Miguel Guhlin 🦉 🇵🇦 🇺🇲 @mguhlin@qoto.org

How to transcribe audio with Microsoft Word https://www.popsci.com/diy/transcribe-audio-microsoft-word/

One of the more annoying bits with Mastodon is the whole “log in to follow someone when you’re viewing them on a different server than yours” workflow.

This magical Chrome extension basically fixes it!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mastodon-profile-redirect/limifnkopacddgpihodacjeckfkpbfoe

It is remarkable -- remarkably depressing -- how slow news media organizations are on taking up Mastodon, especially after Musk's attacks on reporters this week. Get with it, people!
https://mstdn.social/@ZhiZhu/109525881919494151

New #Introduction toot for a new server. I am a #Histodon, Professor of #WomensHistory and #Gender #History at the University of Edinburgh. I have published extensively on late #Medieval England, most recently in #LegalHistory. I have recently moved more into the #EarlyModern period (16th-17thC). I am PI on AHRC-funded project, Alice Thornton's Books, a #DigitalHumanities project (with a creative element - a play). See https://thornton.kdl.kcl.ac.uk

#cats #printers

Twitter blocks links to Mastodon, making a really good case for Mastodon https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/15/elon-musk-suspends-mastodon-twitter-account-over-elonjet-tracking/

Splendid news: Last month, the great Tom Lehrer released all his music and recordings into the public domain. They're free to download from his website: https://tomlehrersongs.com/

Most of the #education people I know on here do higher ed.

That's good, but I'd like to follow more #K12 #educators.

With the last new-user-wave settling in, who are some of my fellow #teachers on here who work with K-12 students?

Hi! I'm from #NYC where I'm a #FirstGenCollege #ScienceEditor in #chemistry & #astronomy. I'm also a #writer & #photographer interested in #travel, #landscape, global #workingclass #food, & #transportation including #aviation #trains #trucks & #tugboats. I'm into #cooking and often smoke #BBQ. I sometimes play #guitar in different styles of #americanmusic. I #bike everywhere & have a strong interest in #urbanplanning.

I hope Mastodon can be my one place to post lots of #photos !

Might as well do a (re)introduction. I'm a professional nerd, with my most recent gig covering #Linux and #opensource at MakeUseOf.

Other interests include #music, particularly classic and modern rock, with some classical, jazz, folk, and world music thrown in, as well as #retrogaming, with an emphasis on #adventuregames

I also love reading and watching quality TV and movies, with an eye toward #comedy and #scifi.

Restorative justice works. https://inthesetimes.com/article/the-city-that-kicked-cops-out-of-schools-and-tried-restorative-practices-instead?fbclid=IwAR261iQTUWFY58H-ttba1ix-P_s41K9U-862x_-R3X2sFymcjng_P-czdm4

Please I'm begging you... if you're one of the people who's been kicked off twitter, and there is an offer to reinstate your account, please talk to anyone who has been in an abusive relationship.

It. Only. Gets. Worse.

Don't go back. Don't let your friends go back. Don't let your newsrooms make you go back. It's a trap.

I know how hard it is to learn the lesson, "When people show you who they are, believe them the first time" but maybe you can believe them the twentieth time?

If you’re just tuning in here, it’s gonna be okay. We are going to collectively make things better, whatever it takes.

A list of questions to unpack the moral dimension of any technology

> 1. What sort of person will the use of this technology make of me?
> 2. What habits will the use of this technology instill?
> 3. How will the use of this technology affect my experience of time?
> 4. How will the use of this technology affect my experience of place?
> 5. How will the use of this technology affect how I relate to other people?

...and so on. Excellent

https://thefrailestthing.com/2014/11/29/do-artifacts-have-ethics/

@Jennifer_Pinkley

Library Thing

http://www.librarything.com/

@redheadedfemme @Jennifer_Pinkley you can also import your Goodreads data into LibraryThing including reviews and ratings (if you exported it before you deleted your account). I forget why I moved from mostly LT to mostly GR to be honest.