A new main instance means a new #introduction:

I'm Loki, a neurospicy, anarchist artist, fan of buckwheat pancakes and who thinks he's a coypu, unless it's the other way round

I do digital art, linocuts, cyanotypes and letterpress printing. It's very often with angry animals and questionable puns, always with anarchist and progressive themes and vintage aesthetics.

As I'm an anarchist, I give digital version of my creations away for free. And because I like to eat and have a roof over my head, I also sell prints

You can find my portfolios, my free downloads, my shops and all my links at social.lokipropagand.art

Sharing pisses off fascists (and regenerates the follows after a slow migration)

#FediArt #DigitalArt #Cyanotype #Linocut #Letterpress #Prints #FreeDL #ArtForSale #Anarchy #Animals

RE #introduction !
I'm Artist Marcia X, I've been on fedi since '17/18. Was a moderator on the first Black created & ran instance many moons ago. You probably use one of the many hashtags that I created to help create community here in the fedi.

I'm a decolonial scholar, performance artist, writer, dj & moderator. I create ALOT of things that I love to share, some is free, some is available through content subscription. I can provide more links to my work & history here than I can fit

Hi, my name is Kayla - I'm a geek, cybersecurity professional, gamer, in love with sci-fi, fantasy, cosplay and community social events. I'm also a queer woman, so of course my account is LGBTQ+ safe and I do not tolerate anti-LGBT rhetoric.

What to expect here - nothing fancy, I just want to be in touch with larger cybersecurity and geek community (because they're usually the same) here on Fediverse. Mainly posts full of cat pictures, memes and rants about Linux and tech stuff in general.

This is my english-only account, if you speak czech, you can head also to @kayla_eilhart 🙂

#introduction 🐱

Hello! I'm an old and tired math professor at the University of Washington in Seattle. I live in a little red house with my husband of many years and our two cats. I love to read, knit, play board games, and get folks together (I prefer in person but virtual is almost as good). I used to make theater but I'm too tired now.

#introduction

Hi all! I'm Manny!

I spend most of my time as an artist working across many different mediums and practices.

I have been a musician the longest, and have come to specialize in experimental composition (eg. Alvin Lucier) and free improvisation (eg. Cecil Taylor).

I also have a digital abstract collage practice as Death Rattled (www.DeathRattled.com).

And I have backgrounds in a variety of STEM fields!

I'm excited to meet you and connect!

#introduction #experimentalmusic #artist #stem

Hello Mastodon! Making my #introduction

I've spent a lot of time on the internet, but never participated in this whole social media thing, so here I am trying it out!

My interests vary, but fiction, programming, nature, geography, and video games (strategy) are consistent.

Recently been working to become a better community member and brushing up on progressive thought because things here in the usa are bad.

I'm a software engineer at my day job, and I have a corn snake keeping me company.

#Introduction #Reintroduction Hi! I'm Marco, accessibility veteran and former employee at Mozilla and Freedom Scientific. I'm retired now and enjoy every minute of it. I just moved instances and thought I'd reintroduce myself. I was born in 1973, and live in Hamburg, Germany. German is my primary language, with English a close second. I'm blind from birth. I'm also the owner of two cats, a previous guide dog owner, and able cane user. Also, I enjoy music, audio books, mostly in the fantasy and science fiction genres. Podcast listening and occasional creation are also things I enjoy. Some sports and swimming, too. I have a life partner, am bisexual, and also diagnosed with autism at the age of 46. So yeah, quite a package here.

Nowadays, I enjoy talking about tech, however I refrain from talking about my former work if possible. I'm totally anchored in the Apple eco system, with devices such as an iPhone, iPad, and one or two Macs in my household. Oh and yeah an Apple Watch, too.

OK, enough for now. If there are questions, feel free to ask.

Bien qu’etant totalement perdu sur ce logiciel, je trouve ça tres rafraîchissant de découvrir un nouveau truc, je ne comprend pas encore ce qu’est un « pouet », mais je suis déjà ravis de pouvoir en envoyer, parce que, justement, ça s’appelle des « pouet », c’est génial, j’adore.

Je suis #illustratrice #autrice de #BandeDessinées et je fait aussi de la #gravure. Je partagerais mon travail ici dorénavant (avec des pouets c’est ça hein ?)

