When Twitter collapsed, it was great to see the flood of friends, game devs and other come to Mastodon. Over the next 9 months a lot of them vanished to Threads, BlueSky or just left. I want to thank all people who are still on Mastodon and make it a wonderful place. You know who you are.
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Just over here admitting very sick flu A patients, and realizing this fact:
Almost every single flu A death in the US this year was/is preventable.
How?
We can design, produce, and distribute an mRNA vaccine to any flu strain in weeks if we want. We could make one that targets this flu A, and run a public campaign to get people vaccinated. If data on other similar mRNA flu shots holds, it would be very effective.
RFK and Trump have *chosen* to kill kids and grandparents. A CHOICE.
The atomic clocks in Boulder, Colorado are back in service. But they could be as much as 5 microseconds off!
That's not much by ordinary standards. It's completely irrelevant for transmitting time on the internet, where millisecond irregularities are common. But it would be 5000 times the usual nanosecond errors.
The good news: nobody is saying the time *has* slipped by 5 microseconds. They're just saying they currently only know it's good to within 5 microseconds.
Jeff Sherman explained how they kept the clocks going despite the fire and power outage:
https://groups.google.com/a/list.nist.gov/g/internet-time-service/c/OHOO_1OYjLY
And then:
"To put a deviation of a few microseconds in context, the NIST time scale usually performs about five thousand times better than this at the nanosecond scale by composing a special statistical average of many clocks. Such precision is important for scientific applications, telecommunications, critical infrastructure, and integrity monitoring of positioning systems. But this precision is not achievable with time transfer over the public Internet; uncertainties on the order of 1 millisecond (one thousandth of one second) are more typical due to asymmetry and fluctuations in packet delay.
NIST provides high-precision time transfer by other service arrangements; some direct fiber-optic links were affected and users will be contacted separately. However, the most popular method based on common-view time transfer using GPS satellites as "transfer standards" seamlessly transitioned to using the clocks at NIST's WWV/Ft. Collins campus as a reference standard. This design feature mitigated the impact to many users of the high-precision time signal."
groups.google.comUpdate on Boulder Internet Time Services and atomic time scale
Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio โฆ www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
Ricki Yasha Tarr<p>Welcome to Middle Age, you don't hear as well as you used to, but somehow everything is too loud, at the same time.</p>
Natasha ๐ช๐บ<p>Land art installation created by Welsh ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ artist Jon Foreman recently (September 2025) at Poppit Sands in Wales.</p><p><a href="https://mymodernmet.com/jon-foreman-beach-installations/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mymodernmet.com/jon-foreman-be</span><span class="invisible">ach-installations/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Artwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artwork</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a></p>
Max Leibman<p>One reason you should care about problems that donโt affect you personally is because, actually, they do.</p>
Cat ๐๐ฅ (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:<p>Behold! A kitten :3</p>
Andrea Junker :verified:<p>If you still support Trump, I donโt judge you for your choice of political party.</p><p>I judge you for your lack of morals, ethics, compassion & humanity.</p><p>I judge you for your support of pedophilia, racism, treason & fascism.</p><p>So will others. So will history.</p>
jwz<p>Four way stop versus $100 billion valuation.</p><p>It's on its back, baking in the hot sun, but you're not helping, Leon. Why is that?</p><p>Also, all the headlines say variants of "Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams" but what they fail to mention is that it took nearly six hours of these traffic jams before Waymo *finally* decided that the press they were getting was bad enough that they should do the most obvious thing in the world.<br><a href="https://jwz.org/b/yk0t" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jwz.org/b/yk0t</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
California Dreaminโโฆ ๐<p>WTAF?! ๐
ICE is arguing in court that they can detain, handcuff, and biometrically screen US CITIZENS โ unless they can prove citizenship on the spot.
And a REAL ID isn't enough. ๐ณ
This isn't immigration policy.
