ScottinSoCal 🇺🇦 🕊 🏳‍🌈 @ScottSoCal@computerfairi.es

If I leave out a comma it's because I
don't want you to breathe.

I'm noticing a lot of "I'm bored of Mastodon, I'm going back to #Twitter" posts.

In case they are genuine, here's what I've found works:

⚫ try to post content, not complaints. People want to engage with you, not your gripes

⚫ try to learn. If you're putting in an effort to be part of the community, the community will welcome you

⚫ Try to avoid posting links to tweets, definitely don't cross-post. People want Mastodon content

⚫ Reply! Reply! Reply! Everyone wants to know someone's reading and considering their content, even you

⚫ Don't lurk. Many of us check for a filled out profile, avatars, and posts, before we follow someone back

⚫ Chill. It's a big new world that doesn't serve everything up to you

⚫ Avoid the trap of rebuilding Twitter here

Feel free to link this post to people struggling with Mastodon. It's what I've found works, and may not work for everyone

BATMAN'S FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF
• denial
• anger
• bargaining
• dressing up as a bat with your underwear on the outside to fight crime
• acceptance

Growing up, Sesame Street taught me the importance of education, empathy, and kindness.

Bugs Bunny, on the other hand, taught me that revenge on my enemies should be quick, clever, and brutal.

now i lay me down to sleep.
i pray the lord my soul to keep.
if i die before i wake,
please throw my phone into a lake

No, Putin would not launch a preemptive nuclear strike against the West, knowing that the US, France and the UK have nuclear submarines that would respond by wiping Russia from the map. It is interesting, however, that Putin felt the need to ratchet up tension again. 1/

@aravosis The likelihood TFG truly does not have any other stolen gov't property and classified docs squirreled away among his various properties and residences is nil.

The guy's a greedy magpie. He'll steal anything that isn't nailed down and feels that anything he covets automatically belongs to him. Then he makes others pay for his larceny.

The sooner he's criminally charged, the better.

Sinema is still pretending not to be a Republican by becoming an Independent. Sinema is the worst shapeshifting demon ever.

Over on the bird app, my announcement of the birth of our child was met with tons of happily supportive posts, but also a fair number of grossly homophobic and virulently anti-surrogacy posts. I can safely say that here on Mastodon, I’ve only seen happily supportive posts, so thank you all for that! #SafeSpace #Fatherhood #Joy #IAmNowCoParentingATinyHuman

🇸🇰 Slovakia plans to transfer about 300 electric generators to Ukraine. They will help civilian infrastructure — schools and hospitals — survive this winter

Ok, recovery people. I almost blew off my AA meeting to watch Meghan and Harry, but I didn’t. Almost.
I’m looking forward to watching it as if I know them or something. 🤷‍♀️

One of Trump’s buddies in the House said the quiet part out loud and tweeted his support for Trump’s call to “terminate” the Constitution.

Well, someone must’ve gotten to him because he deleted the tweet but not before Liz Cheney could screenshot it and troll Rep. Kevin McCarthy with it.

Well played, indeed. 👏

https://www.comicsands.com/cheney-gosar-tweet-trump-mccarthy-2658899334.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=sand

Entomology joke # 104

Everyone debates how long Ukraine can hold out if the war drags on, but how long can Russia hold out? Their troops are likely freezing to death without proper winter gear. They’re running out of weapons. And then there are the sanctions.

We are all stardust.

That oxygen you breath? That comes from dying massive stars, ending their light in a supernova.

The iron in your blood? Some massive stars dying, but mainly white dwarfs, the leftovers of dwarf stars like our own Sun, exploding.

The gold ring on your finger? Mostly merging neutron stars, leftovers from supernovae.

#astrodon #scicomm #astronomy

As a reminder for #COP15 in #Montreal:

"Our global food system is the primary driver of #biodiversity loss, with agriculture alone being the identified threat to 24,000 of the 28,000 (86%) species at risk of extinction."

Source: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/our-global-food-system-primary-driver-biodiversity-loss

New #introduction.

Hi 👋🏼 I'm Dave Haas!

I'm a scientist, #NatGeo Explorer, technologist & entrepreneur.

🐕 Currently: CEO & co-founder of FaunaLabs, makers of smart collars to monitor pet health.

🎓 Recently: Ph.D. in Marine Science & Conservation at #Duke, where I invented a non-invasive tag to study cetacean ecophysiology. 🐋🐬

💎 Past: COO & EVP Game Studios, PopCap.

My wife & I live in #DurhamNC with our #ItalianGreyhound.

#MarineScience #MarineMammals #cetaceans #dolphins #whales #dogs