Whenever they tell you a change is impossible, show them Utrecht.

An urban freeway with many lanes can become a green park with a beautiful canal. Instead of a car sewer, the water flows.

Catharijnesingel, Utrecht. Winner European Urban Public Space Award 2022 by OKRA landschapsarchitecten

https://www.archdaily.com/992550/okra-receives-the-european-urban-public-space-award-2022

RT @CUP_PoliSci@twitter.com

NEW ISSUE from the Journal of Policy History -

Volume 35 - Issue 1 - January 2023 - http://ow.ly/I5Mh50Mh5PK

#jph

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CUP_PoliSci/status/1610252186616840194

It’s done! 365 days of recording the local temperature and weather in a knitted scarf.

Hey! You should pet a cat.

Happy 2023! You can close all your 2022 tabs now, it will be fine I promise

Brazil's transfer of power shows how democracy can work even in the face of extremist tides. It's shameful that Bolsonaro chose to flee to Mar-a-Lago instead of handing the presidential sash to Lula. But the deeply inclusive ceremony was beautiful, as @oscar_soria describes.
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RT @oscar_soria
Lastly, on my previous tweet: Civil society representatives handed over the presidential sash to #Lula. A black woman was in charge of placing …
https://twitter.com/oscar_soria/status/1609652798848897026

Just a quick tip for anyone using the Toot! third party app on iPhone/iPad:

It does have a search feature, you can access it by clicking ⋯ in the top right corner and then "Search".

Also, to search for hashtags remember to include a # at the beginning.

The presidential puppy, whose name is Resistência (Resistance!) added a great touch to the ceremonies around @LulaOficial's inauguration! See @JanjaLula's tweet for more:
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RT @JanjaLula
Resistência e seu inseparável patinho já estão em Brasília para a posse! Ela está ansiosa para encontrar com vcs. Estamos trabalhando muito para garantir que todos participem dessa festa histórica com toda segurança.
#AlegriaVaiTomarPosse
#LulaPresid…
https://twitter.com/JanjaLula/status/1607424502782115842

Last #FollowFriday of the year, let's go!

@Brian_Pond - Great mixture of fun and uplifting content! Although they've just hit 69 followers so technically it's not "nice" to follow 😉

@nyurakim - Beautiful pixel art! Absolutely stunning.

@teaqueenros - She does really fun and informative streams, please check her out here and on twitch ✨

@EighthLayer - Another cool streamer that's also into retro games!

@JohnWasham - Skillful artist, art appreciator, and all-around nice person.

Is this a thing here?
#followbackfriday
#followfriday

For #FollowFriday I want to share these beautiful drawings that @joelpedersenarts did of Button! Joel makes wonderful art and is a wonderful person. Highly recommend following and checking out what he has to offer!

#FollowFriday

@TheTechScribe Manager, Community Insights, Red Hat OSPO

@donwatkins Regular contributor to OpenSource.com, all around nice guy, punny.

@Davidtoddmccarty Writes about politics, culture, science, history, religion and travel. "I look like if Hagrid ate Harry."

@rbreich Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder of Inequality Media, newspaper columnist.

@SpockResists "Supporting democracy. As a Vulcan I believe in Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations."

Today is #FollowFriday so tell your people to follow FunHouse. PLEEEEEEEASE?

It's time to play #followfriday - with a twist. Please tell ME who to follow.

I want hilarious writers, insightful journalists, social justice advocates, and anybody else doing interesting things that I might never have insight into.

I like learning. I like laughing. I like improving.

Who you got?

#FollowFriday! I think you’ll enjoy:

* @TimVereecke
* @lene
* @candost
* @Veganella
* @fsasaki
* @rosanita
* @jimniels
* @fmueller
* @itaycode
* @ototoi

@DamonWakes Hi Damon, 👋 you could try adding #FollowFriday and/or #FollowBackFriday to your post as a beginning! If you know how to follow a hashtag, you might consider one of those, too. Or those two. Or sumfink. 🙃

Still feeling like a #newbie here (forgive me if this question seems basic!). How do I recognize a conversation between 2 or so #Mastodon folks, and quickly differentiate it from a single post? Will I only ever see the first post, then have to click this to find out if it led to a conversation?

Yes, #twitter changed research communication. Yes, #pandemictwitter enabled community building and knowledge exchange.

But #MuskTwitter is without solid polices or accountability, it is explicitly anti-science and anti-scientists. Therefore it is time to try something new. Such as #mastodon

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04506-6

Helen Kara unpacks how much she earns from 10 years of academic writing.
tl;dr Not much.
https://helenkara.com/2022/12/08/how-much-this-academic-writer-earns/

@wolf_witte @dev_d237 @politicalscience I think it’s because these projects require long term thinking and politicians are elected for shorter terms. People seem to fight more for the interest of their party and less for that of the public. Bipartisan projects are getting fewer and what matters is not supporting the opposition in a common goal, irrespective of how good a proposed policy may be.