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Followers
12.1K
Account age
3 yrs
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📊 Post engagement
Recent posts · likes + reposts
Jul 23latest
9
Avg engagement / post
6–8
Typical post (engagement)
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
77/100
Very consistent reach
Mar 2023
On Mastodon since
Half of recent posts land between 6 and 8 likes + reposts (median 8) — a dependable floor a sponsored post can count on.
🔥 Top post: The blood-brain barrier protects the brain from toxins and patho · 17 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
14.3 / week
Toots daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
21×
Follows 583 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble.
@AssociatedPress reports: "Katalyst Space Technologies said that its Link satellite is experiencing thruster problems and has gone into an uncontrollable spin that…
Put this in your calendar: On Aug. 28, Earth’s shadow will cover up to 96% of the moon’s disk, creating an exceptionally deep partial lunar eclipse. It’ll be visible across Europe, Africa, the Americas and parts of western Asia. What can I…
Some say cruise ships are "floating petri dishes." What does the science say?
From @popsci: "No study has directly compared disease transmission on cruise ships and other forms of mass transit, such as planes."
https://flip.it/9Wfnip
#Dise…
The Universe may be unimaginably vast, but we don’t have to go into its darkest corners to be blown away. A NASA probe is capturing some incredible views of the Solar System, including this breathtaking timelapse of Mars. Find out more fro…
We humans rely on working memory – the brain’s ability to store and manipulate important information – to complete everyday tasks, like driving to the store and completing household chores in the near future. But how do distractions interf…
Scientists have long known that human-caused climate change was increasing the frequency and intensity of some extreme weather, but pinpointing its effect on a specific weather event was much harder. Even today, the answers are not always …
With the World Cup dominating sports headlines for the last several weeks (congrats, Spain!), it would have been easy to overlook another historic athletic feat: runner Josh Kerr’s world record in the mile. If you’ve seen footage from the …
For a lot of you, the world has probably become an incredibly hectic place with little let up from day to day. (How do you even have time to read this?!?!) And if you find it all overwhelming, science backs it up. The daily pressure is out…
Watch an orca ram into a sunfish so hard it explodes!
Science News reports that scientists think the orcas might pulverize prey to help feed their young — or just for fun.
https://flip.it/NxxdIX
#Animals #Orcas #Science
Remember those more wholesome times when online dating profiles would include “open to dating someone with kids” or “open to dating outside my area code?” Now, it appears a high majority of people globally are open to dating an AI chatbot,…
With a face only a mother could love (probably), naked mole-rats have a lot of interesting peculiarities. They can go on and on without oxygen, resist high levels of pain and live for a surprisingly long time. These are only some of the re…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
flipboard.social
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✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Mar 2023
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 9 views per post.
📤Posts about 14.3× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated58/100
Fair
Credibility score
81%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 81% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Flipboard's page for news about science including space, climate change and more — from trusted sources. All posts written by human editors, especially for Mastodon.
For more science coverage, follow Flipboard's federated Science Desk (@science).
Get the Flipboard app to explore all your interests in one place: https://about.flipboard.com/download-flipboard/
Header photo: Warming stripes for New York City, 1869-2023. Source: Climate Central.
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