The best accounts on Mastodon.
Dan Ballard
@[email protected]Decentralization and privacy dev. He/Him.
Works on Tor Browser (@torproject)
Board @ Open Privacy Research Society (@openprivacy ) & developer on Cwtch.im (@cwtch )
Joel
@[email protected]
I blog quite a bit, reader, gamer, foss enjoyer & contributor (barely).
I'm like the polar opposite of myself 
Mexican 🇲🇽, Mechatronics Engineer 🤖. Customization freak. 🎨
#PSP best handheld, #MiyooMiniPlus and #Anbernic devices too! 🕹️
#ChronoTrigger is my favorite game 🗡️
I solve a Rubik's cube in ~15 seconds⏳
I like #origami too. Christian ✝️
alt account: @joel
Uses:

Dave Mason
@[email protected]👨💻 Senior Machine Architect, Rube Goldberg Division
✍ Comments his code
🦸♂️ Optimizes slow SQL Queries
🖥️ Linux convert/disgusted longtime Windows user
📷 Aspiring mediocre photographer
🧠 Atheist
🔠 Defines his acronyms
Topics I post frequently:
🔘 #SQLServer
🔘 #Celtics/#NBA (Nat'l Basketball Assoc)
🔘 #UCF (Univ of Central Florida)
🔘 #Bucs/#NFL (Nat'l Football League)
🔘 #RStats (R programming language)
🔘 #EV (Electric Vehicles)
🔘 #Photography
🔘 #Privacy
Gabriel Pettier
@[email protected]Dissipé, curieux, ultracrépidarianiste.
développeur (#python
), vegan :seedling: (éco/éthique), linuxien (ubuntu depuis 2005) #kivy
Dissipated, curious, overly opiniated, developer, vegan, linux user.
Lives near #Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
he/him
il/lui
Big ol' nerd. Interested in electronics, reverse engineering, open source, repairing things, cooperatives, bikes.
Variously part-time as: MicroPython maintainer, embedded systems consultant, EV reverse engineer, patter of good dogs.
Pat Allan
@[email protected]Community-focused web + Ruby developer, occasional events organiser. 🍦🥞🎶📚👨💻
Projects include:
• Staff Engineer at https://covidence.org
• Work/life balance for your calendars: https://calmcalendar.com
• Managed Sphinx for Heroku apps: https://flying-sphinx.com
• Buy albums to support musicians via your streaming habits: https://supportact.app
Previously:
• RubyConf AU 2015 and 2019: https://rubyconf.org.au
• Trampoline https://trampolineday.com
Adam H. Sparks
@[email protected]
Professor studying/working with biometry, agricultural modelling and data analytics at Curtin University in Western Australia. Former geonerd, now just a nerd, and editor for @rOpenSci and Tropical Plant Pathology
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Header photo is of the Kansas Flint Hills in winter.
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Graham
@[email protected]He/him
Web developer by day, savior of fantasy realms by night. I love independent and open source software.
KeyStash
https://github.com/ghall89/KeyStash
AutoDock
https://github.com/ghall89/AutoDock
bgg-cilent
https://www.npmjs.com/package/bgg-client
#webdev #macdev #gaming #mentalhealth #anxiety #actuallyocd #actuallyautistic
Avatar is an illustration (by https://www.nataliavazquezgarcia.com) of a bearded white male with glasses and a plaid shirt against a green background.
Jonathan Arnold 🇺🇦
@[email protected]I am a liberal computer geek, hockey nut (and goalie), web 2.0 fanatic, dad of two, and husband of one. I am also a veteran (i.e., old) software developer and computer hacker.
I've been a Mastodonian since Sept 2017, originally as @jdarnold @ sdf.org
Medford MA USA
Profile picture is the face of a geeky-looking white guy with graying hair and glasses.
Header is by @alipunk
My posts are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
Joe Brockmeier
@[email protected]Longtime open-source user, advocate, and contributor. I’ve been working with and writing about Linux and open source since 1999. Now writing for LWN.net (@lwn). Become a subscriber here if you're not already! https://lwn.net/subscribe/
I post about Linux, free and open-source software (FOSS), music, cats, politics, writing, and anything else that comes to mind. Hates gen-AI slop.
