Ian Kenway @iankenway@qoto.org

With this new twitter exodus surge developing looks like ill be at 30k followers by the end of the day. Who wants to celebrate with a beer?

I'm senior researcher at #CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) and #IPGP (Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris).
http://www.ipgp.fr/~lacassin

Working on #geology, #earthquake and sometimes #volcanic processes, related #hazards and risks, science communication…

I'm executive editor at TEKTONIKA https://twitter.com/WeAreTektonika (a DOA journal not yet on Mastodon), and advocate of #openscience, free #openaccess

Just moving from Twitter to Mastodon, and learning how to use it. Will keep the two accounts alive, at least for some time…

The #edutooter community is starting to grow #TwitterMigration started a little while back but I should think the number joining up today will soar.
Trying to grow my follow list to make my feed more varied. If you’re interested in #education #politics #culture #history #philosophy #art #Eduresearch #phdlife #satire #retrotech #music give me a follow and I’ll follow back #followbackfriday

Many thanks to people like @freemo who manage servers in their own time, using their own resources.

Say a prayer for your server admins tonight. Mastodon is getting crushed right now as the feeling on Bird site seems to be similar to the fall of Saigon. I’ll definitely be chipping in to help fund this great community. $8 to start.

Twitter is now an insecure platform, haemmorhaging security experts. It could haemmorhage your DMs, through leak or sale.
It's no hard guarantee, but your best chance to delete them is with is with #GDPR rights. I've written a blog on how:
https://michae.lv/deleting-dms-from-twitter/

#Introduction Hello, I'm a retired #musician living in #Stroud #England, but originally from #Gwent, #Wales
I used to conduct both #Opera and West End #Musicals, and was musical director for some big name singers and bands, working all over the world.
I enjoy #crosswords of the more #cryptic kind, love #baking #bread, #canal walking, #rugby, and am a keen #liverpoolfc #lfc supporter.

People from the Other Place.

This tool will find the Mast accounts of your Other Place followers/followees. The other one I've seen only finds people who cross post, this finds them ALL

https://fedifinder-backup.glitch.me

I hope Mastadon hire up all of the talented workers Elon Musk screwed over at Twitter when he took over 🙏🏼 #twittermigration #twitter

What's illegal offline should also be illegal online.

The #DigitalServicesAct (DSA) and the #DigitalMarketsAct (DMA) are a turning point in EU digital policy. In a nutshell:

🔹 The #DMA imposes new obligations on so-called gatekeepers so that they do not prevent other companies from competing for users.

🔹 Under the #DSA, online platforms must do more to restrict the distribution of illegal content & goods.

More info: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_6906

#DigitalEU

Instagram without ads, algorithms or influencers

Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one

I hope someday you'll join us

I just learned of several more instances that have removed us from block lists.. Im glad to see so many instance admins are willing to listen to reason and have changed their decisions in light of the facts and evidence. From what I hear it wasnt just my emails but the efforts of so many in the community showing support for us. I really appreciate that from all of you.

#fediblock

Seems we are still in a minor surge right now.. just checked and current influx is about 2x the normal background rate...

The #Fediverse (#ActivityPub) has surpassed 7 million users!

For the first time, all #SocialMedia that are connected by ActivityPub are at 7,252,751 users (4.1m active six months, 2.7m monthly active). Thanks to #Mastodon 6.3m users, #PeerTube 389k, #Pixelfed 122k , #Pleroma 97k, #WriteFreely 62k #Lemmy 39k, #Plume 25k, #Friendica 19k, #Mobilizon 14k and many more.

https://the-federation.info/

#Fedigrowth #Misskey #Funkwhale #Hubzilla #hometown #Wordpress #bookwyrm #Socialhome

The English name of Snowdon for Wales’ highest peak will be replaced by the Welsh name of Yr Wyddfa, following a vote today
https://nation.cymru/news/yr-wyddfa-snowdon-to-be-known-by-welsh-name-from-now-on-after-national-park-vote/

I just dipped into Twitter to read the fantastic news that the Snowdonia National Park Authority has voted to use the original Welsh names Yr Wyddfa #YrWyddfa and #Eryri rather than the imposed English #Snowdon and #Snowdonia. It's a massive win for reclaiming our #Welsh cultural heritage. I honestly can't believe the amount of hatred, abuse and racism in the Twitter comments from English people. I've no idea why they are so angry that another country wants to use its own language. #Cymraeg 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

I've come on mastodon to share a piece about mastodon, which sounds like the kind of cannibalistic self-referentialism that started mad cow disease https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/16/could-this-be-twitter-without-the-toxic-slurry-my-week-on-mastodon

@freemo @alex

In many senses, I find #qoto sets high standards for communication in #fediverse. You have enabled connected services, allowed 65K characters, you have robust policy, we can use markdown in posts, and you are also very welcoming, responsive, and open community!

With the Artemis rocket heading to the #moon, here’s my piece on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landing. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/08/15/moon-fever-apollo-11/

As Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Stripe, Shopify, Lyft, Netflix, and Microsoft lay off workers, let it serve as a reminder that free snacks, beer kegs, and ping pong tables are not real perks.

Do you know what is? Being part of a union that will defend you.

Interesting fact of the day: The first archaeological evidence of instruments, a flute, was **not** made by humans, in fact, it was made by a neanderthal and is 60,000 years old.

#history #archaeology #music