lobster @Lobster@social.cleverlibre.org

The question we should be asking isn’t what Elon’s actions mean for Twitter, but what they mean for geopolitics. Good night.

folks who are deeply skeptical and haven’t yet experienced any joys or reassurances on the fediverse yet are experiencing a lot of painful grief right now and will struggle to adapt to this new world so we should try to be welcoming and helpful when they arrive

I think this Steinberg drawing is great, playful.

#art #drawing

I’m going to miss Twitter. But. It couldn’t have happened to a better company (before Musk). It did not allow speech - it required groupthink. Both on the Left and Right. We have a better environment here to talk freely where you can be in a safe environment based on the community you join. My point is to just be fair. And let us hear both sides and to decide for ourselves. I’m of the lib side on most things, but sometimes we went too far in excoriating the other side.

#introduction

Hello,

I am a neuroscientist studying how specific regions in the brain are vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease (#AD). We are mainly interested in the neurons of entorhinal cortex and hippocampal since they are affected early in AD and important for memory. We use in vivo electrophysiology to understand the population dynamics of neurons affected by amyloid beta and tau pathologies. More recently, we've been interested in how locus coeruleus pathology impacts downstream regions.
Was awesome meeting so many fellow scientists at the #neuroscience meeting #sfn2022

#neurodon #memory #alzheimers #dementia #entorhinalcortex #hippocampus #locuscoeruleus #sfn22

Local news just called #Twitter a $44 billion dumpster fire - couldn’t agree more.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Brooks about Fred Brooks: "The most important single decision I ever made was to change the IBM 360 series from a 6-bit byte to an 8-bit byte, thereby enabling the use of lowercase letters. That change propagated everywhere." May his memory be a blessing.

I'm taking a break from the Twitter fiasco to appreciate this video of [a baby chimpanzee being reunited with his mother after needing medical aid](https://www.ksn.com/news/local/its-a-boy-sedgwick-county-zoo-welcomes-new-baby-chimpanzee/). Aagh, my heart!

#love, #mother, #animals, #baby

Gas prices today...

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Taken from SELECTED POEMS by Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks (Penguin Classics, 2004).

#versethursday, #poetry, #rumi, #mindfulness

A traditional medieval cave house with a courtyard found in the desert of Libya.

Welcome to all of our Twitter friends. We hope you like it here.

🛢️Artist: #FALKO1 ( #FALKO1graffiti ) - in City: #NewDehli India 🇮🇳 - #Streetart #Art #Mastoart #Mural #Graffiti #Artwork

What Were Homes Like in Ancient Egypt?https://www.historydefined.net/what-were-homes-like-in-ancient-egypt/

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

One thing that's getting a little lost in this mix, is that some of the people desperately holding on at Twitter are because they are trapped by either healthcare or visas.

That there are systemic traps that trap worker in America so they feel unable to move freely to new employers who want them and would have better pay or conditions is *nuts* and deserves a lot more attention than it gets.

To all of you joining us from the bird site...

Please take your time. Breathe for a moment. This is not the place you just left. Acclimatize yourself. Ask questions. Heck, ask me questions. Please, take a moment to watch, read, and process the new environment.

You've made it this far. We are here to help.

#Mastodon #Twitter

I wrote this guide to DMs on Mastodon last week (prob longer than it needed to be)

tl;dr: you should think of DMs as a courteous way of posting to other users directly b/c the convo is just of no value to anyone else & you don’t want to flood people’s feeds. It’s not a “privacy” thing. It’s a visibility thing.

https://gizmodo.com/mastodon-how-to-dm-send-messages-twitter-1849759852

Goodbye, old friend.

I'll miss this place.

Mastodon: https://mas.to/@jf_718