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Followers

540

Account age

3 yrs

Known for

Something a little different today.
This is the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, or #m24
What it is really is a gap in the dust of The Great Rift, and looks into the next spiral arm inwards from us.
5h22m in 15s subs at gain 60 using a #Dwarf3 #SmartTelescope .
#Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #BackyardAstronomy #SouthernSky

23 views Something a little different today. This is the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, or #m24 What it is really is a gap in the dust of The Great Rift, and looks into the next spiral arm inwards from us. 5h22m in 15s subs at gain 60 using a #Dwarf3 #SmartTelescope . #Astronomy #Astrophotography #Astrodon #BackyardAstronomy #SouthernSky

13 views This morning's breakfast. Truffled scrambled eggs on GF toast, with salad. They were delicious. #Truffles #eggs #Breakfast #FoodPorn

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

4.1%

Engagement vs followers

Jan 2023

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: Walter Justin Deanmoore looked at his hotel room. His belonging · 47 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

6.5 / week

Posts several times a week.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 10 text · 2 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

1.6×

Follows 334 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post Walter Justin Deanmoore looked at his hotel room. His belongings appeared to be all present, but what was not present was his suitcase. Again. Over the last ten years of near constant travel he had been through eight suitcases, seven travel packs, five trunks, and three duffel… ★ 47

Me: Let's face it Odysseus was not a nice person. @leece : It's not like he's Jason. Me: That's not a very high bar... L: But it is a bar! #GreekMyth #Humour ★ 11 Six hundred years ago. Mother of All, Ironworker Clan lands. The oldest of the histories talked of sky gods who could command up and down as easily as one could lift a hand. They flew in arrows of steel across the stars, and had brought pe… ★ 26 RE: https://mastodon.social/@pocg/116932938544145998 This is magnificently and gloriously wrong. I love it. This is taking the #ShittyCamera challenge to the next level. ★ 11 @leece just showed me something very fun. There is a worksite across the road, and there is a painter there painting the garage ceiling. On stilts that appear to be made of scaffolding posts. We don't need /ladders/!!! ★ 5

Something a little different today. This is the Small Sagittarius Star Cloud, or #m24 What it is really is a gap in the dust of The Great Rift, and looks into the next spiral arm inwards from us. 5h22m in 15s subs at gain 60 using a #Dwar… ★ 23 I look at most writing retreat events and go "bleh". Why? Because they are all about everything but writing. My idea of an ideal writing retreat event is 20+ writers check into the same hotel/resort. And that's it. We spend our time wr… ★ 21 "November Victor Victor Victor, this is Victor Hotel Charlie Seven Bravo, We are seeing some heavy weather ahead. Over." Annika waited for a reply, glancing across at Chika her co-pilot. "Seven Bravo" started the reply, followed by a burs… ★ 33

This morning's breakfast. Truffled scrambled eggs on GF toast, with salad. They were delicious. #Truffles #eggs #Breakfast #FoodPorn ★ 13 One hour after the disabling of Athena's launch. Aboard the raider controlled trade ship "Bright Sky". Alaine checked over his shoulder as he approached the hatch leading to the crew compartment and the bridge. The wrecked launch hid the h… ★ 25 Six months prior to the disabling of Athena's launch, seven months out of Mother of All. In jump. The ship's intercom pinged "Seeker to the Captain's cabin." Seeker looked up from her PDU and over to Engle, the First Mate. "Go", he nodded… ★ 24 Twenty-five minutes after the disabling of Athena's launch. Two jumps out from Mother of All. Three hours from Athena. Ten minutes before, they had pushed a pair of spare suits out the hole, emergency beacons running. Moments later the app… ★ 25

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aus.social

A Australia server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.

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On Mastodon since

Jan 2023

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 22 views per post.

📤Posts about 6.5× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

89/100 Excellent

Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Strong engagement (~4.1% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

Est. authentic audience

99%

Fake-follower risk

Low

Data confidence

High

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

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#Perth born and resident. #Linux #Sysadmin, SoT kayaker with a Hobie Outback, 3-wheel HPV user , #photographer, #boardgamer, #RPG player, and #SFF fan. I am a #mermaid (well mer-dude). Just an all-round geek. I am proud to live on Whadjuk #Noongar boodja. I play #GURPS, #DnD5e, and #TravellerRPG . I like to take photos of #birds (esp. #raptors), and other merfolk. I also shoot #pinhole and #solargraph images. I play with in-camera #cyanotype imaging. I have accidentally become a writer, too.