Principal Research Software Engineer, University of Birmingham, UK | R Core | @R_Foundation board | #RSEng #RStats #RLadies

Hacker, activist, free-softie ◈ techie luddite ◈ formerly information security and infrastructure at https://isnic.is/ and https://occrp.org/ ◈ my opinions are my own etc.

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profile image: drawing of a head and shoulders of a cat-person, in a space suit.

banner image: long-exposure photo of a large tent, brightly illuminated from inside, looking as if it is made of lava

#foss #libre #privacy #infosec #fedi22

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Dutch gov OSPO | Open Source | GovTech | Digital Sovereignty | IT nerd | 🇪🇺🇳🇱

Advocate for open, ethical alternatives to big tech.

One of Fosstodon's admins. Staff of Pookie and Wessie. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈&🏳️‍⚧️ ally. 🇺🇦🍉

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

Man about the world; Expatriated Tasmanian living in California; conference organiser: @NorthBayPython, previously @pyconau and linux.conf.au; #python fan; serves on the @ThePSF Board & Grants WG; queer; frequently toots about @robin. 🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈

working for a value-based economy, helping people and organisations to join the transition and build a human centred digital age.

Co-founder of Free Knowledge Institute, femProcomuns cooperative, Meet.coop, CommonsCloud, TTN.cat/XOIC.coop. Collaborator at Commons Network, former director PublicSpaces.net.

#commons #digitalcommons #cooperative #sustainability #businessmodels #FreeCulture #holochain #meetcoop #iot #LibreSoftware #OpenSource #sovereigntech #digitalautonomy #PublicSpaces

communities person 💗💜💙
technologist & #PenPlotter artist.

I do things with code, & tinker with gadgets
all-in on open social web #Fediverse

Head of Communications @Mastodon

one-third of a weekly #Podcast 🎧 @gamesatwork_biz
part of #Maker meetup 🛠️ @hackwimbledon

#3DPrinting #MicroPython #PlotterArt #LEGO #OpenSource #DoctorWho #fedi22

Addressing #climatechange through data driven methods in #ecology #remotesensing #phenology #foodsecurity

#rstats developer | #academic omnivore | move fast and fix things | personal account | #politics, #science & #foss software | account with amnesia | he / him

There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
- Leonard Cohen

Mostly libre software and system safety. Also gardening, DIY, dog photos. Founded @veloren and other projects. Really, really dislikes fascists, born at 364 ppm.

[she/they] Move slow and fix things. CTO @ apti.ro. Senior dev @ darc.li. Open-Source Dev, Human Rights Advocacy.

 Queer, Relationship Anarchist 🏳️‍🌈

Nerd and digital creative — founder of Gaiwan.co — prolific open source author.

After many wanderings back in my native Belgium.

CTO for hire. Speaker available for gigs.

product designer who codes.
I design and build software.
both how it looks, and how it works.

been doing design in #OpenSource like #GNOME, #Pidgin, #Intel, #RedHat, #Xamarin, #VSCode and more for 2 decades.

🌱 laid off in 2026 and looking for $1 a month sponsors to help #FOSS projects with design: https://github.com/sponsors/hbons 🌱

enjoy creating #PixelArt #RetroGames for #GameBoy / #NES.

🍵 green tea lover
📷 lazy film photographer
🌌 #aurora chaser

#NoAI

@ThePSF chair & fellow.

Working on @conda and friends at #Anaconda.

Opinions posted here are mine and mine alone.

Open #Web supporter.

#PyPA & @jazzband founder.

#Mozilla data, #MDN & @django core alum.

Architect, Cloud, OpenSource, Gardening, Travel

#Java #Rust #Python #SpringIO #Microservices #3dprinting #FckAfd #NazisRaus #Leipzig #nobot
#Threema via W7AAXD5V

The squirrel next door. Building up international and local citizens assemblies to insist on humanist, egalitarian policies. Text me on Signal at resl.17

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original stuff is CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

#copyleft #FOSS #anarchism #OpenScience #antifascist

"Life is short. Be kind." • Organisiert den #WebMontag #Kiel • Ist #OpenSource Fan – speziell von #Linux, #Nextcloud & #WordPress • Diakonie Schleswig-Holstein • [he/him]

Package Management Nerd, working on mapping the world of open source software https://ecosyste.ms and blogging about package managers at https://nesbitt.io

Semi-retired linguist and self-taught geek. Pro-EU, pro-open source. Undocumented naturalised Bristolian. Unapologetic left-winger and republican.

Open Source Strategist at Samsung and general Open Web Curmudgeon.

Co-chair of the W3C @ab and ex-chair of W3C @tag; @openwebdocs co-founder; @openssf contributor; Gov UK Open Standards Board member.

Immigrant, UK/US Dual National; Film, MST3K, Science Fiction, Anime, HoYoverse fan; anti-fascist & card-carrying “tofu-eating wokerati.”

Banner art credit: Mr Doodle (photo by me).

He/Him.

Cara estranho, anarquista, entusiasta de FOSS, escritor e podcaster responsável por cometer o Teatro Escuro do Pensador Louco. Siga-me por tua livre e espontânea vontade.

Dedicated to joy, simplicity and kindness in software and its organisations. Open Source and startup leader/founder/advisor.

Past and current obsessions include dancing ballet, singing, acting, playing guitar/ukulele, qigong, cycling, climbing, cooking, street photography, mountain running and moving house internationally. Currently based in west Ireland.
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