The Great Communicator @hikenwoodwork@social.cleverlibre.org

I'm wondering if you might be able to help me @researchfairy ? 😅

Boosts welcome!

Hello.

I'm looking for any credible #research on #Flow and #FlowState for an article I'm writing. Specifically anything that looks at the links between flow and #learning, flow and positive #MentalHealth, and improving #focus and #mood. I'm exploring ideas around flow's relationship with the enquiring mind, and general self determination. The argument I'm trying to make is that excessive exposure to experiences that 'fake' flow states (such as gaming or TV) can have an effect on our ability to conduct independent thought and creativity.

I'm not trying to argue that gaming or movies are bad, but that excessive consumption of media can stunt creativity and wellbeing.

Any resources or references highly welcomed!

...I guess Society of the Spectacle is pretty relevant here too, might flip through it again 🤔

Animate your voice for free.
Make an animated character from your own voice recording using Adobe Express.
#EdTech #Education #EduTooter
https://www.adobe.com/express/feature/video/animate/audio

As you settle into Mastodon, be sure to learn the lingo:
- "toot": a tweet
- "tusking": starting a pointless fight with another user
- "woolly": going viral, as in "wow, that toot really went woolly"
- "extinction event": when a whole instance goes down

Good morning, Mastoworld. Enjoy a giant steampunk robot elephant. These are from the Isle of Machines in Nantes, that uses old shipbuilding tech to make marvels. #SomethingBeautiful

Some Mastodon thoughts, for bird-site expats (which include myself). I'm aggregating these from posts I've boosted before, so little of this is my own brain.

- There's no algorithm here. That means favoriting/liking doesn't do anything except communicate approval to the OP and others (which is still nice!).

- No algorithm means boosting ("retweeting") is the true method to increase a post's visibility. Do that more than you did on birdsite.

- There's no post-quoting here, and that's by design. Look at quote-tweets on the birdsite; it's a feature primarily used for toxicity.

- There's no direct word-search here either; that means you want to use hashtags to make posts more searchable. This is also intended, since word-searching posts was often used to harass/stalk on the birdsite and elsewhere, so that was left by the wayside here. This also means hashtags are much more a thing here than any of the algorithm-powered sites.

- It's encouraged to put in text descriptions when you post images; a lot of Mastodon users use screen-readers due to various disabilities, and getting an image description read out loud helps them immensely.

- Speaking of screen-readers: using capitalization in your hashtags allows the screen-readers to read them more easily, especially if you're smashing multiple words together. #rockmusic = unreadable. #RockMusic = readable.

- The best way to make threads is to make set your first post as public, but "unlist" all of your replies. This prevents your whole thread from clogging up feeds.

- Content Warnings should be used more liberally here. If you haven't gotten the impression yet, much of Mastodon was built and populated by marginalized groups who were harassed/bullied off of other platforms. This is the culture they built, to respect each other's mental health. It's not a rule, but it's well-appreciated.

- Consider chipping a few bucks towards whomever runs the server you're on; the strain is real, and most server admins were likely paying out of pocket before so don't have an existing donation base. The growth here has been extremely fast, and that means money's needed.

- DMs are just posts with privacy settings. So if you @ someone in a DM, you pull them into the thread. That could be embarrassing.

- Also, no, DMs aren't end-to-end encrypted, but they aren't on Twitter either. Don't use either if you want true privacy.

- Including your Mastodon handle in your birdsite profile will help people find you here; there's a tool (pruvisto.org/debirdify/ is one of them that's used) people can use to pull Mastodon handles from Twitter profile.

- Use the blocking and reporting features liberally, if needed. This should go without saying, but they work, and work well!

- If there's an entire Mastodon server you don't want to hear from, you can block the whole thing too.

- Preferences -> Appearance -> "Slow Mode": this can make larger "Local" feeds and any "Federated" feed much more readable.

I'll reply with some more as I see them, or reply here too. I've only been here 4 days but I'm loving it so far.

Happy #Humpday, #Mastodon!

“Wound Man” is an illustration which first appeared in European surgical texts during the Middle Ages. It laid out schematically the various wounds a person might suffer in battle or in accidents, often with surrounding or accompanying text stating treatments for the these injuries. This “Wound Man” dates to the 15th century and is from the Wellcome Collection in #London.

Which “wound” are you this week?!

#histodons #histmed #sciart #history #weirdfacts #author

Hot tip:
It's okay to change your opinion if you're presented with new information.

KEEP IN MIND! #Mastodon doesn't work like #Twitter!

Have you just made the #Twexit or the #TwitterMigration?

Favorites ⭐ - they're not "likes". They don't "elevate" posts, they just the poster know you liked their post.

Boosts 🔁 - these push someone's post into your friends feeds (and help discovery).

So if you ⭐ my posts, that's great (and I love you too)!

But if you 🔁 posts, then more people see them!

OH! - #Hashtags are how you search!

#mastodon #MastodonTips

Hello #Histodons

A brief #introduction - I’m Dr Dan O’Brien, historian of undertakers, funerals and death in eighteenth century England. I can often be found talking about early undertakers or researching their ephemera.

I also enjoy sharing items of mourning jewellery and other death-related items from history such as this delightful wooden skeleton. Hopefully you will join me for more interesting adventures in death history! #mementomori #history

(impt animal care note: she sat on the sticker, I didn't put it on her.)

Babe, you’ve hardly touched your electrolytes

Last Sunday's photo competition was a great success! I'm going to have a #boostsunday every week from now on. What do you have to do?

1. upload a photo with the hashtag #potd the hashtag #photography is also valid but I first look at #potd
2. I look at all the photos and choose winners from them.
3. I will post the winners on my account with credits at the end of the week on Sunday evening/Monday morning.

Good luck and have fun!

A boost is appreciated so we reach a wider audience.

Productive day at the workbench this afternoon continuing the Dutch tool chest build. Bottom lip and skids done and the handles installed - it’s becoming a heavy beast to keep lifting on and off the workbench now! Next step: the fall front.

#woodwork #woodworking

hurr durr ima #woodworker doing #woodworking things

@jahway603 @Gina

If you haven't already found it, check out Ana White's website for a lot of good free plans that use pocket holes.

I don't use pocket holes much these days, but used to use them a lot and the furniture I built from those plans has held up for >10 years.
#woodworking

Hello #academic mastodon, first post from zirk.us, trying to rebuild my networks of smart and interesting things and people! Happy greetings to all Twitter refugees and hello to anyone interested in #humanities #universities #arsenal and #woodworking!

A coffee table that's not ment for coffee #woodworking

#introduction

Another Twitter immigrant looking for new digs. Living in the Pacific Northwest.

Career: 43 years in tech, last gig was at Google (Pixel, Pixel Buds, Glass, Android). Embedded systems specialist with an emphasis on low-power, audio, and sensors. Retired in 2020.

Hobbies: #maker #woodworking #homeautomation #photography

I love to cross the streams by combining tech with other hobbies, e.g. 3D printing and woodworking.

Excited to share a thing I built this weekend. It's an end table, mostly made out of scraps and wood I found in the trash. I learned a lot and I'm really pleased with how it came out. It's got a sort of modern meets rustic vibe.

One of these days I'd like to try a similar base with nicer materials as a coffee table design.

#woodworking