It's a "papers-please" USA, where freedom is conditional and innocence come last.</p>
Jerome G<p>Northern flicker</p>
Johan Peitz<p>If people are so keen on using ai to generate art, why not generate sports as well? A good game is a good game - right?</p>
Xoa Gray<p>o/~ It's the Final Count Down! NA na na na! NANANANANA! Na na na na... o/~ Okay I'm sorry I had to! LOL! </p><p>We are here ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between! The FINAL day of <a href="https://tiggi.es/tags/MonsterdonSavesChristmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonsterdonSavesChristmas</span></a> ! And we're going to send it out with a bang! </p><p>Today so far, we've added another $1629.38! Not our highest day yet, but it's about to be! Also, with this additional funding, and the generous matching from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@paco" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>paco</span></a></span> , <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sunny.garden/@steggy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>steggy</span></a></span> , and others, we will now absolutely top 10K for this year! UNREAL!! We did it all! But we can still drive that number up, so if you haven't donated and are still intending to, get them in because the drive ends with the credits for Tails from the Crypt tonight! </p><p>Today also added a few new charities to the list of charities! We added, Greater Boston Food Bank, The Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant project (BLMP), The Transgender Law Center, and Food Gatherers! As well as personal donations to Kye and QuyetPaws to help them out! You guys do a lot of giving, and it's pretty glorious! </p><p>The current total donations are $7,533.60, and that's BEFORE the donation matching! Absolutely astonishing! Way to go! Ane we will be taking donations through the end of Tails from the Crypt! I'll be running a tally during the movie, and if anything big happens posting the bumps! I like this movie, but please, keep me too busy to watch it. ;) </p><p>After the movie I'll do a final total, and we'll start the drawing for the giveaways. So stick around and keep an eye out for that! </p><p>Y'all are amazing, </p><p><a href="https://tiggi.es/tags/Monsterdon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monsterdon</span></a></p>
Jack William Bell<p>Let's be clear on this: No one needs to apologize for being white. But there are a LOT of white people who need to apologize for being racist assholes.</p><p><a href="https://rustedneuron.com/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://rustedneuron.com/tags/WTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WTF</span></a></p>
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐<p>This is your city on driverless cars.</p><p>A blackout in San Francisco yesterday cut power to traffic lights. Drivers coped; Waymos just stopped moving, often in intersections, stranding passengers and compounding gridlock.</p><p><a href="https://sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/waymo-sf-blackout-robotaxi-traffic-jams/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sfstandard.com/2025/12/20/waym</span><span class="invisible">o-sf-blackout-robotaxi-traffic-jams/</span></a></p>
Misty<p>Canadians: there's a Parliament petition requesting the government to step in to take action against anti-trans provincial legislation. Being sponsored by Don Davies. Please sign if you're eligible. <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7027" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Pet</span><span class="invisible">ition/Details?Petition=e-7027</span></a></p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a></p>
Fesshole ๐งป<p>I'm a trans woman who, if anyone ever asks, will give my deadname as a different male name each time. It's been the single fastest way to find people who talk behind my back. If that name leaks I know just who leaked it and just who to instant block forever.</p>
Bob Tregilus<p>Tamale assembly time! Este tamales rojos de puerco tradicional.</p>
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Ivey Janette McClelland<p>Whites Only. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/applicants-from-high-risk-nations-blocked-from-attending-us-naturalization-ceremony" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scrippsnews.com/politics/immig</span><span class="invisible">ration/applicants-from-high-risk-nations-blocked-from-attending-us-naturalization-ceremony</span></a></p>
Jon Gilbert<p>(idk man, if your cars can't get around without an always-on network connection, they don't sound very "autonomous" to me)</p>
Yoรฏn van Spijk<p>Most Spanish words come from Latin, but did you know there are two different groups?</p><p>There are words that Spanish inherited from spoken Latin, but also words that it borrowed from written Latin during the Middle Ages and after.</p><p>Some took both routes, creating doublets. For instance, both โhablarโ (to speak) and โfabularโ (to make up) come from Latin โfฤbulฤreโ.</p><p>Hereโs episode three in my ten-part series on doublets. Next: Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, Galician, Dutch, and English.</p>
Mastodon Migration<p>Spotted in Wisconsin ๐</p>
Liam :fnord:<p>Asking for uh some interested people: how do streetside and public charging stations for electric vehicles perform in flooding? Are there cutoffs or do the stations stay live in floodwater?</p><p>[boosts encouraged]</p>
Andrew J Spaulding<p>Straight up truth!</p>
