Jason Etheridge @jasonetheridge@qoto.org

I will give big points to the first news organization, big or small, that:
* Sets up an instance for its newsroom,
* Sets up an instance for the community it serves,
* Enables rel=me for staff,
* Creates a boost-on-Mastodon sharing function,
* Enhances that function so headlines/images (with alt-text) appear in the toot,
* Covers the Fediverse as more than a geeky curiosity or alt-Twitter,
* Listens to and joins in the conversation here.

Am I wrong to be faintly depressed by the BBC's current "Most Read" top 5?

This holiday season Twitter fires 4K workers, Amazon fires 10K workers, & Facebook fires 11K workers—all while US Billionaire pandemic wealth increased an absurd $1.7T.😳

A reminder that billionaires don’t create jobs—they exploit workers. Tax billionaires. Unionize workers.

My first promotoot - not for me, but for the eximious and wondrous #JonathanMeades who should, I think, be cherished as one of our finest, funniest and acutest writers, both in the factual and fictional spheres. His Empty Wigs is crowdfunding at Unbound.
https://unbound.com/books/empty-wigs/
Subscribe - and In his (ironic) words invite your friends, family and servants to do so too.

#Unbound #EmptyWigs

http://jonathanmeades.co.uk
http://meadesshrine.blogspot.fr/p/shrine.html

Here's the Mastodon 4 changelog for those who are curious about the new features here:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

When I was growing up, I thought the phrase "picture it in your mind's eye" was just a figure of speech, because I've never been able to picture anything in that way -- when I close my eyes and try to imagine something like an apple or a sunset, or even the face of a loved one, it's just black. If this sounds familiar, you might have #aphantasia https://mathewingram.com/work/index.php/2020/04/05/aphantasia-when-you-try-to-picture-something-in-your-mind-and-nothing-happens/

#Scholars and #Journalists in #Mastodon: open lists to join and discover colleagues:

History Scholars
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zmuH0ffMpCNOEjsReMk5iiqGwiUvhO2TtrM8QKu98SE/edit#gid=844879137

Journalists
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit#gid=1320898902

Notable Twitter users on the Fediverse
https://fedified.com/

Researchers in digital technologies, law, policy and society
https://liveuclac-my.sharepoint.com/:x:/g/personal/ucqnmve_ucl_ac_uk/ES11jfqXsNVNpd1roXFokNkBzRux6n2xThtV4CsgqpSj8g?e=rKrajY

Researchers in Communication, Media Studies, and Adjacent Fields
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vFWP_eBXrjeDqDkmT6PEbxnsZ_QFC4OgEgUHTrJWhhQ/edit#heading=h.ubui23b9p9g3

Tech Policy/Defense
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iAMJN3X6WHTmvkKxSVRYl8UAD_dxbIuDAjJ_q0VzNIg/edit#gid=1114409984

#Research #ScienceMastodon #SciComm #FediScience

Amazed that people are still trying to pitch me their crypto startups. I'm like, read the room, dude. It's over.