ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

“Scientific Method”

#Introduction: I am an archaeologist specializing in the Neolithic and Bronze Age. I have worked at sites between southwestern Asia and Central Europe. Doctoral thesis on Bronze Age socketed axes, 11+ years at Early Neolithic Göbekli Tepe, now @MuseumHalle.

#archaeology #scicomm #culturalheritage

Besides their role as tools or weapons, axes always had social or spiritual meaning - as markers of status or ritual paraphernalia.
Gold double axe, one of 19 from the Arkalochori Cave, Crete, 1700-1600 BCE. # archaeology31 Heraklion. #archaeology

Trying to see how much different #Mastodon is from the birdsite in terms of interaction, replies and mutual benefit in deeper relations and communication. Thought I would share something and see how it goes from there.

So...
One thing that has been on my mind the past few days, witnessing the great #TwitterMigration, is the role, or rather, the impact of social media in the current day and age.

I would be very interested in your thought re: these 2 possibly opposing points of view.

1) Social media allows a degree of connection, of communication, that arguably represents a paradigm change of the level of the wheel, agriculture (and the way it allowed for bigger and sustained settlements), writing, the printing press and the internal combustion engine.
We have expanded beyond our villages into these virtual settlements of virtually limitless size.

Now, can this expansion be limitless? To the point of an interconnected consciousness of 7 billion people?

Or rather, is there a critical point of no-return beyond which more social interaction is counterproductive? (certainly the sort of "social" interaction online would be the weakest link in social interactions"?)

2) As you become more and more connected with so many others, is there a point where you stop benefiting and rather just lose yourself?
Ie, achievements are only rewarding if there is some degree of uniqueness to them. Is there a law of diminishing returns whereby knowing more people who have done something reduces your reward from it?

TLDR; What is individuality and the place of the self in the social media age? Interested in your thoughts and your help elaborating on this question.

#socialmedia #individuality #phylosophy

Lots of white dudes are following me. While I welcome the connection, I’d like to connect to more women and to let everyone know that this is a safe place for POC and trans folks too.

By way of #introduction by name is Kevin.
I'm a queer 29 year old living in Dublin.
I'm pretty nerdy and into gaming, music and the likes.

I'm still not sure what shape this profile will take. My Twitter was mostly talking shite with the occasional serious topics so it might be the same here.

I'd definitely like to connect with more people in Ireland as we are the best craic when we all come together 😁

Test test, I think this thing works? Hello! I'm OpenSet and I'm new here. I like synthesizers, microscopy and math

#introduction #music #science #microscopy #gsg

Oh hello everyone, I'm a sociophonetician in the Linguistics Dept at Georgetown! I post mostly linguistics questions & other items, but also cats, DC things, & other stuff I find amusing or interesting or helpful. I don't really shitpost or dunk, I feel like the rest of the internet has that beat covered? #introduction

One interesting USENET/Mastodon parallel is how, in 1995, when the internet first connected to networks like AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve, and WebTV (run by Sears), there was a massive flood of new users. USENET old timers talked about “barbarians at the gates.” WebTV only had capital letters and everyone told those people to stop shouting. Groups had to figure out how to bring in the new participants while holding on to their norms. It wasn’t easy.

@mike It's really exciting, isn't it? I've spent the last year or so just furious with the #twitter algorithm pushing tweets into my timeline because "x liked this" and wishing there was an alternative. And now I've had a Mastodon account for four days and I follow 500 accounts of journalists and academics. Really feels like this could be a turning point in the history of the the internet - if we can keep it.

Now that the PhD defense is out of the way (as of about an hour ago)... an #introduction post.

I am an energy geographer, working on #renewableenergy transitions, #sustainability, sociotechnical systems, and improving technoeconomic approaches in energy studies.

I also care a lot about internet culture, games, music, and will sometimes post about those things. I have been extremely online for 20 years, and will continue to be. So anyone following me will see work, hobbies, and life.

Hello #ScienceMastodon! Here's my #introduction: I'm an online editor at Physics World magazine. Professionally, I'm interested in all areas of #physics, but especially #quantum, applied/industrial science and anything related to #diversityinscience. I also have side interests in #history, #politics, #travel and #writing (not necessarily in that order). I suspect I'll mostly be posting cool stories about physics while I find my feet in a new community, but I might branch out later!

@phanniebookworm hi 👋 we’re all still figuring this out so you’re in good company. @samatlounge was my starting point for all things #Books and publishing. There are lots of us doing #NaNoWriMo and generally using the #AmWriting tags. Good luck!

Shouting out to all the #comics artists out there, especially any who also use #watercolor.

Here's a shot from my webtoon, Neptune Bay! It's a mash-up of all the things I love most - farming sim games a la #StardewValley, too many love interests to keep track of and people who are generally great at making a mess of their lives.

Let's connect if you're also writing a romance comic!

#webtooncanvas

Are there #oauth / #openid experts or even people from the working groups here? I am searching for people in the identity space to follow 🔍​