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Followers
3K
Account age
3 yrs

📊 Post engagement

4
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
Nov 2022
On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: In Nairobi, Kenya, a low-cost scheme to connect residents of the · 16 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence
12 / week
Toots daily — consistently active for a campaign window.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 12 text · 0 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
37×
Follows 81 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
🔥 Top post In Nairobi, Kenya, a low-cost scheme to connect residents of the informal settlement Mukuru to the city’s sewage system has been put in place. This “simplified sewer,” which uses smaller pipes and shallower excavation, has already led to a significant drop in cholera, even thou… ★ 16
This Hump Day on The Shoots: • Americans who responded to the Congolese Ebola outbreak are quarantined in Kenya, despite a court order • Indicted Indian tycoon Gautam Adani says $10 billion offer did not spur the Trump administration to d… ★ 3 With the highest number of critically endangered white-winged ducks in their natural habitat, India holds a vital chance to secure the species’ future. Yet, there are no conservation breeding programs. (Published April) https://www.thexylo… ★ 1 The Earth is indisputably getting warmer. The Devils Hole pupfish live in a precarious environment. Only a few degrees warmer, and they won’t be able to survive — and then where will the refuge population go? Where does anyone go when cond… ★ 1 Nancy Bui founded Justice for Formosa Victims in 2017. With no luck in the Vietnamese legal system, the group filed a complaint with the United Nations, sued Formosa at its U.S. headquarters in New Jersey and at its global headquarters in … ★ 1 Congrats to our very own Crystal Chow, who has been named a 2026 Ocean Nexus International Fellow in collaboration with The Uproot Project! An award-winning independent bilingual journalist from Hong Kong, primarily covering climate chang… ★ 5 In 2025, with the support of the Pulitzer Center, Pragathi and colleague Flavia Lopes looked into how local governments along India's western coast have failed to hold polluters of offshore oil spills accountable: https://www.thexylom.com… ★ 2 We're excited to announce that our contributor Pragathi Ravi is joining us for the rest of the summer and fall as an Editing and Fact-checking Intern, thanks to the support of the NASW Diversity Fellowship! Please join us in extending a wa… ★ 1 RE: https://journa.host/@thexylom/116845832616039480 UPDATE: Several American aid workers who responded to the Ebola outbreak in the DRC are isolating at a facility in Kenya that the country’s highest court blocked in May, despite the Keny… ★ 3 This Weekend on The Shoots digest: • A bipartisan coalition in Big Bend fighting Trump's wall • The Chinese immigrants trafficked on New Mexico’s weed farms • No psychiatric beds and disaster aid for blue states, but lots of smoke and Zyn… In January, as part of Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary celebrations, Dr. Netha Hussain was one of eight people featured in a video docuseries sharing a behind-the-scenes look at the lives and stories of Wikipedia volunteer editors around the … ★ 2 This Hump Day on The Shoots: • Asian communities are increasingly leveraging climate lawsuits to stop Big Oil • The U.S. still hasn't figured out how to make a medical glove • How a Saudi-owned oil giant is using World Cup ads to improve … ★ 4

🐘 Community & instance

Home server
journa.host
A journalists 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 4 views per post.
📤Posts about 12× per week.

🛡️ Audience credibility

58/100 Fair
  • 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).
Est. authentic audience
81%
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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