Blatantly, unabashedly pro-democracy. Regional Antifa commander. Ex-Michigan farmboy makin' it work since 1958 (born in 1953, but coasted for a few years). Proud and concerned father, grandfather, and dog dad. Emigrated from New Mexico high desert to New Jersey lake, spring 2022. Used to be a whitewater canoeist, now happy paddling a quiet lake. ClassicPress/WordPress developer; websites for real estate agents. Oxford comma because I'm civilized. Header pix shows US flag in distress position.

I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley.
#mathematics
#computer_science #unicode #unix #linux #bsd
#compilers
#operating_systems
#GOF_AI (#good_old_fashioned_ai pre-2014)
#cognitive_science
#linguistics
#physics

Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver

Ars longa, vita brevis.

I opted in to be indexed and searchable by tootfinder

Unabashed lefty married to a terrific woman. Animal lover, especially cats but also dogs, birds—heck all of 'em. Audiophile, vinyl collector. Retired urban planner. Failed novelist.USAF Vietnam vet. Currently a big John Fahey fan. Born in Chicago, lived in Denver, Colorado Springs, St Louis, DC; in San Diego since 1999 and not about to depart until climate change demands it.

A Wandering Teacher uses #watercolor, #ink, & #Krita, to make flora, fauna, & #fanart.
It is super effective!
Self-taught & still #learning;

she/her

Reviews are my own unpaid & unsolicited opinions.

Avatar is a watercolor woman in a green shirt, resting her chin on 1 hand while looking at the viewer. Her head is on fire.
Banner is Moon Girl studying.

#Art #Painting #KidLit #KidLitArt #DigitalArt #Creative #Cooking #Sewing #Education #Inclusion #Accessibility #ArtABCs

Gay partnered (for 16 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.

If anybody wants to know a few things about me

#UK
#Hedgehogs
#LiberalDemocrat
#WalterPresents
#CognitiveTrailTheory
#CovidIsNotOver
#Nightwish
#Springsteen
#ActuallyImReallyQuiteBoring

Profile pic is me with my fluffy sheep Ruffles. Header is about a hundred sheep who decided to form a ring on the downs one day. I'm not that interested in sheep, really.

👨‍👧 Dad
✍️ Freelance writer & author
🚐 Running Springboard — a copywriting business with no AI
📚 The Making of Tomb Raider, 50 Years of Boss Fights, & Book 3
💌 Free newsletter: Springboard
📬 [email protected]
✉️ Freelance slots open — get in touch!

Punkrock statt Prunkpop! ✪ Falsifizierter Account ☆ Experte für #Satirerealität ¡ #iloveit • #mdRzA 🚲 Pro #CO2Steuer ■ 34% § https://udo.springfeld.eu/blog/in-eigener-sache/impressum/

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨🏻‍💻🚴🏻 – Father, Husband, Developer, Athlete. Author of @springbootbuch and #DuckDB in Action, founder of @euregjug. Java champion working on various integrations of @neo4j in the broader Java ecosystem.

You can expect a mixture of tech (Java, GraalVM, databases), some politics, cycling and food pictures.

Published in 2024: https://www.manning.com/books/duckdb-in-action

Architect, Cloud, OpenSource, Gardening, Travel

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

“When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

#dogs, #atheist, grandpa, and a #geocacher.
 Add #introvert to the list, too.
#Wisconsin native. I love #flyfishing the spring creeks of the driftless area (always catch and release).
Pour-over #coffee with fresh roasted beans. The only way to go!

 I always follow back and boost often!
https://justmytoots.com/@loughrn@mastodon.world

#Biochemist, #ComputerScientist, #SystemsBiology, #Professor, #Photographer, #EVdriver, #Programmer, #SysAdmin, #Enzymologist

Header photo is the Palette Spring in Yellowstone. The beautiful colors come from microbial biofilms growing in the spring (mostly archea and bacteria)

Estadística, datos, gráficos, cuentas, cuentas y más cuentas 📊⛏

Aquí se habla de: #estadística #statistics #datos #CienciaDeDatos #DataScience #Rstats #dataviz #muestreo #sampling #encuestas #surveys #sesgo #bias

Australian retired archaeologist, Emeritus Professor at University of New England, Armidale. Book on (mostly the evolution of) art--Art or Scribbles to be published on 15 June. Published on bones, stones, language origins, art etc. Worked with Gamilaraay, Wangkamadla, Yulluna, Kalkadoon and Mitakoodi people.
We must have a politics which encourages equality and fights climate change.
Pre-order book at
https://link.springer.com/book/9783031904578

Grill-King, Social-Media-Junkie, Software-Developer.

Currently available for freelance work (Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Vue.js)

Ehemals @dirksteins on Twitter.

Photographer (botanicals, landscapes, people), surface design, gardener. Living in Vancouver, BC, Canada (Coast Salish terr). I mostly avoid posting or reading about politics on social media.

header: newly germinated Salvia patens 'Blue Angel', spring 2025
avatar: me against a white backdrop with a red maple leaf splodged on

Here for game shows, primarily in English. Friday night Top of the Pops, and whatever else springs to mind.

North-west European. Old enough to remember the Berlin Wall, young enough to knock down Johnson's.

Generally won't follow folk who post politics without content warnings. Will aggressively filter out Yankee politics.

Weaver's Week at http://ukgameshows.com
weaversweek at tumblr (and a dormant bluesky, previously weaversweek and bandanachap at twitter)

Nebula and BSFA Award Finalist Author. Science writer. Artist. Explorer.
TO WONDER AND STARSHINE - July 2025
ATACAMA; DOOMFLOWER - Out Now
EIC of Stars and Sabers Publishing. CEO of Roaring Spring Productions, LLC.
Also wrote as J. Dianne Dotson.

Wannabe techie || I have no idea what I'm doing here || Kann Spuren von Musikwissenschaft enthalten

A container of multitudes & an ebullient wally. Curious about **everything**.

#slaithwaite #Huddersfield #yorkshire
#cats #blackcats #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.