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Kia ora! I'm a nut, addict of NZ — Mātaki Taiao, and an at in -.

I spend an inordinate amount of my time counting nature to watch what's changing (see wildcounts.org/).

Born when there was 326 ppm carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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David Zaslavsky
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Software engineer, former particle physicist, occasional blogger. I support the principle of cake.

Posting habits: ~60% , ~20% /#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 .

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An -source and advocate.
Interested in , , and , , , , , .

A dad, a wanderer, a thinker, a human. A decided optimist.

People deserve compassion.

"The world's vast and strange, Hara, but no vaster and no stranger than our minds are. Think of that sometimes." - Ursula LeGuin

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Tekniquelly correct
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Politics ∪ tech ∪ security ∪ privacy ∪ O_o

Several-time EFF Tech Trivia champion.

Sysop of Free Radical.

I blog about this at blog.freeradical.zone/.

I’ve got your back.

Very approachable. Bring treats.

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He/Him. Technical coach. All about Making Code More Testable.

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Richard Nairn
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Very proud to be a Calgarian. Husband, Father of two, Teller of bad jokes... Avid cyclist. Linux geek... Keeper of the family genealogy

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Iván Sánchez Ortega
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+#GIS+#JavaScript+#WebGL nerd. charter member, old-timer.

In other words: I do maps on websites, maintaining the Leaflet JS library when I can, but working on Gleo (my own JS+WebGL library) otherwise.

Long-time supporter of Free/Libre/Open-Source Software, as well as Open Data and adjacent subjects.

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keen456 keen456
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IT person, video game player, knowledge lover. Love to read interesting stories & watch . tfr

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Preston Maness ☭
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Free Software fan (love ). Spent 20 years in Austin, TX . Now in . BSEE from , 2014. Currently ((2^5)+(2^2)) years old (354 ppm).

I used to sling code. Then I did warehouse work at (DAU1) and . Now, I'm back at school to become a . Suffer from .

I'm a revolutionary , , , ,

🇺🇸 Eng (native) 🇲🇽 Esp (A2/B1)

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GhostOnTheHalfShell
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opinionated lurker of the intarwebs.

Used to write code, still do. c/c++, java, php, js, c#, gdscript, gnawed on sql, sparql, unix/windows etc etc billions of years ago.

tech, graphics, anything STEM
anything anthropology, history, linguistics
anything blender, gimp (although i scream using it), audacity
prefers not to be run over by cars

I drink Philz.

I do a (non-monetized) video or so a week on yt.

Tyranny and poverty are everywhere a mainstream economics phenomenon.

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back up at @amiserabilist

Avatar: penny farthing i am not a number
Header: plague island

What Orwell feared were those who would ban books.
What Huxley feared was that there would be no one who wanted to read one.

gen x
amab/cis/het standing with 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈
he/him
probably on the spectrum.

if you think i am being rude to you, i am not.
it is a joke that i have not properly conveyed.






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Paul Wouters 🇪🇺🇨🇦
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Aiven Security Architect
IETF Security Area Director, IESG
Opensource dev: libreswan, Fedora, etc (see github)
NIST SP800-77 Rev.1 author
RDRonline player

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Donald Hobern
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Biodiversity informatician, naturalist/entomologist/lepidopterist, Java/Python programmer, Ngunnuwal Country / Canberra, AU

Australian Plant Phenomics Network Data Management Director

Species 2000/Catalogue of Life International Engagement Officer & Chair of Taxonomy Working Group

Working to automate insect monitoring solutions.

Was: ALA Director; GBIF Director; TDWG Chair; IBM software engineer

Banner: , Gillmeria ochrodactyla, Copenhagen, DK, 23 June 2014

He/him

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Gay partnered (for 17 yrs)Boomer in California (Palm Springs area). Napa wine tour concierge 2019-23. Pre-retirement I was a tech analyst studying emerging technology. Step-Papy to 2 amazing 20-something daughters. Big time cat dad.

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Sole proprietor, FIFO Networks
Cybersecurity - Networks - Wireless – Telecom - VoIP
Most of my money comes from contract work for public utilities around the country, but I also provide remote tech support to small business and SOHO clients, mainly (but not exclusively) in the USA.

I do a fair amount of custom work for people when a loved one dies: unlocking computers, data recovery, and account recovery (Advice: keep paying their cell phone bill until you've got all their data back).

Also, personal cybersecurity for journalists, TV reporters, politicians down to the City Council level, and political candidates. TV stations: contact me for contract pricing for your entire news team.

Use fifonetworks.com/contact-us/ for questions or to schedule service. It's just me. You'll be communicating directly with me.

Licensed and Insured.

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Sir David Nielsen
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Acclaimed beta tester of iOS and macOS software. Dachshund, Golden Retriever, iPad and iA Writer addict with a proclivity for Open Source and Apple. If there is music, then it is metal and hard rock. Officially knighted by @lisamelton.

Interests include Tiananmen Square, democracy and a Free Palestine.

Struggles against the bourgeois, like a proper human being.

Find me on Signal: signal.me/#eu/osDryfoO-h6TGT8p

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GatoOscuro ⁂¯\_ (ツ) _/¯⁂
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Autor del El Cuarto De GatoOscuro: gatooscuro.xyz/ - Co-fundador del extinto quey.la desde el 2014, ex-moderador .org , Colaborador DarkOnion, traductor de algunos anuncios de la comunidad y pensador Colombiano.

BORRO TOOTS CADA MES.

Todo tiene una razón de ser.
>Desde el éxodo de GNU Social.

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D. G. Marshall
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A writer currently querying a two-book series set in a comic fantasy Australia. Harold is a failed alchemist, about to fail at dragon slaying. He is armed with a cheese knife. Princess Ruby has a stolen sword. She has it at Harold's throat.

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Pradyun Gedam
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he/him. Probably trying to make refined sand do something useful.

Wearer of many hats in OSS spaces: CPython, pip, packaging, TOML, Furo, Sphinx extensions, Executable Books and more.

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Víctor R. Ruiz
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Elio Campitelli
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I study the ocean of air we live in. I aspire to live a life inspired by love and guided by knowledge. I use a bunch.

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