This post is long overdue: After Musk's incendiary remarks against Fauci a while back, I've decided to stop using Twitter. Find me over on Mastodon, see my profile for my user name over there (it's just my name and I'm currently on fediscience).

RT @hadleywickham: For the obvious reasons, I'm going to pulling back from my twitter usage for the next while, but you can follow me inste….

RT @florian_krammer: I now also have an account at Mastodon. I am probably not going to use it much for the time being. @florian_krammer@m….

RT @MetrumRG: Check out our new blog post, the first of a three-part series! Thoughts on Machine Learning and AI from ACoP: Part One https:….

RT @Andy2Dobson: Heading in exactly the same direction - andy2dobson@mastodon.social.

RT @joinmastodon: Mastodon has just passed over 2 million active monthly users, a new record! People are voting with their feet. The future….

RT @joinmastodon: There are many! 📱⚡️. You can choose between our official apps for iOS and Android or go third par….

RT @rweekly_org: 📰 The R-Weekly project is now on Mastodon! Visit and follow to be notified with latest issue relea….

RT @joinmastodon: Over 1 million people have joined Mastodon since October 27. Between that and those who returned to their old accounts, t….

I moved to Mastodon a week ago. Find me at @andreashandel@fediscience.org So far so good. Consider joining us over there. This post was very helpful:

RT @jeremy_data: The R Foundation is now on #mastodon, on the fosstodon server . #RStats.

RT @d_brueckner: Will #ScienceTwitter🐦 -> #ScienceMastodon🐘 work?. The response to this was massive & my #Mastodon has gone from a quiet vo….

Ok so I followed the cool kids like @andrewheiss, @CT_Bergstrom and @ChelseaParlett and crated a Mastodon account: andreashandel@fediscience.org .So far so good. Let's see how this continues to play out.

Looks interesting, will have to check it out soon.

RT @eeid2023: The dates for EEID 2023 are set! .We kick off with registration and reception on 22 May and have scientific sessions on 23, 2….

RT @RLadiesParis: The R/Pharma Conference will take place from Nov 8 to Nov 10 and will run as an #online event with 20 #free #workshops th….

RT @FoxandtheFlu: 👋 Hi y’all, I wanted to announce that I’m hoping to recruit PhD students (for Fall 2023) and a post-doc (anytime). Please….

As a frequent LOR writer I can confirm that this is good advice. And don't worry about it not being "honest" if you pre-draft. If I don't agree with or like something in the draft, I have no problem editing it into something I can add my signature to 😁.

RT @normconf: Yes, it's really happening.

That's why at some point I had to learn to overcome my guilt feelings and start to delete/archive some emails without response 🙄. Apologies to everyone who didn't get a reply.