Jim Parkin @ParkinJim@social.cleverlibre.org
Engineer, European, Brit. I am also https://mobile.twitter.com/parkinjim
parkinjim.bsky.social
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Joined Nov 2022
@woofwoof666 @gossithedog ha, I'm not that sort of engineer. I design and develop power semiconductors
Yes, "culture" is things I do because I "belong", not things that others force me to do despite my wishes.
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RT @declassifiedUK@twitter.com
✈️ 🔫 The U.K. public face a fall in living standards while the government spends over £200bn on nuclear weapons and £19bn on new generation warplanes, having squandered £48bn on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/declassifiedUK/status/1593311710961704964
@nisreen I am staying, but I have several advantages, none of which are fair.
I'm a straight white man, so less of a target for bigots.
I'm not in the public eye, so less of a target and this also means I'm not sought out
On the "plus" side, I think Musk is going to kick everyone out of Twitter pretty soon. By making the site fail.
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What science forgot during the pandemic
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02358-3/fulltext by @richardhorton1@twitter.com @TheLancet@twitter.com
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#TwitterRefugees don't despair. #Mastodon may feel a bit slow but that's probably because of the sheer number of people joining. It was last this at peak joining a couple of weeks ago too then became smooth again.
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Hello new people! 👋
If you need help getting started on here, have a look at:
It's written in non-technical language, it's a beginner's guide.
If you can't find the answers you want on the site, @ me or message me.
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Exciting times, even if they don’t last. Mass people migration to non-profit platforms. No money-making agendas & algorithms. No one here is trying to sell you something or use your content to sell something to others.
#TwitterRIP
#TwitterRefugees
#Twitter
Batsignal for what?
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RT @energybants@twitter.com
SHARM EL SHEIKH
ARE YOU READY TO RUMMMMMMBLE
The Great Nuclear Debate is about to kick off at the @iaeaorg@twitter.com pavilion.
I'll be debating a German Fridays for Future activist on the present and future of nuclear energy.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/energybants/status/1592523037999779840
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Just heard two of my favorite tech reporters talk about how hard it is to set up an account here. TBH, if you find that challenging, maybe this isn't the beat for you? It takes like 2 minutes to enroll through the web!
@porkster@ohai.social @catvaxlax @Nullen
Nice observation by @stopfundinghate
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Twitter, hate speech
"Failure to adhere to Apple and Google’s guidelines would be catastrophic, risking Twitter’s expulsion from their app stores and making it more difficult for billions of potential users to access Twitter’s services"
Https://archive.ph/2022.11.18-222639/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/18/opinion/twitter-yoel-roth-elon-musk.html #Twittermigration
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Tiny particles of rum, pineapple and coconut are soon to be beamed around the new 27km tunnel of the Large Piña Collider.
Proud to say that when I tweeted this it was liked by CERN. So don't be surprised if you see them attempt this at some point in the future.
@Nullen @catvaxlax only 50%?
Are you *sure*?
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Sadly feels like Twitter is truly imploding.
1️⃣I’m mirroring on Mastodon at @mgeist or http://mas.to/@mgeist
2️⃣Shorter stuff, blogs and threads on Substack at https://mgeist.substack.com/
3️⃣Blogging, podcasts and more at https://www.michaelgeist.ca/
@porkster@ohai.social
Some background by @Aviation_Intel
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/is-russia-now-firing-denuclearized-cruise-missiles-at-ukraine
Engineer, European, Brit. I am also https://mobile.twitter.com/parkinjim
parkinjim.bsky.social
#BlackLivesMatter
Joined Nov 2022