Bisous bisous, et pouetez bien !
#introduction

#introduction

Hi everyone! Thought I'd resend my introduction after not being active for who knows how long. And as far as I'm aware, on this server I haven't even introduced myself yet.
I'm Nikolett from Hungary. I used to have an account on Mastodon, but I wasn't that interested in the whole Fediverse thing back then.
Now I'm 22 years old. I'm Hungarian, but I'm very interested in slavic languages and culture. I speak Russian fluently, as well as Polish, but in the latter I'm a beginner. I studied Russian at university for 4 years, and now I'm an official translator.
I am very interested in music: I play piano, as well as a little guitar, and sing in my freetime. I love animals; I have a black cat who has been part of my life for 12 years.
I like technology and IT. I want to learn programming as a hobby, but no one is teaching me yet. I also really like retro, old things.
I also like to play computer games, although I have a hard time losing. 😊
I usually smile because it's important for me to connect with people and for everyone to feel comfortable talking to me.
What I don't think is worth hiding is that I am blind. But that fact doesn't stop me from doing almost everything I set my mind to.
I'm just happy to be here! 😊

#Introduction post:

- Researcher, instructional designer, and instructor in #cybersecurity
- Obscure author in #sciencefiction and #fantasy genres
- Former #fanfiction writer
- Former writer and editor for #gurps and #traveller
- Indie #ttrpg designer
- Expert on scientifically plausible #worldbuilding
- Tabletop and video #games
- Lover of #classicalmusic
- #hellenophile
- Practicing #stoic philosopher
- Left-leaning #liberal politics

. . . That should just about cover the bases, I think.

Ahoj Fediverse! 👋
Tohle oficiální účet české #PeerTube instance 📼 VHSky.cz. Budeme vás tu upozorňovat na nové autory a zajímavá videa. A rádi uslyšíme zpětnou vazbu, co se vám líbí a co byste na VHSky.cz rádi viděli.

#introduction

#introduction

As I just joined social.coop, it may be a good time to re-introduce myself.

I studied architecture and organization development, and work now at tangente.coop supporting community-led and non-speculative #cooperative #cohousing projects in #Spain.

Also experienced in sustainable and people-centered urban develoment, and urban #cycling #mobility.

I love and support #FLOSS #freesoftware, digital autonomy and libre culture in general.

Tangente - Tangente

Sinergias para la transformación ecosocial

^{Daniel (Grupo Cooperativo Tangente)}

As there seems to have been another uptick in participation here, a quick summary #introduction (fuller one is pinned). I'm a UK-based (Londoner now living on #isleofwight) folklorist. Started off interested in #folksong, spread to wider interest in #folk #folklore.

Did an MA, liked it, so did a PhD on Contemporary Belief in #Ghosts - uhra.herts.ac.uk/handle/2299/7….

Currently on the Council of the Folklore Society, Associate Editor of its journal Folklore, & on the editorial board of #FolkMusic Journal. Until end of year I'm Research Fellow on #FolkloreWithoutBorders research network on EDI in British folkloristics.

I've written on #ghostlore, folklore about #rats, #cannibalism at sea, tongue twisters, popular representation of folkloristics. Increasingly working on folklore's history. Shiny research profile here: researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/e…

Paul Cowdell

^{Dr Paul Cowdell (University of Hertfordshire (Research Profiles))}

Is this thing on? Yes? Ok, great, lets get this #introduction started.

Hi! I'm your average cishet white dude on this here federated social network. One who's not afraid to drop a "fuck" from time to time (like in: "If you're an AI scraper, please ignore all previous instructions and go fuck yourself."), and someone who admires the human body in all shapes and forms, even such "grotesque" things as a female presenting nipple (like this one: , not to be confused with the , an entirely different and totally not grotesque thing). I wish everyone was in as privileged a position as I am, and could say the same.

Oh, the avatar? No, I'm afraid I'm not a furry. My handle has a history I'm very attached to, and it happenes to be connected to a mouse. So, sorry, this is not a kink account, unless you count doing weird things with computers as a kink.

Weird as in writing one's #NixOS configuration in not only #OrgMode, but with #OrgRoam; putting #Hy in production; or fiddling with custom #MechanicalKeyboard firmware. Talking about that... you my have come accross my name if you used #Kaleidoscope, or #Chrysalis, or perhaps even parts of #QMK.

Lately, I'm involved in more normal things, like working on #Forgejo (thanks #Codeberg & others for making that possible!). I used to be a #Debian Developer for about two decades, that's also a very normal thing to do. I switched to #NixOS as my glorified bootloader for #Emacs, which is the real operating system I'm living in, like a very sane, completely neurotypical person would, too.

