Austin Szatrowski @aszatrowski@qoto.org
University of Chicago '25 | Biological Sciences
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Over the summer Becca Rothfeld wrote a characteristically provocative & insightful essay (https://www.gawker.com/culture/writers-shouldnt-talk) arguing that--
Writers Shouldn't Talk
--So naturally I invited her to come & talk to me about it!
1/18, will be live-streamed for everyone to enjoy.
The space of time between Mendeleev’s first stab at a periodic table and Einstein’s paper on special relativity was smaller than the time between the release of Goonies and today.
2022 retrospective: the most important thing I learned on twitter this year was how to tie my shoes.
RT @AgnesCallard@twitter.com
"I believe that up to half the population may be tying their shoelaces incorrectly." https://twitter.com/panchromaticity/status/1584551425107177472
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AgnesCallard/status/1584553280134270977
@Popehat Everyone has a right to a fair trial (unless we all *know* they're super guilty, then we can do it off vibes obviously)
I think all those “How to Mastodon” articles are going about it all wrong. They start by explaining federation and talking about how to choose a server. Yes that’s the first step but it’s also where we lose people. Just put that aside. Start by talking about how you use Mastodon, all the great apps, the culture, etc. Then end with the first step, that “all you have to do is pick a server to get started” and explain how. You have to hook a fish before you can reel it in.
Living through the collapse of Twitter will be a story I tell my grandkids.
I've officially deactivated my twitter. Had stopped using it a long time ago but god knows what's about to happen to the data that's stored on there.
It's like there's a tweet for everything he does. I love this.
University of Chicago '25 | Biological Sciences
