[jonty]

This is my toot, but the credit (and possibly the link) should be to @gigabecquerel: https://chaos.social/@gigabecquerel/109818433760462038

There are other stations on the U-Bahn with uranium tiles too, you can find them with the crowdsourced Safecast radiation map: https://map.safecast.org/?y=52.5002&x=13.4852&z=13&l=0&m=9

[secondcoming]

First I've heard of a 'toot'!

It's pretty funny due to it's usage in UK slang. It can mean everything from smoking a cigarette, to snorting cocaine, to oral sex.

[gnfargbl]

That's true, but those uses of the word are pretty obscure. I would say the most common meaning of "toot" in the UK is the noise a horn makes, especially a bicycle/car/train horn.

It's much more of a friendly word for toddlers than it is a slang word for debauchery. (Example: "Toot! Toot! Packed full of fun and games, it's the Thomas & Friends Annual 2022!", https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-Friends-Annual-Packed-games/...)

[dewey]

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/16080

They officially switched from "toot" to "post" a few months ago.

[jwx48]

In my particular American-English dialect, it means flatulence.

[jordigh]

Some of us who have been on Mastodon for a few years now insist on calling them toots, despite the official renaming in the original Mastodon repo. A toot is the sound elephant friend (our mascot) makes with their trunk.

Also it's silly and all of the other silly associations you have with it are a plus. "Twitter", "tweet", "google", "facebook", "amazon", "apple", "mac", "tumblr", "kindle" are all also pretty stupid names we've just gotten used to, but "toot" is OUR stupid name, and we made it ours, and if its silliness delays the corporate takeover of Mastodon, that's a huge plus.

[Nursie]

Or “fart”, don’t forget that one!

[dewey]

Thanks! I parsed that toot wrongly, should've submitted the other URL. Maybe dang can update it.

(Wish we had quote-posts on Mastodon, would make it more obvious)

[jordigh]

I don't like the idea of Twitter-like quoting. Linking to the original toot is fine, it's clear that there's a link.

The Twitter-like quoting was used way too much for abuse. It had legitimate uses, but the abuse it generates does not warrant the legitimate uses.

Plus, it always made things so weird to read.

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You say you find linking confusing right now, but it's just a matter of getting used again to the idea that links exist and can be followed, without always having a link preview. I find Twitter-quoting confusing because it messes up the order of the conversation.

[dewey]

Looking at this Safecast map, do you know how these values are collected? From the path it looks like it's some kind of mobile collection where user submit data? Are there people walking around with Geiger counters every day?

[cptcobalt]

Safecast is the most interesting part of this.

[sbst32]

Can you tell me how to find other stations with the Safecast map? Rosenthaler Platz station is just blue all-around on that map - maybe I'm doing something wrong?

[Krasnol]

> you can find them with the crowdsourced Safecast radiation map: https://map.safecast.org/?y=52.5002&x=13.4852&z=13&l=0&m=9

Oooh that's nice. I wish they'd have those kits in sale again. Would buy one instantly but no time for fiddling myself this year unfortunately...

[4gotunameagain]

Any idea why is Kaskelstraße so high ? Could it be the cobblestone ?