Stephen Shankland

Stephen Shankland

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Followers
3.4K
Account age
3 yrs

Known for

A quintet of California quail dropped by the house over the weekend — a first, though I've seen them in the neighborhood before. They're very round! And usually pretty hard to see lurking in the underbrush. But for about 5 minutes some of them perched in a nearby oak at a spot where I could point my40 views A quintet of California quail dropped by the house over the weekend — a first, though I've seen them in the neighborhood before. They're very round! And usually pretty hard to see lurking in the underbrush. But for about 5 minutes some of them perched in a nearby oak at a spot where I could point my My mom bought "Fiery Feast" birdseed infused with chile pepper that birds are supposed to like while squirrels don't. Here's the scorecard on who actually likes to eat it, based on my last week visiting her in New Mexico: ❌ birds ✅ black bears ✅ skunks ✅ squirrels #Wildlife #NewMexico29 views My mom bought "Fiery Feast" birdseed infused with chile pepper that birds are supposed to like while squirrels don't. Here's the scorecard on who actually likes to eat it, based on my last week visiting her in New Mexico: ❌ birds ✅ black bears ✅ skunks ✅ squirrels #Wildlife #NewMexico Whale watching in Monterey Bay last weekend. Three moms and their calves form pod CA51, plus Jimmy from CA50 hanging around, showing off a huge dorsal fin. The moms would surface and then the calves would surface right next to them. I found the calves chubby and cute (caveat: I'm not a sea lion). #N27 views Whale watching in Monterey Bay last weekend. Three moms and their calves form pod CA51, plus Jimmy from CA50 hanging around, showing off a huge dorsal fin. The moms would surface and then the calves would surface right next to them. I found the calves chubby and cute (caveat: I'm not a sea lion). #N Northern cardinal this morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Such a good song. #birds #birding #Massachusetts #NaturePhotography26 views Northern cardinal this morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Such a good song. #birds #birding #Massachusetts #NaturePhotography

📊 Post engagement

15
Avg engagement / post
0.4%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: A quintet of California quail dropped by the house over the week · 40 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
0.89 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 text · 12 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
7.3×
Follows 468 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post A quintet of California quail dropped by the house over the weekend — a first, though I've seen them in the neighborhood before. They're very round! And usually pretty hard to see lurking in the underbrush. But for about 5 minutes some of them perched in a nearby oak at a spot w… ★ 40
My mom bought "Fiery Feast" birdseed infused with chile pepper that birds are supposed to like while squirrels don't. Here's the scorecard on who actually likes to eat it, based on my last week visiting her in New Mexico: ❌ birds ✅ black … ★ 29 Northern cardinal this morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Such a good song. #birds #birding #Massachusetts #NaturePhotography ★ 26 Does time spent on word puzzles count toward the kid's daily reading requirement? ★ 4 EVs rising steadily (except in US) as a fraction of overall sales. https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/05/21/2026/semafor-energy-meet-the-frackers?utm_source=newslettershare&utm_medium=net+zero&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered2#d ★ 6 Tonight's crescent moon with Venus to its lower left, setting over the ridge west of our house. 100mm view, 400mm view. #astrophotography #moon #Venus #California ★ 7 3D printed Bitcoin doodads for your kids' Crocs at the town fair today. Probably not uniquely Silicon Valley, but... ★ 3 Web developer graffiti scratched into the basalt in New Mexico. HTML + CSS + JavaScript + PHP + geolocation. I was amused but also with so many ancient petroglyphs in the area, I get pretty nervous about stuff like this. ★ 4 Whale watching in Monterey Bay last weekend. Three moms and their calves form pod CA51, plus Jimmy from CA50 hanging around, showing off a huge dorsal fin. The moms would surface and then the calves would surface right next to them. I foun… ★ 27 I suspect that if you take a younger consumer to a 10,000-cow dairy farm, they'll be even less likely to want consume meat and dairy. https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/04/21/2026/semafor-energy-jet-fuel-blues?utm_source=newslettershare&… ★ 7 Some of the 27 Hudsonian whimbrels I saw yesterday at Asilomar State Beach in Pacific Grove, California. There used to be just whimbrels, but ornithologists split them into Hudsonian whimbrels (Americas) and Eurasian whimbrels (Europe, Asi… ★ 25 American avocets at Baylands Nature Preserve on the San Francisco Bay. #birds #birding #NaturePhotography #California 🐦 ★ 5

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
mstdn.social
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 15 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.9× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

44/100 Fair
  • Est. 67% real, active audience · High fake-follower risk.
  • Low content engagement (~0.4% of followers) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
  • Established account (3+ years old).
Est. authentic audience
67%
Fake-follower risk
High

Heuristic estimate from view-through, engagement vs size and recent growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Head of Content at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a startup developing fusion power plants for clean, affordable, zero-carbon power. Former science and technology journalist at CNET.

📸 Gallery

My mom bought "Fiery Feast" birdseed infused with chile pepper that birds are supposed to like while squirrels don't. Here's the scorecard on who actually likes to eat it, based on my last week visiting her in New Mexico: ❌ birds ✅ black bears ✅ skunks ✅ squirrels #Wildlife #NewMexico Northern cardinal this morning in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Such a good song. #birds #birding #Massachusetts #NaturePhotography Does time spent on word puzzles count toward the kid's daily reading requirement? EVs rising steadily (except in US) as a fraction of overall sales. https://www.semafor.com/newsletter/05/21/2026/semafor-energy-meet-the-frackers?utm_source=newslettershare&utm_medium=net+zero&utm_campaign=flagshipnumbered2#d Tonight's crescent moon with Venus to its lower left, setting over the ridge west of our house. 100mm view, 400mm view. #astrophotography #moon #Venus #California 3D printed Bitcoin doodads for your kids' Crocs at the town fair today. Probably not uniquely Silicon Valley, but... Web developer graffiti scratched into the basalt in New Mexico. HTML + CSS + JavaScript + PHP + geolocation. I was amused but also with so many ancient petroglyphs in the area, I get pretty nervous about stuff like this. Whale watching in Monterey Bay last weekend. Three moms and their calves form pod CA51, plus Jimmy from CA50 hanging around, showing off a huge dorsal fin. The moms would surface and then the calves would surface right next to them. I found the calves chubby and cute (caveat: I'm not a sea lion). #N

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