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

Orwellian language means the opposite of what it says. Examples:

A "Clear Skies Initiative" that increases pollution.

An "election integrity" bill that kills democracy.

A "free speech absolutist" who silences journalists.

Elon Musk wants to control your brain. He’s seizing the digital public square in an effort to tilt the discourse toward ultra-conservative politics. What can we do about it? https://georgelakoff.substack.com/p/twitter-ceo-elon-musk-wants-to-control

I don’t want Mastodon
to become Twitter.

I want Mastodon to
be and become much better.

Let’s all work
together to make Mastodon
a place of respect,
a place of inclusion,
a place of accessibility,
and a place of hope for a better World 💚🐘

Announcement!

We have been officially approved to be listed on JoinMastodon.org under the #Gaming category!

We’re super excited for what this means for our servers continued growth. Thank you all SO MUCH for your ongoing support!

#VideoGames #gamer #RetroGaming #Tabletop #DnD #GameDev #Developer

#MAGA to #POC means “Make America White Again.” When has America ever been great for #NativeAmericans, #Indigenous people, #AfricanAmericans, #AsianAmericans, & #LatinX? We, the oppressed people have never seen a “great” America. So when people say MAGA, I want to know what point in history they are referring to? #racism #murders #systemicracism #blackpeople #POC #blackmastodon #history #nojusticenopeace

"We can now 3D print as much wood as we want without cutting a single tree"
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/lab-grown-3d-printed-wood
https://youtu.be/68kiCZqKie4
#Education #EdTech #Science #Sustainability #STEM

I'm honored thar one of my blogs was among GPEs's most popular in 2022. I'm in great company-- #blogs on the importance of play, #evidencebased #edtech, the need to address #teacher shortages etc. Thank you Global Partnership for Education and to authors for addressing these and other important topics in #education. Above all, big thanks to those who have read my musings and reached out over the years. It means a lot. https://www.globalpartnership.org/blog/top-20-blogs-2022

Hello Educators! I'd like to #introduce myself. I am an #educator of 20+ years, a #K8 #teacher, and now an #EdTech #author of #EduProtocols. Hope we can learn together and l look forward to connecting in this instance!

new post & [VIDEO] tutorial: Mastodon Tips
https://www.speedofcreativity.org/2022/12/21/mastodon-tips-dec-2022/

#MediaLit #MediaLiteracy #edutooter #edtech #socialmedia #edtechSR

🎁 Drawing the gift can PRESENT a problem. Sometimes a hairline gap shows through between shapes. When that happens, you can nudge one of the shapes with Shift + arrow key.

https://shapegrams.com/gift

#EduTooter @edutooters #edtech #teaching #GoogleEdu #googleslides #Shapegrams #digitalart

I think it's about time I post a proper #introduction :

My name is Ryan and I'm an #ITIL process manager/consultant. Although I have an ITIL background, I have a passion for #cybersecurity and love staying up to date on the latest cyber news. My goal is to break out of ITIL and hop into the cyber realm.

When I'm not listening to #DarknetDiaries I'm out with my family either #hiking , #cycling , or #longboarding (skate type, not water).

Really useful legal guide from the folks at the EFF for people running fediverse servers:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/12/user-generated-content-and-fediverse-legal-primer

(disclosure: I advised them on this work a bit)

Are #Educators Leaving Twitter?
https://www.techlearning.com/news/are-educators-leaving-twitter
(n.b. Elon University has no relation to Elon musk ;)
#EduTwitter #Teachers @edutooters

Mastodon Is Hurtling Toward a Tipping Point https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-legal-issues-tipping-point/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=wired&utm_social-type=earned via @wired

Why it makes sense for Apple to join the ‘Fediverse’ - Vivaldi and Mozilla, two of the world’s browser makers, will host their own Mastodon s... - https://www.computerworld.com/article/3684008/why-it-makes-sense-for-apple-to-join-the-fediverse.html#tk.rss_all #smallandmediumbusiness #browsers #mobile #apple

#introduction post! I’m a #medievalist and #academic currently based at the American University of #Beirut. I’m interested in #sff, #feminism and women’s writing, and my new project is about what the distant past and far future might tell us about making new worlds in the present.

In case you haven't been paying attention to what's going on up there, the Arctic "heatwave" continues, with today about 3σ above the 1979-2000 baseline. That's 5.21°C (9.4°F) above average for the entire Arctic region. This is record Arctic heat for this date.

An easy prediction: 2023 is going to be hot.

#climatecrisis #climate

I often wonder how to get "successful," privileged schools to understand that the meta changes and crises happening in the world will impact even their kids. So many of them seem to be living in bubbles, claiming immunity to technological, environmental, economic, and political shifts that are existential in nature. I wonder in the end if their fall will be harder because of it. #justsayin

🦣 Prior to November, Mastodon was gaining around a thousand new user each day. But that was just a trickle compared to what was to come.

🦤 When Musk started running Twitter, the volume of daily Mastodon registrations sky-rocketed.

📈 Every time Musk made a move on Twitter, there was a corresponding surge in Mastodon registrations.

#Mastodon #MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration #Twitter #Follow #JohnMastodon