🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

Sinterklaas sack!!!! First time im seeing it in person.

Walking around Amsterdam at christmas time.

#Amsterdam #chritmas #sinterklaas #netherlands

Its really warming and gives me hope to see all the wonderful kindness and thanks being shared this Men's day.

Thank you to everyone who made this something positive, compassionate, and non-judgemental. Its beautiful to see, from men and women a like.

#men #mensday

Happy Mens day, to all the amazing men in the world and the many wonderful things men have done and accomplished everywhere, thank you, you are all appreciated!

#mensday #men

Wow used count growth in #QOTO is still going up, I wonder where this surge is from. We had 74 new users 24 hours ago and of the last 24 houra its up to 99 new users per day.

Up up up we go.

Welcome new users!

@_lunawinters

Selfie time!

#science #humor #joke #humour #jokes #meme

My favorite quote from Harry Potter (books) was when they reveal Severus still loves Lilly after all these years. Some back story, when a wizard falls in love his patronus changes to match that of the person they love. Lilly's patronus was a silver doe.

"So the boy… the boy must die?" asked Snape quite calmly.

"And Voldemort himself must do it, Severus. That is essential."

Another long silence. Then Snape said, "I thought… all these years… that we were protecting him for her. For Lily."

"We have protected him because it has been essential to teach him, to raise him, to let him try his strength," said Dumbledore, his eyes still tight shut. "Meanwhile, the connection between them grows ever stronger, a parasitic growth: Sometimes I have thought he suspects it himself. If I know him, he will have arranged matters so that when he sets out to meet his death, it will truly mean the end of Voldemort."

Dumbledore opened his eyes. Snape looked horrified.

"You have kept him alive so that he can die at the right moment?... You have used me… I have spied for you and lied for you, put myself in mortal danger for you. Everything was supposed to keep Lily Potter's son safe. Now you tell me you have been raising him like a pig for slaughter…"

"But this is touching, Severus," said Dumbledore seriously. "Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?"

"For him?" shouted Snape. "Expecto Patronum!"

From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe: She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.

"After all this time?"

"Always," said Snape.

I ball like a little baby every time I see the scene in Harry Potter where they reveal Snape's backstory. I relate most to Snape as a character for exactly this reason

https://youtu.be/LHolRZeQNG4

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A new closed loop extractor setup i just got. Going to try some extractions soon.

@_lunawinters Yea but did you even know how you felt before the show either? :)

Seems #QOTO is seeing a third wave of users coming in now. Back when we peaked during the indian exodus we had about 200 new users a day or more, it fell back down to 32 users a day as of 2 days ago, but now today we are back up to 79 new users a day right now! Very cool.

We have also seen a nice spike in toot count, which is good to see, especially considering all the excellent STEM content I see in my steam, loving it!

This pattern seems normal for qoto everytime we have a new wave of users to mastodon. We first get an initial wave, it settles down, then we get a second wave as users learn about the network and decide to migrate over to qoto. It is all very exciting to see.

I'm curious about how this comes about though. Is it just people learning about the network, word of mouth, or perhaps some other factor. As a Data Scientist I crave more data purely out of curiosity.

Either way, welcome new users!