@knurd42@social.linux.pizza2026-07-19 06:29:06
""Several times in my life I’ve tried to break in with a new social group. […] Pretty quickly I learned that the best and fastest way to join a group is to organize events where we do the group’s core activity. […] there is far more demand for social events and things to do than there is supply. […] I’ve found this true everywhere from niche online fanfiction discussion groups to vanguard intellectual movements directing hundreds of millions of dollars annually.""
@gideonstar@mastodon.gideonstar.de2026-07-16 18:28:20
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social2026-09-14 00:53:29
#funFact In a typical adult human body there around 10 trillion cells, counting all the types. In the human gut alone there are usually around 100 trillion bacteria. As microbiologist Margaret McFall-Ngai puts it, “plants and animals are a patina on the microbial world.”
From “the Strange Order of Things”, by Antonio Damasio.
“I Contain Multitudes”, by @edyong209 is another excellent fora…
@padraig@mastodon.ie2026-08-13 12:55:31
@anildash@me.dm2026-08-15 02:09:05
RE: https://cyberpunk.lol/@mxchara/117092734696654321
What do you even do when some stranger just writes batshit fanfic about you all the time? In this imagination, *Cory Doctorow* of all people doesn’t want folks to have agency over their tech?
People…
@krasse_eloquenz@literatur.social2026-08-15 15:37:11
Funfact zu Bern: Man kann dort in die Aar springen, wird von der starken Strömung fortgerissen und landet wohl auf der anderen Seite der Stadt. Nur in Bikini/Badehose.
Das tun auch tatsächlich viele. Ihr Hab und Gut haben sie in einem kleinen wasserfesten Seebeutel dabei.
Ist aber nur was für erfahren Bernerinnen. Ich selbst hätte Angst, entweder erst in Deutschland rauszukommen (oder wo auch immer der Fluss mündet). Oder aber in der Altstadt – nur im Bikini.
@StephenRees@mas.to2026-09-16 23:37:12
Today advocacy groups active in the US and Canada are launching a new “Charmin Wipes Out Bears” and “Charmin Wipes Out Forests” online advertising campaign alerting consumers that the US-based company Procter & Gamble is destroying Canada’s boreal forests to make toilet paper. Campaign videos and social media posts feature a crying bear dispossessed of its habitat, a poop emoji narrating footage of the destruction of Canada’s boreal forests, and a talking butt repeating Charmin’s claim …
@nfdi4culture@nfdi.social2026-09-14 14:06:22
⏰Hallo, liebe #3D -Fanbase!
👉Heute beginnt die FAIR 3D Heritage-Konferenz in #Mainz & online: https://ai-mainz.github.io/fair-3d-…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk2026-06-27 23:52:43
@publicvoit@graz.social2026-08-31 09:15:18