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Very much a newbie on Mastodon, but hoping to find a kinder, more collaborative, supportive community here.

I'm excited this week as my long-standing fascination with anatomy, etymology and art has evolved into a literary offering... Anatomical Oddities - out tomorrow!

Limited signed copies are available:
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The cover of Alice Roberts' new book, Anatomical Oddities

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Rembrandt
Rembrandt
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That's going to be easy. Maybe due to it being new for a lot of people.
Enjoy.
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Stefan Midjich ꙮ҄
Stefan Midjich ꙮ҄
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hey I love history and anthropology. You have a hilarious spelling error in your bio.
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Paul Tyreman
Paul Tyreman
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my first longish conversation was about slide rules, so the signs are good.
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@BlackheathLife
@BlackheathLife
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welcome to #masterdon - from what I’ve experienced so far it’s quite a nice place. It’s certainly not twitter.
#masterdon
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Chris Paton's Scottish GENES
Chris Paton's Scottish GENES
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Nice to see you here Alice - we briefly worked together on the first series of Coast, when we filmed the launch of the Cardigan Bay into the Clyde at Govan, Glasgow (I was the humble AP!). Hope you're well!
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schoolingdiana
schoolingdiana
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Reminds me I picked up one of your Kindle editions that I haven’t gotten to yet. I’ve got to get that on my weekend reading list so I don’t forget again!
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gmd3d
gmd3d
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delighted to also find you here, I enjoy your posts and insights into history.
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Scientist Tim
Scientist Tim
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Hi Alice, it's good to see a fellow on here. It gives me hope that this SM won't be a conspiracy theorist and troll haven!

I love the book, I've just put it on my Christmas list!

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ascotiel
ascotiel
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that looks gorgeous . Hope somebody asks me what I want for Christmas 😏
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tess57
tess57
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Lovely to see you here too! - Hoping things will get less clunky for us all
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TheExecutiveEditor
TheExecutiveEditor
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I can't help but thinking an archaelogist should feel comfortable on Mastodon.
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Andrew Johnstone
Andrew Johnstone
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if you can figure out how it works too just let us know. Currently pushing random buttons to see if anything explodes… #mastodonnewbie
#MastodonNewbie
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Coprolite9000
Coprolite9000
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For people new to this strange digital thingy, @feditips has loads of good advice - including a really detailed, reasonably non-technical guide to basically everything here: fedi.tips/

Also - booook! Yay.


Fedi.Tips

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tips
@FediTips has moved!
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Charmanr #FBPE
Charmanr #FBPE
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I'm new here too. I hope this is a less toxic environment than other social media, and I hope this is a place where if people disagree they can, so long as they will do so with kindness.
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Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas
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You and me both. Love the idea of the book. One for my reading list. Cheers.
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Alskicav
Alskicav
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I always love your contributions to inktober. I follow quite a few archaeology accounts over on the other place and I'm struck by how good at art so many are. Did this develop through your anatomy background or were you always good at it?
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Prof Alice Roberts
Prof Alice Roberts
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@alskicav Thank you so much! I've always loved drawing and anatomy and art always went hand in hand for me. I encourage my medical students to do it too - it's such a great tool for learning
@Alskicav
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Brian C
Brian C
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I’m a newbie here too. You are my first follow. I intend to just use this for history, archeology and books and keep all the politics and general stuff on the other site for now. Currently reading Richard Morris’s ‘Time’s Anvil’ which is a wonderful read, I’m sure you will know it.
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Richard B-J :verified:
Richard B-J :verified:
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Loverly to see you here, but disappointingly, with the exception of no quote tweets, there is nothing to keep it nice apart from goodwill. Extreme toots, from left and right will still go viral with the likes and boosts system and no “go steady”/“down vote”/“dislike” button :blob_cry:
The distributed model will stop it being owed by an oligarch that’s all.
@Gargron
@Eugen Rochko
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Wolfie Rankin
Wolfie Rankin
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I was taking a course in massage in the 90s, one class was a basic anatomy class. Our teacher bought in a real human skeleton. I got to hold real human bones which fascinated me. I felt entirely honoured to hold them and felt gratitude for the deceased who obviously cared about science.
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John Dinning
John Dinning
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I'm new to Mastodon too. So glad you are joining us Prof. Alice. Love your work.
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RobertAWilson
RobertAWilson
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is it about odd individuals? Or odd quirks of anatomy shared across a species?.
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Kate Cushing
Kate Cushing
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Excellent-Ordered a copy for me & also one for my son’s flatmate in Edinburgh who is studying anatomy/biomed. After recently taking them around #SurgeonsHall Edinburgh and seeing their fascination with the exhibits- think she’ll find it absorbing. 😊
Sculptures of NHS Surgeons outside Surgeons Hall Edinburgh.
#surgeonshall
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AutisticMumTo3
AutisticMumTo3
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I have loved watching your programs and reading your books. I'm new on here too. I already follow you on Twitter.
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Gidi Kroon
Gidi Kroon
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@Prof Alice Roberts Thank you for the link, preordered it! It's going to be 15 days delivery they say, so I'll have to wait a bit.
@Prof Alice Roberts
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Tim Binsley
Tim Binsley
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mstdn.social/@rysiek/109306419… I don’t know if I’ve done this right, but this post explains beautifully why Mastodon is so much more chilled out than anywhere else on the net!

