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I feel, as part of my initiation into this space, I must talk about my love of #Medieval elephants.

Yes, you heard me. You see, though bestiaries were very common in Western Europe, elephants were not.

So things like this happen.

"SO... lion body... got it, cloven hooves, okay, big ears and dead bird eyes... long snake face... PERFECTION."

@Donut your toot reassures me that I’m comfortable in my level of incompetence, welcome from another newbie

On my 3rd app of the day for Mastodon and quite liking

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

time.com/6229230/mastodon-euge

@jljcolorado good to see you hear only just got here myself, looking around and finding a few friends.

Are you thinking of switching servers?

I moved from .social (great, but enormous!) to the friendly waters of .ie (highly recommended, people here are lovely). If you've just set up an account, though, it can feel mystifying.

I wish I'd found this *enormously* useful post by @djnavarro first. See this part on migrating to a new instance:

blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2022-

Hi getting used to Mastodon currently temporary resident status from Twitter may apply for citizenship. Likes and with occasional forays into and (none of my own don’t worry!). Of course I like especially not so much cats I’m afraid.

Qoto Mastodon

QOTO: Question Others to Teach Ourselves
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All cultures welcome.
Hate speech and harassment strictly forbidden.