Merry Cherizilla ๐<p>Hey <a href="https://hypertext.monster/tags/Monsterdon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monsterdon</span></a>! Here's a holiday-themed bingo card for tonight's most excellent film: Tales from the Crypt (1972) :godzilla_cool: </p><p>๐ <a href="https://bingobaker.com/#6946a1d910d961f8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bingobaker.com/#6946a1d910d961</span><span class="invisible">f8</span></a></p><p>Thanks for all the suggestions! My favorite was "a creature is stirring... ๐" from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.plus/@JoeWynne" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JoeWynne</span></a></span> </p><p>And if you haven't had a chance to participate, check out <a href="https://hypertext.monster/tags/MonsterdonSavesChristmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonsterdonSavesChristmas</span></a> to join this year's charity fundraiser. </p><p><a href="https://hypertext.monster/tags/monsterdonalert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monsterdonalert</span></a> <a href="https://hypertext.monster/tags/MonsterdonBingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MonsterdonBingo</span></a></p>
AkaSci ๐ฐ๏ธ<p>Babies in the randomized, controlled trial in Guinea-Bissau will either receive the hepatitis B vaccine at birth or at 6 weeks.</p><p>It is a major breach of scientific ethics to withhold an intervention that has been proven safe and effective - Paul Offit.</p><p>The study does not appear to be looking at whether the vaccine is more effective at birth, it will look for โoverall health effects".</p><p>~18% of Bissau-Guinean adults and 11.2% of toddlers are infected with the virus.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/19/hepatitis-b-vaccine-study-guinea-bissau-rfk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2025/d</span><span class="invisible">ec/19/hepatitis-b-vaccine-study-guinea-bissau-rfk</span></a><br>1/n</p>
Widdershins Smith ๐<p>Updated version <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CookieMeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CookieMeme</span></a></p>
Kieran Healy<p>If your artifactโs rather obtuse<br>With a purpose you canโt quite deduce <br>Youโll always be able<br>To write on the label<br>โMost likely for ritual useโ</p>
Matthew Rimmer<p>NZ Supreme Court finds government must consider climate change when offering oil and gas tenders <a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/582302/supreme-court-finds-government-must-consider-climate-change-when-offering-oil-and-gas-tenders" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/national/582302</span><span class="invisible">/supreme-court-finds-government-must-consider-climate-change-when-offering-oil-and-gas-tenders</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NZlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZlaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NZpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NZpol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>Politico - At least six career staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency were suspended with pay this summer after organizing a polygraph test that the agencyโs acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, failed. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/21/cisa-acting-director-madhu-gottumukkala-polygraph-investigation-00701996" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/12/21/c</span><span class="invisible">isa-acting-director-madhu-gottumukkala-polygraph-investigation-00701996</span></a></p>
Satori ๐:skyeface3:<p>Happy 8th night of Hanukkah! ๐๐</p>
Pelican Dock Music<p>CBS bends over again</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/un" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>un</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newyork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newyork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reddit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meidastouch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meidastouch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/6eDaTTh7hqw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/6eDaTTh7hqw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Thoraiya<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mosstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mosstodon</span></a> with shiny shiny skinkage :) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reptile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reptile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WildOz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WildOz</span></a></p>
The Eddie Show ๐๐ท๐งโค๏ธ<p>๐ท <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/FediversalPictures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediversalPictures</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CharleneTheCat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharleneTheCat</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a></p>
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KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)<p>Among the last sunflowers on the shortest day</p><p>More sunshine returns tomorrow as we brace for days of atmospheric river rain</p><p>Welcome Winter Solstice</p>
9 o'clock Hashtag Games<p>Time For Christmas o'clock <a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/HashtagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HashtagGames</span></a> hosted by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldfriends.live/@paul" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>paul</span></a></span>. </p><p><a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/ChristmasPartyAFilmOrShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristmasPartyAFilmOrShow</span></a><br><a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/12DaysOfChristmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>12DaysOfChristmas</span></a><br><a href="https://oldfriends.live/tags/HashtagGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HashtagGames</span></a></p><p>How to play: Write something awesome, Use the Hashtag, Toot/Post and Repeat!</p><p>Tip: You can change titles, characters, plots, locations, etc. with Christmas party themes. <br>image</p>