Pablo SB @iPabloSB@qoto.org

Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️ https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/144f6xm/apollo_will_close_down_on_june_30th_reddits/

Getting some Blade Runner vibes from these photos of Times Square

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/06/07/canadian-wildfire-smoke-nyc-residents-urged-to-stay-inside.html

There's a really good community feature on here called groups. It works like this:

1. Follow a group's account
2. You will start seeing posts on that topic
3. You can post to the group by @-ing it

For example, follow @tea to see posts about tea.

It's more powerful than following hashtags, as all group posts are actively pushed to all of the group's members. No one misses anything.

Find out more at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/, and I've curated some nice active groups at https://fedi.directory/tag/fediverse-groups/

Apple Vision Pro

When you spent $3500, but Apple wants $1 more/month

Kudos to all the various Mastodon instances for not falling over during the WWDC keynote. I used Mastodon just as I would have used Twitter in years past, and it worked great.

#pride

#ElonMusk #Twitter

Ben & Jerry’s Ends Paid Advertising on Twitter Due To Proliferation of Hate Speech

"The platform has become a threatening and even dangerous space for people from so many backgrounds, including people who are Black, Brown, trans, gay, women, people with disabilities, Jewish, Muslim and the list goes on. This is unconscionable in addition to being plain bad business."

https://www.benjerry.com/whats-new/2023/05/ending-paid-twitter-advertising

Got off my call with Reddit just now about the API. Bad news unless I come up with 20 million dollars. Appreciate boosts. https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/

Hey y'all, i know you know this, but while you definitely shouldn't use GPTs for legal research, also don't rely on GPTs for RESEARCH, PERIOD.

They are neither giving nor TRYING to give you intersubjectively associated and derived facts; they are not even remixing factual CONCEPTS into new forms.

They are modelling human biases out into digestible bullshit with a statistically-determined high probability of being swallowed.

That is all.

They don't have to be this way, but, at present, the people making them have no incentive to change them. So. Don't lean on them for fact stuff. It's not what they do.

TGIF! #GoodMorning #DailyGiggle

The loss of access to Twitter data under the new pricing plan was a dire blow to our research at the UW-CIP.

Now being forced to delete the data that dozens of people spent years collecting, curating, and studying—outrageous. It’s like burning lab notebooks, an attack on science for the sake of pure malice.

https://inews.co.uk/news/twitter-researchers-delete-data-unless-pay-2364535

Find and Follow Academics on Mastodon

OK, this is wonderful. Sociologist Mark Igra @markigra made this amazing tool for finding and following academics:

Find Academics on Mastodon >>> https://find-masto-folks.vercel.app/

This amazing resource takes data from the authoritative repository:

Academics on Mastodon >>> https://nathanlesage.github.io/academics-on-mastodon/ .

To be listed, use this link to find your discipline >>> https://nathanlesage.github.io/academics-on-mastodon/#curated-account-lists , and fill out the form or contact the list curator.

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#twittermigration #academics