Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@qoto.org
- https://flipboard.com/@ekorpela
- berkeley.edu
- https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/~korpela
I'm an astronomer specializing in #SETI, #UV #Instrumentation. #RadioAstronomy, #InterstellarMatter (#ISM), #VolunteerComputing, #BOINC, #SETIatHome, #retroComputing #retroGaming ...Wait a minute... That's not specializing!
Joined Oct 2019
Eric J. Korpela
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union song
First experiment with the GPT thingy. #johnmastodon
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Did you know that human beings were invented in 1993 by #JohnMastodon as a ploy to sell more fediverse instances?
It's December 17th, so it's time for the ceremonial watching of "It's a Gumby Christmas, Dammit!".
https://archive.org/details/saturday-night-live-s-08-e-09-eddie-murphy-lionel-richie
Fast forward to 11:39.
#gumby #itsagumbychristmas #eddiemurphy
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No one can track John Mastodon’s private jet. That’s because he doesn’t have one. When he wants to travel across the ocean he swims. And he still goes from New York to London in less than two hours.
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@jensimmons that’s just sickening. I honestly can’t understand why so many US tech journalists try to push post.news so hard. They are funded by a16z, the venture capitalist that, besides investing in multiple shady crypto startups, also gave Musk $400 Mio for his acquisition of Twitter. Initially post.news also had some weird things in their ToS. https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/28/post-news-twitter-alternative-a16z/
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A front page article on the Washington Post telling people how to get started with Mastodon?
That’s a big deal.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/how-to-join-mastodon/
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@anxiousrage @BlackAzizAnansi I’m here. Not many other options out there for us but to take advantage of this space and make it what we want it to be. #black #blackmastodon
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*Sheepish request* I'm new to Mastodon, but a lot of my former Twitter followers don't know I'm here yet. Someone suggested I could simply ask you fine people to boost me. Would you be so kind? (I promise to post a photo of my dog to say thanks). #WelcomeToMastodon
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FACT: “Conservatives” were never banned from Twitter.
Folks who threatened people’s lives, spread dangerous COVID disinfo, plotted insurrections, and spread Nazi messages were.
The fact that these two groups overlap is an indictment of your movement—but not proof of bias.
I remember the first time I met John Mastodon. It was in Havana in 52. I was smoking cigars with Ramón. This big guy walks in and says he's going to change everything. I said "You're going to overthrow Batista?" He replied "Bah! I'm talking about decentralized social media." I had no idea what he was talking about.
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@dotsonapage
@freemo
I'm delighted by all the goodies and benefits I happened into on mine here at qoto. The starting text block is at 64K, which is huge in comparison to most, for example. The description page at https://qoto.org/about/more will give you a rundown, and I think you'll be pleased and surprised by the list of features.
Despite the recent enormous surge in activity and memberships, the server is still speedy (as is the administration). I've had zero trouble with any unpleasant characters lurking about. The management is pro-active in handling issues quickly. The underlying reason for its existence is as a science and science education instance, so there are many intelligent and well-spoken folks about.
Even though there are now over 25,000 users, the admin is reachable and responsive.
Hope you check us out!
So what happened to them since 2016. Well, even after getting them fixed, Joker was still a male. As he aged he started chasing off his sisters, starting with Penguin. One night we decided it was time to get Penguin and Riddler inside for their own protection, but we never saw Penguin again. We heard from the original owner that someone had taken her inside, but we were never able to confirm that. Riddler came inside and because fat and lazy and pampered. We tried to bring Joker in, but it didn't work. It turns out he is a gigolo. He goes by the names Patches, Buddy, Runner, and Bad Boy in addition to Joker. He gets fed 6 times a day as far as we can tell. Because the coyotes have killed all the neighborhood cats in the last few years, we share the task of getting him inside with another neighbor. 5/5
#caturday
We weren't even sure the third cat existed until the day I took the first picture in the thread. We had maybe seen it, but it what very skittish. So before I even was sure she existed, I named her Riddler. 4/
#caturday
Shortly thereafter, this one started following Penguin. I hadn't named Penguin with a Batman these in mind, but given the funny face, Joker seemed appropriate. 3/
#caturday
The first to show up was this one. Because of the the black and white coloring we decided on the name Penguin. 2/
#caturday
Final set of #caturday introductions.
Cats abhor a vacuum, and in 2016 after we brought the late Spawnie indoors, these three happened. It turns out a neighbor though he had spayed all his 28 cats, but one female got missed. Of course, those kitten are going to head out to new territory. 1/
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So the former head of NPR doesn’t know that Facebook and Instagram are far bigger than Twitter, or that millions of people are moving to Mastodon.
‘“How [else] are they going to get the word out? Sadly, Twitter is still the only real game in town,” said Vivian Schiller, Musk reinstates some reporters on Twitter. But their companies never left.’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/12/17/musk-twitter-journalist-suspension-media-react/
To the people heading back to #birdsite now that the suspensions are being lifted, you'll be more careful in reporting about Elon, won't you? And you'll watch what you say on #twitter.
I know you say you won't, but you've spent 24 hours jonesing for that dopamine hit you get from every like. It's easy to control the addicted.
You have other options.
- https://flipboard.com/@ekorpela
- berkeley.edu
- https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/~korpela
I'm an astronomer specializing in #SETI, #UV #Instrumentation. #RadioAstronomy, #InterstellarMatter (#ISM), #VolunteerComputing, #BOINC, #SETIatHome, #retroComputing #retroGaming ...Wait a minute... That's not specializing!
Joined Oct 2019
