Sandy Kendell @SandyKendell@qoto.org

Which browser do you use?
Thanks for any boosts! I wanna know!

I’m used to existing in the mirror universe, so having an account there and an account here is no biggie. #TwitterRefugees

Any moment now, as Christmas and (American) Thanksgiving get closer, people will start posting suggestions of things to donate to food banks and 'Reverse Advent Calendars'.

I can't stress this enough:
Just. Give. Money.

Food banks can usually get more bang for their buck than you can.
They'll probably be able to give you a tax receipt for money, but not for cans.
And it lets them buy, store, and distribute food in the volumes they need and can handle.

(Please boost to make sure people get the message.)

#FoodBanks #FoodInsecurity #Christmas #Thanksgiving #Charity #JustGiveMoney

It looks like another surge of twitter users might be on the way... One user just mentioned some drama over at twitter with musk locking out employees. I looked at the users bot (see attached quote) and youll notice a distinctive spike starting to form off to the right... here we go

#twitter

So I reached out to admins of the few instances that block us with a polite email explaining some of the misinformation spread about us in the pastt and describing the situation in some detail in the hopes it will be resolved.

Luckily nearly all the instances are very small and its not a big deal since our federation footprint remains one of the largest int he fediverse, but I felt it was an effort worth making.

Anyway, seems the drama is already begining and even more flat out lies are getting thrown around be a few:

https://cloudisland.nz/@aurynn/109361052656757061

https://cloudisland.nz/@aurynn/109361011483467968

Luckily despite a few bad actors most of the people I contacted reached out to me in good faith and several seem to be willing to reverse the ban. Lets hope the people who actually bother to fact-check win out on this one.

I pet Maggie. Today is her 1st birthday! She hopes she gets some scrambled eggs or peanut butter. She loves the snowy weather. Her caregiver told me that Maggie used to be able to sleep alone downstairs, but she lost that privilege when she ate a hole in the wall.

#introduction Hello out there! Obviously new to Mastodon, And looking for fellow #edtech #education #googleedu communities!

👆 Eric Curts shares a poster with 10 Chromebook touchpad tips.

https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2022/11/10-chromebook-touchpad-tips-and-free.html

#edtech #googleedu @edutooters #teaching

🍁 Peggy Reimers shares grab-and-go activity templates for Thanksgiving.

🤔 Would You Rather
🔎 Which Doesn't Below?
🧱 Giving Thanks Wordwall
🔤 Syllacrostic Puzzle

#teaching #thanksgiving #edutooter #canva #googleslides

https://blog.tcea.org/ready-to-use-thanksgiving-activities/

Speak Up Research on Ed Tech From Project Tomorrow https://ift.tt/EQeY3W5 #Education #EduTooter #TCEA #EdTech #Teacher @edutooters

So, trying to figure out where all the epidemiologists are. I see them here and there on this site, but there is nothing like #epitwitter yet. If you see an epidemiologist wandering around Mastodon, send them my way!

earth - a visualization of global weather conditions
forecast by supercomputers
updated every three hours
https://earth.nullschool.net/
#climate #weather #stem #edtech #edutooter #science #data

Honestly, is there ever a bad time to post a pic of a blue-footed booby?

#BirdsOfMastodon

I pet Jersey. She loves being outside. Each year, she and her caregiver take a trip alone to hike in the mountains of CO. When Jersey is happy, her whole body wiggles. When she plays, she tears her toys apart. Only her stuffed pizza slice is whole. She sleeps with it each night.

Haha ex-Twitter employees have created their own Mastodon instance 😅

"This server is intended for current and previous twitter employees and their friends/family. We filter signups to try keep the server focused for community reasons." - https://macaw.social/about/more

Welcome to the Fediverse! :)

#Mastodon

I'm having a bit of a detox. It's been a minute since I was in a digital space with strangers that lacked vitriol. For others making the transition from the bird site, it might be jarring at first with how calm things are over here. #MastodonMigration #Twexit

It appears I am going to be made a Senior Member of the IEEE (the highest level one can achieve)... Cool!

#IEEE

@mcneely 'the youths are generally pretty up on this whole technology thing'

I try to be careful about the conclusions I drew from that sort of thought. I was talking to someone who teaches computer science at uni and they were saying they've needed to start teaching 1st year students about directory structures because that's not really part of how 'the youths' are interacting with software anymore. It's all searching and curated experiences on smart devices that hide that sort of detail away.