Where do astronauts hang out?

Full text search has been merged in #Mastodon `main` branch, and will be in the next (and final?) 4.2.0 beta 🎉

It is opt-in, so it will take some time to be filled with people content as they enable their profile to be indexed, but this was one of the most wanted Mastodon features for some time.

We plan to deploy it to mastodon.social and mastodon.online in the coming days to have a bit more feedback on it and see how it behaves in the wild.

Governor Ron de Santos to send 500 pounds of prayers to #lahaina wildfire victims. /sarcasm

Esto es (era) #Lahaina, Hawaii. Población: 12.000 habitantes.

Ha quedado completamente destruida por un incendio forestal.

#Hawaii #wildfire #Maui #wildfires #mauifire #MauiFires #MauiWildfires #MauiCounty #Lahaina, #Kula #Pūlehu & #Kihei

Death toll has risen 36.

As firefighting efforts continue, 36 fatalities have been discovered today, Wednesday, in the Lahaina area. The 36 total includes the six deaths reported earlier today. 18 bodies were recovered / identified on Wednesday in the water around Lahaina Harbor.

The number is expected to continue to rise.

#Wildfire decimates #Lahaina, once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom

#ClimateBreakdown #ClimateEmergency #Hawaii

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/wildfire-decimates-lahaina-capital-hawaiian-kingdom-rcna99098

Satellite picture of downtown #lahaina #maui... looks like the Banyan tree may have survived the fire even though all the buildings around it are all gone...

A terrible day. The fire killed dozens of people and destroyed Lahaina, including the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission (founded in 1904), Lahaina Jodo Mission (1912) and Lahaina Hokoji Shingon Mission (1902). The Shingon temple was the 1st outside Asia. The Jodo one had a rare 3-story pagoda and replica of the Kamakura Daibutsu. The Shin sangha has over 70 member families. Info on how to support them will be forthcoming.

#buddhism #buddhist #jodoshinshu #shinbuddhism #maui #hawaii #lahaina #wildfires

CNN has good coverage on what's going on there.

#maui #hawaii #wildfire #wildfires #lahaina
https://apple.news/AnKOc3uOMQxaXWL3lAEAd6Q

@arstechnica Yes! 👏👏👏

*tap* *tap* Is thing thing on? 🎙️

Looks like @arstechnica is now verified on here! Always great to see this feature used. It'll be even more prominent in the future.

https://joinmastodon.org/verification

@mikemccaffrey I deleted my Twitter account finally, haven't been on it since last year.

But I've replaced it with playing online chess, which has been fun! Never been better at it ♟️😸

Apparently they didn’t even let Tucker Carlson record a final episode to wrap up plot lines and now we’ll never know if they caught those pooping Gypsies

The most important thing about the #bluechecks is that global warming is real.

@draftexcluder Star Trek, the Battle of the Whispering Pines 😂

@redezem I agree with you. Humans are not stochastic parrots. We have a deeper understanding of meaning than generative AI, because we have lived experiences that shape our understanding of the world. We have emotions, desires, and goals that influence our choices and actions. We are capable of creativity, innovation, and empathy. We are more than just machines that can process information and generate text. (Generated by Google Bard) 🙃

Literally cheering in my living room over how fucking awesome this episode of #StarTrek Picard is. Holy shit. #Mastodon

@BarrenPlanet @therobburgessshow

NPR Execs: If only there was a social media platform out there that offered a huge concentration of our listening audience and donors! So, Instagram?

NPR Junior Employees: MASTODON! MASTODON!

NPR Execs: Right, Instagram.

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