Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Hey scientists, Nature has weighed in on Mastodon! #science #nature #mastodon

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03668-7

With all the new people, it's time to say hello and mention how #Owncast is looking for people to contribute to the project!

It's an exciting time as some really cool work is going on, and the project is growing along with the rest of the #Fediverse.

If you find this free and open #livestream project interesting and want to be involved, there's never been a better time.

Say hello and find out what part you can play in a project that people think is pretty cool.

https://owncast.online/help/

Going to have to spend a good while later finding folks, both old follows and new. I'll toss out a few hashtags of interest for stumbling into any like-minded folks though. Maybe I'll find every rural queer lefty sheep farming weirdo on mastodon. 😉

#wool #knitting #sheep #lgbtq #agriculture #progressive #science #politics #news #books #food #cats #gardening

Trans community and antifascists shut down pathetic TERF rally today in #NYC. The group's leader, a British grifter who goes by Posie Parker and is known for working with the far-Right, didn't even show up. Sign says, "Stay Out of Sylvia and Marsha's City!," a reference to Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson, who both participated in the Stonewall uprising.

CYCLES IMPROVEMENTS - Blender.Today LIVE #211 https://video.blender.org/videos/watch/834401ed-34c8-4d5c-b7f8-c52c752d90d2

🎉 #Mastodon 4.0 is out now! This server software update includes a ton of improvements, like following hashtags, translating posts, editing, an improved filtering system, customizable user roles for administration, but also some important security fixes.

Check out the full changelog:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.0.0

Going to try a thing: white guys, please boost!!

Comment here if you're: queer and/or BIPOC and you are interested in talking about #TTRPGs #GameDesign #LARP or #games #art so we can create some discoverability for marginalized folks trying to find community with each other

I'll start! I'm a queer trans nb person who designs and publishes tabletop games and LARPs about gender and queerness. My jam lately has been happy games about queer people finding love and community

#introduction #lgbtq

Osprey captured as it dives for it’s prey! Incredible photo -
Credit: Chen Chengguang

#rugbyunion post: Was anyone at the #Wales v Argentina #rugby match on Saturday in #Cardiff - what did you think of the atmosphere?

We sang pretty much the whole time but it was only at the end people joined in - with 'Happy Birthday' to Taulupe Faletau being the surprise hit of the night.

Compared to football it feels quiet. When the crowd is said to be the 16th player, it seems like a wasted opportunity.

Anyway, please enjoy this #photo I took of a line-out.

Many people don't know #RSS anymore, although it is really handy.

The #FSFE is still offering its news as RSS: https://fsfe.org/news/news.en.rss and the events https://fsfe.org/events/events.en.rss -- also as calendar feed https://fsfe.org/events/events.en.ics

@kirschner
Just give #YH4F a mention on the Computing at School forum.

See if anyone takes up the challenge.

@zleap @Minetest @minetest4kids

I know of Minetest but I do not have much interest in it. I already play Minecraft modpacks.

Vintage Story, on the other hand, looks completely different and looks graphically superior to either Minecraft and Minetest.

Byline Times became the latest victim of Elon Musk's automated reader suppression this week, when their article on voter suppression was flagged by Twitter as "potentially unsafe" | Louise Houghton

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/musks-reader-suppression-about-voter-suppression/

#Bylines #Twitter #Musk #VoterSuppression #ReaderSuppression

#introduction

First post on #HomeServer! For those that don't know me, I'm an audio engineer/digital musician, new to the world of self hosting, Linux and RasPi (long time Mac/Logic/ProTools/Ableton user).

I don't like what the internet has become so decided to be change I want to see. I'll be posting idiotic questions about self hosting, privacy, coding etc. but also music, economics, tech and cats (of which I have two).

Feel free to connect :)

The first time I went online, which would've been around '95, I was already about 2/3 of the way through the life I've lived so far. "Take a step back and imagine the world without the Internet. No social media, websites, e-commerce stores, or online chat rooms. The world would be a little blank for many of us": History of the Internet https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/history-of-the-internet/

"Mastodon instances should be limited from growing beyond a certain size. Instances that are already too large should have ways of encouraging people to migrate to smaller ones." -- or why you should not toot about your birthday on #Mastodon.

Excellent arguments here by @aral

https://ar.al/2022/11/09/is-the-fediverse-about-to-get-fryed-or-why-every-toot-is-also-a-potential-denial-of-service-attack/

#decentralisation #SmallWeb

Here are some tips for raising critical thinkers and promoting skepticism in your house. Some of my fave tricks and tools for raising kids who aren't easily duped by misinformation or magical thinking.

https://www.godlessmom.com/post/11-ways-to-make-sure-you-re-raising-critical-thinkers #atheist #parenting

The first cubesat to fly and operate at the Moon has successfully arrived - Enlarge / The CAPSTONE payload is seen here, atop an Electron rocket in... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1897494 #science