Yo dawg… https://youtu.be/YE9rEQAGpLw (via @ccgus)
Are you new here? Giving this place another try? Welcome!
I've been here for a few months and the best advice I've gotten so far is: Follow a lot of people. Like a lot. Like way more than you would have on the other site.
If you're worried about losing track of certain people/issues in the flood of your Home feed, use lists (and the advanced view on the web interface): https://mastodon.social/@design_law/109358875682926700
A side note: I cannot recommend any of the other private alternatives to Twitter, including Bluesky, Spoutible, or Post.
Any private platforms are subject to the same risks that have befallen Twitter. Also, Dorsey and Musk share the same worldview. Mastodon is at least open, and your data is portable.
Students are such grifters. Why should I pay for your student loans? Make better choices. Get a job! Anyway, can't stay and chat, off to meet my billionaire buddies for a fishing trip in my honor on an otherwise unoccupied (and therefore worth $0) private jet flight to laugh about forgiven PPP-loans
An inhaled Covid vaccine booster was more than 5-fold effective for inducing neutralizing antibodies at 28-days, and more durable at 1-year, than shots, vs Omicron BA.5 in a randomized trial
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00350-X/fulltext @thelancetinfdis
WSJ: #Wagner's #Prigozhin planned to capture #Russia's military leadership as part of his mutiny and accelerated the plan after Russian intelligence learned of the plot undefined
Here is a most compelling story about the Toronto Star's alleged saviors who ended up in a huge pissing match that left the paper vulnerable to be taken over by the hedge-fund-controlled PostMedia.
https://torontolife.com/city/star-wars-inside-the-vicious-battle-for-control-of-the-countrys-largest-newspaper/
Ottawa families without a family doctor need to know about the Kids Come First Health Team’s catch-up campaign for routine childhood immunizations against measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, chicken pox and other infections:
https://www.kidscomefirst.ca/en/kids-come-first/vaccinate-and-up-to-date.aspx
"Toronto Star owner Nordstar, Postmedia discuss merger citing 'existential threat' in industry" – CBC
The biggest existential threat to a free press is mergers like this.
They're just concerned with the threat to their profits and to their monopoly over content.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/toronto-star-nordstar-talks-merger-postmedia-1.6890659?cmp=rss
Here we go again. #airquality is rapidly deteriorating in Toronto and will get much worse soon. Look what is happening to the west of us already.
Stay safe, folks. Get indoors, close windows and run air purifiers if you have them.
Looking for an alternative to Reddit?
One of the mastodon-like alternatives is Lemmy. Here’s a scrolling list of Lemmy communities (think subreddits), with a search field pinned at the top.
I am in learning mode. All recommendations welcome!
Refugee from twitter. I am into math, tech, clean energy, EVs, COVID info, books, movies, music.
Based in Toronto. Support Ukraine.
Boosts=endorsements twitter:https://twitter.com/heridfan