introduction

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p><p>Hello, I’m Colleen from Glasgow UK</p><p>I’ve found Mastodon in my decision to stop using FB/Insta/Threads etc, and so far am loving it - not least due to the lack of adverts :)</p><p>I’m an accountant by trade; pianist, dog and cat lover, and avid reader in my spare time. </p><p><a href="/tags/s/" rel="tag">#s</a> that I’m following so far:<br><a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#music</a> <br><a href="/tags/dogs/" rel="tag">#dogs</a> <a href="/tags/dogsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#dogsofmastodon</a> <br><a href="/tags/catsofmastodon/" rel="tag">#catsOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a> <br><a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> <a href="/tags/hitchhikersguide/" rel="tag">#hitchhikersguide</a> <br><a href="/tags/joy/" rel="tag">#joy</a></p>

<p>Hello, I’m the founder of the Bookhouse Institute, a small cultural organisation dedicated to the creation &amp; preservation of unique books, puzzles &amp; treasure hunts.</p><p>Part bookshop and part creative studio, we design and publish limited edition books and hide treasure hunts in them. If you solve the puzzles and find the treasure first, it’s yours. </p><p>Find out more: <a href="https://bookhouse.uk/about/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bookhouse.uk/about/</a></p><p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p>

<p>Je profite de la nouvelle année pour refaire mon <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> sur Masto.</p><p>Seb, 45 balais, architecte IT au Luxembourg. J&#x27;aime bidouiller des choses en info (forcément), en élec et en meca, surtout quand c&#x27;est vieux.</p><p>Je pratique le VTT, le Kyokushinkai, le Jujitsu, le DIY, les jeux vidéos dont je partage mes avis ici via des hashtags ainsi que des retours sur des films. <a href="/tags/sd_blog/" rel="tag">#SD_Blog</a>, <a href="/tags/sd_musique/" rel="tag">#SD_Musique</a>, <a href="/tags/sd_resume/" rel="tag">#SD_Resume</a>, <a href="/tags/sd_jeux/" rel="tag">#SD_Jeux</a></p><p>J&#x27;utilise Masto pour être entouré de gauchiasses bienveillantes comme moi 😙</p>

<p>Howdy, happy to be here! Long time developer, coder, experimenter. Enjoy building self hosted local AI systems ala llama/StableDiff, messin&#x27; with linux, python, C, lora mesh, meshtastic, mesh core and alls that open source goodness.</p><p>Ultimately enjoy disconnecting and spending time in and/or living in the deep woods.</p><p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> <a href="/tags/introductionfr/" rel="tag">#introductionfr</a> <br>Rebonjour,</p><p>Je refais une introduction car plusieurs personnes ont dû voir que je partage énormément de messages venant de Gaza, <a href="https://gaza-verified.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gaza-verified.org</a> notamment, que certaines personnes sont en train de vite oublier.</p><p>Donc changement d&#x27;approche, nouvelle intro n&#x27;est-ce pas?</p><p>Ça fait depuis tout petit que j&#x27;entends parler de la Palestine. Et ça fait depuis 20 ans que je milite.<br>Contre et pour beaucoup de choses.</p>

<p>I&#x27;ve moved instance, so here&#x27;s my <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>.</p><p>Currently I do History Walks in Venice, where I live.</p><p>I ran a kayaking business in Venice for over ten years.</p><p>I worked in IT for some time, mostly sysadm, web, lots of Perl, Linux, SQL.</p><p>I once tried academia but it didn&#x27;t make me happy. However, I wrote a book about the Sicilian mafia.</p><p>I spent about ten years at university, and had lots of fun, and got a MSc in CS &amp; math, and MA in history &amp; Italian. Wrote GNU M4.</p>

