MAGA logic is the Lake loss by .6% is fraud but the Boebert win by .16% is authentic—all in the same election.
If an election is only authentic when you win, it's not democracy you believe in, it's dictatorship.
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.
Currently Masto.host is experiencing the highest volume of traffic that has ever reached the infrastructure.
The service is partially degraded and I will be doing fast upgrades on the platform.
These can lead to partial downtime, errors and large delays in support requests.
Really sorry. Doing the best I can on my end. Hope you understand. Thanks.
Hi! I’m a research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada and adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. I study #earthquakes and focus mostly on #SeismicRisk and #ActiveTectonics. I’m interested in #Paleoseismology #Neotectonics #Seismology #Geodesy and #SeismicHazard.
I’m also chair of the #AGU Hazards Equity Working Group, a Fast Reports editor at @weareseismica and a Building Equity & Capacity committee member for #SZ4D.
Mars may be slowly ripping its largest moon apart #astronomy
A new study has revealed that the weird parallel grooves on the surface of Mars' largest moon Phobos could be a sign that the Red Planet's gravity is ripping the satellite apart.
This thing (#BlueWalker-3) will completely kill the #night #sky ! This #Starlink-like #spacecraft has already been reported with a magnitude down to +1, but can potentially be seen as bright as Venus.
The company behind, #AST space mobile, plan to launch another mega constellation, with 110 of them 🤬
#RIP the night sky, ground-based #astronomy, #astrophysics, night #photography, @VRubinObs, etc… 😡
Read more https://www.universetoday.com/158625/bluewalker-3-unfolds-brightens-one-hundredfold/