Winchell Chung @nyrath@qoto.org

In honor of Carl Sagan, born #OTD in 1934: Here's the original Pale Blue Dot image, taken by Voyager 1 gazing back on the solar system in 1990, along with Carl's reflections on why it mattered. https://www.planetary.org/worlds/pale-blue-dot #astronomy #SciComm

What are the rules and guidelines for posting links to products you'd profit from the sale of?

(Including Kickstarters and the like.)

I have a few things on DriveThruRPG I wouldn't mind boosting.

@albinokid

Tip 1: Use hashtags. There's no algorithm to suggest followers or shove posts into your feed in the hopes you follow someone.

Tip 2: Boost (re-post) toots liberally. *You* are the algorithm.

Tip 3: Use CW (content warnings / content wrappers) to discuss politics, the meta.

Tip 4: To create "threads", make the first post public and each reply "unlisted" to prevent clogging up your instance's feed.

Tip 5: Provide text descriptions, even just basic ones, when attaching photos or media.

Tip 6: Use the "report" features for moderating trolls so your admins can take action.

I've become somewhat fascinated by how the removal of Quote Tweet type functionality forces a behavioural change here.

Dipole Repeller

A cosmic void, located 700 millions light years away in a previously uncharted territory. It was found when we observed a divergence in the map of the cosmic velocity field. By emptying itself in favor of its denser neighboring structures, it effectively acts as repeller, pushing our local group of galaxies and contributing to its velocity of 2.3 millions km/h through the universe.

Nat.Astro discovery paper: https://rdcu.be/wqbG

#astronomy #cosmology #space #galaxies

Four recent backgrounds from my streams.

I make a new background in MidJourney for each stream. These are fairly old, predating the recent release of MidJourney 4. I'm running out of backgrounds so I'll have to start experimenting with the latest release soon.

Nobody:

Absolutely nobody:

Me: LORD CLIVE!

The cover of Nature, featuring the map of Laniakea, our Home Supercluster of galaxies

research paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13674

#laniakea #supercluster #galaxies #nature #astronomy #astrophysics #cosmology #cosmography #universe #space #science #map #cartography #astrodon

Wow. This needs to be read by everyone who joined Mastodon in the last week: https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/

Welcome new followers! This is exciting!

You might have followed me for music hacker stuff (https://youtube.com/joshuaacnewman), in which case you should also know I’m an RPG designer! (https://glyphpress.com/talk/shop)

Or maybe you followed me because of my game design, in which case you should know I do all sorts of spec fic art in addition to games! (https://Patreon.com/Joshua)

Or maybe you followed me because of my art & you now know I’m an alt educator! (https://patreon.com/PunkPedagogy)

Some personal images inspired by one of my favourite books Rendezvous with Rama By Arthur C Clarke

"My Turn Now"
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#ArtStation https://www.artstation.com/artwork/aGZyLz
#DeviantArt https://www.deviantart.com/seven-teenth/art/My-Turn-Now-920242556

First post here to get into the swing. I'm Fred, been illustrating for a very long time, first traditionally, then digitally from around 2000. Publishing, films and games.

I’m working on designing a computer for creativity! I’m calling it the Computation Easel, and I think this is all technically possible! Maybe SO technically possible, even /I/ can do it! I got hopes for the future with it, too!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/69671581

The annoyance of discovering a new artist you like, only to find NFT bullshit on their profile.

I have done my weekly mint harvest (mint is a marvelous weed that just keeps giving even from just a small plant) for cold mint tea!

Spelljammer Academy content is up on D&D Beyond now so I can finally scream:

SPACESHIP!