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I'm an north of , MA telling stories about light and atmosphere with oil paints. I draw inspiration from the coastline, salt marshes, and forests, places that are both remembered and imagined.

Currently working on seascape paintings, landscapes inspired by springtime walks in the woods, and my marshlands series.

As a lawyer-turned-artist, I'm also slowly defacing my law dictionary with charcoal sketches.

She/her.

Last posted 1 day ago
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researcher and -scholar. Cheerleader, content accumulator, climate worrier (and sometimes warrior). Father of four. Recovering mansplainer; wannabe feminist. Dane; whatever that is. admirer.

Not giving the bastard my despair!

Banner picture is a group of mammoths walking through a winter landscape with forests and mountains.

LGBTQ+ ally.

Last posted 2 days ago
Posts 13,252
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Following 1,816
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Michael Simons
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👨‍👩‍👦‍👦👨🏻‍💻🚴🏻 – Father, Husband, Developer, Athlete. Author of @springbootbuch and 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: manning.com/books/duckdb-in-ac

Last posted 1 day ago
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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.

Last posted Less than a day ago
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DougMerritt (log😅 = 💧log😄)
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I'm a philomath (many interests; call it polymath-wanna-be) professional computer programmer in Silicon Valley, specializing in operating systems, languages/compilers, sometimes AI, usually non-traditional parallel software and hardware architectures.
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Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver

Ars longa, vita brevis.

Last posted 1 day ago
Posts 13,497
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Aljoscha Rittner (beandev)
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Enterprise Software Architect, Cloud, OpenSource, Gardening, Travel


via W7AAXD5V

Alt-Text Header: Shows a lokal lake in Winter with a lot of trees around and a pathway. Blue sky with the sun in the center.

Alt-Text Avatar: shows me, sitting on stairs in Leipzig, wearing goggles, short hair and a black t-shirt with the text: Kein Bock auf Rassist*innen!

Last posted Less than a day ago
Posts 39,843
Followers ▼ 20
Following 558
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gecos/CN: Janis Joan König
SAN: ElleJay (lj), Leo(nard) Robert König

Nyanbinary femby 🐈‍⬛

Bragging Rights: Made a former German conservative minister greet me in full cat girl outfit.

• tech-savvy luddite
• gender-overwhelmed gender-bender
• energy-seeping sleepy-head
• serious goofball

See pinned post for more , what to expect here, as well as alt-texts for pfp & banner <3

Last posted 1 day ago
Posts 58,782
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Following 1,307
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Jendia Gammon
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Nebula and 3X BSFA Award Finalist Author. Science writer. Artist. Explorer. 
DUNGEON CRAWL AT THE HAUNTED MALL (Out now!)
GODFESTATION (Aug. 2026)
THE DAWN OF DUSK AND TWILIGHT (Oct. 2026)
Head of Stars and Sabers Publishing. CEO of Roaring Spring Productions, LLC.
Also wrote as J. Dianne Dotson.


Last posted Less than a day ago
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DO scrape my toots and train AI with them


Liy solutions can ensure your employees are working at maximum efficiency. Contact Lliy at (123) 456-Liyl for pricing.

Last posted 4 days ago
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Freelance Software Engineer und Methodenberater. Bassist und Musiker vom linken Niederrhein.

Versuche regelmäßig die Welt mit Software besser zu machen.

DevOp at feedbeat.io
Committer at daseventhub.org
Tech: java, spring, typescript, angular, python

Last posted 1 day ago
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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.

Last posted Less than a day ago
Posts 4,587
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“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)

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

 I always follow back and boost often!
justmytoots.com/@loughrn@masto

Last posted 1 day ago
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ThreeDollarBill
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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

Last posted 1 day ago
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Computer nerd. Avid collector of retro computing gear. Ham radio operator. Gear head. Wannabe pastry chef. Amateur runner.

Actually autistic and ADHD.

Living in the Palm Springs area.

Last posted Less than a day ago
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Australian retired archaeologist, Emeritus Professor at University of New England, Armidale. Book on (mostly the evolution of) art--Art or Scribbles was published on 8 August 2025. 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
link.springer.com/book/9783031

Last posted 1 day ago
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Following 581
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Justin Bianco
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Indie app developer; maker of @forscore (no support questions here, please). I love music, photography, travel, hiking and coding. Based in Las Vegas & Palm Springs.

Last posted Less than a day ago
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It’s not just Rob, it’s Rob
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I do native iOS 📱, macOS 🖥️, and Android 🤖 accessibility ♿️ and native iOS development 🛠️.

I post my bad music taste regularly 🎶

Last posted 1 day ago
Posts 236
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Following 745
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Ko van Huissteden
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Earth Scientist, partly retired, Quaternary Geology and thawing , still active in conservation research. 
Former Vrije Universiteit, now at VOF Kytalyk Carbon Cycle Research
. Fan of forests, wetlands, Wadden sea, the Highlands & Hebrides.
Author of 'Thawing Permafrost (Springer Natuture Verlag) and 'Permafrost nu, in het ijstijd-verleden en de toekomst' (KNNV Uitgeverij, Netherlands)
 Dutch, English, German, French, some Scots Gaelic and Russian

Last posted 3 days ago
Posts 10,205
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Ray Gulick, he/him/wtf 🇺🇦 ❌👑
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Blatantly, unabashedly pro-democracy. Ex-Michigan farmboy makin' it work since 1958 (born in 1953, but coasted for a few years). Proud and concerned father, grandfather, dog dad, and atheist. 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. I smoke a pipe, therefore I'm a philosopher. Oxford comma because I'm civilized.

Last posted 4 days ago
Posts 6,499
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Following 1,032
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Singer of Früchte des Zorns, Revolte Springen, Fun-damentalist, bloging about music, utopia and the revolution of everydays life. NonBinary.

Last posted 6 days ago
Posts 149
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I dabble. Mostly in trains - H0 scale and live steam. Sometimes in games. Professionally in tech. German living on Yuggera land in Australia. I post and repost in English and German. Trans rights are human rights.

(Previously @rainynight65)

Profile pic is a close-up of a model locomotive (Victorian Railways B Class B65)

Header is a picture of The Ghan, a tourist train, taken in Alice Springs, Australia, with locomotive NR75 prominently in the lead

Last posted 2 days ago
Posts 1,276
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Following 128