michael_rose

@[email protected]
12 Followers
112 Following
36 Posts
I’m here for the punch & pie
michael_roseJan 10, 2023
Peter GleickJan 10, 2023
From 2012-2016, California suffered the worst 5-year drought on record, followed by the wettest year on record in 2017.
Now, following 3 years of severe drought again, the state is being pummeled by record wet storms.
This is the long-warned-about intensification of weather due to human caused #climate change.
michael_roseNov 28, 2022
ShoqNov 28, 2022

Ever notice that wingnuts love expressions like “This is messed up” ?

It’s a form of virtue-signaling between know-nothings.

michael_roseNov 21, 2022
blaineNov 20, 2022

Hello Fediverse!

I'm sharing a thing that I hope can be the beginning for many conversations, and represents for me a statement that is the result of many years of conversation:

https://slocanstatement.org/

I call it the #SlocanStatement, and I'm sharing it here first, in public, in the spirit of the Fediverse.

I hope you'll read it, share it if you think it's a valuable statement, and comment and revise it towards building consensus across the Fediverse.

Slocan Statement

michael_roseNov 20, 2022
Chad LoderNov 11, 2022
if Henry Kissinger outlives Twitter i'll lose my shit
michael_roseNov 20, 2022
Paul Dunphy Esquire 🏳️‍🌈Nov 20, 2022
Just a baby elephant on a beach for the very first time, adding some loveliness to your timeliness today. 😊 #elephantlove #weekendmood #boost #tooting
michael_roseNov 20, 2022
Tim ChambersNov 20, 2022

Texas Observer did it right.

Set up their own instance for staff: not just accounts on other instances.

Welcome to the Fedi:
@TexasObserver

https://texasobserver.social/public/local

@jeffjarvis Is this the first official press org to do what you advised?

Texas Observer Social

Founded in 1954, The Texas Observer is a progressive nonprofit news outlet and print magazine covering the Lone Star State.

Mastodon hosted on texasobserver.social
michael_roseNov 13, 2022
Amy Diehl, Ph.D.Nov 12, 2022
Here's a Mastodon tool to search for users by name across instances. It also returns Twitter accounts in the results.
https://search.noc.social

michael_roseNov 11, 2022
Eugen RochkoNov 11, 2022
Having been here since 2016, I can tell you there is definitely no such thing as a consensus on usage of content warnings on the fediverse. It's a decentralized network that doesn't belong to any one party, so by definition there is no single culture on it. Different corners have different expectations and customs.
michael_roseNov 11, 2022
John AravosisNov 11, 2022
To everyone, like me, who is new here on Mastodon -- I swear, I feel like I'm in Canada, escaping Gilead -- here are two posts by the primary developer of the platform (and owner of the non-profit that holds the trademarks etc) explaining that you should ignore people lecturing you about what you should and shouldn't post here. I now consider this issue settled, and will no longer respond to these folks. Time to embrace Mastodon! Thank you for welcoming us.
michael_roseNov 11, 2022
Rolling StoneNov 11, 2022
Twitter Is Burning: Fake Verifications, Bankruptcy Talk, FTC Threats, Executive Exodus
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/elon-musk-twitter-chaos-layoffs-verification-ftc-threats-1234629041/
Twitter Is Burning: Fake Verifications, Bankruptcy Talk, FTC Threats, Executive Exodus

Elon Musk has brought his latest acquisition to the brink of oblivion

Rolling Stone