Dave Fernig @DaveFernig@social.cleverlibre.org

#Mastodon #Fediverse #choice

Which One

Any way we can persuade Elon Musk to buy The Sun, The Daily Mail and the Daily Express?

Mastodonians, join me here and make me the most followed politician on the planet!

https://t.me/liveukraine_eng/804 ⚡️🇺🇦 President Zelensky: Today is a historic day. We are regaining Kherson. As of now, our defenders are approaching the city. But special units are already in the city. The people of Kherson were waiting. They never gave up on Ukraine. Hope for Ukraine is always justified – and Ukraine always regains its own. And even when the city is not yet completely (VIDEO and more) #Ukraine #News #War #Russia

The spike from the recent innflux of twitter users is so enourmous it has completely distorted the users graph. You cant evenn read the numbers any more and the daily user graph spiked past the total user graph.

Wow.. ok then.

It really is time that the government got serious about fraud https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2022/11/11/it-really-is-time-that-the-government-got-serious-about-fraud/ The government only detects 1% of fraud committed against it. The loss might exceed £50bn a year, with the tax gap on top of that. If they want to find savings this is where to look.

Freddy demonstrates being a “Good Boy” holding perfectly still for a long exposure nighttime photo…. For such a tear away I was pretty impressed!

Birkbeck is a unique institution and needs to be preserved against managerial and governmental vandalism

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/11/the-guardian-view-on-university-cuts-jeopardising-a-precious-heritage?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Ot
#educationuk #Birkbeck #universitycuts

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened." (Doug Adams)

Light relief. Puffins -Sumburgh Head, Shetland, 2008
More at http://www.dcscience.net/shetlands_album/index.html

Hi! mastodon.social is being slow right now, as far as I can tell because there's twice as many people using it at the same time as ever have; I'm working on making it go fast again, but in the meantime, do remember to invite people to joinmastodon.org instead of directly to mastodon.social. People don't have to be on the same server to follow you! Thanks!

Maybe it looks nice, but it means we'll have pretty bad weather tomorrow. #Polesia #RuralLife

Petition to name baby axolotls "axolitls"

Today's law and policy post on how the contest between platforms is an example of a contest often seen

https://davidallengreen.com/2022/11/hierarchies-vs-networks-in-the-age-of-musk-and-mastodon/

Because I'm on a German server my trending topics are #keinVergessen and #niemalsVergessen. This is because 9 November is the anniversary of Kristallnacht.

These brass plates in the pavements memorialise Jewish people at what were their addresses. I saw this one in Berlin in the spring. #NeverForget