Barb

@Telibarb
37 Followers
72 Following
117 Posts
Blimey it's noisy here in the garden.
The latte art in Tokyo is next level 🤯 I asked for a bear, Sophie asked for a tiger, and Lottie asked for Munchlax from Pokémon.
Same train. Same.
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, many citing Musk's policies. The most popular alternative for new social media accounts is Mastodon.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0
#mastodon #twitter #elonmusk
Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty

A Nature survey reveals scientists’ reasons for leaving the social-media platform now known as X, and what they are doing to build and maintain a sense of community.

ON WHAT CHARGE? Reading 600 tweets? 600 succulent tweets???
I never fail to be surprised at how much tidier the garden looks after I've mown the lawn, even tho everything else is overgrown.
Idea: an app where you can post, but nobody can read what you posted. Looking for a name. Twitter and GBNews have already been taken.

Hello Mastodon Newcomers 🐘✨!

It seems there's a fresh wave of people joining or coming back to Mastodon this week ​🌊​​ 

If you feel a little lost,
I wrote this external guide that might help you, or that you can share with friends: https://controlaltdelete.technology/articles/the-mastodons-guide-to-the-fediverse.html

On this post, you will find links to each category of the guide separately: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/109995537816857661

On this post, you will find a list of short Mastodon post-guides: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/109323504324459171

For Fediverse tips all year long, you should follow the excellent @FediTips!

Welcome! ​✨

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The Mastodon’s Guide to the Fediverse (starting with Mastodon step-by-step!)

A simple blog about privacy, security, open source, software engineering, and tech in general.

Pleasing to see a lot of Twitter mutuals here (as well as the interesting new accounts I found when I first got an account here).