Yup it’s pretty crazy how quickly it’s changing now. Kelsey Hightower brought over a small army of startup/tech influencers last week when he quit Twitter, and I agree the astronomy community in particular is shockingly robust. Casually got to congratulate someone on their JWST image the other day, and the JWST itself has an active account. And so many astrophotographers!
If you’re interested in such things, make sure to scroll through the “feeds” and sub to a few relevant ones. There’s also a “starter packs” feature allowing aggregators to suggest people to follow. As of now the social science spaces are a little quiet in comparison to tech, politics, and astronomy, but I have hope they’ll grow.
As Twitter becomes more and more monocultural, the exodus of academics will only accelerate, IMHO. I mean, they have NPR on Bluesky! Can’t beat that.
First the artists changed over and now the academics.
What's weird is that PBS isn't on Bluesky (yet) because didn't Musk start to treat them very toxicly and label them "state-affiliated" (which is ridiculous).
I'd really like PBS SpaceTime on Bluesky, there is an unofficial bot but the real thing for interaction would be great.
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There is a huge changeover now with academics switching to Bluesky
I am finding many astronomers on there and other scientists.
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter-academics-x-elon-...
Yup it’s pretty crazy how quickly it’s changing now. Kelsey Hightower brought over a small army of startup/tech influencers last week when he quit Twitter, and I agree the astronomy community in particular is shockingly robust. Casually got to congratulate someone on their JWST image the other day, and the JWST itself has an active account. And so many astrophotographers!
If you’re interested in such things, make sure to scroll through the “feeds” and sub to a few relevant ones. There’s also a “starter packs” feature allowing aggregators to suggest people to follow. As of now the social science spaces are a little quiet in comparison to tech, politics, and astronomy, but I have hope they’ll grow.
As Twitter becomes more and more monocultural, the exodus of academics will only accelerate, IMHO. I mean, they have NPR on Bluesky! Can’t beat that.
First the artists changed over and now the academics.
What's weird is that PBS isn't on Bluesky (yet) because didn't Musk start to treat them very toxicly and label them "state-affiliated" (which is ridiculous).
I'd really like PBS SpaceTime on Bluesky, there is an unofficial bot but the real thing for interaction would be great.
Yeah there's a whole bunch of photographers coming online too!
I followed a bunch of climate scientists using a starter pack then weeded out the ones who post irrelevant stuff. Turned out pretty neat