Amanda Whatley @mandaroza@social.cleverlibre.org

Morning folks, time for my first Mastodon thread (!)

Ahead of the #midterms tomorrow, I want to talk about the tragic politicisation of science in the US.

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when the Republicans became the anti-science party, but the process probably began in the 1980s, when the Christian right first emerged as a major force in conservative American politics.

Since then, the journey has been smooth and swift, and there is now a stunning partisan divide on confidence in science 😥

Putin ally Prigozhin (St Petersburg troll farm/Wagner)

“Gentlemen, we interfered, we are interfering and we will interfere,” Prigozhin, who has been accused of running a “troll factory” to influence the outcome of votes in several western countries. ..Carefully, precisely, surgically and the way we do it, the way we can,” Prigozhin quipped.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/07/putin-ally-yevgeny-prigozhin-admits-interfering-in-us-elections

#Sea Sunday Serenity

Join the #EduTooter list via Google Forms. Add yourself to https://tinyurl.com/joinedutooters and then add people who fill out the form you want to follow to your Mastodon account. #TwitterMigration #EduTooter #Education #EdTech #Librarians #Teachers #HigherEducation #Professor #GoogleEdu

Bivalve aquaculture can be an extremely efficient way to produce protein, in terms of greenhouse gases emitted per unit protein. They don't require as complex of a food supply chain and clean the water in the process of growing! They can also be grown on suspended ropes and other ways that don't cause habitat destruction, unlike shrimp farming. They also produce less nitrogenous waste than other animals. #clamfacts

I don't think Mastodon or the fediverse has ever received this much attention before. It's a great opportunity for people to finally see that social media can be done differently, that it can be a protocol not under control of any single company.

Do you love #biodiversity and want to help #creatures from smaller #mammals like #hedgehogs over #insects or #spiders up to #soillife? Especially before winter, #deadwood is important for the #garden. #Hibernators find shelter in it. And #insects, #spiders and #beetles live here during the year. #Earthworms find moisture under it, even in hot summers, as do #fungi, #mosses and #lichens.
If you examine the #soil under deadwood, you will see how new #humus is created. Reserve a shady corner for this. If you have to remove such a pile, do it in spring when hedgehogs are active again. This is my huge pile from cutting #blackberries. Do you remember episode 1 of my #podcast #NatureMatchCuts? It's about "The Mess We Hate And The #Beauty Of #Brambles" - listen at https://naturematchcuts.net

Would you believe me if I told you I was extremely tired? But, the release candidate for Mastodon 4.0 is finally out of the way, and I think it's neat.