Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Here I am with happy face in the Yukon winter wonderland after the -40 cold night, the power outage and no heat. Weather people said it felt like -50. I am smiling or at least trying to 😀. I am loving the frost on my beard too. I am dispatching joy to you as well 🧡

me, reading trending:

Wait, people are telling artists *not* to self promote? What is wrong with you?

Artists: Self promote away! Promote all the self!

If we want people to move away from centralized platforms (and we should), the way we do that isn't preaching the technical superiority and expecting that to win hearts and minds.

Folks on social media aren't looking for the best tech, they're looking for tech that helps them access community with a minimum of friction.

Watch live tomorrow as @NASA_Astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio conduct a spacewalk to install a roll-out solar array. Coverage begins at 6:30am ET on @nasa TV. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 7:45am and last about 7 hours. ☀️🛰️ https://go.nasa.gov/3v42MJt
#ISS

all the cool kids use arch linux

Proud of the #science community for being one of the first to learn from and port the useful features of social media to a more open platform:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04506-6

"On Monday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wrote to the chair of Tesla’s board, Robyn Denholm, expressing concern that Musk and the board may have violated legal obligations to Tesla shareholders. The lawmaker asked the board to answer specific questions about the alleged misappropriation of Tesla resources and conflicts of interest resulting from Musk’s purchase of Twitter."

Elon Musk actively searching for a new Twitter CEO, sources say https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/20/elon-musk-actively-searching-for-a-new-twitter-ceo-sources-say.html

Hey fellow #Mastodon(s)(?).
Any chance you can give this account a boost?
We are a resource centered on the fermented industry and would love to reach a broader audience.
We know this takes time and we are inviting our followers (from other short message platform) to join us here.
As a supporter of most platforms since 2009, we are fully invested in providing relevant information to those interested in the food and beverage industry.
All the best,
The Northwest Beer Guide.

The Top 10 Most anticipated #Movies of 2023 (From Fandango.com)

2023′s Top 10 Most-Anticipated Movies Across Categories

1. “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Disney)
2. “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony)
3. “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (Disney)
4. “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Lionsgate)
5. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Disney)
6. “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (Warner Bros.)
7. “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount)
8. “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of the Songbirds and Snakes” (Lionsgate)
9. “Creed III” (MGM)
10. “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Universal)

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/20/marvel-sequels-are-most-anticipated-movies-of-2023-fandango-survey.html

Thanks to your support and sharing, we just reached 75% of our fundraising goals to get our 2023 budget!

Thank you, it is so heart-warming 💖

There are 10 days left for the remaining 25%, we're confident 🤞!

💜 🧡 https://soutenir.framasoft.org 🧡 💜

One of the benefits of #Mastodon being #OpenSource: The EU can help make it more secure.

"Awards of up to EUR 5000 are available for finding security vulnerabilities in LibreOffice, LEOS, Mastodon, Odoo and CryptPad, open source solutions used by public services across the European Union. There is a 20% bonus for providing a code fix for the bugs they discover."
https://commission.europa.eu/news/european-commissions-open-source-programme-office-starts-bug-bounties-2022-01-19_en
#EU #OpenCollaboration

Over the past week we've seen a noticeable uptick in men joining, following dozens of accounts presenting as women, and then messaging them directly.

Some appear to be real people, some are fake accounts with stolen identities.

Either way, this is stalking and harassing behaviour, and we have zero tolerance for it.

For those affected by accounts we fail to catch, please report them. We _will_ take action, and you'll help keep the community safe and welcoming for all.

Diolch.

#MastoMods

There is Parkinson’s in my family, so seeing potential like this in a noninvasive treatment is amazing.

Scientists Develop Five That Eliminates Parkinson’s Tremor: https://youtu.be/YEEwbxFT4Bc

#medicine #parkinsons #science #MedicalScience

We've extended the deadline! Get your talks, workshops and demos in by January 6! https://form.jotform.com/223106434319247

Did you know that you can now try out the OpenGL 3 renderer in #Godot4? Clay John wrote about the status of the renderer in our latest blog post

🔗 https://godotengine.org/article/status-of-opengl-renderer

#GodotEngine

Electrifying the US postal service fleet as we replace the old trucks we've been using for decades was an obvious win if we could make it happen. Its now happening!

https://wapo.st/3WeG9On

#uspolitics #climate #climatecrisis #climateemergency

HT @vickyveritas

This page provides a list of the accounts of Earth scientists and Earth science enthusiasts active on Mastodon, and a way to follow multiple accounts at once.

#Science
#EarthScience

https://all-geo.org/mastodon-earthsci/

Hell of an investigation by my colleagues Lauren Etter and Mike Riley

How a Cocaine-Smuggling Cartel Infiltrated the World’s Biggest Shipping Company

As MSC grew into a dominant force in global trade, it also became a prime drug-trafficking conduit for Balkan gangs

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-12-16/how-world-s-top-shipping-company-became-hub-for-drug-trafficking

Here's your irregular reminder that:

Twitter was a multi-billion dollar company with thousands of employees.

Mastodon is a niche hobbyist product run by volunteers

The fact that we're being seen as a viable alternative to them is an admission that a federated, decentralized future is not only possible, but desirable.

Mastodon is not one thing, or one place. It's a network of many things and many places. We don't have a spokesperson (I mean, there's me. I'm the official spokesperson for 💯 of the fediverse, but beyond me there is no spokesperson) we don't have consensus on moderation or blocking or tools or what is good and what is bad. Some of us are professional SREs and Sysadmins, some of us aren't. Some of our instances have been around for 5+ years, some won't be here in six months.

And that's good! All of it, every last bit of it is good.

We're wrestling power away from the billionaire class, in real time, and reclaiming it for the People.