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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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Following 2,300
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Christof Schöch
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Professor of Digital Humanities at Trier University, Germany.

- Short bio: christof-schoech.de/en.html
- ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-4557-2753

Opinions my own. RTs are not endorsements.

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Posts 9,493
Followers 2,282
Following 2,407
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Doreen32128 ready to rumble!
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Twitter migrant! Boomer here (aka OLD)Brooklyn NYC born and raised, but live in hell in DeSantis land now🤮 My family, politics, tea drinking, Whovian, raising Monarch 🦋, dogs, plants, books and golf are my jam! PS I am a Senior Swiftie!

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Following 2,444
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he/him
Independent researcher working on Vector Symbolic Architectures (#VSA), also known as Hyperdimensional Computing (#HDC).

Also here for the:








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Sam (Never Mantha)
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I'm a developer for fun and profit. I write , usually of the functional variety. I'm on the steering committee. I care about and and those two things combined. I also and .

This is one of my accounts! I have another account over at @spills

I'm pretty sure I don't know what I'm doing.

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born and resident. , SoT kayaker with a Hobie Outback, 3-wheel HPV user , , , player, and fan. I am a (well mer-dude). Just an all-round geek. I am proud to live on Whadjuk boodja.

I play , , and .

I like to take photos of (esp. ), and other merfolk. I also shoot and images. I play with in-camera imaging.

I have accidentally become a writer, too.

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she hacked you
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day-dreamer
night-timer, party-crasher

Current Location
📍 Cairo, Egypt

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Posts 1,106
Followers 3,980
Following 1,982
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an ordinary otaku following life 😊
💾ADS - Systems Analysis and Development (5/6)
🎨Design and drawing
📘Future Writer
PT-ING 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

linux spotify 🎮 ♌ mastodon android

-pop

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Posts 2,814
Followers 292
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Ziggy the Hamster ☎️ 4ZTH
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Your friendly neighborhood .

Views are my own and not my employer’s.

You should form or join a union.

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Followers 439
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I am a lecturer at (Amsterdam University College).

I teach & .

I spend too much time playing around with , .

I have a small blog: mishathings.org

I like to make : mishathings.org/music/

I play a small role in @BIJ1

Some tags of my life in random order:

(Following/ boosting is not necessarily agreeing/approving).

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Posts 7,702
Followers 1,415
Following 2,272
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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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Posts 29,491
Followers 1,420
Following 1,543
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Stargeezer Smith
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Stargeezer, retired. Worked in computer science (PhD), aerospace engineering, and astronomy.

Our two sons keep me engaged on microprocessor projects and astronomy discussions.

Recent widower after 55 years of marriage. In my son's poem about his Mother:

Artistically intelligent
indelibly beautiful
One of a kind
In your style and grace
No one can take your place

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I work with mac and linux - I also write the odd app or two.

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Followers 273
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Jeff McFadden
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VP of Engineering at Company Cam. Rubyist since 2007ish. Photographer, tinkerer.

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Followers 135
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Konomi Kitten
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Open Source, Autistic, Transgender, Infrequent Poster, Anxious as heck. Girls are the best, sorry not sorry.

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Followers 146
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Bryan Ruby 🌤️
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✍ Editor/Writer/Blogger focused on Tech, Content Management, Information Systems, and fun pursuits.
🎧 Music and Hi-Fi Stereo Enthusiast
🏍️ Can-Am Spyder Rider, Bicyclist, Camper, Hiker, and anything else outdoors.
🌤️ 💻 Former NWS Lead Meteorologist and Information Technology Officer
🌎 Location: Sioux Falls, South Dakota 🇺🇸

Started on Mastodon in April 2022 via Fosstodon.

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Leading online & for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for after 9 years with where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a

Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) Operator outside of Finland - And all that & stuff.

Old posts: mstdn.social/@Lorry/

Why I left Match Group?

. bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary)
. bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1
. bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2
. bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3
. bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff

You get the idea!

Old man shouts at clouds:

. First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988
. Oldest email address I use daily: 1989
. First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35)
. Oldest domain name: 1992
. First academic paper on social media: 1992

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Posts 735
Followers 1,387
Following 1,633
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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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Zeeshan Ali Khan rust 🇺🇦
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Free Software dev, Ecomodernist, into Rust, flying, and EVs. Maintainer of @zbus

❤️ 🐈 rustacean_ferris . he/him

My opinions are purely my own and do not represent that of my employer or FOSS communities I happen to work with.

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He/him. Cis/het. I like , , / , and the Oxford comma. Professional computer whisperer. C#/DotNet/JavaScript. Southern England, UK.

I do not post much myself but will boost interesting and insightful posts from as diverse a range of others as I can manage.

Previously:
Joined 2018-09 en.osm.town/@twpol
Joined 2022-04 mastodon.online/@twpol

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Following 312
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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