Miguel Guhlin 🦉 🇵🇦 🇺🇲 @mguhlin@social.cleverlibre.org

Dear Twitter ex-pats. When we all flounced out of Twitter loudly proclaiming we were going to Mastodon this sent a message to trolls, nazis that they could set up servers & come here.

If anyone gets harrassed with hatespeech pls note that that is not the culture of Mastodon. Please report & block those users. If you notice a pattern from the same weird domain, block that domain, write a post of the server name w/ a hashtag fediblock so your server admin can follow up & block it for everyone.

A Stoic classic: Marcus Aurelius on how to motivate yourself to get out of bed each morning and do your work https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/01/03/marcus-aurelius-meditations-bed-work/

Hello everyone!

Lydia Croupe here with an #introduction and first official toot.
I am the Instructional Technology Coordinator for Ferris ISD in North Texas, USA. Additionally, I am the #TCEA Area 10 Director.
I found my way here thanks to @mguhlin Definitely looking to connect and share in this new space.
Here's to moving outside my comfort zone (in a good way)! #TCEA @edutooters #EduTooter

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best." -Epictetus #Quotes #Stoic #mastodon

An #introduction
I’m an assistant professor of film & media studies. My research focuses on Latinx media studies. Working on a book about Latinx media activism from the 1980s to present. It analyzes film, radio, television, public broadcasting, & media policy activism. Have published articles on media activism, Latinx Twitter, social media entertainment, & content creators.

#AcademicMastodon #Academodon #Academic #Professor
#Commodon #MediaStudies
#Latinx #Latinxs #Latino #Latina #Latinidad

Since being on mastodon, as I slowly move out of the bird app, I have found that I’m missing the #indigenous and #Navajo community that made it difficult for me to decide to leave Twitter.

Absolutely mastodon has a more positive and welcoming environment here, which I’m loving. But Im in search of #indigenous and other #bipoc accounts.

The moderation team is bigger than ever and so is the amount of reports we have to process. We're dealing with unprecedented growth despite having closed registrations on these servers weeks ago. Some false positives are unavoidable, but we understand these mistakes are upsetting and unacceptable, and we are trying to do better. Luckily all moderator actions can be appealed and reversed.

There were two notable moderation incidents on mastodon.social and mastodon.online in the past 24 hours that I would like to address. In the first, a post was wrongfully removed due to a report claiming it contained a dogwhistle, and in the second, a person was wrongfully suspended due to a report claiming it's an impersonator. Both were undone and apologies issued.

Time for an #introduction :)

My name is Marta Teperek. I am Director of #4TU.ResearchData and Head of Research Data Services at #TUDelft. I am a researcher by training (life sciences/epigenomics/developmental biology).

I care about #researchintegrity #reproducibleresearch #FAIRdata #openscience and #collaboration instead of #competition.

Atardecer

Well, I've only gone and done it! 😀
I'm not leaving Twitter, but I thought it would be a good idea to have a Mastodon account too. 😊
Hello to everyone who knows of me from elsewhere! 👋
Here's my Incoming Puffin, one of my fave pics. 🐦

#carlbovis #carlbovisnaturephotography #puffin #nature #birdphotographer #photography

Follow Open Culture on Mastodon--the Open Source Alternative to Twitter | Open Culture https://www.openculture.com/2022/11/follow-open-culture-on-mastodon-the-open-source-alternative-to-twitter.html #openculture #mastodon

How to CW on the Fediverse | Open Thinkering https://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2022/11/21/how-to-cw-on-the-fediverse/ #cw

I'm organizing a conference at Harvard on the ethics of technology! We're looking for research or teaching presentations on #AIethics, #ResponsibleComputing, #Philosophy of technology, and other areas.

The conference will also launch a new consortium of teacher-scholars at Harvard, MIT, and Northeastern. Registration information will be available in the new year.

Here's the call for submissions: https://philevents.org/event/show/105273

Boosts and shares appreciated!

@philosophy @facct

Hey everyone, I've put together a little wiki page that aggregates links on:
• How to Use Mastodon
• Tools for Leaving Twitter
• Lists of People on Twitter by Interest, Recommendation, or Verification
• Data About Mastodon

https://github.com/DanielSchuman/Policy/wiki/Mastodon

Musk’s reign at Twitter has increased risks to users—especially those in crisis zones around the world who flocked to Twitter for expression during unrest—by unraveling guardrails against misinformation, harassment, and censorship. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/twitters-monetizable-users-not-human-rights-matter-most-under-musks-rein-leaving