"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction." Mark Twain
OtterForce
@[email protected]#Autistic parent, amateur #photographer, web designer, #WordPress fan, paid bookworm. From rural #NY.
Love #LEGO, #VideoGames, #photography, #mycology, #camping, #GlassBlowing, #writing, #books (particularly #SciFi).
Advocate, accomplice, and agitator. ✊🏼
🖤🩶🤍💚🤍🩶🖤
Profile picture: Illustration of white person with sideburns, goatee, a tie-dyed shirt, and purple beanie.
Header: Person in linen bunny hood with rust overalls under a street light at night near a rail crossing.
Douglas McMillan
@[email protected]Sommelier, brewer, guitarist, woodworker, gamer, motorcyclist, Linux fan. Amateur in all.
Former Software Developer
Kanata, Ontario
#guitar #games #woodworking #motorcycling #linux #foss #kde #music #beer #wine #curling #theatre #brewing #ottawa #ottbike #ottpoli #DnD #cycling #security #weed #cannabis
#fedi22 #homebrew #craftbeer
louisa_ :)
@[email protected]A container of multitudes & an ebullient wally. Constantly curious. Tina Belcher in her 40s. I'm OK.
#slaithwaite #Huddersfield #yorkshire
#cats #dogs #springerspaniels
#hiking #cycling (touring) #swimming
#nature #gardening #GrowYourOwn
#fiberart #textiles #crochet #embroidery
#history #SocialHistory #heritage
#books #SpeculativeFiction #HistoricalFiction
#gaming #oxygennotincluded #factorio #openttd
Profile alt: a 40 something white woman in profile. She has curly hair & glasses.
💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱
@[email protected]#dotNet #dotNetMaui with #cSharp UI
Maths/Computer Science teacher/tutor
Facts aren't "arbitrary"
searchable
sleet01
@[email protected]Generic PNW dev.
I __main__ Python.
駄洒落は大🎿だ。
LGBTQAI2S+ ally.
Too many hobbies.
FOSS enthusiast.
Seeking a more just society.
Pronouns: he/him.
Header is a size-accurate group shot of many classic giant robots from anime history.
Profile pic is me in an Otakon 2006 tee shirt from *cough* a few years back.
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#transformers
#earthdefenseforce
#revolutionarygirlutena
#progressive
#battletech
Fritz Adalis
@[email protected]Infosec Lurker | Technical Debt Collector
It's not for fun, or any sense of community.
It's just trying to dull the pain.
I have friends everywhere.
David Zaslavsky
@[email protected]Software engineer, former particle physicist, occasional blogger. I support the principle of cake.
Posting habits: ~60% #Monsterdon, ~20% #Python/#tech, ~20% funny/uplifting/entertaining content. Rare politics-related posts, always using popular hashtags so they can be filtered out. I typically don't boost posts with images unless they have #AltText.
#books #bookstodon #reading #scifi #fantasy #programming #C #CPlusPlus #Linux #Git #KDE #bash #fedi22
Jakub Kozłowski
@[email protected]Average spooktoberfest enjoyer. Scala, Smithy, Nix.
Follow my journey to making music on #jkmakesmusic
My camera shoots fascists
@[email protected]Things I do: landscape, storm and protest photography; paragliding, climbing, river running, outdoor adventure; border and human rights activism.
Intellectual hobbies: science, nature, security/privacy, online sociality. Learning Spanish.
My fine art prints are available on my website.
Welcome newcomers. You'll like it here, but give it some time.
Profile photo: white guy in a baseball cap with an iguana on my shoulder. Banner: "Aneurysm for President 2026" in patriotic red, white and blue.
Biason::Julio::new();
@[email protected]🐍 🦀👨💻🖖
Pessoas > Tecnologia
People > Technology
Creator of code and controversial opinions.
#Python and #Rust developer (although I did almost every language around there), #Brazilian #Trekkie. #fedi22
Jeff Triplett
@[email protected]🦄 @djangoproject president, 🌋 @defnado cofounder, 🏝 @djangocon organizer, 🏎 @revsys consultant, 🐍 @Thepsf former vice-chair + treasurer, 🏀, ✨, 💪, 🏃♂️, 🤖, Oh Mai.
If you are into #django and #python content, please follow @djangonews