Tom Barber Mars Data Engineer @magicaltrout@qoto.org

Marjorie Taylor Greene paid antisemitic and white nationalist haven Gab for “fundraising” in August

https://www.mediamatters.org/gab/marjorie-taylor-greene-paid-antisemitic-and-white-nationalist-haven-gab-fundraising-august

Hello Mastodon.

I am looking for new PhD students to come work with me at the Oxford Internet Institute in 22/23 (@oiioxford) to study the future of data privacy and digital rights, the impact of AI and algorithms on digital platforms, and help co-create better digital futures.

Boosts very much appreciated! 🐘

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@vongrippen @shanselman I've been using Tusky (Android) since it was recommended a few days ago. BUT, I just discovered Tooot (android) and it is SMOOTH. Check it out. #Android #mastodon

This seems like an appropriate first comic for mastodon.

To all mastodon admins:

Hi! I’m Evan Phoenix, the primary author of puma, the ruby webserver that powers mastodon!

Please reply or DM me if you need tuning help! I’ve got no officiation with the mastodon, just want to see you succeed!

(Quick Tip: set WEB_CONCURRENCY to core count * 1.5 and then tune MAX_THREADS. High thread values will see diminishing returns!)

Isn't #Windermere just beautiful.

#LakeDistrict #Lake #UK #Nature

Remember, we're likely to see more #infosec disclosures about #Mastodon code in the near future. This is a *good* thing and will make the platform more secure for everyone.

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Seeing people with coding ability commenting on features they want in Mastodon, many of them framing their insights as if there is a bug.

Almost all ideas I have seen so far could be implemented in a client or a relay. For ones that can't, there are pull requests. For ones that are declined, downstream forking is feasible.

It's #OpenSource & based on a truly open standard, #ActivityPub. How about we frame ideas positively & look for places to contribute? This is not a walled garden run by VCs.

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It is so awesome to see a human-rated, deep-space craft... actually in deep space. For all of SLS and Orion's well-documented problems, this is only the second time in history that this has happened. Thinking back to watching the early Orion design analysis cycles internally in 2007-2010 and watching that heading towards to the moon.

This set of configs and detailed instructions for running a self-hosted Mastodon on https://fly.io/ by @indirect looks really promising https://github.com/indirect/flyapp-mastodon

Just made Mastodon my only social media app on my phone... and I've never been so proud of my phone 🥲

On a clear night in Kinlochleven in November, the Milky Way is visible down the loch. This shot took several attempts as the high road to the village runs to the left of this image. A 30 second exposure meant it took a bit of good timing to avoid light trails from the few cars which did venture down that night. This image was taken next to the slipway area in Kinlochleven.

#Photography #LandscapePhotography #AstroPhotography #ScotlandPhotography