Happy new year, friends - I hope you managed to get some good rest and reflection over these past weeks. I’m so excited about what our team is cooking up, and I can’t wait to tell you more about it VERY soon. In the meantime…
Avengers, assemble 
Quixoticgeek
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Me, last year: Let's not take all my notes with me. Let's just leave them at the office and try to have a proper Xmas break. Also, let's already put some clean, dry, professional clothes in your office, because January might be wet and you might be groggy on the first day and tired and not wanting to carry so much stuff.
Me, this morning: Oof, too much snow to ride my bike. I'll walk, instead. Good thing I don't have to carry all my notes and dry clothes, but have everything waiting for me in my office. Thank you, Anna-of-the-past.
The lock on my office door: hahahhahahhahaha you think I'm going to open for you? Nah.
#Monday #HappyNewYear #ProfessorLife #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon
Me, last year: Let's not take all my notes with me. Let's just leave them at the office and try to have a proper Xmas break. Also, let's already put some clean, dry, professional clothes in your office, because January might be wet and you might be groggy on the first day and tired and not wanting to carry so much stuff.
Me, this morning: Oof, too much snow to ride my bike. I'll walk, instead. Good thing I don't have to carry all my notes and dry clothes, but have everything waiting for me in my office. Thank you, Anna-of-the-past.
The lock on my office door: hahahhahahhahaha you think I'm going to open for you? Nah.
#Monday #HappyNewYear #ProfessorLife #AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon
Florian 'floe' Echtler
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Chat with a friend this am
Davide Eynard (+mala)
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Just as a bit of fun, I've done a playlist of some good #PeerTube videos from 2025:
➡️ https://fedi.video/w/p/ddaBzij9HNENLHN9U2XjMd
This does not cover every good video! Please let me know good stuff I've missed in the replies 🙂
All these were published in 2025, and uploaded by the people who created them.
- On phone: Swipe up first two videos at bottom to browse rest of playlist
- On computer: Choose video on right of screen
- Watching embedded: Click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous vids
Spencer
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Sometime around the 2020 era, we lost the right to be mediocre at things we love.
No longer can you just bake bread...you must start a sourdough side hustle lol. Wanna stay fit and go jogging or running? Nah, you gotta optimize your biometrics for a marathon. What my point is that every hobby has been enshittified and gentrified into a brand opportunity.
This strange infatuation with optimization culture is killing the human spirit.
So this new year, starting tomorrow, one of my resolutions is to do something bad but fun. Maybe I write a terrible poem. I like to draw and paint, so perhaps I will draw a horse that looks like a table or sing off-key in the showers or in front of my loved ones. The algorithm driving the mainstream social media wants me to be a polished product, but my humanity lives in these messy, unoptimized, cringe-inducing joyful failures.
I will try to reclaim the right to be an amateur. Will you join me?
#creativity #hobbies #art #depression #socialmedia #newyear #resolution #happynewyear #MentalHealth #Culture #enshittification #creative #design #writing #reading #books #drawing #music #gardening #nature #running #fitness
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :paw::paw:
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Happy New Year
Happy Thorsday
And Happy Loki Day!
#AllCatsAreBeautiful #Thorsday #LokiDay #ThorToots #LokiToots #HappyNewYear #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse #CatsOfPixelfed #Catstodon #Cats #Cat #RagdollCats #OneOrangeBraincell #NewYear #Caturday
Chat with a friend this am
These blackeye peas and collard greens are wishing you a #HappyNewYear !
Happy New Year
Happy Thorsday
And Happy Loki Day!
#AllCatsAreBeautiful #Thorsday #LokiDay #ThorToots #LokiToots #HappyNewYear #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse #CatsOfPixelfed #Catstodon #Cats #Cat #RagdollCats #OneOrangeBraincell #NewYear #Caturday
Tim Chambers
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From a friend: “2025 was their year, and they knew it. They threw everything they had into taking over every part of our society and locking it down for themselves. They knew they’d never get a chance like this again. Guess what? They failed. 2026 won’t be a good year for them. 2027, they’ll be planting false smiles on their faces as they eye each other nervously. 2028, they’ll give their last, desperate effort, which will fail. And 2029? Oh, 2029 is not going to be a good year for them at all. #HappyNewYear!”
Angela Antunovic
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Happy New Year!
"Was das neue Jahr wohl bringen mag?"
"Hmmm... lass es uns füllen mit Liebe, Frieden und positiver Energie!"
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"What might the new year bring?"
"Hmmm... let's fill it with love, peace, and positive energy!"
#art #mastoArt #cats #catsofMastodon #birds #watercolor #aquarelle #painting #newyear #happyNewyear #goodvibes #love #positive #peace #sketch #sketchbook #caturday #tabby #robin #handmade
Em :official_verified:
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Happy New Year from all of us at Privacy Guides 💛
Richard MacManus
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Happy New Year from the US East Coast! 🥳
2025 was a hell of a year, but power to us all for getting through it. And may we cherish the memories of those who we've lost.
I know things are, in many ways, looking bleak right now. But seeing the resilience and relentless hope of so many of you gives me hope myself, that a better world is still possible, if we keep actively working towards it. Until then, we still have each other.
Hang in there ✊
From a friend: “2025 was their year, and they knew it. They threw everything they had into taking over every part of our society and locking it down for themselves. They knew they’d never get a chance like this again. Guess what? They failed. 2026 won’t be a good year for them. 2027, they’ll be planting false smiles on their faces as they eye each other nervously. 2028, they’ll give their last, desperate effort, which will fail. And 2029? Oh, 2029 is not going to be a good year for them at all. #HappyNewYear!”
Michael Bacon
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The "Auld Lang Syne" song lyrics are derived from a poem by Robert Burns (1759–1796). The song reflects upon old friendships that have stood the test of time, and begins with a rhetorical question, "Should old acquaintance be forgot?"
“Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?”
“Auld Lang Syne” is literally “Old long since..” or more in more modern speech: “…times gone by.”
Happy New Year from all of us at Privacy Guides 💛
hypebot
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First daylight of 2026 reaches the entire Atlantic (visible on GOES-19 satellite at https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/fulldisk_band.php?sat=G19&band=GEOCOLOR&length=12)
A #HappyNewYear to all of my @Mastodon followers! Thank you for another year of thoughtful interactions. I learn so much from you all every day. Cheers to 2026!
samvie
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May this next year grant us all more joy, good health, and a far better democracy.
#NewYears #NewYear #NewYearsDay #Artwork #BirdArt #Birdstodon #Vogel #Songbirds #BirdsOfMastodon #PixelBirds
