@randol
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Fan of #bikes, #trains and #hotsauce. Supporter of #vegetarian, plant-based menus and rescue dogs. My life goal: Spanish fluency. #TeamOxfordComma. #California born/raised. #Madison, WI and #Boulder, CO have been second homes. #CalPoly #SLO and #Humboldt State alum. #LGBTQ proud đłď¸âđ Journalist at #CapRadio, an #NPR member station.
Joshua TopolskyOne interesting side effect I just noticed is that when I think about opening twitter I am immediately filled with dread about how bad the discourse is going to be and when I think about opening Mastodon I'm.... vaguely hopeful? I know it may not last but it's a fascinating feeling.
Just got my station bio updated to include a link to my #Mastodon feed. Baby steps.
#PBS Newshour is getting new hosts
https://current.org/2022/11/amna-nawaz-and-geoff-bennett-to-co-anchor-pbs-newshour
https://current.org/2022/11/amna-nawaz-and-geoff-bennett-to-co-anchor-pbs-newshour
Brent ToderianNever forget, a 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. As for sharrows, itâs safer to NOT have them. Via #StreetsblogUSA, read their article linked below. #bikelanes #bikes #cities #transportation #mobility #sharrows #infrastructure #urbanplanning
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says/
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says/
Ethan HarpDemocrat Karen Bass makes history as first female mayor of Los Angeles, CNN projects https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/karen-bass-mayor-los-angeles/index.html
Lesley Carhart 
Yâall, if youâre getting frustrated youâre not seeing the content you want to like news or intel you need on Mastodon, you really need to shift your thinking from algorithmic social media. Follower counts donât matter much here. Likes do not matter to post reach. Without your interaction, you will just see a live FIFO firehose. Some quick fixes:
Hashtag your posts liberally and consistently, and follow key hashtags of interest to you. Hashtags matter a ton here to being seen.
Follow and also alert on accounts you always want to see content from.
Consider using the built in RSS feature for your feeds and for specific hashtags.
Consider switching to the more advanced UI in your preferences, so you can watch multiple filtered and unfiltered feeds. Or a different mobile app.
Use Fedifinder to follow all the accounts you followed on Twitter, and sync up your follow and block lists.
Avail yourself of the multiple public lists of hundreds of journalist accounts on Mastodon.
New to #Mastodon? Check out this starter guide by @jhpot
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/
Will KnightLast week I had the pleasure of interviewing the creator of Mastodon, Eugen Rochko (@Gargron). We talked about how crazy the past few weeks have been, why the site was built to resist the kind of takeover that Twitter has seen, and what he makes of Elon's tweet poking fun at Mastodon: https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/
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Eugen RochkoI think it's glorious that there's now a Mastodon server operated by people who used to work for Twitter (macaw.social). I could have never imagined it when I started in 2016.