Ian Kenway @iankenway@social.cleverlibre.org

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.

Nawr yn Saesneg/ now in English!

My name is Ian. I live on the Isle of Wight. I am married to Hayley. We have two daughters, two grandsons and a dog.

I would be happy to speak in Welsh with people (or English)!

Favourite things: Mountain biking, rygby, football, films and podcasts

"Mastodon doesn’t replace “something else” (most significantly the birdsite). It is something else. You are in control to make of it what you want. Don’t be in a rush. Take deep breaths and enjoy how the pace is different." -Per Axbom (@axbom) Love this!! Thank you.

@axbom This is great. I’m going to add it a link to this on the Mastodon recommendation section of my Twitter Alternatives page 👍 👇
https://ethicalrevolution.co.uk/twitter-alternatives/

Fleeing Twitter. Where all my #indywales dudes at?! 😎🤪

Lost my job at the keyboard factory yesterday...

I wasn't putting in enough shifts apparently.

I was out of CTRL.

#jokes #joke #joking

An #Astrodon introduction seems to be the thing to do here so...
I am a Senior Lecturer (equiv. to associate prof) at #CardiffUni in the UK. I previously worked at #HertsUni and #ESO. I did my PhD(/DPhil) in #OxfordUni, after an undergrad at #WarwickUni.
I am an extragalactic astrophysicist, mostly working in the millimeter/sub-millimeter with #ALMA. I am interested in black holes, star-formation, kinematics, dark matter, stellar populations and feedback.
I develop the #KinMS suite of tools.

We keep hearing a narrative that autocracy and fascism are on the rise worldwide. Putin and Xi consolidating power. Orban growing more powerful. Fratelli d'Italia winning a majority in Italy. But autocracy isn't winning everywhere. It's not inevitable.

There are so many similarities between TFG and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro. It's thrilling to see a free and fair election in Brazil in which the person who believes in democracy and wants to unite the country wins. Bolsonaro is a hard-right president who, like TFG, also wants to be a dictator, Lula previously served as president of Brazil and wants to return Brazil to normal. Sounds familiar.

Two days later, Bolsonaro has not yet conceded to Lula. He may act like TFG. Or he may flee the country.

As for us, we don't have to let the right wing take over either. #VoteDemocrat

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/11/01/global-lula-brazil-world-foreign-policy/

#Mastodon gained 70,000 users after Musk’s #Twitter takeover. I joined them | #SocialMedia | The Guardian

A bit of good publicity for the #Fediverse.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/nov/01/mastodon-twitter-elon-musk-takeover