Heidi Stenner @hstenner@qoto.org

All,

I've gotten a small team together and we have started development on the Mastodon server for the disability community.

I am in the process of outlining some additional roles we will need to fill to make this succeed, and will put out a solicitation for that at a later date.

I am also making an outline for the information database we want to build, and will likely recruit people (or solicit information) for various pieces of it.

“A study recently published in Animal Behavior suggests that bumblebees, when given the chance, like to fool around with toys.”

https://www.npr.org/2022/11/05/1134355887/bumblebees-can-play-does-it-mean-they-have-feelings-study-says-yes

#science #bees

This list of #journalists on Mastodon has absolutely taken on a life of its own. 🔥

It's now grown to over 540 journalists and shows no signs of stopping. I do quality control and check it every day to clean up.

Journalitsts on Mastodon Form to Sign Up:
https://forms.gle/dw5gzkA11uxXiGTy5

Current full list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit?resourcekey=undefined#gid=1320898902

Looking to follow more plant science folks who aren't primarily doing molecular biology. Old school botany, pomology, horticulture, anyone? #PlantScience #Botany #Pomology #Biology #ScienceMastodon

Hello Mastodon art people! I’m Julia, an illustrator and naturalist from Germany. I’ve quit all social media a few years ago because addictive algorithms, ads, infinite scrolling and tracking surveillance were killing my creativity.
Mastodon is likely the last social media experiment I’ll try. Here are some birds for you, because although I’ve left Twitter, I love drawing birds.
#introduction
#MastoArt #art #illustration #birds #watercolor #TraditionalArt

We will hold "Toward a comprehensive understanding of slow earthquakes" in #EGU2023 https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/47074

We welcome various talks about slow earthquakes.
#slowearthquake #seismology

#EarthquakeReport for M 6.9 #Earthquake in Taiwan on 18 September 2022

there was lots of damage and some casualties :-(

landslides and liquefaction models show that there was a high likelihood for these.

https://earthjay.com/?p=10450

damage information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Taitung_earthquakes

i am filling in some #EarthquakeReport #Toots as I just got my website back up and running after almost two months of arduous work (steep learning curve getting web services set up on a robust server)

Mastodon is really having a moment in mainstream news coverage. CNN, BBC, TIME, etc.

The influx of users will continue at an alarming rate. Remember to be welcoming, and kind, and positive, and helpful.

This isn't just an opportunity to improve the idea of social media, it's an opportunity to shine a wonderful light on #opensource.

Greetings tooters!

this account is for Dr. Jason "Jay" R. Patton (aka EarthJay) and I march for science. #hashtag #Introduction #MastodonIntroduction

His main education/outreach effort is voluntarily writing up #EarthquakeReport posts on earthjay.com. These are for #earthquake and #tsunami events of interest, sorted in different ways; sorted by year here: https://earthjay.com/?page_id=3220

they are an engineering geologist (PG license 9758) who serves the public while at the California Geological Survey, Seismic Hazards and Tsunami programs. https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/

he has been studying the tectonics of the Cascadia subduction zone (a convergent plate boundary fault system) for over 25 years (MS thesis at cal poly humboldt, dept geology). he is an adjunct professor at this dept. https://geology.humboldt.edu/

they studied marine sedimentary records (submarine landslide deposits called turbidites) of earthquakes offshore of Sumatra/Cascadia for my marine geology & geophysics PhD at oregon state university. https://ceoas.oregonstate.edu/

capital letters are over rated but chocolate and oxford commas are not.

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