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Account age
3 yrs
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"The true number of insect species is at least 14 to 20 million—two to three times higher than current estimates" report Robert K Colwell, Laura Melissa Guzman et al in @PNASNews https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2524283123
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Oceanographers discover "24 new deep-sea creatures and a whole new evolutionary branch" reports Inside Climate News as NOAA moves forward with streamlining the regulatory process for commercial seabed mineral extraction https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26032026/scientists-discover-new-deep-sea-creatures https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-accelerates-permitting-timeline-for-deep-seabed-mining
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Most data breaches don't result from zero-days or Ocean's Eleven-style heists
📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Aug 17latest
1
Avg engagement / post
1–1
Typical post (engagement)
4.5%
Engagement vs followers
86/100
Very consistent reach
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 1 and 1 likes + reposts (median 1) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: "Many organisms important to human health... haven't even been n · 2 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.11 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 8 text · 4 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.7×
Follows 13 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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"Despite the existence of all our advanced observatories, there are still parts of the electromagnetic spectrum (and beyond) that we're not seeing," writes @badastro in @SciAm https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-astronomers-igno…
"The true number of insect species is at least 14 to 20 million—two to three times higher than current estimates" report Robert K Colwell, Laura Melissa Guzman et al in @PNASNews https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2524283123
Oceanographers discover "24 new deep-sea creatures and a whole new evolutionary branch" reports Inside Climate News as NOAA moves forward with streamlining the regulatory process for commercial seabed mineral extraction https://insideclima…
"Because the supply chain is opaque... [companies] are unlikely to know the precise origins of the lead they use," writes Peter S Goodman, Will Fitzgibbon and Samuel Granados in @newyorktimes https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/18/…
Current climate data "don’t reflect recent changes such as newer pollution controls, volcanic eruptions or even the effects of Covid," writes @climateofgavin and @hausfath in @newyorktimes https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/opinion/climate…
Data on items transiting US ports is ostensibly public, but "it's not free, and it's unusable in the format that it comes in," according to Michael Kanko at ImportGenius, interviewed by Amanda Aronczyk on Planet Money https://www.npr.org/2…
"Hidden debts accumulate when economies are booming, and are more likely to be exposed when growth slows," reports the Economist, citing the World Bank, the University of Duisburg-Essen and the University of Notre Dame https://www.economis…
"We cannot calculate with missing data, just as we can't divide by zero,” says Stef van Buuren and reported by Matt von Hippel in @quantarss https://www.quantamagazine.org/when-data-is-missing-scientists-guess-then-guess-again-20241002 #da…
As reported in Nature, no bird flu outbreak has been found on Missouri dairy farms, arguably because the state "does not require farmers to test their cows" https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2024/09/24/is-bird-flu-spreading-…
"A common strategy to neutralize a social problem is to make it difficult to know about," write @coopermarianne & @drmaximvoronov in @sciam. "If we don’t monitor or mention it, then things can feel back to normal." https://www.scientificam…
Most data breaches don't result from zero-days or Ocean's Eleven-style heists
"The true number of insect species is at least 14 to 20 million—two to three times higher than current estimates" report Robert K Colwell, Laura Melissa Guzman et al in @PNASNews https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2524283123
Oceanographers discover "24 new deep-sea creatures and a whole new evolutionary branch" reports Inside Climate News as NOAA moves forward with streamlining the regulatory process for commercial seabed mineral extraction https://insideclima…
"Because the supply chain is opaque... [companies] are unlikely to know the precise origins of the lead they use," writes Peter S Goodman, Will Fitzgibbon and Samuel Granados in @newyorktimes https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/18/…
Current climate data "don’t reflect recent changes such as newer pollution controls, volcanic eruptions or even the effects of Covid," writes @climateofgavin and @hausfath in @newyorktimes https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/opinion/climate…
Data on items transiting US ports is ostensibly public, but "it's not free, and it's unusable in the format that it comes in," according to Michael Kanko at ImportGenius, interviewed by Amanda Aronczyk on Planet Money https://www.npr.org/2…
"Hidden debts accumulate when economies are booming, and are more likely to be exposed when growth slows," reports the Economist, citing the World Bank, the University of Duisburg-Essen and the University of Notre Dame https://www.economis…
"We cannot calculate with missing data, just as we can't divide by zero,” says Stef van Buuren and reported by Matt von Hippel in @quantarss https://www.quantamagazine.org/when-data-is-missing-scientists-guess-then-guess-again-20241002 #da…
As reported in Nature, no bird flu outbreak has been found on Missouri dairy farms, arguably because the state "does not require farmers to test their cows" https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2024/09/24/is-bird-flu-spreading-…
"A common strategy to neutralize a social problem is to make it difficult to know about," write @coopermarianne & @drmaximvoronov in @sciam. "If we don’t monitor or mention it, then things can feel back to normal." https://www.scientificam…
Most data breaches don't result from zero-days or Ocean's Eleven-style heists
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
mastodon.world
A large general-interest Mastodon server. On the fediverse the server a creator picks hints at their community — this one spans all topics.
On Mastodon since
Nov 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 1 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.1× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated64/100
Good
Credibility score
89%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
Medium
Data confidence
- Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~4.5% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
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