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#introduction Hi everyone. My main interest is #Astrophysics, which I worked on until I retired recently. Also #music, especially #hippy, but I don't despise any of it.

I'm just bouncing off Twitter, things are getting unbearable there. I haven't looked around here much yet. Can anyone tell me if there's anything on the free web that invites optimism in such bad times? @FediTips

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@JohnWilson123

Hi John! 👋

I think some optimism is that places like the Fediverse are owned by the people who use it. User-owned networks are run for the users, and have the chance to provide an alternative to the ever-more-extremist corporate social networks.

By the way, if you want help using this place feel free to ask 🙂

There is also lots of help for new people on the website at fedi.tips (especially "Quick Start" at the top).

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@FediTips

Thank you very much. Yes, I can see that this is very good.
I will count on you.