Paul Cantrell

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Followers
9.2K
Account age
3 yrs

Known for

Image 1 is the satirical image from Obama’s White House Correspondents Dinner comedy set that reportedly angered Trump so much it goaded him into running for office. Image 2 is what the White House actually looks like under Trump now. (ht Parker Malloy for making this point & sharing the images)271 views Image 1 is the satirical image from Obama’s White House Correspondents Dinner comedy set that reportedly angered Trump so much it goaded him into running for office. Image 2 is what the White House actually looks like under Trump now. (ht Parker Malloy for making this point & sharing the images) For your consideration.69 views For your consideration. 1. A lot of people still need to get this through their thick heads. Whole lot of misplaced blame out there. 2. It’s still 100% OK to dislike her personally and/or politically. Obviously. Don’t @ me. 3. I continue to be vexed, bordering on apoplectic, about how many Harris campaign port-mortems fail60 views 1. A lot of people still need to get this through their thick heads. Whole lot of misplaced blame out there. 2. It’s still 100% OK to dislike her personally and/or politically. Obviously. Don’t @ me. 3. I continue to be vexed, bordering on apoplectic, about how many Harris campaign port-mortems fail When the staff fridge is in the same building as the chemistry dept58 views When the staff fridge is in the same building as the chemistry dept

📊 Post engagement

56
Avg engagement / post
0.6%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Image 1 is the satirical image from Obama’s White House Correspo · 271 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
1.9 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 text · 12 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
12×
Follows 766 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Image 1 is the satirical image from Obama’s White House Correspondents Dinner comedy set that reportedly angered Trump so much it goaded him into running for office. Image 2 is what the White House actually looks like under Trump now. (ht Parker Malloy for making this point & sh… ★ 271
Place names that sound like insults ★ 30 When the staff fridge is in the same building as the chemistry dept ★ 58 Today’s Far Side reruns getting in on the meme action: https://www.thefarside.com/2026/07/13/1 ★ 43 1. A lot of people still need to get this through their thick heads. Whole lot of misplaced blame out there. 2. It’s still 100% OK to dislike her personally and/or politically. Obviously. Don’t @ me. 3. I continue to be vexed, bordering on… ★ 60 Alan Kay’s original “Dynabook” vision superficially resembles modern laptops and tablets — uncannily resembles in many ways! — but it’s the opposite in one important respect: Our modern devices are beautifully designed, hermetically sealed… ★ 53 Angie Craig is a data center cheerleader: https://www.facebook.com/RepAngieCraig/posts/meta-is-building-a-new-data-center-in-rosemount-bringing-over-1000-new-construct/811492220802020/ (Post is March 2024, and she’s expressed no sudden new… ★ 9 For your consideration. ★ 69 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/20/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-vandalism ★ 52 How many distinct ways are there to cut an 8×8 square into squares with integer sides such that the dissection is symmetrical along exactly one diagonal, but has no other symmetries? (“Distinct” means not equivalent under reflection or rot… ★ 12 What is the sum of the lengths of the shortest paths between all pairs of vertices in the graph pictured below? ★ 5 Take two squares with sides of 46cm. Extrude them to produce two cuboids of height 0.5cm. Join the cuboids along a narrow edge, overlapping by 1cm. What is the surface area of the resulting solid in cm²? EDIT: Oops! Corrected one of the nu… ★ 12

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
hachyderm.io
A tech & engineering server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ 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
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 56 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.9× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

81/100 Excellent
  • Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
  • Engagement (~0.6% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
  • Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
  • Verified account.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
97%
Fake-follower risk
Low
Data confidence
High

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redhead Computer Science at https://www.macalester.edu/mscs/ (Student projects: https://devgarden.macalester.edu) Musical troublemaker https://innig.net/music/ Cheerfully grizzled software industry veteran Artistic Director of the now-defunct https://newruckus.org, which may once rise again? The heart is the toughest part of the body. Tenderness is in the hands.  — Carolyn Forché searchable

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Place names that sound like insults When the staff fridge is in the same building as the chemistry dept Today’s Far Side reruns getting in on the meme action: https://www.thefarside.com/2026/07/13/1 1. A lot of people still need to get this through their thick heads. Whole lot of misplaced blame out there. 2. It’s still 100% OK to dislike her personally and/or politically. Obviously. Don’t @ me. 3. I continue to be vexed, bordering on apoplectic, about how many Harris campaign port-mortems fail Alan Kay’s original “Dynabook” vision superficially resembles modern laptops and tablets — uncannily resembles in many ways! — but it’s the opposite in one important respect: Our modern devices are beautifully designed, hermetically sealed products in which there is a strong vendor / user hierarchy. Angie Craig is a data center cheerleader: https://www.facebook.com/RepAngieCraig/posts/meta-is-building-a-new-data-center-in-rosemount-bringing-over-1000-new-construct/811492220802020/ (Post is March 2024, and she’s expressed no sudden new opposition to them since then that I'm aware of — and it wou For your consideration. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/20/trump-reflecting-pool-renovation-vandalism

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