<p>🦣 Pas d’Éléphant place de la Bastille… mais Paris Musées arrive sur Mastodon 👋</p><p>Jean-Antoine Alavoine Le Chevalier, « La Fontaine de l&#x27;éléphant, place de la Bastille », entre 1809 et 1819, CC0 Paris Musées / Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris</p><p>🔗 Pour en savoir plus sur <span class="h-card"><a href="https://reseauculture.fr/@parismusees" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>parismusees</span></a></span> : <a href="https://www.parismusees.paris.fr/fr" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.parismusees.paris.fr/fr</a></p><p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> <a href="/tags/introductionfr/" rel="tag">#introductionfr</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> It was on my todo list for a long time and now I&#x27;m <a href="/tags/newhere/" rel="tag">#newhere</a> - writing in En and De, darum auch <a href="/tags/neuhier/" rel="tag">#neuhier</a> </p><p>Interested in <a href="/tags/switzerland/" rel="tag">#Switzerland</a> <a href="/tags/swisspolitics/" rel="tag">#swisspolitics</a> <a href="/tags/education/" rel="tag">#education</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#foss</a> <a href="/tags/digitalsustainability/" rel="tag">#digitalsustainability</a> <a href="/tags/gardening/" rel="tag">#gardening</a> <a href="/tags/schweizerpolitik/" rel="tag">#SchweizerPolitik</a> <a href="/tags/bildung/" rel="tag">#Bildung</a> <a href="/tags/digitalenachhaltigkeit/" rel="tag">#DigitaleNachhaltigkeit</a> <a href="/tags/gärtnern/" rel="tag">#gärtnern</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#generativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p><p>I found some active accounts from organisations but it seems to be harder to find accounts representing persons.</p><p>Can you recommend me any accounts from Switzerland or accounts focussing on AI? :)</p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> Italian, European, citizen of the world. Internet user since 1998 but started with PC in 1989. Formerly facebook, now stable on Mastodon - formerly &quot;talksina&quot; on MastodonUno italian instance; still &quot;talksina&quot; as handle into Linkedin, WordPress .org profile, google (till it lasts) and github, as it&#x27;s impossible to edit profile name. I believe in data liberation and ownership. I work on accessibility (web and apps), I have a disability myself (totally blind). Blogger, WordPress user and MarkDown lover, interested in electronic voices and creating audio-dramas with text-to-speech. AI user, moderately optimistic. HIV awareness advocate. Firmly against tech-based &quot;age verification&quot; on sexuality related sites. Education should do the job, allowing governments to control Internet is introduction to censorship. <a href="/tags/accessibility/" rel="tag">#accessibility</a> <a href="/tags/wordpress/" rel="tag">#WordPress</a> <a href="/tags/blind/" rel="tag">#blind</a> <a href="/tags/disability/" rel="tag">#disability</a> <a href="/tags/hiv/" rel="tag">#hiv</a> <a href="/tags/advocacy/" rel="tag">#advocacy</a></p>

<p>Time to slightly update my <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> as it&#x27;s now four years later.</p><p>I&#x27;m Julian (he/him), a software developer and writer who&#x27;s spent most of his life on the Canadian prairies (SK &amp; MB).</p><p>Twenty years ago I dropped out of my PhD &amp; now work as a software developer. In the evenings I play guitar, viola, and horn, and neglect my poor flute. I play horn in the Winnipeg Video Game Orchestra. I write poetry and code games. I&#x27;m hoping to start running again soon. Pleased to meet you!</p>

<p>Hi Everybody! This is my introduction post. If you want to know more about me: feel free to scroll through my timeline.</p><p>I just want to say: these humanist devices are terrible to operate when you have fins. So be patient with me when I make stupid writing errors...</p><p><a href="/tags/octopus/" rel="tag">#octopus</a> <a href="/tags/smolhaj/" rel="tag">#Smolhaj</a> <a href="/tags/blahaj/" rel="tag">#Blahaj</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p>

<p>👋🏻 Hi, I’m Mark—welcome! This is my <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>.</p><p>I’m a platform engineer pivoting from 30 years in <a href="/tags/perl/" rel="tag">#Perl</a> to <a href="/tags/go/" rel="tag">#Go</a>, <a href="/tags/kubernetes/" rel="tag">#Kubernetes</a>, and <a href="/tags/aws/" rel="tag">#AWS</a>. I write about systems thinking, career transitions, and production engineering at <a href="https://PhoenixTrap.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>PhoenixTrap.com</a></p><p>I’m an <a href="/tags/objectivist/" rel="tag">#Objectivist</a>—principles aren’t aspirations, they’re requirements. When reality and principle conflict, you change reality. I write about consciousness, identity, and the work of crossing the boundary between theory and practice at <a href="https://TheBeautifulPrison.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>TheBeautifulPrison.com</a>.</p><p>You’ll also see <a href="/tags/bassguitar/" rel="tag">#BassGuitar</a>, <a href="/tags/dragoncon/" rel="tag">#DragonCon</a>, <a href="/tags/deltahcon/" rel="tag">#DeltaHCon</a>, and <a href="/tags/comicpalooza/" rel="tag">#Comicpalooza</a> when life permits. I self-host this Mastodon instance because decentralization matters.</p><p>For Rand newcomers, start with _The <a href="/tags/aynrand/" rel="tag">#AynRand</a> Reader_: <a href="https://AynRand.org/novels/the-ayn-rand-reader/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="AynRand.org/novels/the-ayn-rand-reader/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">AynRand.org/novels/the-ayn-ran</span><span class="invisible">d-reader/</span></a></p><p>Glad you’re here—pull up a chair.</p>

