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#introduction I’m Jim, been computering professionally for 20-something years. The last 7 or so have been in security, though it’d be better described as ops or SRE for the tools used by security folks who really know what’s up. Love doing a CTF or reversing something every now and again tho
I’ve been a T1D for almost my whole life, so well over 45 years. Happy to enjoy a career that provides insurance/insulin that’s for sure
Live in the PacNW of the US, but work remotely for a Midwest-based retailer
I like dogs, mild satire, salt & vinegar chips, black licorice, and coffee with cream. All other interests ebb and flow

Hey Everyone, I'm Bronwen, moved over to Cult of Shiv from Mastodon.lol. Been on Mastodon for a couple of weeks and part of the Great Twitter Migration of 2022. I'm a left leaning socialist, intersectional feminist, aspiring writer, motor racing fan, mildly chaotic, ADHD, OCD and Bi. Happy to be here! #Introduction #TwitterMigration

Good morning Fediverse from a chilly London. Happy Gazpacho Soup Day to the Red Dwarf fans . Not really the weather for it. Might have to heat mine up. 🍵 Have a great day all 🖖

For your first day on Mastodon, just a few humbly suggested steps! Welcome to the party!

1) Consider if you're on the server for you, your hobbies, and your moderation desires. You can always migrate your account, later. https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moving/

2) Make a profile! These can be longer than Twitter ones - and you can format them with line breaks, italics (using asterix), and loads of emoji if your server supports markup. Check the emoji on your server, here! https://emojos.in/

3) If you liked who you followed on Twitter, use https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/ and/or https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ to create a csv of all the people you followed there to upload into Mastodon, using the web menu option Preferences > Import. Now you are following the same folks!

4) Using https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/, you can also export your Twitter blocklist, and import it using the same function in Mastodon.

5) Create an introduction post! Use lots of hashtags to help people find you and your interests, as there's no algorithm or string search function here. Make sure to add the hashtag introduction!

6) Get used to using hashtags in your posts regularly, so that people can find them manually or using the hashtag following function, or the rss feed function.

7) Use CWs liberally, to help people decide what to see. Follow your server's guidelines, but definitely CW those movie spoilers!

8) Use alt text in your images whenever possible, to help people with screen readers enjoy it here, too!

9) Enjoy your new community, and have a lot of fun!

#MastodonTips #MastodonNewbie

Ok, Mastodon…let’s try this out.

I’m still gonna stick around over on Twitter until the bitter end, but I want to try to get this new world figured out in the meantime!

Any tips…?

#startrek #sevenofnine #twitterrefugee

Okay #mastodon …I’m new to this place. What are some tips to get started?

I must say I’m pretty happy here. I’m completely refreshed and don’t feel like I’m beating my head against the wall anymore. I’ve got my Mastodon toots going automatically to the Bird Site, but I will likely take that down at the end of the week.

Let me know if you’re liking it here as well and I will boost your reply so others will see you and follow you.

Theoretical physics textbooks should replace the Schrodinger‘s Cat Problem with the USB-A Uncertainty Principle:

A USB-A connector is always in the incorrect orientation, until the port is directly observed.

Over on Twitter transphobic bigots are openly calling for genocide while the website’s owner cheers with glee.
Apple must pull Twitter from their App store. They must not and cannot endorse this hatred and terrorism.

Which #StarTrek technology do you most wish already existed?

If we can't save ourselves from ecological collapse here in Earth we sure as hell can't terraform another planet. Our future is here and now on Earth.

There is no carbon capture shit that will magically save us. There is no solution scientists are just a few decades away from that will reverse or stop this.

Carbon emissions are increasing exponentially still, and we are only just starting to feel the impacts of what we have already done.

Things get far worse from here.

I’m thankful for my Mastodon followers. Y’all are getting front row seats to watch Armageddon.

I haven’t posted on Twitter in 4 days, ever since I came here. When I look at it now, it’s strange for me to see so many people continuing to make content and work for Elon Musk, who is clearly a bigot and totally insane.

#StarTrek