a meh trash panda @mehguy@qoto.org

A little disappointed that we're using #AcademicMastodon. #AcademicFedi or #AcademicToots when #Macademia was RIGHT THERE.

Hello, #Mastodon!

This whalebone walking stick with skull pommel once belonged to Charles Darwin. Yep, you read that right!. I bet you didn't know Darwin was such a badass. It's now on display at the Wellcome Collection in London, and I think you'll agree it's pretty amazing.

Happy #Monday!

#histodon #introduction #histmed #histsci #museumobject #weirdhistory #twittermigration #histodons #science #medicine #TIL

I see a lot of people talking about how Mastodon "Feels like the Internet I remember from 20 years ago."

That's no accident. That's Federation. That's UseNet, IRC, Email, Message Boards, etc. What do they all have in common?

Federation: Users congregating around watering holes of common interest, but still being a part of a larger whole.

THIS IS HOW THE INTERNET WAS DESIGNED TO BE. And I am HERE for it.

Hi everyone, I am new here and learning the platform. By way of background, I am a chemical biologist and glycoscientist on the Stanford Chemistry faculty. Known for creating a field called #bioorthogonal chemistry (for which I shared the 2022 NP) and launching biotech companies with new therapeutic and diagnostic platforms, mostly rooted in glycobiology. Passionate about interdisciplinary science, diversity equity and inclusion in STEM, peanut butter, gyms and 70s funk.

The best parts of Twitter recognised that the some of the people who were most critical to scientific ‘success’ (administrative staff, #technicians, #teachers, comms teams) were often the most undervalued. That bias within #academia manifested in award programmes, peer-review, citation metrics, funding calls and recruitment/promotion practises. And that we had the power to change that! 🥳 #Inclusivity

A duck a day keeps the doc... or something like this. 🦆
#duck #dailyquack

I guess the jump was unavoidable. Follow me for all things climate (activism, justice, education, data, communication).

This might be the most idyllic scientific visiualisation l've ever seen.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05383-9

I see we've reached the "UN stepping in" stage of Melon Husk's galaxy-brainned takeover of #Birdsite

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/06/un-urges-elon-musk-to-ensure-twitter-respects-human-rights

Be kind to your instance admins folks - I'm pretty sure none of them had Musk nuking twitter on their #BingoCards for this year

Very helpful! How to efficiently establish a bridgehead on #Mastodon as a #Sciencetwitter user.
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RT @d_brueckner
Will #ScienceTwitter🐦 -> #ScienceMastodon🐘 work?

The response to this was massive & my #Mastodon has gone from a quiet void to a science party in just 3 days!

Many are worried about servers, network effects & losing followers

Follow these tricks to make it work for you! 🧵
https://twitter.com/d_brueckner/status/1587760601559961600