eabolden @eabolden@qoto.org

Happy #Caturday everyone! Have a wonderful day and try to find some time to sing some happy holiday tunes like my furry friend here. 😁🎵🎄

#cats #CatsofMastodon #Meowstodon #photography

The man who chased US Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman up flights of stairs near the Senate chamber on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 60 months behind bars. Via CNN.

FRIENDS: We are MeidasTouch, the unapologetically pro-democracy organization many of you know from Twitter, YouTube and elsewhere.

With the chaos at Twitter, we want to build our platform here on Mastodon to make sure we can continue to spread our message.

Can you please BOOST this post, FOLLOW our account and encourage your followers to do the same?

Elon Musk starts banning critical journalists from Twitter https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-starts-banning-critical-journalists-from-twitter

Another shot, because I’m so proud of this. The text “Novel” is in the opposite side of the glass.

In the past 24 hours, Ukrainians have been been blocked from signing up for Twitter using their phone numbers and using 2FA and accounts tracking Russian oligarchs' jets have been suspended.

What happens on Twitter can seem like a sideshow, but Elon Musk's actions are a direct threat to democracy.

Black Panther: #WakandaForever recebeu ao todo 6 indicações no Critics Choice Awards 2023:

- Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante (Angela Bassett).
- Melhor Figurino.
- Melhores Efeitos Visuais.
- Melhor Penteado e Maquiagem
- Melhor Canção Original.
- Melhor Design de Produção.

I don't usually watch or recommend videos, but this one was worth the 12 minutes — even though I've already followed Covid news pretty carefully.

From cardiologist Dr. Rae Duncan: "I've seen the inner linings of people's blood vessels, I've seen the torn endothelium. That's after 1 or 2 infections. I have no idea what their blood's going to look like after 10 reinfections."

#Covid #LongCovid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKE1QcM7WUI

(h/t @SheepOverboard)

This also gels well with my group's research:

"#Mastodon’s traffic increased by 1.4 million in November, a 588% increase in just a month, figures show...going from 1.4 million to 9.5 million in just a month as the ongoing Elon Musk Twitter overhaul sees users and advertisers seek alternative platforms.

Google Trends data also reveals that worldwide searches for ‘Twitter alternative’ soared 504 per cent in November to an all-time high."

#TwitterMigration

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/mastodon-sees-traffic-soar-by-588-following-musks-twitter-takeover-340236/

It looks like The NY Times staff walkout will be going through tomorrow, so reminder that a digital picket line (which includes all NYT platforms and products) is still a picket line. Don’t cross it—break your word game streak for workers’ rights!

You can also write in directly to let them know you support giving their workers a fair contract.
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-the-new-york-times-give-your-employees-the-contract-they-deserve

❤️ Artist: #CaseMaclaim - in City: #SanDiego USA 🇺🇸 2017 - Title: "Para mis Padres mi gente" - #streetart #art #mastoart #mural #artwork #Graffiti #NoHumanIsIllegal see you... 👋

07.12.2022 video:

President #Zelensky visited wounded Warriors in a Kyiv hospital last night after returning from the East - he presented awards and thanked our Defenders for their service to #Ukraine.

Wishing all our wounded soldiers a speedy and complete recovery!

Humpback Whales Have Super Feeding Events in Australian Waters https://kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frym.2022.713720#.Y40G_ARhkss.twitter via @rightrelevance@twitter.com thanks @frontmarinesci@twitter.com

Last time I posted a bread pic, I got the best response ever. This is the nicest loaf I’ve made in a long time as I just didn’t get to bake much this year. Can’t wait to cut it in half. #Sourdough #bread #baker

Split my #StarTrek “Voyage Home” rewatch over two nights—the adventure continues!

Our heroes are hardly being inconspicuous. There’s the helicopter, to start. A massive plexiglass panel disappearing in mid-air. Broad daylight. Golden Gate Park (third most-visited park in the US).

It's getting dark in Hawaii and the USGS livestream of #MaunaLoa is looking pretty wild:

https://youtu.be/SnjGqn1K9ZQ

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More than one #geography #PhD student working with me has expressed the desire to communicate their research in a #comic or #graphicnovel format, but it's hard to know where to start and there are few examples in our field. I love this #openaccess article and hope to see more like it.

https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/2037/1558