Notices by Sean Bala (seanbala@mas.to), page 4

@BaronWalschap

Finally posted an update! 🤗

It has been a while since I did an update! Starting in Week 4, I began to run longer than I was walking which feels like a big accomplishment!

Ideally I would do 3 runs a week but I can really only get 2 for the time being. Every little bit counts!

I need to keep reminding myself when I don't feel like going that I feel so much better afterwards. Onto Week 5!

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#Health #Fitness #5K

@MarcAbrahams Yay! I look forward to them every year. I was an undergrad at Harvard and one of my biggest regrets is that I never attended the ceremony in person. Good luck!

Ranger Sarah is at Beartrap Canyon Trailhead for her next adventure.
— in Helena National Forest.

#adventuresofrangersarah #rangersarah #hike #hikingadventures #hiking #hikingtrails #outdooradventures #helenanationalforest #nationalforest #Montana

@Alex_Verbeek

Good morning! We had a friend who recently visited Oslo and they really enjoyed themselves.

Today in Chicago is GORGEOUS - we are planning on going to a nearby neighbourhood for coffee and pastries later :)

@codinghorror

And now, for yoie enjoyment, a pantomime performance of "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. LeGuin...

#bookstodon #fantasy #leguin #earthsea #ursulakleguin

@the_lemonaut

I think there are some instances with more photos as an option. I think it is something that individual instances on the back end. Alternatively, you can also use @pixelfed which allows up to 10. Personally, I use Mastodon as my main Fediverse base and I post my nice photos on my Pixelfed and I boost them here.

Hashtaging this to see if other people might have ideas: #FediHelp #Mastodon #Fediverse #Art #Photography #technology

@sofiav Freedom smells like gas fumes and gunpowder?

@the_lemonaut

WELCOME to the Fediverse!

For #FollowFriday, some #Archeology, #Anthropology, and #AncientHistory accounts:

@archeaids
@ArchaeoBasti
@TiciaVerveer
@bretdevereaux
@talesfromthetwolands
@brusgaard
@ancient-history-thecollector
@ninawillburger
@AriK
@Epicurus
@phistorians
@RadicalAnthro
@archaeology
@archaeohistories

And a bonus: @Minimus

I checked and most of these are quite active - and have some genuinely interesting stuff to share!

#Academic #AcademicChatter #Histodon #History

@anneapplebaum Listening to this right now and it is fantastic. I had not given deeper consideration to different roles of lies in political discourse beyond the obvious. It is not about getting people to believe lies but using them to enforce loyalty and group identity. As Adam Kinzinger points out, people would rather jump in front a train than go against the group. Thanks and looking forward to the next one.

@hacks4pancakes I hear you. For some reason whenever O reset my YouTube, I always get "Why Canada Sucks" videos. I do not live in Canada 😂

One of my favorite drinks from one of my favorite breweries in the city - a huckleberry sour and a blonde (strawberry with hints of basil) from Burning Bush Brewery. Outside and relaxing after a long week - almost to the weekend!

#Chicago #Illinois #Beer #BeersofMastodon @beersofmastodon #Brewery #BurningBushBrewery #Autumn #Thursday

@hugo I feel like that the idea of "followers-only" is really unclear - I get Public and I get direct. Unlisted seemed to be created for those concerned about universal search. But followers only feels really ambiguous to me. People I follow? People who follow me? Only mutuals? I feel like it should be only mutuals. Or there should at least be that option to make it do that.

@Linux_Is_Awesome @Vivaldi is wonderful. Absolutely love it. I have fondness for Firefox but I think things are not in a great place.

@orci I don’t believe in breakfast burritos…sorry not sorry 🙏

"Sometimes, a shop owner claims his business
was ruined because the city removed 4 parking spaces. With our surveys, our mayor can say: ‘6,000 more people
pass your shop a day thanks to a new bike lane. Are you sure you’re a good businessman?’”
— Jan Gehl, quoted in #Straphanger #Copenhagen

@skinnylatte @carrideen

My spouse and I do the same for Indian recipes. So many great Indian food videos by people who actually make the cuisine.

@zeblarson

One thing I've started doing here is using various Fediverse sites together - Mastodon, Pixelfed, Bookwrym, etc... - using them for what they are actually good at rather than trying to make everything fit into one box.

I think my ideal world would be full two-way integration with BlueSky and Threads - then I can stay here cozy and find other people there who interest me. But for now, I'm content with this little corner of my digital life.

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@zeblarson

You've made some great points. I think many have kind of set aside the desire for "relevance." I was reflecting the other day on how, besides me spouse here, I don't know anyone on Mastodon IRL. And you know what? I'm kind of okay with that. I've met so many interesting people from around the world here that I would have never encountered on another site. Maybe the point of decentralized social media is that it doesn't need to be everything to everyone.

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