John Mifsud @imabuddha@qoto.org

Trying to remember how Mastodon works. Glad it’s here, though.

In advance of the Musking mandates…a first, er, toot on Mastodon.

Got in! Took all day.

One nice thing is that it’s Saturday and these are pictures of my dogs. #dogsofmastadon

#StarTrek #Music

A New #Antibody Approach to Fight #Ovarian #Cancer | A unique immunotherapy-based antibody approach has been developed which targets #cancers consisting of solid tumours. Ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer in #women

https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/medicine/a-new-antibody-approach-to-fight-ovarian-cancer/

A friend is arguing with a relative who says Covid is "just a bad flu," so I made him this

Even now, in the lowest sustained period of "low mortality" we've had (after the lowest-low blip of mid-summer 2021), it's like the peak week of a bad flu season... every single week

#covid #flu #mortality #dataviz #demography

We're heading into the weekend by announcing our intent to add #IPFS support to #Mastodon

This means that media attachments can also be collectively shared across the fediverse, just like messages already are.

Initial funding page up on @opencollective if you want to support, and we'll dig in more on this next week! https://opencollective.com/fission/contribute/ipfs-media-support-for-mastodon-48315

FRIEND: It's called cauliflower. It's not ghost broccoli.

ME: [taking a long drag on my cigarette] Listen kid, I know what I saw.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. @Horse_ebooks on fire off the timeline of @DevonCow. I watched @Stevemartintogo glitter in the dark near the Covfefe tweet. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Just closed up shop on my twitter. I joined over 15 years ago. I was there when you could watch _all_ tweets on the homepage, aka The Firehose. And I met some wonderful people there. I'm happy to say a lot off them are you and you're here. And some I'm sure I'll catch up with again soon. #RIPtwitter

Tonight's 🏆 award goes to @briannawu

Masto tonight feels like https://youtu.be/u3CKgkyc7Qo?t=12

Possibly unpopular opinion here…but all these complaints about how the influx of new users is impacting Mastodon culture, it just dawned on me that it’s akin to how people speak about immigrants (i.e. “THEY came here, they should assimilate to OUR way of doing things, and adapt our culture”)
As an immigrant myself (in real life) I know first hand the impacts of this inflexible way of thinking. It’s a nuanced topic, but just something for the OG Mastodon inhabitants to consider.
#FoodForThought

Glad to be here.