Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

To see the full circle of a rainbow, you’ll need to be above the clouds somehow. Or you could create your own.

A physicist explains how to do this and more about the magic and #science of rainbows.

🌈🌈🌈

https://theconversation.com/can-rainbows-form-in-a-circle-fun-facts-on-the-physics-of-rainbows-202952

An unexpected series of events culminated in me calling a round of bingo at a coronation street party this afternoon. Turns out "lucky for some, 69" is a touch risqué for rural Leicestershire.

#Coronation

#CoronationConcert

Drones are epic. Thank you. So much more environmentally friendly than fireworks

The 10 #Fediverse commandments:

1. #CaptionYourMedia

2. Use #CamelCase

3. Use content warnings when necessary.

4. Don't post retweets.

5. Don't use discriminatory language.

6. Respect people from marginalized groups.

7. Be kind to one another.

8. Don't #fedisplain, mansplain, whitesplain, ...

9. Report/ban nazis, terfs and other scum.

10. Have fun.

#FediverseCommandments #10FediverseCommandments #FediverseRules #rules #FediTips

fav to stop me from buying this grey alien garden statue, boost to encourage purchase

@JorgeStolfi @johncarlosbaez A well-done online conference offers more than just reading the papers aloud. Sure, it doesn't offer meals and coffee and drinks. But it can offer many of the other scientific and networking benefits of an in-person conference.

(Key word here being "well-done"! Just because many online conferences are done poorly doesn't mean they all have to be.)

For a fraction of the cost, fraction of the CO2 budget.

And more accessible to people who cannot attend in-person, see: disabled, immunocompromised, less $ personally, university, or nationally, unable to take time off of work or family obligations to travel, visa issues, etc.

👁️ @stoeps

"I don't know his motive, but it wasn't mental health that killed these people. It was an automatic rifle with bullets. That's what killed them."

https://www.rawstory.com/mass-shooting-mental-health/

The only feature that matters for any social media experience is the people who are on it. I'm amazed at how many technology leaders forget this and get distracted by the underlying tech, protocols, features, etc.

Elon is a great example. He thinks he bought a platform. But what he really bought was a community. And of the two, the community has degraded far more than the platform.

Well, just confirmed that bans on @fediversenews work as they should.

A troll just tried to post here.

Their troll post doesn't display on @fediversenews, nor is their post boosted by the Group.

Even better, they're not notified when they are blocked 😉

Until comment controls come to Friendica, moderation here will mostly have to be reactive.

I will continue using venera.social for groups until a better solution comes along.

American's Life During Wartime.

Tomorrow, for the first time in about 14 months, I'm recording an episode of Linux For Everyone!

@gorfram @zleap I have tried taking off the first 0 and the last digit, and it does not connect. So not only did they provide information in a stupid way, but a phone number that doesn't in fact, work in the first place. Incompetence knows no bounds.

@fcktheworld587 beautiful! Well done for reaching out!