Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Toot toot! 😊

Hi everyone! This is my first post here, I'm completely new to the fediverse too. So still learning how things work here and such.

Anyway, my name is Emilia. I'm a young adult trying to find myself and my place in the world. Kind of lost. I have interest in art, anime, some games, reading and classical music (other music too, but mostly that). I'm bit weird and socially awkward, and I've been trying to find a place where I could just... be myself, enjoy my odd interests without feeling embarassed and not have to pretend to be 'normal'. I'm sometimes stupid, please be kind! I look forward to meeting new people and possibly friends.

🌏 Introducing https://mapstodon.space, a new Mastodon instance for the mapping & geospatial community 🚀

Mapstodon is intended to be a gathering space for GIS, mapping, geospatial & cartography professionals and enthusiasts, regardless of the tools you use. Ask questions. Share your maps. And above all: enjoy the @qgis emoji 👀

New users of the fediverse, welcome.

I've seen new Mastodon users compare the vibe of the Fediverse with the excitement and experimentation of the early days of the web.

If you missed those days or want to learn more I recommend The History of the Web project. It's available as a low-traffic newsletter:

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com

or blog:

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/archives

Every issue delivers fascinating stories backed with solid research. I did live through those days, yet I discover a lot of events or projects I didn't know about.

#web

Welcome to my new followers!

I post about #GNU #Emacs #Orgmode and #FreeSoftware.

I don't post often and I don't actively participate to conversations on Mastodon as I prefer emails. But I'm glad this place exists 🙂

To check projects I contribute to and projects/hackers I support, see https://bzg.fr/en/free-software

Have a nice day!

Using the sun as a gravitational lens, a near-future telescope could get a 1300-pixel image of an Earth-sized planet 100 light-years away...and a 1-pixel image of an Earth-sized planet *100,000* light-years away.

#blog #science #scifi #sciencefiction #futurism #futurology #future #astronomy #thoughts #telescopes #gravitationallensing

https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2020/02/15/the-sun-as-gravitational-lens-a-breakthrough-technology/

#introduction - Hello - I'm new on the #fediverse but that didn't stop me from diving in head first. I stood up the fenetre.dev instance of #mastodon this afternoon. I'm a technologist, developer, and SRE-type working for corporate America.
I have a degree in Electrical Engineering Technology but I should have gone to school for computer science since that's what I do now - building CI/CD pipelines and writing tools in #golang. I love #photography, #vinyl and #coffee. Ask me anything.

Hello #fediverse, I'm back.

Sorry for leaving two months ago, I had to bite the bullet and shut down my own #friendica instance for various reasons: update problems (and thus security risk), removal of a feature I heavily relied on, and some bug I couldn't track town that prevented many mastodon users from following. :-/

Now trying hosted mastodon. Wish me luck.

TL;DR: The 'verse as a whole is a free speech platform, in that anyone can spin up an instance and use it to say whatever they want. But there are a wide range of tools designed to make sure nobody is forced to listen to them.

#fediverse #FreeSpeech #RightToIgnore

"How to host your own Fediverse instance?"

Vielleicht ist das ja für jemanden interessant. Neben den dort aufgezeigten Möglichkeiten, gibt es natürlich noch weitere.

#neuhier #fediverse #hosting

https://joinfediverse.wiki/How_to_host_your_own_Fediverse_instance%3F

Hey all,

First time finding out about the fediverse and the multitude of associated spaces! Thanks for having me, looking forward to finding out how to use this properly, and then hopefully convince others to leave the antisocial networks when I've got a better grasp on it!

#introduction

If you are (re-)discovering the joy of community-built technology that's not controlled by a billionaire, allow me to plug an even older tech:

An RSS/Atom feed reader is a great companion to a more conversational social media "site" like Mastodon.

Google killed its Reader product years ago, but there are still many great ones. I personally use https://newsblur.com/, which also has a mobile app, synchronizes across devices, and is open source. (If you have a favorite, please reply with it!)

I'm writing an article about this glorious, weird weekend on Mastodon during the nascent Twitter exodus.

My theory is that Mastodon's shortcomings are the very reason it's working. We're having to help each other find our way. No one is boss, and the kinda crappy experience brings us all to the same level as co-newbies (not to belittle those who have been on Mastodon for years).

Are you feeling the same? I'd love to hear your opinions. #NZTwits #twittermigration #introduction #mastodon