Arindam Basu @arinbasu@qoto.org
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Professor, Epidemiologist. Doctor (ENT specialist). Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Interests: lego MOCs, wood carving, mountain biking, tramping.
Joined Apr 2022
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Covid-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people ages 0-19 years in the United States https://lemmy.ml/post/586231
That's fantastic Maria. Our understanding is limited as well, and we just got started. It is an exciting area of work and we are studying what happens to people when they are opened up to states such as meditation or take a walk in a beautiful setting. #neuroscience
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Mastodon trolls
Starting to see trolls on here in the last few days. I learned long ago on twitter that you don't engage them in any way. Block them immediately, without a second thought. If they're using racist/sexist/etc language, report them. Oh, and the ability to block an entire server in one click is amazing (last option on the three dots button by the troll's name). I've already blocked one server with an obviously trollish name. (PS my first cw post. Seems like a great feature!)
Also, not all #markdown features seem to work, eg, code blocks do not work on the textboxes. This is OK, but if they did, this would stand out. I really like the idea of qoto.org.
Given the character count and the richness of connected apps, it'd be nice to give it a shot if a long form article can be posted here and then we get responses from the community. Kind of preprint posted directly on #mastodon
🙂
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If you're a creative looking for a smaller Mastodon instance to join, then this one just popped up:
https://bytetower.social/about
Remember: it doesn't matter where you base yourself, you can follow other people on other instances still. What your home influences is your 'local' feed.
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Encourage #Taiwan scholars to add themselves to @konrad's spreadsheet of #asianists on Mastodon.
Fill out the Google form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTMCM_gzW3MtxHnFt16huEpVclmV9yQXA7TZqHZ3r3vslB-Q/viewform?fbzx=7459309216948881228
Or jump right to the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10kKyUrBbB5r66xUeuPzV3pM098VqTG7jVTKNSacdCzA/edit?resourcekey=undefined#gid=122506783
@herid
Not sure if by default but you can click the globe icon and make it unlisted when you post it.
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I wrote a simple guide to the very basics of Mastodon — feel free to send to any newbies who are thinking of coming on board: https://clivethompson.medium.com/come-join-me-on-mastodon-folks-bbb073ff05d2
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Other fun recovery activity: built a custom Lego train based on the Rhätische Bahn railcars of the Bernina line 🥰 used to ride these as a toddler when we would visit the Swiss family
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You find the switch to Mastodon quite hard / you don’t like the app / you find the app slow, counterintuitive, and unaesthetic?
LIFE CHANGER: You don’t have to use Mastodon on the Mastodon app! 🤯
I switched to Metatext (available for iPhone, not sure for Android) and this makes the whole experience *so* much more enjoyable 😍 It takes to 2 seconds to download and reconnect to your account via your instance/server!
Explanations here: https://mastodon.social/@ejpcollins/109296458385010644
Great to see your #introduction. Here at the University of Canterbury, we are starting out with a lab studying human emotions using portable #eeg and #microstates analysis. What resources on #microstates would you recommend?
Testing out re'tooting' good parts ...
Retooting?
So basically, hit 'Reply', and then take the name of the original poster and write your own commentary.
Anyone who reads your commentary and click on the post will see the original post that evoked the comment.
For example, the post that I have re'tooted' here is a great reflection on the comparison between #birdsite and #mastodon. Worth discussing and expanding.
On some instances, such as https://qoto.org
they have a quote button; you can use this quote button to directly insert the post to quote toot, so to say.
If you hit reply and write a status in the reply, it will by default also include the original post that evoked the response to keep in context. This is the basis of reply used as quote toot.
Now, if you do not want the original poster to be included in the status that you want to share to your **followers**, remove the original poster's handle from the reply.
If you specifically want your friend to view that post, add his handle to the post.
@edutooters
Thanks @mguhlin for setting up the group. #Edutooters is a great initiative to bring together interesting posts and updates. Suppose this can be across the #fediverse using the same hashtag and group id.
Re: excellent blog post of @djnavarro, a response
@ct_bergstrom @djnavarro@scholar.social @flodebarre
also
@djnavarro@fosstodon.org
Re: https://
blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-
11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/
Excellent article. A couple of notes if it helps:
> Posts on mastodon are called “toots” and have a 500 character limit
This actually depends on the instances. For example, https://qoto.org allows 65k characters and markdown formatting, so there is some flexibility there
* While you cannot do equivalent of 'retweet', if you respond to a toot, that serves the purpose of both reply and quote 'toot' if it were
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A number of people have asked what I could have done better. In particular, I should have set the first post in the thread to public and the rest of the posts as unlisted.
Here's a fantastic explainer from @djnavarro via @flodebarre:
https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-11-03_what-i-know-about-mastodon/#how-can-i-make-threads
(It's worth reading the entire thing. I learned a ton.)
@jellycrystals
:-) power carving is carving of woods using power tools such as a #dremel, see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LE80JzNEyU
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Command Line for Beginners – How to Use the Terminal Like a Pro [Full Handbook]
https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/command-line-for-beginners/
This may help people who want to learn the command line and perhaps start hosting their own Mastodon instances
#FreeCodeCamp #Libux #'Console #Terminal #Course
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- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2326-2292
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Professor, Epidemiologist. Doctor (ENT specialist). Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Interests: lego MOCs, wood carving, mountain biking, tramping.
Joined Apr 2022
