Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

Today I learned the word ‘scientist’ was coined in 1834 to describe Mary Somerville, replacing the term ‘man of science’.

#science #WomenInSTEM

https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/12/26/mary-somerville-scientist/

I'm not arguing w the fact that AI poses risks. I AM ceaselessly annoyed by the pattern

This is not new or novel. It was women -
@timnitGebru, @mmitchell_ai, me, et al - who rang the AI alarm years ago & were retaliated against, pushed out for doing so.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html

If you hate shit like this, don’t follow me on instagram…

2015/01

#SilentSunday #photography

🚨 Want to help build a robust bridge and relays between #ActivityPub & #ATprotocol networks? (

Live only for a few hours - we launched this group late last night - it already has over 26 developers/followers starting to do exactly that.

➡️ @activitypubblueskybridge

If you are working on this, or want to, go follow that mastodon-compatible Frendica group & introduce yourself!

#BlueSky #MastoDev #Fedidev

There is probably something better than a fresh #croissant with jam for brekky, just can’t think what it may be.

Rare footage of the glass octopus (Vitreledonella richardi), its translucent appearance helps it hide from predators.

Video credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute
Further reading: https://www.livescience.com/rare-glass-octopus-sighting.html

I Ruined My #Medium Earnings Moving From #Twitter to #Mastodon

Here’s why I have no regrets and would do it all over again @medium.

https://ruialves.medium.com/i-ruined-my-medium-earnings-moving-from-twitter-to-mastodon-6baf9fd76600

I just want to remind everyone that Mastodon has a public #roadmap:

https://joinmastodon.org/roadmap

It lists features in four categories:
1. In Progress
2. Planned
3. Exploring
4. Recently completed

along with a priority (1, 2, or 3 bars).

I encourage you to check it out and see if a favorite feature is there. To give one example, I still see people talking about how Mastodon is against quote posts, when that feature is in “Planned” and has 3 bars (highest priority).

For #FollowFriday: News media publishing in English.

DW English — @dw

On the Media — @onthemedia

POLITICO — @politico

ProPublica — @ProPublica

Rest of World — restofworld@restof.social

Rolling Stone —
@RollingStone

STAT — @STAT

The Conversation — @TheConversationUS
@theconversationau
@TheConversationAfrica

The Markup — @themarkup

The Nation — @thenation

The Tyee — https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee

VICE News — VICENews@federated.press

VOA — https://mastodon.social/@VOANews

#News #newstodon

This is first on Mastodon! Please boost this thread. It’s an important one.

Good morning to readers. Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

Some career news: I’m leaving NPR as part of the layoffs that dramatically reduced the company’s workforce.

I’ve decided to go back into Ukraine to keep reporting.

But this time, alone.

After 15 years of being a loyal Twitter user, it’s become less and less useful and enjoyable for me. I’m gonna shut down my account for a few weeks and see what it feels like. I’m going to keep posting on Mastodon and on Substack tho http://tinyurl.com/DDsubstck (and you can also find my work the old way: going to The Washington Post!)

Many thanks to @coachtony @scott @breana and everyone back at @medium HQ for the me.dm haven on the #Fediverse. You've saved me from an apex foe. #Earth is way less toxic after #mastodon.

Randomly noting: if you're in the US, in April of 2024, the US will have a solar eclipse pass over a bunch of states for the first time in 7 years, and for the last time in *decades*.

It is an indescribably wonderful experience to be in the zone of totality. This article kinda covers it:. If you're not sure if you've seen one, you haven't. It's the most bizarre thing where it feels like someone flips a light switch and turns off the sky. https://www.space.com/37791-go-see-the-solar-eclipse-in-person.html

Keeping my tradition of painting octopuses on the bottoms of tables in hotel rooms alive 😀

One thing that's kind of nice about Mastodon is that the founder doesn't advertise his posts in the notifications feed. Just kind of nice to have.