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

Advocate for open, ethical alternatives to big tech. Posting on a personal title.

One of Fosstodon's admins. Boardmember of F-Droid. Staff of Pookie and Wessie. Big fan of bouldering. She/her. 🏳️‍🌈&🏳️‍⚧️ ally. 🇺🇦🍉

Founder of the Free Software Database
#developer · #webmaster · #sysadmin

I'm a friendly geek committed to user freedom and computer literacy.
I support Libre and Open Source software.

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#it #foss #free #freesoftware #opensource #software #fedi22 #activism #hacking #programming #italian #linux

Founder of CISOfy; author of #infosec tools rkhunter and Lynis; involved with NLUUG, #openstandards and #opensource; helping companies to secure their #Linux environment; interested in #sustainability and sharing messages in English, sometimes in Dutch 🇳🇱. My Dutch-only account is also @mboelen (mastodon.nl).

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

loves 🍵, 📷, and 🌌.

#GNOME Foundation member. been doing design in #OpenSource like #Pidgin, #Intel, #RedHat, #Xamarin, #VSCode and more for 2 decades. enjoy creating #PixelArt #RetroGames for #GameBoy / #NES.

🌱 laid off in 2026 and now running free design services for #FOSS projects. want to become a sponsor? https://planetpeanut.studio/sponsors 🌱

#NoAI in my work.

Generic humanoid carbon unit, self-hosting media node. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm.

Currently building @manyfold and site admin @ https://mastodon.me.uk

Previously: https://dxw.com, https://somethingnew.org.uk, https://openpolitics.org.uk, https://apolitical.co, https://theodi.org, https://www.amee.com and more.

Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy.

#OpenSource #Ruby #3DPrinting #MiniPainting #fedi22

Unix geek and open source software enthusiast. Tabletop game nerd. Podcaster, musician, multimediatician. Slacker since [Slackware] 12.0

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.

Seeking to develop skills for freedom and autonomy. Interested in organizing and community building and learning practical and facilitating skills for use in practice. How can we create situations for non-capitalistic relations and build coalitions to fight climate collapse in a genocidal capitalist dystopia?

I like repairing bikes and stuff, dumpster dive, foss, coops, old thinkpads, solarpunk, low-tech, copyleft.

Love and solidarity
-acab

Founder and CEO of Nextcloud, Co-founder and Vice Chair Eurostack, Board Member MariaDB Foundation, Founder of ownCloud, Free Software Developer, former KDE e.V. board member, Photographer

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

(public toots CC By-SA 4.0 if applicable)

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civilisation is dying and i aint try'na deny it

help your community

I work in #audio, formerly #software & #electronics

I do #opensource #dev #selfhosting

I #design and #print #stickers, #posters, #tshirts

#anarchist #antiFascist #antiOligarch #antiAI #musician #jazz #punk

#2slgbtqAlly #mutualAid

#LongCovid #MECFS #wearAMask
#union #IATSE 680

#LANDBACK #FREEPALESTINE

admin metroholografix.ca
formerly [email protected]

#Wabanaki #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #Canada

#noAltNoBoost

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Director of Information Security at 4DMedical.
I work primarily in #infosec, #IT, and #SaaS infrastructure.
ex #USDS (fired by #DOGE)
Dad, old-school hacker, Righteous Indignation Man. Opinions are my own. Follow my blog at @jikblog.
#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #USPol #MAPol #BosPoli #Boston #MA #politics #linux #FOSS #OpenSource #ConsumerActivism #privacy #programmer #hacker #fedi22 #resist https://justmytoots.com/@jik@federate.social

Still coding free software — Created htop, Teal (typed dialect of Lua), LuaRocks package manager, GoboLinux distro

PhD (PUC-Rio), interested in dataflow, PL ∩ HCI

Occasional music and cat content

en/es/fr/pt/de: he/él/lui/ele/er

Open Standards and Practices Lead at CivicActions | Drupal #Accessibility | Digital Services Coalition Board | @w3c Invited Expert #SustainableWeb #ARRM | http://ox.ca | #SolarPunk #CliFi #Quaker #Feminist #Canadian #WebAlmanac #IAAPCPWA | he/him

#UNOpenSourceWeek

Avatar - CC-SA by Tiana Lea

Writer about all things open source, as well as music and politics. Once upon a time host of The Sixties in 60 on TheBarrelofRock.com. I have a podcast coming up, so watch this space for the news!

Publisher, editor, & writer at FOSS Force, Alternative Approaches, and If This Be Treason.

#T2Pub

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

Ecologist & Geographer @ Penn State University | Founder/Editor of @briefecology | Featured in Nature, Clarkesworld Magazine, Area, Literary Geographies, and elsewhere

Interests include: #ecology #geography #forests #biodiversity #carbon #theory #rstats #writing #photography #socialism #anarchism #ecofiction #FOSS #unions #cycling #basketball

Ontario Research Chair of Digital Governance for Social Justice, York University.

My latest book, "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the Struggle for Democratic Social Media" was published by Oxford University Press late 2025.

Been on the fediverse since 2017. I'm now helping run AoIR.social

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Trans rights are human rights. I boost #BlackMastodon and #MutualAid posts. I also call for alt text for accessibility.

Free open source software – vegan – sustainability – one rights – finance – environment – transparency – Linux – freedom – fairness – politics

Teaching Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology in Society, large university USA, SEIU local 668. #Teaching with #Emacs.

Born at Unix Epoch time 21,450,000 (326 ppm CO₂). he/him

#Evolution #Science in #Humanities #Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #Microbiology #CellBiology #MolecularMedicine #Academia #HigherEd #Education #Unions #Solidarity #PSFA #SEIU #Debian #GNU #Linux #GNULinux #FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #GrapheneOS #OrgMode #EmacsLisp

Open source strategy consultant, Governing Board member and WG chair at CHAOSS, OpenUK board, TODO Group Ambassador, runner, sci-fi, 3D printed designs, vegan, world traveler. Opinions my own.