Spend some time here. Then spend some time anywhere else.

This is how it's supposed to be done. #CoSoRocks

Just a little reminder that this is the best platform on the go,head and shoulders above the rest.Think about going Pro if you haven't already,well worth it and it keeps the lights burning.

5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV! "Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV."
https://abc13.com/hiv-cure-5th-person-cured-research-dusseldorf/12848272/

Sting

Until

#CoSoMusic

https://youtu.be/TY4Zl8TeP8g

#OffTopicTuesday - This is what happens when you don’t think through how your “Let It Snow” lights are going to look…

When you hear someone say “The Early Bird Gets The Worm” their message is clearly that it’s best to be first.

The original saying is actually “ The Early Bird Gets The Worm, ..but the second mouse gets the cheese.”

The message of the latter is to learn from the mistakes of others rather than trying to be first.

#wrongquotes

I don’t know who needs to hear this but Neil Diamond, who retired from performing five years ago because of Parkinsons, just had a Broadway show of him open and it at the opening night he did this
Ben Phillips @benphillips76

#CoSoMusic

Life hack: give yourself 8 to 12 hours of alone time in the morning to mentally prepare for the day.

I’m trying to meet #writers and #indieauthors but I love creatives of all stripes. I’m trans and also want to meet other #LGBTQ people. I’m a progressive and love talking about #politics and laughing at mean memes. I love #cats and #dogs and other #animals 🐾

#OffTopicTuesday - This guy is good. And when I say good, I mean amazing.

# 6 : Bring your whole, complete, unique and wonderful self. You are not a product for an algorithm to sell to advertisers. You are an irreplaceable work of art of incalculable worth.

# 6 again : Remember that everyone else is too.

# 4 : Kick in a few bucks to keep the #CoSo lights on. Whatever you can, whenever you can. Believe me, everything helps.

# 5 : Don't mourn overmuch for the people/spaces you're leaving behind on #twitter. Remember that those connections, while real and human and valuable, were mediated in such a way to reward your primate brain for the benefit/profit of others. Be here, present, with us.

# 6: Last, but by no means least:

# 1: Toot the kind of toots you want to see. Put your brand of good out into #CoSo , not the "good" some mysterious algorithm wants.

# 2 : Favorite toots liberally. Do not be stingy. Be a dopamine fairy, sprinkle that love everywhere. Did you read the whole thing? Did you see something funny? Did you see someone putting themselves out there? Fave that shizz.

# 3 : Welcome people when they're new. Check in with people when they've been here for a while.

(cont.)..

(cont. 7h later because #dos)

#CoSo represents a true opportunity for us to "reboot" our primate brains and rid ourselves o f the bad behaviors #Twitter rewarded.

Without an algorithm to optimize for engagement, and without "like" counts to make it too easy to see who's writing what and getting the dopamine rewards, we can make this space something completely better, safer, kinder, and more reasonable.

So here's your homework, #CosoNauts :