ZingerLearns @ZingerLearns@social.cleverlibre.org

And, we need to be talking about building community redundancy.

We can't rely on single platforms anymore.

We need to be strategic about backing up not just our data, but our communities.

That way, when the unexpected happens, we don't get stuck rebuilding from scratch.

Here’s a thought.

Instead of telling new people what not to do and the bajillion made up rules that have no consensus, tell people why the fedi is a cool place and just be decent while they figure it out.

A lot of people always talk about how ‘free and open’ this space is but express that by throwing rule books at people before they get a feel for it.

Focus on not being a shit person and it will be ok.

A thought: Let’s spend less time talking about Elon Musk and a lot more time talking about the #ColoradoRiver.
Everyone should read @ianjames this week on #ClimateChange in the @latimes

“The reservoirs could drop so low that #water would no longer flow past #HooverDam in two years. That dire scenario … would cut off water supplies to California, Arizona and Mexico.”
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-12-16/risk-of-dead-pool-looms-at-colorado-river-meeting

Rosalind Franklin’s research was crucial to discovering DNA’s double helix structure 🧬 but it was James Watson & Francis Crick who received the credit & Nobel Prize.

Unknown to Franklin, the pair saw her unpublished data & X-ray diffraction images, inspiring their famous model. They never acknowledged her contribution until after her death.

How many discoveries & innovations of #women do we attribute to the men who took credit for their ideas?

https://theconversation.com/sexism-pushed-rosalind-franklin-toward-the-scientific-sidelines-during-her-short-life-but-her-work-still-shines-on-her-100th-birthday-139249 #history #science

Most of the #education people I know on here do higher ed.

That's good, but I'd like to follow more #K12 #educators.

With the last new-user-wave settling in, who are some of my fellow #teachers on here who work with K-12 students?

26. More reporting from Gizmodo that Musk’s entire justification for the suspension of journalists is BS

Public Service Warning

Mastodon has a very big surge of new users right now. There's no way to tell if it will be sustained, but at this early point it looks similar to Nov 18 when when Musk pulled the employee purge.

It is very challenging for system administration to accommodate so many new users. If your server starts to struggle, it is not broken and will get sorted out.

We're all in this together. It's our social network. Be patient. What we are building is amazing.

#twittermigration

The surge continues.

Averaging 3000 to 4000 new users per hour. Mastodon continues to run pretty smoothly. Over 70,000 new users in the last 24 hours puts us on track for over 80,000 today.

Great appreciation for Mastodon instance operators! Most instances are funded entirely through donations, so if you can swing it, think about supporting your instance. Check out the /about page (eg https://[instance name]/about) for a donation link.

#twittermigration

Last night was about @elonmusk@twitter.com sending a message to journalists that he OWNS THEIR ACCOUNTS and journalists need to be mindful of not pissing him off.

The only appropriate response is to reject this kind of bullying.

Whatever happens, happens.

Check out how land is used in the United States. Cows take up the most space!

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/
First in a 🧵 of #2022TopToots

#BlackMastodon @blackmastodon
Here’s a very robust list of Mental Health resources for Black folks & BIPOC folks:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13YyKTKMPXuGIlhvDIglahTHaodRh-stI--QRigQfK-o

Please Boost 💜🙏🏾

Elon being Elon is familiar -- so familiar that it's no longer even particularly grotesque. But Elon fans tying themselves in knots trying to explain how WELL ACTUALLY all of this is PERFECTLY CONSISTENT with free speech absolutism he promised . . . . well, that's showing some new lows in groveling and abasement.

"It is unknown how Musk will manage Twitter moving forward. His statements about protecting free speech, for now, are just promises. And those promises are complicated by his historical hostility toward speech he perceives as damaging toward his economic interests."

Twitter was transformed into a vital tool the Black community used to amplify its collective voice to protest injustice, organize, commiserate, and spread its unique brand of tastemaking cool, humor and wit. In 2019, I wrote about how for Black people, quitting Twitter was never an easy cut-and-dry proposition as it is for those far more privileged. Revisiting this piece now is very bittersweet. #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter

https://medium.com/free-thinkr/why-quitting-twitter-is-not-so-clear-cut-for-african-americans-and-other-marginalized-groups-b794d2746f1a

Join us on #Mastodon. There are many educators there sharing ideas and info. See https://tinyurl.com/joinedutooters and tutorials to get started at https://go.mgpd.org:feditoots - #teachers #librarians #educators #school #edtech #stem #learning #edutooter @edutooter

Movetodon is a really easy tool to find your Twitter friends on Mastodon. https://movetodon.org

Why not start the day with a montage of comedic genius instead? Happy birthday Tim Conway!

https://youtu.be/KM5mAmYalBo

Any serious effort to engage faculty in the student success movement will require grappling with the realities of faculty labor and limits on their time, Jody Greene writes.

https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/12/16/consider-faculty-labor-student-success-efforts-opinion#.Y5yHjBcAtWM.link

#HigherEd

A lot of ⚪️ just want the freedom to share their hatred publicly.

Interested in including diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in your lab but not sure how to start? This Perspective from @cssmity speaks to everyone, including those in the "majority", about how to get involved. #PLOSBiology #DEI #AcademicChatter
https://plos.io/3FUBATF