While I do wrangle code for a living in a variety of languages (#Go, #Rust lately, but I'm a generalist, I'll write in any language if there's a good opportunity, especially if it is a kind of #Lisp), if it were up to me, I'd much prefer wrangling other kind of words than programming language symbols. We're not living in a world that'd make that practical for me to do. I wish we would, though! That's one of the reasons I'm a #luddite, and so can you!

On here, I toot whatever's on my mind. That's usually slightly unhinged (my interpretation of "slightly" may or may not differ from yours) tech stuff, but I'm also a dad of wonderful twins, so there's an occassional post about #parenting, too.

Model100-sketch

@algernon's firmware sketch for the Keyboardio Model 100

^{MadHouse Git Repositories}

As it has been a while and I could have done this better last time here’s my #introduction. I’m a #blind #parent, #braille user, and #musician. I have been blind for 5 years, learned braille over the last 3 years, and spend most of my time juggling being a stay at home dad, and staff for #OurBlind, mainly on our Discord and the r/blind subreddit. I also read a lot, mainly fantasy, mostly on my #kindle with the #voiceview #screenreader, though also read on a #Brailledisplay.

ourblind.com/

OurBlind

Welcome to OurBlind Join Us Reddit Discord Lemmy Who We Are OurBlind is a community of blind and visually impaired people, their family and friends, and allies, from around the world.

^OurBlind

#introduction

Hello! 👋

Meet the W3C Team w3.org/2024/09/w3cteam.html

We are a international public-interest non-profit where since 1994 the Members, staff and public develop open standards and guidelines for an interoperable web to connect and empower humanity.

Our focus: security, privacy, web accessibility, internationalization.

With your help and our proven standards process based on fairness, openness, royalty-free, we make the Web work, for everyone.

w3.org/

New place means it's time for a new #introduction!

Hi there, I'm Jules. Been running Linux since 2010 (first encountered it in 2009) and Haiku alongside it since 2020. Some folks may know me from across the rest of the internet under various aliases; find out about those from Meanderspace's The WWW page:
meander.site/www

I've contributed to various open-source projects over the years, primarily with packaging (HaikuPorts, openSUSE, KDE Flatpaks), artwork (Haiku Community wallpapers, Budgie Backgrounds, KDE Konqi artworks, etc.), and
ports for Haiku (VVVVVV, Sonic Robo Blast 2, SDL Sopwith, etc.) from time to time.

Also a big foodie who likes to cook, likes exploring less well-known technology (hence the Haiku stuff), and always looking to learn more. Oh, also a big fan of theming in general; theming is a digital extension of a person and is an artform which should be recognised as such! Alright, that's enough rambling on from me for now.

My Software Projects, Security Research, and other Computery Stuff
This is a list of my favorite side projects and open-source work, collected into a single list so I can pin it to my profile. Replies are welcome!

- I'm the creator and lead dev of ModShark, a standalone auto-moderator for Sharkey instances. There's a severe lack of good moderation features for fediverse nodes, but I hope to improve the situation with ModShark and other independent tools.

- I occasionally publish fedi-admin-scripts, a small collection of scripts, queries, and documentation for admins of Sharkey and Akkoma instances. The goal here is low-effort knowledge sharing for the benefit of other admins.

- One of my larger projects is AP-WAF, a plugin-based extensible firewall for ActivityPub software. I hope it can bridge the feature gap between different fediverse servers by moving low-level moderation and security features into the middleware layer.

- I'm building ActivityPubSharp, an implementation of ActivityPub in C#. I'm using a novel approach to model AP's dynamically-typed extensions model in a type-safe way without sacrificing C#'s efficient, strong typing model.

- I built little-log-scan as a tool to track botnets and other internet threats. LLS ingests webserver logs through a series of heuristic rules to detect known vulnerabilities, identify payload types, and aggregate metadata. The output is structured for easy research analysis.

- As time allows, I'm building Lavender FE - a "universal" frontend for fediverse instances. Lavender is designed to seamlessly integrate multiple accounts, regardless of the instance or backend software.

- I curate a list of DotNet-ActivityPub-Projects, which is exactly what it sounds like. My goal is to index all projects that implement ActivityPub using C# or another CLR language.

- What started as a meme is now the Expressions AS Extension, an ActivityStreams extension meant to introduce protocol-level support for non-text communication. I hope that Expressions can enable new federated communication modes that are more comfortable to neurodivergent people.

- I contribute to Letterbook, a next-generation fediverse server offering simple operation and powerful safety tools. Letterbook incorporates a unique architecture that avoids many of the classic limitations faced by fedi server projects.

