Elena Alonso @chicafisica@red.niboe.info

The Digital Services Act went live in the EU on Friday. The below is a handy list of the most visible changes Europeans will see

1. Chronological views are now a required option in social media apps including TikTok.

2. It’s easier to report harmful content.

3. You’ll get an explanation when your post is moderated and taken down.

4. You can report fake products on marketplaces like Amazon.

5. Teens under 18 won’t see targeted ads based on their interests.

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-europe-big-tech.html

So, full text search is now live on mastodon.social and mastodon.online.

It is "opt-in", meaning you need to check the Preferences box to enable your posts to be searchable.

Today, a very niche tip for RSS fans

As well as Mastodon's built-in hashtag following system, you can also follow hashtags through RSS instead:

1. Search for a hashtag on a Mastodon server's website
2. Add .rss to the end of the URL
3. Use this URL as the feed address for that tag

For example to subscribe to #Dinosaurs on mstdn.social you would use this address in your feed reader:

https://mstdn.social/tags/dinosaur.rss

#RSS #FediTips #Mastodon #MastoTips

Researchers have monitored #Neptune for over 30 years with the #Keck Observatory (since 2002), the Lick Observatory (2018-2019), and the #Hubble Space Telescope (since 1994).

One neat result comes out of this data. The number of clouds on Neptune seems to be correlated with the solar cycle. The sun puts out the maximum amount of ultraviolet light during the solar cycle's peak. Two years later, more clouds appear on Neptune.

Learn more:
https://www.keckobservatory.org/neptune-clouds
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-019

Hoy que han cortado el acceso gratuito a #TweetDeck (ahora #XPro) es tan buen día como cualquier otro para recordar que en Mastodon también tenemos un modo multi-columna.

Podéis habitarlo desde Preferencias -> Apariencia -> Interfaz web avanzada. Yo lo uso para ver las líneas de Inicio, Local, y Federada al mismo tiempo.

Y por si fuera poco también tenéis los clientes de terceros como @mastodeck, @sengi_app o @phanpy. ¡Hay para todos!

I'm going to do some science outreach in my son's primary school, and I've received the most wonderful advice:

'when they start speaking, first ask them if it's a story or a question. if it's a story, make sure to cut them off early or they'll talk forever.'

*it works exactly the same with senior academics after presentations*

Really, truly: there is no good reason for any media company or publisher to still be posting on X. #Technology https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/15/twitter-x-links-delayed/?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon

Los satelites de #Starlink en tiempo real

https://satellitemap.space/?constellation=starlink

Since Musk has officially announced his intention to train his "AI" on everyone's tweets, here, again, for anyone still there, is how to download your data:
https://twitter.com/settings/download_your_data
A few tweet deletion tools:
https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/delete-tweets-immediately/
And Darius @darius's Twitter archive tool:
https://tinysubversions.com/twitter-archive/make-your-own/