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Astronomer, Googler, Father to humans and animals. An ex-astronomer working as a Product Manager at Google in London. Fan of astrophotography, social/tech issues, and science for everyone 🌈
Websitehttps://orbitingfrog.com
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Here's another test image from Las Cumbres Observatory's prototype on Halekalā, Hawai'i. NGC891 and my wife's favourite galaxy! #astronomy #Astrodon #scicom
@jradavenport our dogs have always done this. A vet told us that it's because they're relaxed and they love you. I choose to believe this ❤️🌬️

If you are just joining Mastodon (as I am) a good basic explainer for what's different (and what's the same) about it.

By @clive

"Come Join Me On Mastodon, Folks: A how-to guide for joining the rapidly-growing social network."

https://clivethompson.medium.com/come-join-me-on-mastodon-folks-bbb073ff05d2

Come Join Me On Mastodon, Folks - Clive Thompson - Medium

Now that Elon Musk is thrashing around inside the Twitter headquarters, many Twitter users are joining Mastodon — jussssst in case Twitter goes down in a flaming wreck. I’m on Mastodon myself: I’m…

Medium

Average consumption per person in sub-Saharan Africa* is only 185 kWh a year, compared with about 6,500 kWh in Europe and 12,700 kWh in America. An American fridge uses more electricity than a typical African person 😶 https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2022/11/03/africa-will-remain-poor-unless-it-uses-more-energy

*excluding South Africa

Africa will remain poor unless it uses more energy

Greenhouse-gas emissions south of the Sahara are tiny

The Economist
@Brnikat hi! Good idea...
Seeing people's photos of the recent partial #eclipse made me remember last year's partial eclipse (when I wasn't clouded out) :) https://www.astrobin.com/zwzfjj/
Hey, so, we've hit 1,028,362 monthly active users across the network today. 1,124 new Mastodon servers since Oct 27, and 489,003 new users. That's pretty cool.
3. Am I doing threading right?
3. Am I doing threading right?