Arindam Basu @arinbasu@qoto.org

@herid qoto.org has some extra features over the base server code, this is one of them. See https://qoto.org/about/more under Unique Features

Just in the event you thought Twitter was the only shit show in town. WSJ reports Facebook is about to let go thousands.

The Era of Social Media goes out not with a bang, but thousands of people losing their livelihoods as their billionaire owners continue to make the world their own playground.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/meta-is-preparing-to-notify-employees-of-large-scale-layoffs-this-week-11667767794

I feel like I should bring over my most impactful recent tweet, especially as I am about to set up the next #Pizza Solves Everything at The Roslin Institute #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter #AcademicToots

Recently I convinced the institute to let me buy pizza for the campus once a month, not as a morale boosting strategy, but as bait.

A few weeks ago with the postdoc committee, I hosted the first Pizza Solves Everything event.

Two very useful tools that search your Twitter followers/followed for people who put their Mastodon account handles into their Twitter profile info, both created by people I trust:

Debirdify by @pruvisto@twitter.com:
https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/

Fedifinder by @luca@twitter.com:
https://fedifinder.glitch.me

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.05.23.22275458v4

"Covid-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people ages 0-19 years in the United States"

This is where “let it rip” policies in schools have led us to. How is any of this ok?!

“Immunity debt” & “masks” DID NOT cause this. This was caused by #POTUS failing to follow science & #CDC being politicized. #Walenski failed to inform public accurately. Instead schools been allowed to become infection hotspots then carried home.

#mask #BringBackMasks #Covid

#EduTooters Unite: Connect with #Twitter #Educators on #Mastodon https://ift.tt/nWyAwqD #mguhlin #education #teacher

Read about the young (29) founder of Mastodon, why he created it, and the surprisingly effective way it isolates hate groups.

https://time.com/6229230/mastodon-eugen-rochko-interview/

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

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!)

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.

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

#noxp

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

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

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

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.)

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