Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

Hi... The Refugees in Rhyl project researches and records the stories of the Belgian Refugees in north Wales during the First World War.
We'll post here whenever new content is added to our website, but in the meantime all published work is here: www.refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com

Dear @Keir_Starmer@twitter.com

Why are you *still* slavishly toeing the Tory line on Brexit?

— a majority of your members want it reversed

— a majority of your voters want it reversed

— a majority across the country now want it reversed

What part of that don’t you understand?!?!?!?!?

#ClimateCrisis: past eight years were the eight hottest ever, says #UN | Climate crisis | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/06/climate-crisis-past-eight-years-were-the-eight-hottest-ever-says-un

#Environment #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

An #introduction! I'm Tomas L. Martin, a Senior Lecturer in Materials Physics at the University of #Bristol.

I use advanced #microscopy to study #materials degradation, particularly in energy generation. As materials experience heat, stress, irradiation, and chemical attack, their structure and properties change often in an unpredictable way.

Our work helps partners in #nuclear fission, #fusion, #renewable energy and #aerospace design more reliable materials for a cleaner future.

The four stages of Mastodon user:
* what’s a Mastodon
* I feel lost and alone how does this work
* oh wow this is actually pretty cool
* I’m an instance admin now

Can’t emphasise enough how much the Mastodon experience is improved by choosing the right app to use it. The official Mastodon app is terrible with very limited functionality, making for a very isolated feeling from everyone and the wider communities. Metatext is waaaaay better and replicates the Twitter experience much more closely. Mastodon is actually enjoyable with this app.
I advise picking through a bunch of apps to see which one is more suitable for you before settling on one to use.

Since I joined #mastodon this weekend, I've learnt quite a lot about the distributed nature of the platform. I know it's possible to move from one server to another. There's a handshake mechanism in between servers, and when you move you can take your followers and the people you follow with you. One question remains, what if the #mastodon server you're on is down and gone, and you have to move to another server... Can you still do it somehow? Or is the handshake mechanism required explicitly?

The family was talking over dinner about the mass migration of people (like me) from Twitter to Mastodon, and the cultural effect that that is already having on the fediverse. We tried likening it to an ecological event but settled on "colonisation" as the better description.

To the colonisers (like me), please be gentle. Look around. Listen. We're all guests here, even the old hands. When I arrived a week ago people were warm and welcoming. (People still are.) It was nice. Let's not trash this.

To the old hands, I offer a massive thank you for your kindness and patience.

#introduction #newbies #newbie

So, I have just signed up to Mastadon with the last 2 hours. So here is 411 on Noob Advice:
1. Pick ONE server. Dont bother signing up to mulitple servers as you an interact with them all anyway!
2. Set you preferences at the start!
3. Browse around, explore and follow LIKE TWITTER!

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

The #Fediverse (#ActivityPub) has surpassed 6 million users!

For the first time, all #SocialMedia that are connected by ActivityPub are at 6,036,616 users (2.7m active six months, 1.4m monthly active). Thanks to #Mastodon 5.1m users, #PeerTube 378k, #Pixelfed 112k , #Pleroma 95k, #WriteFreely 63k #Lemmy 37k, #Plume 27k, #Friendica 19k, #Mobilizon 14k and many more.

https://the-federation.info/

#Fedigrowth #Misskey #Funkwhale #Hubzilla #hometown #Wordpress #bookwyrm #Socialhome

I'm updating my #introduction / #cyflwyniad as I get more used to this place.

Cambridge born. Came to Wales in the mid-90s for a degree in Celtic Studies and never left. Now settled in north Ceredigion.

Interests include #languages (siarad Cymraeg / cupla focail Gaeilge), #music, #archaeology, folk traditions, #photography, stuff involving wool (#knitting, #spinning etc).

Earn my crust as a civil servant, working with the culture sector, primarily #museums.

I'm a primary school teacher - trained in Carmarthen, taught for many years in London, now back in #Wales teaching Y4 and leading Expressive Arts and Ethical Informed Citizenship (also RVE).
I am researching enquiry-based learning for my CPD this year.
I am interested in emotional literacy and using #CBT tools with children.
#edutoot #edutooter #Cymru #athrawon

Also consider: Elon Musk (and maybe the House of Saud?) now has access to the direct messages of every politician on the planet.

(And these aren’t necessarily the most technically-savvy or infosec-aware people we’re talking about here…)

🤔

#twitter #elonMusk #privacy #nationalSecurity

Inspired by #Histodons , I made a #BookHistory Mastodon list, so that all of us #manuscripts #palaeography #incunabula #typography etc. people can find each other.
You can see the new #BookHistodons list here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T-IUl72xlbEcaclP7TUA8kgrhDTVSrMwwsi5iIIfsow/edit?usp=sharing
and add yourself to it here: https://forms.gle/ykwt9vFt9zY7Z3gq6

I’ve produced a #calendar for #2023 featuring some of the images that I’ve also posted here from time to time of #sunrises and #sunsets. You can download the full resolution #PDF file from the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Eq7WeC7NVF8-MkDnXFW6ZMdHZQLwCuA

I present here some lower-resolution sample images.

The calendar itself was produced by and extracted from #Emacs which can output into #LaTeX.

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000

It's fun that QOTO is a techie place, because a few people will read about the adventures with an AS400 and realize the state of a lot of the worlds' computer systems.

The collarary to that is that 25% of America LITERALLY doesn't know how to use a computer even in this day and age.

Brazil supreme court ruling to reactivate Amazon Fund gives hope in fight to save rainforest - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/04/brazil-supreme-court-ruling-to-reactivate-amazon-fund-gives-hope-in-fight-to-save-rainforest good news, good timing...

If you're in a part of the world that celebrates Bonfire Night / Guy Fawkes, small request: before you light the bonfire please make sure there are no animals hiding inside. 🙏

Hedgehogs and other small mammals have a tendency to hide in piles of wood or twigs that have been left in a garden or park.

Poke the bonfire thoroughly with sticks before you light it, or best option by far is to build the bonfire just before you light it.

Thank you

(Boosts appreciated)

My biggest tip for new fedi users is that when people say there's no recommendation algorithm here, they mean it. You really have to work to find things you enjoy, your timeline's not gonna curate itself. Follow lots of people to grow your network and find new people through their boosted posts. Then feel free to unfollow or even block anything you don't vibe with. This is your online space and you can do whatever you want with it.