Amanda Unvarnished

Everyone that says they’ll miss their news when switching from birdsite, check out RSS. It’s pretty great. Personally use News Explorer but I am convinced you will find a program that works for you.

—@talon

For those who don’t know, Bookwyrm is basically a better, federated Goodreads. Because it speaks ActivityPub, you can subscribe to someone’s Bookwyrm feed from directly in Mastodon and see the book reviews they post!

https://joinbookwyrm.com/

Also there are 2 spots remaining in the Bookwyrm patreon to pay $40/mo and support the project in a huge way *and* have @tripofmice run a server for you and 50 of your bookwormiest friends: https://www.patreon.com/bookwyrm

—@darius

so obviously i’m sad twitter died, mainly because i got a lot of my indexing jobs that way, so if you need to have a book indexed, hire me! (please reblog this academics)

—@varsha_venkat

He just strolled into my garden and went for a snooze on the patio furniture

—@Samuelmoore

A few recommendations for life on Mastodon:

1) Follow anyone you think looks potentially interesting; you can always unfollow later, and they may lead you to new people via boosted posts.

2) Boost posts you think are worthy, so others can discover new content.

3) Don’t obsess on replicating your Twitter follows on Mastodon; let it be its own experience, and grow it organically. Obvs follow anyone you miss from Twitter, but this isn’t a 1:1 replacement; have fun, follow your instincts.

—@davetroy

capitolhunters:

Someone has to say it: Elon Musk has lied for 27 years about his credentials. He does not have a BS in Physics, or any technical field. Did not get into a PhD program. Dropped out in 1995 & was illegal. Later, investors quietly arranged a diploma – but not in science.

—@michelemccarthy

If your boss ever asks if you’re prepared to get hardcore, put on some Black Flag and then break their nose

—@caranatar

Me: gasping for oxygen on Mars
Elon: this isn’t very hardcore of you

—@emtothea

I have performed an unscientific survey of people who are working in coding and cybersecurity to see what language they use most often.

The result: profanity.

—@spaf

New today! Legislation introduced in U.S. Congress to update + amend #CVAA. Focus on accessibility of video, communication, and emerging tech. Supported by #disability orgs, introduced by @SenMarkey @RepAnnaEshoo Press release w/link to proposed law: https://bit.ly/CVAAUpdate #a11y

—@LFLegal

If you have a #WordPress site, try a new free WordPress logging plugin we released a few days ago:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/trunc-logging/

It generates a log file to track logins, failed logins, plugin changes, post changes, etc.

Pretty useful from a security perspective and adds visibility to what is happening within your site.

Feedback welcome!

—@dcid