Dan Neuman @dan613@mas.to

“It’s direct, indisputable, empirical evidence that this kind of common claim that ‘the only thing that stops a bad guy with the gun is a good guy with the gun’ is wrong."

In short, Ted Cruz and anyone else who makes this claim is wrong or lying.

Who Stops a ‘Bad Guy With a Gun’?- https://nyti.ms/3OeHgJU

#Pokemon

What a difference two weeks make. More #poppy photos in the works. #landscape #landscapephotography

“Smaller is better (The rise, fall, and rise of flat file software) - Wilcosky” https://www.wilcosky.com/d/51-smaller-is-better-the-rise-fall-and-rise-of-flat-file-software

"Individuals affiliated with the Chinese government are already demanding Elon Musk change Twitter's policies.

Can Musk stand up to China?

If he does, it'll be the first time..."

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https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1521107361187999745

Whereas Mastodon is a social media / microblogging platform, there are other federated sites that offer different uses.

#PeerTube: like YouTube, an open source replacement for video hosting
#FunkWhale: Like SoundCloud, for music
#Bookwyrm: Like Goodreads
#Pixelfed: like Instagram, offers image galleries

All of these, including Masto, can talk to each other - so you can create an account on a Bookwyrm instance to keep track of your reading, and people on Masto can follow it! 🤯

Welcome to Mastodon and thanks to any new followers.

I hope you give the place a good chance. There's a bit of a learning curve but it's well worth it.

For new accounts, I recommend checking out @feditips

They've been posting all day to help new accounts adjust to the platform.

For anyone having a bad day, here's some silver lining.
https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1518622905441177604?s=20&t=6Uf1I3EMDgN5s4U3qivnLw

Hi! mastodon.social is being slow right now, as far as I can tell because there's twice as many people using it at the same time as ever have; I'm working on making it go fast again, but in the meantime, do remember to invite people to joinmastodon.org instead of directly to mastodon.social. People don't have to be on the same server to follow you! Thanks!

The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History

What do you do to follow up inventing leaded gasoline? You invent CFCs.

#science #environment #health

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV3dnLzthDA

Friends having fun!

I got asked about this by somebody from WIRED so I got some numbers together. I believe that Mastodon servers have gained around 49,000 new people since March. Our iOS app downloads rose by 109%. On mastodon.social, I am seeing a 71% increase in sign-ups and 36% increase in monthly active users as people are coming back to their old accounts.