Heidi Stenner @hstenner@qoto.org

Twitter was really useful for finding people to write about. I’d often stumble across incredible stories of discovery, innovation and leadership. I hope #ScienceMastodon can be the same. If you come across extraordinary, inspirational #WomenInSTEM / researchers from other historically excluded groups, please let me know! #TwitterMigration

@maryeffrancis Great question!

Some basics of social media #accessibility that are useful for pretty much all platforms:

- capitalize each word in multi-word hashtags
- add alt text to your images. Actually describe the image; don't just use the space for jokes or Easter eggs
- don't overuse emojis (the screen reader reads each one)
- if you create videos, caption them
- if you share a video that doesn't have captions, provide a description

#AltText #captions #descriptions #LimitedEmojiUse

Did you know that if you capitalize each word in a multi-word hashtag, #ScreenReaders can read them as words, but if you leave them lowercase, they can't? Well, now you know! So, for #accessibility, please capitalize words when there's more than one in a hashtag.

@explorergrace Hi Grace, hope you will remind people about the wonderful tradition here of using Alt text. It makes me as a blind person feel very welcome, and not all newcomers are getting the memo. Thanks.

its interesting - when you view someones profile from mastodon, you can only see the people they're following *on your server*. if you want to see their full follow list you have to open their profile on their native server.

@jentaub got some clarification on this matter from @Curator . Not a strict rule, but best practices across the fediverse and exhibits a distinctive kindness. Sorry about the confusion

A new presentation on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to sea-level rise prepared for #COP27 by @Co2ley, @MarjolijnHaasnoot Elham Eli and I - with support from many, including Roshanka Ranasinghe and other WGI colleagues @bobkopp Saiful Islam and Karina Von Schuckmann

#introduction
Hi! I'm a new #tech grad

I currently work on the #Cloud ☁️ #msft specifically in #PowerPlatform mostly building low-code apps while trying to admin the thing for our org

I watch a lot of TV📺 & love learning about #psychology & #biology
Located in 🇨🇦 #Canada

Please boost for visibility

A group of European Union policy professionals is trying to coordinate an exit from Twitter https://lemmy.ml/post/583144

Well I suppose it's time to re-introduce myself.

I'm a relatively late in career returnee to geology; my science is highly operationalised, i'm a #geohazard analyst shift leader at the #NGMC - National Geohazards Monitoring Centre - part of the #Geonet program here at #GNS Science in #Aotearoa #NZ.

Yes, it's shift work; we're right at the sharp pointy end of geohazard response, in a 24/7 operation. Varied interests, most recently working on #Taupo #seismicity analysis, and a W-phase project.

Hi everyone, I’m Dr Scott J. Davidson - Lecturer in Ecosystem Resilience working on all things #wetlands and #peatlands ! Big fan of swamps, sphagnum and my cat Ralph

Are you looking for information on felt (or significant) earthquakes? Fast?
Here are a few links for rapid earthquake information.

In Canada:
EarthquakesCanada - https://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-en.php
where automated information on M4 or larger #earthquakes in/near #Canada will be posted with 4-5 minutes

Global:
USGS: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=-57.70415,-288.98438&extent=81.56997,70.66406

EMSC: https://www.emsc-csem.org/#2w

RaspberryShake:
https://shakenet.raspberryshake.org/

*** Also - check with your local seismological monitoring organisation.

It took me several days to decide how to respond to the chaos on #Twitter caused by Elon Musk’s behavior, but I had to do it bc I run public outreach for my research institute (and we get cited A LOT in the media).

I have peace of mind now that I’ve decided to simply pause all Twitter activity for now and instead rely on #Substack, listservs, email (I already do these 3) and now @Mastodon.

I sure hope there are reporters on here!

#immigration #twittermigration #news #journalists

Hi folks, another Twitter migrator here. I'm an #Inupiaq assistant prof studying #Microbiology #ecology and #hostMicrobe interactions. I also dabble in #beadwork #running and I am a single parent who moved across the country at the start of the pandemic. I love following the news, mostly though podcasts, and I used to be an avid reader. Oh, and I hike and talk about #DEIJ issues and support mentees in #academia. Trying to find my place here.

Hi, this is Greta. You are welcome to follow me here, if you prefer planet earth to planet mars.

An #introduction: I do very interdisciplinary #geoscience & #oceanography with interests in #tsunamis, #volcanism, #hydrogeology & coastal/mtn #meteorology. Writer for NOAA #PTWC. Researcher for 17 yrs at #SIO, PhD from #MIT #WHOI Joint Program. Now relocated to remote Pacific NW to help elderly parents and always looking for remote consulting work! BA in Art, MA in English Comp & Rhetoric, previous work in #DataVisualization, satellite imagery. Fun - #snow #ice #mountains + many animals!

Hi! I'm a disaster researcher, TV & movie science consultant, field geophysicist, & freelance science communicator (#SciComm focus on #drr #space #CanSci & #geo). I'm usually somewhere along the West Coast of North America.
I run #YouFoundARock & #RockCheck. I’m the admin of #MinCup, and give tasting notes on rocks.