NehaKhazanchi @NehaKhazanchi@qoto.org

A quick poll on the tagging etiquette on Mastodon. Since hashtags seem to be used much more often for content discovery here than on the Birdsite, how would you prefer to see them in people's posts?

Please, boost for more answers.

#mastodon #birdsite #poll

One of the challenges of making good #maps is choosing colours that work well for those with colour deficiency. To help I use a simulator on my phone.

I tried it out at the grocery store and was surprised by how everything looked yellow.

These photos are for severe red green blindness (#protanopia).

'By the time attorney George Templeton Strong diagnosed his own bibliomania in 1842, the book madness had gripped New York. “Bibliomania is a kind of constitutional disease with me,” he confessed to his diary. “I’ve been subject to it almost as long as I can remember.”'

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/choice-reading

WE ARE HIRING!
We are looking for an environmental reporter to produce podcasts for Suno India. Please see the job description below. @Rakesh #mastindia #indiajobs #journojobs #journalism

"A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere."

Groucho Marx

Scam Alert!

If you receive an email or response on Mastodon like the following, DO NOT click the link. It is a scam fishing for login details at the very least.

"Mastodon has detected botting malware on your PC that is congesting the Mastodon network. All affected accounts will be suspended within 24 hours unless removed. _https://REDACTEDLINK"

Punk's not dead

"There is a mass exodus underway from Twitter and Facebook. After decades of eye-popping growth, these social media sites are contracting at an alarming rate."

https://doctorow.medium.com/social-quitting-1ce85b67b456

#SuperEarths Are Bigger and More Habitable Than Earth, and Astronomers Are Discovering More of the Billions They Think Are Out There

https://singularityhub.com/2022/09/22/super-earths-are-bigger-and-more-habitable-than-earth-and-astronomers-are-discovering-more-of-the-billions-they-think-are-out-there/

I will never understand why people are so averse to diversity.

I like seeing trans people speaking to each other with idioms I don't get, cute girls speaking a language I can't recognize, or gay dudes priming and posing in random pics.

Seeing shit that is not for me makes me feel like I'm part of a much bigger world that still has space for me to learn and grow.

That's a big place of comfort for me. The bottomless nature of the human experience means we all have space to be fully who we are.

That's pretty cool.

*** POLL ***

How would you describe yourself politically?

Please vote, comment, and BOOST (very important)

Thank you.

Recently, a group in #indía published a report about how sanitary napkins being sold here have levels of phthalates higher than EU standards (because India apparently doesn't have standards). Several media publications lapped up the findings. It is a question absolutely worth investigating. But there were two problems. One, the group should've double-triple-checked their findings. Because as it turned out, their math had a very basic error, and their findings were incorrect. #mastindia

90% of the time, I'm terrified of being so directionless and YOLO.

10% of the time, I am like yeah I don't know how else to be so might as well enjoy it.

What happens to you Mastodon account if a server closes down?

Sometimes decide to close down. But all of the servers listed at JoinMastodon.org are required to give at least 3 months notice if this happens.

So the server’s members time to transfer their accounts to other servers. The transfer process lets people keep their followers and follows.

Follow and 🔁 reblog for daily tips.

#Mastodon #Twitter #TwitterMigration #Fediverse

Asked this on twitter - I'll ask here - please boost for reach...
(whatever "normal" means for you)

Are you a normal person?