Nordstahl @Nordstahl@social.cleverlibre.org

The Diva makes her Entrance.

Inspired by my hope to one day, see a volcanic eruption in person (from a safe distance) :) and by a fascinating series of Arte documentaries on volcanoes and people living near them.

When seen from a few kilometers away, eruptions seem so slow and elegant... The danger and destruction become abstract notions, only the majestic beauty of the lava remains. Like a diva making her entrance into the world.

For other Mastodon #newbies, here's a good short article with #tips on using #Mastodon: https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/08/what-is-mastodon/

Especially helpful: links to 3 tools to find the people you #follow on Twitter. I'm trying out Debirdify (https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/) and it seems to be working well!

PSA: If you see a post that you feel is against our rules (bottom of https://mastodon.ie/about/more), please report it. Even if it's on an external instance, we can block the whole domain if they're fostering balloxes. Cheers!

Also, if it might not necessarily go against the rules, we're still ALL for banning pricks, so get in touch.

(Bonus - here's Porky working on his tan)

#twittermigration #mastodonmigration #guides #twitter
New Mastodon Guides:

How to use Mastodon: create your account, join servers, and more >>>
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/mastodon-how-to-sign-up-join-server-twitter-alternative/

SelfAwarePatterns: The Mastodon experience at one week >>> https://selfawarepatterns.com/2022/11/12/the-mastodon-experience-at-one-week/

Guides List Link >>> https://medium.com/@mastodonmigration/sharing-advice-and-assisting-with-the-great-mastodon-migration-53c1a286b805#aff6

Hi all! I just created a google list for Therapists, called "The Therapist list" It's open for Licensed, Licensed eligible and counselors. Please feel free to sign up at the link below. Also would love all of your help to spread the word. All "toots" appreciated!

#LMFT #LCSW, #MSW, #Counselor, #Psychologist #Therapy #Therapist #Psychology #Socialwork #Counsellor #LPCC #LPC #anxiety #depression #trauma #Grief #LGBTQ #TheTherapistList

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q3wrOQhPqwwYoLvL8__4iHxrymx0n4Fs/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107693986778233497346&rtpof=true&sd=true

My DND character. Dragon Born, the Barbarian Dragonborn.
He recently got a new hat. Don’t worry about the eye stalks poking out of it.

#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #dragon #comic #art #comicart #procreate

#introduction

#GenX single father of two, #Software engineer, aspiring #writer #vegan #pacifist . I love #DND and #fantasy novels and #dragons and other totally grown-up stuff like that.

I have a #dog and feed #squirrels and love them all.

I wrote an entire #novel online, a chapter a week, about a #dragon forced to live as a human.

I work at #InVisionApp on #Freehand, which is an online whiteboarding tool that's pretty awesome.

Running oliphant.social off of a DigitalOcean server.

honestly Jupiter same

You can always PM message me!

@lavenderlens

Agreed. The back story is long and crazy. But in short the LGBTQ and others in the community at the time were being mass banned simply for following bad actors, even when they didnt boost, promote, or in any way show sympathetic leaning towards those bad actors.

The reason they were following them was to watch their account for violent threats and then disseminate that throughout their community for safety. But many instance admins didnt care and blocked/banned anyway.

As a result the LGBTQ community in masse migrated here for their safety.

We added a feature for them called subscribe. It lets you follow a person without them knowing you are following them. BUT it only lets you access the posts that person gives you permission to view (basically public posts, you cant see follower-only posts on a subscription). We did this so members of our community could follow these bad actors without alerting them and putting themselves at risk of violence or retaliation.

People again twisted this feature into being privacy violating despite the fact that it honors the privacy rules set by the poster.

Needless to say a lot of people were very mad that their blocking and banning abuses were coming back to bite them in the ass and ultimately distorted and lied the truth about QOTO and our feature to try to make it sound like something evil when it wasnt... those lies persist to this day.

@trinsec @War_Kittens

Mastodon is like IKEA assembly instructions. Daunting at first, but after you finally put it together, you feel like you're Jesus, a bonafide carpenter deserving of followers.
#TwitterMigration

In my dreams twenty years ago & last night …

In less than four hours, #JWST will be slewing to a region near the Belt of Orion where an invisible young protostar betrays its presence by pulsing jets of material from its poles across light years of space & crashing into molecular clouds.

We discovered HH212 in the 1990s & made many observations with the ESO VLT as below: now it’s time to take a much sharper, deeper, & multicoloured infrared look 🔭

Exciting day 🙂

#astrodon

There were some rate limit errors during my #migration to the home of #astrodon & I lost ~25% of my followers, so I'm reposting an #introduction in the hopes they find their way back to me!

I'm Erin! An astrophysicist that studies atmospheres of planets outside our solar system (#exoplanets) using telescopes & climate models 🪐 🔭

When I'm not working on #JWST data, I'm #knitting, #reading, watching Star Trek, or making #stickers

I also love to share #science with others! #SpaceTalkTuesday 🖖

Moving on up to the astrodon.social, so #Introduction time again! Hi! I'm an astronomer at U. Arizona and member of the #JWST #MIRI & #NIRCam instrument teams. I study #galaxies, #galaxyclusters, and #blackholes! Also love #hiking, #reading, #videogames, #dogs, #eskies. Current status: inundated with #JWST data, in awe of the Universe. #Astrodon #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Science #Space #NASA