Ed (he/him) is the sum of all his parts...archery, physics, games, cartoons, friends and beer! I work at BESSY II (HZB) but I think and speak for myself.
CW: #Mastodon ๐
I moved. Things I'm still checking Twitter for.@BVG_Tram updates. Irl friends who haven't decamped (yet?)
But I can now waste as much time reading Toots as I used to reading Tweets.
And I am presented with less rage-inducing content.
And no ads.
I don't know, does retweeting an official Twitter support tweet count as advertising platforms like FB, insta, mastodon?
Which are all excellent and terrible platforms.
CW: #Mastodon ๐
I moved. Things I'm still checking Twitter for.@BVG_Tram updates. Irl friends who haven't decamped (yet?)
But I can now waste as much time reading Toots as I used to reading Tweets.
And I am presented with less rage-inducing content.
And no ads.
The commentators I cared about have mostly moved.
The bots I follow for timeline cleansing are moving.
Would like to see a few more journalists move over, but the @BylineTimes stable is there.
Plenty of Physics/science people there.
Will workplace/institutional accounts move?
@seis_matters I mean, I actually ran more during lunch breaks when I was at the office than at home.
(It's lost its appeal since they turned the hot water off in the office showers here) ๐ฅถ
@tomhfh Probably because they also need to eat.
Do you ever wonder why American doctors who have taken the Hippocratic Oath refuse to see patients without insurance?
@dgurdasani1 Amazing news and all the best for you and your family!
You haven't let anybody down, you have to look after yourself and your family first and foremost.
Thank you for all your work.
@davidchscott@JolyonMaugham@Kit_Yates_Maths In Germany having photo identification is mandatory from 16, and, crucially, only costs 20 ish quid.
There would be much less of an issue if this was the situation in the UK, but it isn't.
@drheaddamage Third one wiped me out the following day this time round. Don't plan on being too productive tomorrow!
But yes, remarkable hire empty the centres are now
Without immigration, the trains wouldnโt run, businesses wouldnโt function and the NHS wouldnโt exist.
We will not end cheap labour by dividing workers and belittling migrantsโ contribution.
We introduce a ยฃ15 min wage, end zero-hours contracts & back striking workers instead.