I recently joined the open source community / social media alternative, Mastodon.

It has been interesting trying to use this new platform as an ex-Twitter user. I find the decentralised nature of it so confusing, but also understand that this is what is going to prevent it from being bought by the likes of E*** M***.

I’ve worked out so far that I have to log in via the server I registered on originally, but I can follow people, no matter what server they are registered on. Members of the Walk the Pod lunch time walk club have helped me get to grips with it. If you’d like to follow me, you can do so @rachelwheeley@mastodonapp.uk.

In other new-technology-is-confusing news, I am trying to reinstate the secret podcast from behind the scenes of Walk the Pod which was originally set up on Patreon but couldn’t be integrated with Spotify.

Spotify and Patreon now have a proper working relationship, which means that potentially, you will be able to access this very easily, by clicking this link.

Please note that this podcast is only available to members of the Walk the Pod lunchtime walk club, which is currently closed to new subscribers, but will open again in September. For the main Walk the Pod podcast, click here.