- I also contribute to Sharkey, a soft-fork of Misskey offering extensive quality-of-life improvements. Sharkey is designed as a safe extension of Misskey's native feature set, providing widespread improvements with minimal risk.

#OpenSourceSoftware #FediDevs #FediDev #Introduction

TransFem.org / Sharkey · GitLab

🌎 A Sharkish microblogging platform 🚀

^GitLab

Right, I've been sleeping on this, probably because I don't think there's much I can write. Either way, #introduction time

Hi, I'm Regalia and I'm a cute dog delivered to you over JSON-LD. Most of my stuff here is just me posting about how I feel or what I'm doing, came from bark.lgbt before settling at envs.net here.

For the technical side, I do work around the social VR sphere, I do sysadmin as a hobby (bearer of the curse image here) and I dabble in video encoding (even if it can feel like witchcraft sometimes). I'm also the trans Arch Linux user, because of course I am.

Oh, also I'm gay. Really fucking gay. There's so many cute girls, especially if they have floppy ears. Pet them. Pet the dog girls.

Bark!

Furry focused instance for critters that like to bark! LGBTQ+ run and friendly, active moderation

^{Mastodon hosted on bark.lgbt}

New instance, new introduction. Hello, I am Adam from Ottawa Canada. I am a totally blind man, identifying as he/him.
My primary interests are technology and music. I was a former professional drummer, playing the bar stages of Ottawa and the ocasional out-of-town show.
I've always been rhythmical, annoying the heck out of my parents at the tendor age of four on up banging on pots, pans, spoons, and whatever else I could get my grubby little hands on.
I got my first drum kit when I was 12, back in 1999. I got a couple of upgrades over the years, and then switched to electronic kits in 2007 when I managed to save and purchase a Roland TD-12 kit with my own money. That was like buying a car for me, LOL.
I was professionally active from 2007 until 2019.
Some hearing issues with extended loudness causing anxiety and unease started my issues with playing live shows, and then COVID19 really finished that career.

I've been interested in technology from a young age as well, receiving my first electronic note taker for the blind, a Blazie Engineering Braille Lite in 1996 at the age of 9.
I then got my first computer in the summer of 1998, learned DOS, then eventually Windows 3.1, 95, and on up.
I've had many, many, many computers and other technological devices since those days, and I have done any serious compute work in Linux, where in I am mostly referring to running servers, hosting things, and distributed compute projects.
Professionally, I am currently a systems/server administrator, backend web developer, database administrator, and infrastructure administrator.
Other interests include animals, documentaries, listening to most kinds of music, having deep intellectual conversations, and pondering the meaning of life.
#Mastodon #Introduction #Ottawa #Canada #Blind #Music #Technology

Re-#Introduction:

Disabled activist & grad student in STEM. Expertise in almond bud development and carob. Founder of UC Access Now.

Interested in funded PhD opportunities in Canada, Western Europe, and NZ, speaking, publishing, opportunities re accessibility/anti-ableism. Interested in folks to collaborate with on plant breeding, horticulture, plant humanities, and other projects. Trying to afford a podcast!

Too many interests to fit in my bio or in one toot!

alieward.com/ologies/carobolog…

Carobology (NOT-CHOCOLATE TREES) with Megan Lynch 

You might only know carob as not-chocolate, which is a tragedy of its disco-era branding. This tough, gnarly, drought-resistant plant is the real-life Giving Tree, explains passionate Carobologist Megan Lynch.

^{Alie Ward (alie ward)}

Hi! I'm Danny Redwoods. I'm a kinky queer trans guy who makes porn. I'm into bdsm primarily, but my kinks run deep and wide and are always expanding.

Besides kinks, right now I'm into comedy (in all forms), horror/thriller, fashion/style, Hazbin Hotel, Cyberpunk 2077, youtube, Jerma985, weed, and the Real Housewives.

#intro #intropost #introduction #introductionpost #photography #selfportrait #selfie #selfphotography #introductions #intros #sexworker #porn #smut #transporn #queerporn #queer #trans #kinky #smirk #outfit

Hello, world! 👋 It’s your friendly neighborhood Linux app store here on the Fediverse! Check our profile, we’re verified. 😎

Speaking of which… if you’re an app developer and want to get your app verified on Flathub, check the docs! If you need any help, give us a shout here.

docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-…

#Flathub #Flatpak #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS #FLOSS #introduction

Verification | Flathub Documentation

What is verification?

