Apparently there is now a genuine "Mastodon For Dummies" book:
It's a real physical book, it's in bookshops and libraries! Depending on where you live, it's out now or out this week.
I haven't read it (yet) but the index seems promising and it even mentions non-Mastodon Fediverse platforms including lesser known ones like @inventaire
(Thanks to @technomancy for highlighting this release!)
@Sonikku @BlackAzizAnansi @sparkly Never forget that Hitler rose to power after forming the largest political party in the Reichstag, which resulted in the end of democracy in Germany in 1932— in other words, he subverted democracy through the electoral process.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_German_presidential_election
Meet the woman behind early @NASA_Landsat images: Dr. Valerie L. Thomas.
A self-taught programmer, she managed the development of Landsat image processing. Her work in the '70s helped show that satellite imagery could be used to support agriculture. https://go.nasa.gov/3EJMPgT #BHM
#NASA
A Database of 5,000 Historical Cookbooks–Covering 1,000 Years of Food History–Is Now Online
As you know if you’re a reader of this site, there are vast, interactive (and free!) scholarly databases online collecting just about every kind of artifact, from Bibles to bird calls, and yes, there are a significant number of cookbooks online, too.
At 4PM ET, reporters from ProPublica, Texas Tribune & Washington Post will be taking part in a Reddit AMA on their recent investigation into the Uvalde shooting medical response.
You can submit questions now:
https://new.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/10gcbcy/were_journalists_who_revealed_previously/
FediTips has moved!
Michael McCallister
Bill Day
NASA
Second Chance Bikes
Open Culture (Official)
McNige 🇳🇿🏴🇬🇧
ProPublica