Wendy W @WendyW@qoto.org

An Incredible Day In Internet History

It started with the Twitter lockout. 10,000 new users per hour. A QUARTER MILLION people migrated to Mastodon in one day. The servers struggled. Remarkably, admins all over the world built up capacity in real time. New users were patient. The system held.

It's running better now. There will be more hard days ahead, but people powered social media has arrived.

#twittermigration #NewUsers #Welcome

Did you know there was a Manchester Mastadon server @rickogden ?

The Surgeons' Hall Riot happened #OTD in 1870. The Edinburgh Seven arrived at Surgeons' Hall to sit their anatomy exam and were met by a crowd of male students and several hundred onlookers who opposed of women studying medicine. Not to be deterred the women went on to sit their exam.
After not being allowed to graduate at the time the group were posthumously awarded their medical degrees from Edinburgh University in 2019.

#womeninstem #womeninmedicine #histmed #medhist #surgery #edinburgh

A team of #researchers mapping a #molecular atlas for ductal carcinoma in situ (#DCIS) has made a major advance toward distinguishing whether the early pre-cancers in the #breast will develop into invasive #cancers or remain stable.
#BreastCancer #Medical #Biology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2022/11/med11192201.html

World Science Forum 2022 Media for Social Justice Fellowships
Support and promote science from the 'global south.'

One of WSF2022’s main objectives is to support the profession of science journalism in these quite difficult economic times. In the ‘global south’, where issues of importance to local, national and regional peoples are often a ‘hard sell’ at the global level and lack media coverage, the WSF2022 theme of “Science for Social Justice” strikes a definite chord.

Learn more about it here:
Science for Social Justice: On the Road to the World Science Forum, Cape Town, 6 – 9 December, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RICTV804g4

Sureshot Brewery tap. #Manchester

To all working on #consciousness as a scientist or philosopher:

Please consider adding yourself to this list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bStcCdMCxxLIjdQBhIpTvH3OdvxgW-GRAe-9lwualw0/edit?usp=sharing

Should hopefully make it easier for all of us to connect!

#consciousness_studies #philosophy_of_mind
#mathematical_consciousness_science #consciousness_and_AI

Thanks to @gmusser for pitching the idea! (Any problems with the implementation are entirely on me though 😉.)

A little #introduction for anyone who is new here - I’m Dr Dan O’Brien, historian of undertakers, funerals and death in eighteenth century England. I can often be found talking about early undertakers or researching their ephemera. 
I also enjoy sharing mourning jewellery, cemetery trips and other death-related items from history such as this delightful wooden skeleton. Hopefully you will join me for more interesting adventures in death history! #MementoMori #history #jewellery #cemetery

A vintage video of #Asbestos from years ago. Shocking the hazard people were exposed to.
Sadly many developing countries still expose workers to asbestos.
Russia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, and China all still mine asbestos and export it, to the tune of 1 million tons a year.

https://youtu.be/HxfZSEboVM4

Some mid-17thC English music getting me in the mood for my trip to Huntingdon and the Cromwell Museum today #earlymodern https://music.apple.com/gb/album/matthew-locke-the-little-consort/1650641234

Introducing Brandy, currently enjoying some lap time #catsofmastodon

My blog post on the legends surrounding Jubal, the Biblical founder of music: https://corymbus.co.uk/the-legends-of-jubal/

First post on things #manchesterbeer - first visit to new Sureshot brewery tap, under the arches at the back of Piccadilly- has to be the coolest taproom in #Manchester serving some of the best made beers in the U.K. 10/10 for the James Campbell team.

I have two accounts that talk about business on Twitter. What is the protocol re business on Mastodon? Not promoted accounts, just places for communication & interaction…..

On everyone’s recommendation I downloaded #Metatext on my phone and you were right, it’s great!

Really appreciating the warm welcome we received at our new home for the next few months in London. We’ll be here while I rehearse and perform my legacy project, the Broadway musical Allegiance. Hope you catch it starting on Jan if you’re here in town. https://allegiancemusical.com

Having recently discovered the music of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, I’m looking forward to seeing CHEVALIER (2023) https://youtu.be/4dSZevEPGs4
#film #classicalmusic