Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)
Because this is like starting over for so any of us, my approach is to boost as much as I can to get your content into my network of followers. I'd appreciate if you do the same to get my content into your network.
This is a *social network*, and it will work better and faster if we all hold hands!
Jul 2, 2023 at 1:18amMastodon for Android
Show threadAI6YR BenJul 2, 2023
@mackayim2022 @bruinspiration Another follow for you, epidemiologist and probably the earliest source I had on Covid over in Birdsite land. Dr. Mackay came up with the "Swiss cheese" chart.
Show threadBruinspirationJul 2, 2023
@ai6yr @mackayim2022 yes, I follow them.
Show threadIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)Jul 2, 2023
@bruinspiration @ai6yr šŸ¤£
Show threadIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)Jul 2, 2023
@ai6yr @bruinspiration (virologist who just likes playing with numbers and graphs but has no formal epidemiology training so don't expect too much šŸ˜)
Show threadBruinspirationJul 2, 2023
@mackayim2022 @ai6yr works for me. I follow you on bird app too.
Show threadStu MarshallJul 2, 2023
@mackayim2022 @ai6yr @bruinspiration Thanks for your work Ian. Yes, followed you over from the dead bird site.
Show threadIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)Jul 2, 2023
@Hypoxicchicken @ai6yr @bruinspiration I'm hoping to regain my energy and enthusiasm to get back into communicating one day. Struggling with it atm though
Show threadJamesAshburnerJul 2, 2023
@ai6yr @mackayim2022 @bruinspiration Learned of ā€˜novel coronavirusā€™ mid-January 2020 from Ianā€™s ā€œoh no, a pandemic riskā€ tweet. Inside a month, SARS-2 was here in Oz.
Show threadThe Boxing KangarooJul 2, 2023
@mackayim2022 so glad you are here again. When I woke up this morning and saw the latest, was hoping everyone hadn't gone to BlueSky without me...lol
Show threadIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)Jul 2, 2023
@platypusparent I'm mot trying a third platform (4th given I haven't deleted birdsite)! #Mastodon and #Spoutible look fine and unless bluesky has some magical formula, I can't find another piece of time for another trial.
Show threadGiuseppe MichieliJul 2, 2023
@mackayim2022 I suspect many more birdsite former users will flood soon other platform after the 'new policy' of the 'destructinator' (not a word of my own!)!
Show threadCFJul 2, 2023
@mackayim2022 I'm also relatively new here but after #thebirdsite turned into a hugely toxic swamp, I am still cautious about replying to people directly on here.....in case it turns into a troll pile on šŸ™„ I need to spend more time on Mastodon and work on the "socialising" part!
Show threadIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)Jul 2, 2023
@Buxton_Vienna it's like a total restart. So far I have seen nothing negative in the so liaising sense. Which is so nice it's almost weird!
Show threadJudith PakosinskiJul 5, 2023
@mackayim2022
Itā€™s gonna take multiple villages.