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Which is your favorite app to keep up with #Mastodon? I am torn between Tusky and the official app.TuskyMastodon official...

Which is your favorite app to keep up with #Mastodon? I am torn between Tusky and the official app.

Tusky
Mastodon official app
Browser/PWA
Something else

I just love watching the moon with binoculars or a telescope and seeing the crater outlines revealed by shadow and light on its surface....

I just love watching the moon with binoculars or a telescope and seeing the crater outlines revealed by shadow and light on its surface. Reminds me of how we're on a physical planet that is traveling at insane speeds through the void and there is an actual orbiting body just right there.

Now that I think about it, most of my non-fiction books are either about earth or space. If I wasn't a geographer, I guess I would be an astronomer.

Content warning:All quiet on the western frontFor a Netflix flick, surprisingly sombre and slow burn, I liked it, mostly. Good casting,...

Content warning:All quiet on the western front

For a Netflix flick, surprisingly sombre and slow burn, I liked it, mostly. Good casting, beautiful shots, but some special effects took me out of it and it lacked memorable scenes despite the source material. I would've liked if the movie had explored the insanity of the leadership more, and not only at the very end. The last 10 minutes are by far the most memorable. Whoever played Ferdinand Foch was absolutely stellar for the 5 minutes of screen time.

Alright #gischat and #geography folks, the first journal from our field (that I know of) appeared on Mastodon, IJGIS @ijgisI am getting more...

Alright #gischat and #geography folks, the first journal from our field (that I know of) appeared on Mastodon, IJGIS @ijgis

I am getting more confident that #twittermigration isn't just a momentary knee-jerk reaction, but something more substantive. I am increasingly curious how all this plays out! EDIT: fixed typo

#fediverse question time!Are #mastodon and #pixelfed separate networks or can I follow folks across them?

#fediverse question time!

Are #mastodon and #pixelfed separate networks or can I follow folks across them?

Today @digigeolab presented their work on #segregation, #urban #diversity, and #transnational #mobility at the city of Helsinki.As research...

Today @digigeolab presented their work on #segregation, #urban #diversity, and #transnational #mobility at the city of Helsinki.

As research projects draw close to their end, we finally get to present our work at conferences and special seminars.

I like good and extensive #python library documentation. It can give you the extra confirmation that "yes, your analysis idea could...

I like good and extensive #python library documentation. It can give you the extra confirmation that "yes, your analysis idea could work" or, better yet, a great idea for an analysis. There is not a single published article I am involved in that has not benefited from me scouring the docs.

However, some libraries. Some are like deciphering dark incantations with only few hints in some obscure forgotten language.

#phdchat #research

Regarding today's #gischat I drafted a presentation full of maps about linguistic diversity in the capital city region of Helsinki,...

Regarding today's #gischat I drafted a presentation full of maps about linguistic diversity in the capital city region of Helsinki, Finland. I'll be presenting them to city representatives next Friday alongside my colleagues from @digigeolab

Simple joys of a geographer: I see something related to #cartography in an unexpected place, I take a picture. Sometimes, like today, I...

Simple joys of a geographer: I see something related to #cartography in an unexpected place, I take a picture. Sometimes, like today, I upload it to Mastodon.

There are three languages, so got the linguistic diversity base covered as well.

I like the connotation also: Everything begun somewhere 🌍🧐

P.s. This is actually from Tuesday. Don't tell anyone.

Content warning:Commenting on server lagApparently the DB server of mastodon.social received a beefy hardware update and it's...

Content warning:Commenting on server lag

Apparently the DB server of mastodon.social received a beefy hardware update and it's immediately apparent. All accounts load instantly, searches work fast and posting this did not cause any timeouts.

Let's go!

My adventure down #fediverse rabbit hole is going ever deeper!I am curious how #ActivityPub and #ATProtocol differ from each other....

My adventure down #fediverse rabbit hole is going ever deeper!

I am curious how #ActivityPub and #ATProtocol differ from each other. ActivityPub is what powers #Mastodon AFAIK.

Both are federated.
Both allow transfer of user accounts between servers.
ActivityPub does not have content algorithms. (?)
ATProtocol apparently has content algorithms the user can choose from.
Are both based on ActivityStreams 2.0 format?
Is ATProto open-source?

Anyone care to enlighten me?

I think #Mastodon is picking up some speed among #academia and #research communities. I am excited, because the philosophy behind the tech...

I think #Mastodon is picking up some speed among #academia and #research communities. I am excited, because the philosophy behind the tech speaks to me and I would love to have Mastodon as a viable platform for finding and publishing interesting research across disciplinary boundaries.

I hope it lasts, because there is much potential here.

Ok, #newbie question time.Is the 2-3 h delay of posts and any actions I am experiencing caused by me being on one of the megapopular...

Ok, #newbie question time.

Is the 2-3 h delay of posts and any actions I am experiencing caused by me being on one of the megapopular instances (mastodon.social)? Would I get a more responsive UX if I migrated my account to an instance with less folks hogging the server resources?

Not a fan of getting "timeout error" when trying to follow someone or searching for a user. Nor the "3 hours later feed". Or posting this. WTH. Five times already.

Benefits of working from home occasionally. Your dog showers you with love "omg omg omg you're here and not leaving!"...

Benefits of working from home occasionally. Your dog showers you with love "omg omg omg you're here and not leaving!" #yorkshireterrier

Time for a spooky movie. Hmm let's see whether I still have Basket Case or Monkey Shines somewhere...

Time for a spooky movie. Hmm let's see whether I still have Basket Case or Monkey Shines somewhere...

Pretty cool round lights with no light escaping to the sky on this renovated part of the university façade.

Pretty cool round lights with no light escaping to the sky on this renovated part of the university façade.

The instance I would most want to call my home is scholar.social, because it's focused on #research and #academia but for whatever...

The instance I would most want to call my home is scholar.social, because it's focused on #research and #academia but for whatever reason they're not accepting new members. They still did in April/May but my application has been in limbo since.

Anyone know what's going on?

Let's see whether Mastodon picks up enough momentum now after #muskover of Twitter that it's possible to stay up-to-date with...

Let's see whether Mastodon picks up enough momentum now after #muskover of Twitter that it's possible to stay up-to-date with everything #geospatial #academia and B-movies 🤔

🐍All the scripts we used in the article are available from GitHub: https://github.com/DigitalGeographyLab/maphel-urbanlingdiv ...

🐍All the scripts we used in the article are available from GitHub: https://github.com/DigitalGeographyLab/maphel-urbanlingdiv

🌍Digital Geography Lab: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-geography-lab

🙏Huge thanks to Emil Aaltonen Foundation @EASaatio for funding this work.

#geoinformatics #gis #openscience #linguisticlandscape #urbangeography #diversity

Furthermore, Twitter and Instagram users are not analogous to general populations and, in our case, their language use is biased towards...

Furthermore, Twitter and Instagram users are not analogous to general populations and, in our case, their language use is biased towards English and Finnish, while large minority languages, like Somali, do not appear in the geotagged social media data at all.