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I am a mathematician and cognitive scientist by training and troublemaker by inclination. I have been following the mastodon universe from the sidelines for a while now but a recent article made me create an account at one mastodon site which led to the next one and the next one and since then I have been following a trail of interesting sites and people.

As a complete n00b here, I am at your mercy. Tell me what I should know and who I should follow!

@arkayar That's a great write-up.

Beware, though, there certainly is an outrage machine out there.

I at one point go into a back-and-forth that I disagree with today's pronoun shenanigans.

The machine found me, chewed me up, and spat me out.

Some instances, also, want to be their own echo-chamber, keeping out competing ideas.

Qoto.org is not one of those instances, it seems. I see a lot of good discourse.

@arkayar Awesome. I was just saying I'd love to see some more pure scientists here. It is wonderful to see you! Cant wait to hear your contributions. BTW we are one of only a few servers that support math latex in posts.

@freemo awesome. Looking forward to interacting more with the people here

@arkayar Weve got a great group here. Very rational, caring, and accepting. Most are scientists. All around good crowd.

@arkayar following @larand is always a good idea in my opinion. You’ll pick up a lot of the nice people along the way. Randomly checking out local and global is daunting but fun!

@arjankoole Thanks for the kind words--be advised that my main account is at @larand at mastodon.xyz. That's where I'm posting these days.

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@arkayar I’m a greenie too!! Read Wired article. {Which is probably a “pedestrian” publication to most of the STEM folks here}.

I am curious to know if the joins have increased due to the spotlight? I hope this does not cause a watered down effect/vibe for the charter members....

We are here now! :) welcome welcome!

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