ABrockwell @aebrockwell@qoto.org

CW: Native genocide 🧵

Today is the anniversary of the largest mass shooting in American history, Wounded Knee, a massacre on December 29, 1890 that has been relegated to history as a "battle".

#woundedknee #Native #Indigenous

Okay so maybe the results aren't that novel, or significant, or impactful but hey 🙄

#academia #PhD #phdlife #science #xp @OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter

Yep.

He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I've ever heard anyone say, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

My understanding is that mastodon itself supports so-called "quote tweets," but they aren't implemented on most servers. They're implemented on the server I use, though, so this should appear to be quoted.

#nerdery #mastodon #QuoteBoost

Michael Wagner: The backlash against pro-democracy research and journalism is coming. “Democracy cannot thrive or survive without a media ecosystem willing to report verifiable truths about the core tenets of democracy — even if those truths currently favor one major political party over another.“ https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/12/the-backlash-against-pro-democracy-reporting-is-coming/

The Inigo Montoya method of greeting people.
Step 1: Polite greeting.
Step 2: Your name.
Step 3: Relevant personal link.
Step 4: Manage Expectations.

Washington Post will be creating their own instance. They will add #mastodon accounts to journalist profiles.

Institutional #journalism embracing the #fediverse is important.

#commodon #journodon @communicationscholars

I always hated the phrase "Show your thinking." #mathJokes

All jokes aside, remember what Christmas is really about, people.

Rich people being terrorized by spectres until they agree to pay their employees a living wage.

This is one of the hardest & most important warnings for us all.

Perpetrators were people who accepted and followed an ideology that made them believe that they are better than others and that rationalized and promoted hatred & evil. It became their everyday live.

They were not monsters. They were people who did horrible and monstrous things on the behalf of this ideology. And this is the scary part of the story.

#humanity #people #Auschwitz #genocide #history #monsters #ideology #warning

Growing up, Sesame Street taught me the importance of education, empathy, and kindness.

Bugs Bunny, on the other hand, taught me that revenge on my enemies should be quick, clever, and brutal.

“Trump demonstrated that spectacle is good for media profitability… media execs chose to prioritize profits over the protection of democracy & the pursuit of truth… journalism has a duty to stand up to power & to hold a lens up to society, not just broadcast the circus.

[Now they’re] enabling Musk to do exactly what Trump did. They’re trying to discern new rules when they should be focused on the bigger picture... standing up to the powerful in the public interest.”
https://time.com/6242268/twitter-elon-musk-media-coverage/

Some of you may have seen Elon Musk's endorsement of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s crazy antivax conspiracy theories today.

Over at post.news, I just posted a long-form piece about this, and about how science education needs to adapt to online disinformation.

Please a look. If you like it, boost it there or here or — if you dare — over on the birdsite.

https://post.news/article/2J7VEapSIpNWsrC0EawD8CopYqo

Good morning #mastodon hey #twitter escapees wondering how a post gets seen here? Yup, it’s different it depends on people, boosts, not an algorithm. 👇

I'm really glad you're here in Mastodon - yes, you, personally. You either helped build it early on and believed in it before the Twitter exodus, or you're part of that exodus and had to leave a platform that you cared about bc of your morals (or both?) but either way, you're here and I think that's really cool. Thanks for joining, contributing your thoughts, efforts, and time, and making this a great place to be. I appreciate it. ❤️

I'll be posting a series of posts showing the lifecycle of different berries.

Today, I'm starting with the blackberry. I hope you enjoy it!

#nature #life #photography #amazing #blackberry #fruits #berries #photo #photos #beautiful

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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!

The Washington Post (my former employer that I am still fond of) has now had two reporters suspended from #Twitter for transparent BS. If the paper's leaders were wise they'd completely leave the site. Otherwise they're ceding editorial control to Elon Musk. #journalism