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wisdomchicken, 10 months ago to technology in Thousands of scientists are cutting back on Twitter, seeding angst and uncertainty

Yeah that’s wrong, twitter posts don’t show up in Bluesky at all. Completely separate network

wisdomchicken, 10 months ago to fediverse in Japan Earthquake Alert App moves from Twitter to Mastodon, currently has 488k posts & 19.9k followers

488k is the number of posts, they have 19k followers. Pretty great news still tho

wisdomchicken, 10 months ago to random in BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. The CBC should do the same.

Also, you might want to take a look at zdf.social/ and ard.social

ZDF and ARD are the two biggest broadcasters in Germany, and they both have their own ActivityPub (Mastodon) server.

In case you needed some extra convincing that other large mainstream news organisations also have realised that this is actually a good idea that makes sense ;)

A big news org from France is also on Mastodon with like 50k followers, but I cannot remember the name right now

wisdomchicken, 11 months ago to sciencefiction in What are you Reading? (August 2023)

Oh this is great to hear, I love Ruin and Time, and havent read Memory yet. So if thats even better, woah

wisdomchicken, 11 months ago to sciencefiction in What are you Reading? (August 2023)

Yeah I really love the Children Of series. I just realised that part 3 is finally out, so now I know what I’ll be reading next!

wisdomchicken, 11 months ago to sciencefiction in What are you Reading? (August 2023)

Love Chamber’s works so much. Its such a warm bath of comfort.

wisdomchicken, 11 months ago to sciencefiction in What are you Reading? (August 2023)

I just finished The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz. Its so fucking good, amazing worldbuilding, story and message. It really explores all the potential interesting ways that you can envision different future worlds in ways that other SciFi often doesnt. I’ve never read anything like this before.

wisdomchicken, 11 months ago to fediverse in Mastodon is easy and fun except when it isn’t

People having issues with Mastodon isn’t an attack on your identity that you have to lash out like that lol. It does illustrate the point of the scolding culture and superiority feeling perfectly though, so in that sense it’s actually a great comment

wisdomchicken, 11 months ago to technology in Universal Chat Application, Beeper, Will Be Available To Everyone (For Free) In A Matter Of Weeks.

Yes! One of the main reasons lots of people use Beeper

wisdomchicken, 11 months ago to fediverse in Is lemmy growth coming to a halt?

As a side note, Ian betteridge, who has the law named after him for the phenomenon you reference, is quite active on the fediverse

wisdomchicken, 11 months ago to fediverse in Could popular forums implement ActivityPub and connect to the Fediverse?

NodeBB is also working on activitypub integration