fishwife-what-we-swear-like-when-we-swear-like-a-something/
#swearing #language #languages #linguistics #etymology #CorpusLinguistics #sociolinguistics