#Genre researcher and #Grundtvig-scholar. Cheerleader, content accumulator, climate worrier (and sometimes warrior). Father of four. Recovering mansplainer; wannabe feminist. Dane; whatever that is. #Wikipedia admirer.

Be advised: I edit my toots a lot. Almost all of it proofreading.

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

LGBTQ+ ally. #BLM
 #dkmastodon #WokeAF #RandomActsOfKindness #YIMBY #FBPE #FBR

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.
Also:
#computer_science #unicode #unix #linux #bsd
#compilers
#operating_systems
#GOF_AI
#cognitive_science
#linguistics
#physics
#mathematics

Ex-springboard diver; scuba diver; free diver

Ars longa, vita brevis.

Just trying to figure this thing out (in multiple dimensions). Palm Springs, California

I program #SpringBoot web services and have now managed to avoid managing people. I used to program dev tools & before that, program mobile phones.

Once ran the same early Windows 8 build instance on both a hypervisor and native boot.

Old enough to remember #Symbian #C++.

I really like painting miniature figures like those produced for #warhammer, but am not so keen on #GamesWorkshop.

#OnePageRules is my current #TableTop #Wargaming jam.

Involved in some kind of computer bullshit.

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.

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.

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"my cutie (it/its)" ~ @BernadetteKessler

"computer toucher in the street, girl kisser in the sheet" ~ @somsnosa

"aaaaaaaaaaah" ~ @drakulix

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

Evil events from evil causes spring, And what you suffer flows from what you've done. - Aristophanes

Architect, Cloud, OpenSource, Gardening, Travel

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

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.

Mostly boosting things that make me think (or laugh, or -- these days -- angry). Occasionally sharing stuff I make

Profile image: cartoon of a smiling, gray-haired, pink-skinned man (me)

Banner photo: some white woodland wildflowers in spring

Recovered republican; voted republican from '72 until '00. Never again. Profile pic and Springtime in Trumpistan by Hieronymus Bosch. Both are details from the Hell panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights.

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

Critical thinker | always seeking the truth | hate (🇷🇺)aggression and lies | despising misinformation and anti-science rhetoric | democracy must be protected in any possible way | retired as a dentist-academic teacher (restorative dentistry, implantology, oral radiology) | (re)married, a lot of children, step- & grandchildren 💕 | sailor Westerly Medway | Scandinavian countries and Baltic states | humor, self-mockery | science | nature | dog: Welsh Springer Spaniël-Ivy 💉🇺🇦⛵️🛥️⚓️🐾🇳🇱🇺🇦🔵

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.

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.

Software tester/husband/trotse vader/nerd



Ik roei, speel met kleine zeilbootjes #df65 of mijn #SpringerTug (beiden #rc) en soms met taal.
Fan van #linux (al ben ik er nu wat minder actief mee bezig). En als trouw luisteraar van #damnhoney zou ik me bijna #feminist kunnen noemen.
Sinds kort speel ik weer met een fototoestel. Resultaten zijn te zien op https://fotograaf.van.petrafenijn.nl/
#fotografie #photography
#introduction

“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

Historical romance author with a PhD, a piano, & a v. large library. Loves happy endings & her caravan Miss Hetty. Queer. She / her

Profile pic is a selfie: A white woman with dark hair and a smile.

Header: A collage of six of Sandy's books, namely: Passion of a Winter Night, The Gladiator's Passion, The Centurion's Choice, Eagle's Honor: Ravished, Castle of the Wolf, Springtime Pleasures

Nebula and BSFA Award Finalist Author. Science writer. Artist. Explorer. 
THE VALE OF SEVEN DRAGONS (Apr. 2026) | GODFESTATION (Aug. 2026). Head of Stars and Sabers Publishing. CEO of Roaring Spring Productions, LLC.
Also wrote as J. Dianne Dotson.
#books #author #writer #fantasy #horror #scifi #thriller #artist #sciencewriter

🇩🇰 Human Nerd. PhD student in cognitive neuroscience, sub/thalamic function @ CFIN, AU from spring 2026. He/him.

science #bayesian #statistics #rstats #mcstan #python #cogsci #dbs #thalamus
leisure #pf2e #jazz #crpg #eu4 #modding #beinghelpfulonstackoverflowclones

Adore the decentralized, and yet it still took this many years to start using mastodon?? This feed is a biased estimator approximating the ratio of science to leisure in my daily life