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (@rysiek@mstdn.social)

Seriously though, fedi was *built* by furries, trans and queer folk, disabled neurodivergent people. This is *the reason* the culture here is what it is. Why CWs are a thing. Why image descriptions are a thing. Why privacy matters here.
Mastodon 🐘
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Kunikos
Kunikos
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Also new, but have already noticed a lack of shouty Neanderthals , so far.
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Graeme Stickings
Graeme Stickings
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I have come across from Twitter, maybe we could arrange for tutorials on how to use this new platform?
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Susan Dunn
Susan Dunn
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new to me too but I’m finding lots of people I’d followed on the other place! It seems a much kinder environment.
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gizmo
gizmo
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Was heartened to see you on here - I suspect it might be too technical and unfamiliar a platform for those that effectively ruined Twitter. 🙂
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Dee
Dee
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Hello, I’ve just joined Mastodon today and also follow you on Twitter.
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Russ
Russ
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"The intricate details of the human body, the stories of people who unearthed its secrets, and the meanings of the words we use to describe it are laid bare."

Oh, no way 😍 This sounds like the coolest thing ever!

It sounds illustration-heavy; are you happy with how the ebook version has turned out?

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Miles Orchard
Miles Orchard
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I've seen nothing but kindness and people willing to help so far. Only on day 3 myself but it's an exciting journey and one I hope continues to be stress free!!
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AW63
AW63
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That looks fascinating! I know somebody sitting next to me who’s a child yoga therapist who’s going to be proper chuffed this Christmas 😃😉 (she’s not on mastodon so the secret’s still safe)
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Ron Reid
Ron Reid
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I love your TV documentaries Alice. I think you'll have an audience with a genuine curiosity here.
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Paul Brownjohn
Paul Brownjohn
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Welcome to Mastodon, I'm a newbie here too; a refugee from the madhouse-aviary.
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SteveCWall
SteveCWall
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Prof, you have inspired me to also jump ships. Hope for less ad hominem attacks and more reasonable discourse.
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AB2QJ
AB2QJ
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Just created an account here, found your book and ordered a copy. I used to deal with Blackwells many years ago when the exchange rate made things in the UK dirt cheap. We may be getting back to that again. At the time they used to send handwritten invoices. Looking forward to reading your book
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Boardbloke
Boardbloke
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Lovely to see you Alice. It's great to see the community I want to be involved gradually showing up here. Hopefully we all manage to have better and more polite conversations with each other....
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ctmeh100
ctmeh100
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It brings the Maud Jepson Biological Drawings books to mind. I have a pristine copy and one filled with the grafitti of 1950s children. Both brilliant.
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Noel
Noel
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I’m absolutely delighted you are here. Being reading your posts for ages and are so interesting and informative. 👍
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Jay Baker (they/he)
Jay Baker (they/he)
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Welcome! Good to have you here. Your involvement with Independent SAGE is how I discovered you on the other site and suffice to say that proved invaluable!
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Ed
Ed
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I pre-ordered this back when you first announced, and now I've just ordered a signed copy! Really looking forward to seeing this. Are you still planning on making some prints of your artwork available?
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Prof Alice Roberts
Prof Alice Roberts
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@restorocket I am - I’ll let everyone know when prints are available!
@Ed
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Hifilarry
Hifilarry
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I think some of us are hoping to be redeemed by Mastodon. Twitter was propelled by Brexit for me. Full of anger at the meaningless destruction of the U.K. post 2012. After Brexit now wreaks it’s inevitable havoc on peoples lives it is going to be difficult, but at least the arguments have stopped. And we can agree. We all lost.
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Sir Boris Foodbanks-Mugg
Sir Boris Foodbanks-Mugg
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The community you get on Mastodon is entirely dependent on the people who run the server you are on. Each server is the equivalent of Twitter, facing the same problems as Twitter, just...without the massive funding...
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