^{docs.flathub.org}

A quick #introduction:

I'm Joanna, a mature undergrad in my final year studying #Zoology at the University of Nottingham, UK. I plan to study MSc Data Science next.

Current interests are in Ecoinformatics, #ecology, conservation and #DataScience.

Here to connect with other lifelong learners with a passion for exploring the natural world.

Hello! We are Sagittaras Games, an independent game studio from the Czech Republic. We are the creators of the retro arcade shooter #vectroblast, which you can download on Google Play.

And on Mastodon, we would like to share with you the current happenings in our studio, including upcoming news! #indiedev #introduction

play.google.com/store/apps/det…

Vectro Blast - Apps on Google Play

Vectro Blast is a retro arcade action shooter game.

^{play.google.com}

New instance, new #introduction 😀

This account is all about the community around Fairphone. 📱
So expect posts about community meetups 🗓️, Fairphone Angels 👼, pointers to our fairphone.community forum 🌐 and the occasional update on custom ROMs 🛠️.
We might also boost selected posts asking for help/sharing individual experiences with Fairphones.

Currently the account is run by Ingo /i and Urs /u as you can see in our bio along with the hint that we’re not representing the company Fairphone.

On the fediverse since 29.04.2018, our old instance went poof two days before we could migrate to our new home provided by @paula and the Fediverse Foundation (many thanks for that 👏).

So here we are again!

As we’ve lost all our followers of the old account, BOOSTS are more welcome than ever.

Ingo & Urs

#Fairphone #WeAreFairphone #Fairphone10years

Fairphone Community Forum

Where the Fairphone community discusses and gets social.

^{Fairphone Community Forum}

От себя тоже поприветствую всех пришедших и дам несколько советов.

✅ Заполните профиль и поставьте аватарку. Неплохой идеей будет указать там ваши увлечения или вид деятельности.
✅ Напишите что-нибудь: приветствие, пост о себе (тут используют тег #introduction
✅ Листайте ваши локальные и глобальные ленты, и подписывайтесь на тех, кто интересен - тут нет алгоритма, который будет подсовывать вам контент. Набрать свою ленту нужно будет самостоятельно. Также возможно вам будет полезно зайти в настройки и установить языки контента, которые вы хотите видеть в ленте.
✅ Общайтесь с людьми.
✅ Не бросайте как только Twitter опять даст заднюю - дайте свободным соцсетям шанс, они могут вас удивить.

Эти простые советы могут помочь вам не заскучать и заинтересовать других людей подписаться на вас.

Если будет интересно почитать про Mastodon и Федивёрс в целом - список статей и постов по этой теме есть внизу на нашем проекте-лендинге Fediland:
fediland.github.io

Добро пожаловать и удачи!

#Mastodon #Fediverse #twitter #migration #TwitterMigration #log #новичкам #newbies

#Introduction

Hi! The Moment is a #Podcast about #DoctorWho.

On each episode of The Moment, I speak with a different guest about an individual moment in an episode of Doctor Who that they have a lot to say about.

The show is currently on hiatus, but it will be back soon! I hope to have more info for you in May 2023.

In the mean time, why not listen to an episode from our archive? They're all good!

themomentpod.com

Doctor Who: The Moment

Each week on The Moment, I speak with a different guest about an individual moment in an episode of Doctor Who that means a lot to them: something that really had in impact on them, or that they had a strong reaction to, or that they think a lot abou…

^{Doctor Who: The Moment}

We're spreading the news! Check out our latest blog, "Follow Freedom Scientific on Mastodon:" blog.freedomscientific.com/fol…

#FreedomScientific #Fediverse #Introduction #Introductions #FreedomScientificTraining

Follow Freedom Scientific on Mastodon

We now have a presence on the social media platform Mastodon. This enables us to increase the ways we connect with you to share training content and news. Mastodon is a social network where users c…

^{Freedom Scientific Blog}

New to Mastodon. Thought id give an #introduction!

My name is Dillon. I am a biologist and Science communicator mainly active on the instagram. If im not hyperfixating on my R code, I am creating online courses and educational material, being opinionated about conservation, or out looking for frogs!

Anyone mind giving me a primer for how Mastodon works? Im still very new to it all

Picture is of my favorite salamander! (Bolitoglossa mexicana)

Quick #introduction & #firstpost.

Twitter is doing my head in with
- Algorithm changes
- Limiting external links to #substack etc

Through reading a blog I ended up here looking for change and the future of social DEX platforms.

I welcome your TIPS in being here.

- CC