A photograph of a short-eared owl mid-flight was the last Instagram post biology professor Carl Bergstrom shared before announcing his departure from the platform Jan. 10.
  • ubergeek@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    19 hours ago

    Why would a geologist spin up a Mastodon server, period? Or any other kind of social media server?

    • naught101@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      Because scientists are normal people, and probably a higher proportion of them than normal are tech nerds.

      People don’t have only one interest. The board members of fediscience.org are biosystems scientists and forensic linguists.