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We're celebrating 12 Days of Medieval Illuminations. Today, 6 tormenting demons. Which color is your favorite?
@GettyMuseum #museums #Christmas

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Ikeya-Zhang: Comet Over Colorado
Credits: Jimmy Westlake, ColoradoMountain College
#nature #space #astrophotography

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If you have a website, it's a really good idea to put a link to it in your profile! Many people click on website links in profiles to find out more about the account.

When you're adding your website's link to your profile, remember to include https:// at the beginning so that the link will be clickable.

If you want to get really fancy, you can verify your website link which makes it turn green on your profile, and proves you're the owner of the site:

โžก๏ธ fedi.tips/how-do-i-verify-my-aโ€ฆ

#FediTips

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@JamesTDG

It should be possible on any platform that lets you add custom HTML.

Alternatively, if the platform allows you to add links to your social media accounts, if they add rel="me" to their link format that will make it work too.

By the way, this green thing is based on what was supposed to be a global standard for verifying links to other accounts, unfortunately Facebook, Twitter etc refused to play ball for some reason. But maybe Newgrounds might listen?




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Earthset from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Credits: #NASA, GSFC, Arizona State U./Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
#nature #space #astrophotography

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Milky Way Falls
Credits: Yuri Beletsky, Carnegie, Las Campanas Observatory, TWAN
#nature #space #astrophotography

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Planet Earth at Twilight
Credits: ISS Expedition 2 Crew, Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

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I'm an unpaid volunteer who runs five websites and five accounts helping people use Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. I pay all the bills for them every month.

If you want to help these sites & accounts keep going, you can buy me a coffee at:

โžก๏ธ ko-fi.com/fedithing

(No registration, choose any amount, all currencies work.)

...or alternatively become a patron at:

โžก๏ธ liberapay.com/FediThing

All support greatly appreciated! ๐Ÿ™‚

โค๏ธ @FediTips, @FediFollows, @FediVideo, @FediGarden & @homegrown

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Hello! I was unable to pick the currency, but I donated a little something anyway!
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Thank you so much! ๐Ÿ™ Very generous of you, thanks! This makes a big difference, the sites and accounts can keep going because of you and people like you.

The currency is shown in euros on the ko-fi website, but your bank will automatically convert it to your own currency when you donate. Your bank should have its own currency exchange rate calculator on its website, but if it doesn't you can get a rough estimate from third party sites like xe.com/currencyconverter

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I really wish news sites, when writing about something about Austen, stopped giving her biography. ESPECIALLY British papers. Sure, some people donโ€™t know the history of Jane, but for peteโ€™s sake, thatโ€™s why Google exists! (At least the author didnโ€™t start the article with, โ€œItโ€™s a truth universally acknowledgedโ€ฆโ€ Small mercies.)

dailyecho.co.uk/news/24724201.โ€ฆ

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon
#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #JaneAusten @romancelandia

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The International Space Station over Earth
Credits: STS-132, Expedition 23, #NASA
#nature #space #astrophotography

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On the Possibility of Ascending to Mars
Credits: www.MrEclipse.com
#nature #space #astrophotography

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๐Ÿ›œThis Week In Global Museum:

World's Most Beautiful Museum Stuns Internet | Goering's Art Dealer Plundered The World | Vampire Reconstructions | Science Museum Monitoring US Bribery Case | $6 Million Banana Collector Buying 100,000 More | The Museum Man With A Plan | More Museum News .

globalmuseum.org #globalmuseum #museums #news #museumnews #Museumjobs #artgallery #jobs

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Discover how to transform your museum into a workplace as inspiring as its exhibits! In this dynamic online meetup, we'll explore proven strategies for building a vibrant organizational culture where teams thrive, innovation flourishes, and challenges are met with confidence.
๐Ÿ›๏ธ Museum Minds Collaborative
๐Ÿ“† Wed., Dec. 11, 2024
โฐ 12 p.m. MT / 2 p.m. ET
Rebecca Shulman, we'll share actionable steps to foster a workplace that's both effective and energizing.
REGISTER HERE
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/registโ€ฆ

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Around 4000 years ago, a dog left its pawprints in this Sumerian brick :

Sumerian Clay Brick with a Dog's paw prints (2112-2000 BC), from ziggurat at Ur; Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq).

According to scholars, around 2100 BC, a dog walked across this brick as it lay drying in teh sun when it was being made. Brick is stamped with an cuneiform inscription which tells that "Ur-Nammu, king of Ur, has built his temple for Nanna, his Lord. Also built city wall of Ur for him."

British Museum

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Animals are the same across time. They'll go where they want when they want. The rest of the world should adapt to them.

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Lord Howe Island

Five years after a massive effort to remove invasive mice and rats from Lord Howe Island, the unique ecosystem is experiencing what is being called "an ecological renaissance" as the endangered flora and fauna recovers.

Lord Howe Island woodhens were reduced to only 30 individuals in the 70s due to egg predation from the invasive rodents, but in just the last five years the population has jumped from 200 to over 2,000.

abc.net.au/news/2024-11-23/lorโ€ฆ

#Australia
#conservation

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I watched a Tom Scott video form a while back where they've been doing similar in NZ to great effect. It just shows that throwing our hands up and saying "we can't do anything" should never be accepted ๐Ÿ˜
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Bravo! Great work! Love stories like this โค๏ธ
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