Rob Cain @cain_rob@qoto.org
A Periodic Table of Swearing, Science Tidbits & Middle Class Picnic Chit Chat. Computing & Cybernetics. also: https://twitter.com/cain_rob
Joined Nov 2022
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WHOO-Hoo!!!
From June 2021. H/t Aaron Stewart-Ahn
“Ever heard of the technocrat movement, a 1930s fascist utopian vision of society ruled by elite scientists that would replace all gov't & social services?
Guess who one of the leaders was? (Feel free to scream in replies when you see it)”
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/technocracy-incorporated-elon-musk
RT @trishgreenhalgh
This is my real Mastodon account. There’s also a fake one. I’m not tweeting there much yet.
RT @withorpe
What Hunt didn't mention in his "fair" budget is that from next year the surcharge on bank profits will be reduced from 8% to 3% giving rich entities that least need the help an extra £1b+ saving on their tax bill every year
test cross post using http://Moa.party #xp
testing cross-posting to twitter from mastadon using moa.party #xp
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Saturn, when viewed in the near-infrared methane absorption band, appears blue. You're able to peer through the upper hazes into the clouds below and the bands and belts start to take shape. It's still false color, but almost looks like a whole new planet.
Images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill
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RT @VirtualAstro@twitter.com
ATTENTION STARGAZERS IN NORTH WALES
Enjoy an epic space adventure and a night to remember.
Using amazing visuals, The Night Sky Show will take you on a fantastic journey around the cosmos.
An evening everyone can enjoy.
Tickets: https://www.venuecymru.co.uk/night-sky-show
(Please RT)
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/VirtualAstro/status/1593563245105012736
@renatolond hi, i don't know whether you are the right person to reach out to, but i just tried setting up cross-posting via https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br/ - but it says that our server qoto.org is banned - no reason given - can i ask why please & if its possible to unban it? many thanks.
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Woke up to find the twitter exodus **Still** accelerating. The last 24 hours has been the biggest influx yet, up over 20% from yesterday. We are seeing 1000 new users a day now!
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France may block energy exports to UK as Macron’s ‘ancient’ nuclear plants rust up
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1692524/France-UK-EDF-electricity-exports-power-energy-bills-striking-workers-nuclear-reactors
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Tip 1: Use hashtags. There's no algorithm to suggest followers or shove posts into your feed in the hopes you follow someone.
Tip 2: Boost (re-post) toots liberally. *You* are the algorithm.
Tip 3: Use CW (content warnings / content wrappers) to discuss politics, the meta.
Tip 4: To create "threads", make the first post public and each reply "unlisted" to prevent clogging up your instance's feed.
Tip 5: Provide text descriptions, even just basic ones, when attaching photos or media.
Tip 6: Use the "report" features for moderating trolls so your admins can take action.
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Great article about the terrible state of the night sky: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/satellite-constellations-are-an-existential-threat-for-astronomy/
With commentary from a couple #astrodon members (that I know of): @planet4589 and @megschwamb
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A reminder for anyone new to mastodon who might not be happy with some of the racist and bad actors out there on other servers... Just import the fediblock list to your personal blocks and you will be safe from the vast majority of bad actors.
I took all the domains from https://fediblock.neocities.org/ block list and put it in a csv file that can be imported so you can block all hateful ...
Feature request: Short user info on hover · Issue #14918 · mastodon/mastodon · GitHub
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14918
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I have encountered more image descriptions on Mastodon in 24 hours than I have in Twitter in a couple of years. Seriously. I'm not exaggerating.
As a blind person, this means a lot to me. If you read this and you describe your images, thank you so, so, so much on behalf of all of us. If you don't, now you know you'll be helping random Internet strangers make sense of your posts by typing in a few more words than usual.
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Just a reminder that MeerKAT’s image of our galactic center is absolutely gorgeous
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NEW
Neutrinos allow access to the depths of an active galaxy
More : https://cutt.ly/gNN66sT
Hubble image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1068. Credit: NASA/ESA/A. van der Hoeven
A Periodic Table of Swearing, Science Tidbits & Middle Class Picnic Chit Chat. Computing & Cybernetics. also: https://twitter.com/cain_rob
Joined Nov 2022
