Posts by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
(DIR) Post #APNiFGNbgZQgANoufI by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2022-11-08T03:15:32Z
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Fascinating look into the mastodon engine room.@tek, owner of the freeradical instance, reports on how he managed the sudden surge in numbers last Saturday. This is for IT folks, but as a non-expert I can get a feel for how this played out. Very entertainingly written it is, too.https://blog.freeradical.zone/post/surviving-thriving-through-2022-11-05-meltdown/Massive thanks to all the tech people who gave us twitter migrants a safe welcome here in mastodon land.
(DIR) Post #APk5PvC7U755ai5OJk by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2022-11-18T20:20:40Z
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More thoughts on #MastodonCulture.On twitter, we lived in fear of #TheAlgorithm. How many followers do I have, should I aim to have more followers than follows, what will my "Like" do to the other's standing?Here there is no algorithm. You see what your follows publish, in chronological order. Nothing gets suppressed. You follow someone because you want to read them, you boost a comment because others will like it.It's liberating.
(DIR) Post #ARUOX19AGFfZdTvYGm by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2023-01-10T03:24:58Z
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@clacke @mekkaokereke @webuiltthiscity @scott @seldo "Standard" in all my correcting comments refers to Mastodon, not to ActivityPub. Standard Mastodon as opposed to possible extensions of Mastodon (which I also mention). Both of these presumably would be within the AP requirements, but my comments clearly were about Mastodon, not other implementations of AP. I don't say which AP implementation should be regarded as standard.
(DIR) Post #ASKqxO3qSEfp5GcWGm by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2022-12-19T19:47:50Z
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#Introduction [Re-writing the intro, 6 weeks in.]I am a UK academic with interests in #politics, #pedagogy, #covid, #taoism, #literature. Arrived here from twitter on 5 Nov. I've done a lot of posting on my experiences with mastodon customs, and how they help us talk to each other. Those #meta themes will continue, but I will give more room to my substantive interests.If you visit me for one topic, I invite you also to look at my posts on some of the other topics. Crossing borders is good.
(DIR) Post #ASd2sjPCUrOMG4KEds by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2023-02-13T06:47:35Z
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@auschwitzmuseum Raymond Bialek, we remember you.#Shoah
(DIR) Post #ASgVmfnQU1QXTJ03bk by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2023-02-14T22:51:45Z
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@atomicpoet When I came to Mastodon three months ago, the Mastodon principle of #search via #hashtag immediately made sense to me. It supports the principle of #consent and mutual #respect, which underlies all of the customs that constitute #MastodonCulture. The author of the post decides for themselves which aspects of their post they want to be found by the wider network, by inserting hashtags. The person searching for content is asked to respect those choices. Beautifully simple.
(DIR) Post #ASsozxLilJVehbbjOq by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2023-02-20T21:27:25Z
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@auschwitzmuseum Herbert Stein, we remember you.Gertruda Stein, we remember you.#Shoah
(DIR) Post #AT0smNtbDj4e3suvmy by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2023-02-24T18:47:28Z
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@auschwitzmuseum Joseph Lierens, we remember you.Salomon and Bertha Lierens, we remember you.Samson, Marc and Bernard Lierens, we remember you.#Shoah
(DIR) Post #ATURWenyOTug4scHdQ by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2023-03-11T01:03:25Z
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@auschwitzmuseum Kurt Fantl, we remember you.#Shoah
(DIR) Post #AUCsJd4a5Hpt7WZo3s by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2023-04-01T11:30:33Z
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#Mastodon in under 500 characters (v2) Mastodon wants #conversations based on #consent.Your #Follows are people whose posts you invite into your #Home. Follow liberally, unfollow ruthlessly. #Hashtags let people find posts on the author's terms. Insert hashtags when writing, and discover new friends through hashtag search.You enjoy a post? Tell the author by a #Like, tell others by a #Boost. Join the conversation with a #Reply. If your reply needs sharing, boost it. #TwitterMigration
(DIR) Post #AUf0OUz29rRDXcNCpk by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2023-04-14T11:44:07Z
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@goodthinking We all need to be #reply guys. Mastodon is #dialogue, not broadcasting; replying is its natural #posting mode. When following a person, I don't rely on seeing their "original" posts on my Home timeline. Instead I visit their profile and check out their replies. I do that regularly. My own posts are perhaps 90% replies, 10% "original" posts. Some of my replies I also #selfBoost; this does feel a little awkward, but it is what John Mastodon wants us to do. #MastodonCulture
(DIR) Post #AZjzfOgRVLoHOPXXe4 by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2023-09-14T00:01:07Z
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@samuelpepys It's sentences like this that raise Pepys's diary into high literature. The laconic counting of the child deaths that take place in his immediate circle, recorded as plain fact without embroidery, all emotion merely implied and being so much deeper for it. Worthy of Plutarch. Looking at how we allowed our rulers to remove all #covid mitigations, with the next #pandemic we will have to learn counting like Pepys.#Pepys #laconicism #diaries #literature #loss #dontletitcometothis
(DIR) Post #AaXkBBhLI4CPqKHh3Y by the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk
2023-10-07T20:48:21Z
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"It may feel like we should all be done with Covid-19, but sadly Covid-19 is not done with us."Clear and insightful article by Professor Sheena Cruickshank on the continuing covid threat, and on how current covid policies and feed the evolutionary pressures that bring about new variants. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/07/covid-19-uk-variants-testing-monitoring-drugs#covid #CovidIsNotOver #CovidVariants #CovidEvolution #MolnupiravirEDIT:Sheena Cruickshank is on Mastodon, hooray.@Sheencr