Twitter views indicator UI is bad because now instead of just seeing how many people liked my joke now I also see how many didn't

When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that in the context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public.

In my sub-field of nuclear physics, nuclei are just tools - things we smash apart to use as dense, extended sources of quarks and gluons. But in “low-energy” nuclear physics, the nucleus itself is the object of study. ⚛️ Here are my favorite nuclear structure factoids: 🧵(0/5)

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For anyone wondering, Mastodon got over 70K sign-ups yesterday alone. Let's keep the momentum going! The "public square" of the web must not belong to any one person or corporation!

why would i pay $8 to get a blue check if i could put a rat next to my name for free??? i’m calling on everyone to join me in becoming #RatVerified

I can admit when I'm wrong and I was wrong about Elon Musk. No one was more skeptical than I - but his decisions this week have shown he really *can* put a social network on the path to unprecedented success. Specifically Mastodon.

So if you follow me or interact with me regularly on here, & want to continue interacting with me on Mastodon, DM me for my mastodon handle and server (probably not that hard to guess). Not leaving twitter just yet but it's rapidly crumbling and Mastodon seems to be booming today

Chronic illness honest translations: “Im good”: Just the usual level of pain and exhaustion. “I’m fine”: Not great but cba talking about it. “Not too bad”: Pretty shit actually. “Been better”: I’m not great at all. “I’m not feeling too good”: I should be in hospital.

Help elon save twitter! Send ETH, BTC, or DOGE and your crypto will go into a special fund that will be used for great things! DM me for the crypt address for transfer! God bless twitter and god bless elon!

"the secret scientists don't want you to know!!" Dude have you ever met a single scientist? My scientist friends are desperate for me to know about the changing mating habits of Brown marmorated stink bugs. They're screaming at the top of their lungs to tell you EVERYTHING.

Ready for spring? Us too! Check out these test images of Lily of the Valley stem, collected with our FemtoFiber ultra 920 and a Thorlabs Bergamo II microscope. Peak power is brightness! The perfect balance between pulse duration and pulse quality: qr.codes/L7j2WY