<p>Hello everyone, here’s my <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>.</p><p>Proudly a geek, used to do <a href="/tags/androiddev/" rel="tag">#androiddev</a>. Now helping to run <span class="h-card"><a href="https://snapp.social/@snappmobile" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>snappmobile</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://snapp.social/@snappautomotive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>snappautomotive</span></a></span></p><p>I&#x27;m currently focusing on brining back European tech sovereignty with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://snapp.social/@technology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>technology</span></a></span> </p><p>Other things I write about:<br><a href="/tags/running/" rel="tag">#running</a> <a href="/tags/biking/" rel="tag">#biking</a> <a href="/tags/triathlon/" rel="tag">#triathlon</a> <a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#sustainability</a> </p><p>🇪🇺 💪 <br>Слава Україні 🇺🇦</p>

<p>Nouveau pseudo, nouvelle <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> </p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/eldritch.cafe/flag_nonbinary.png" class="emoji" alt=":flag_nonbinary:" title=":flag_nonbinary:"> Non binaire, je me ballade sur le spectre du genre. Préférence du moment : un mix de neutre et de féminin. J&#x27;utilise le point médian mais vous pouvez expérimenter d&#x27;autres accords (sauf tout masculin)</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/eldritch.cafe/dragn_blanket.png" class="emoji" alt=":dragn_blanket:" title=":dragn_blanket:"> Créature peu sociable, pessimiste, et team handi, c&#x27;est souvent difficile d&#x27;interagir et de garder une présence régulière sur les réseaux. </p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/eldritch.cafe/blob_raccoon_peek.png" class="emoji" alt=":blob_raccoon_peek:" title=":blob_raccoon_peek:"> Mais j&#x27;y reste pour vous lire, progresser dans la lutte contre les discriminations et écouter la parole des concerné·es, découvrir vos créa ou voir vos compagnons à poils, plumes, écailles,...</p>

<p>Hey Punkstodon.de! Thanks for having me! </p><p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> <a href="/tags/newhere/" rel="tag">#newhere</a></p><p>I&#x27;m a vegan dude that grew up in a hardcore punk scene in the south of Brazil. I&#x27;m a visual artist and burned out animator, trying to figure out what my next thing will be (I need to change a few things or I&#x27;ll spontaneously combust). I&#x27;m also a linux and foss nerd.</p><p>Here goes a band from around these parts of the world:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tac-D0On4Fo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tac-D0On4Fo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tac-D0</span><span class="invisible">On4Fo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nowplaying/" rel="tag">#nowplaying</a> <a href="/tags/floripa/" rel="tag">#floripa</a> <a href="/tags/budang/" rel="tag">#budang</a> <a href="/tags/latampunx/" rel="tag">#latampunx</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve been on here for a while, but in this new era of having my real name as my display name, it&#x27;s finally time to write an <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> post. I spend most of my time being a full-time <a href="/tags/carer/" rel="tag">#carer</a> for an unwell member of my family. Before that, I was a lecturer in mechanical and marine <a href="/tags/engineering/" rel="tag">#engineering</a> at <a href="/tags/plymouthuniversity/" rel="tag">#PlymouthUniversity</a>, and before that a postdoc researching various bits of <a href="/tags/environmentalphysics/" rel="tag">#environmentalPhysics</a> and <a href="/tags/engineeringfluidmechanics/" rel="tag">#engineeringFluidMechanics</a> at the <a href="/tags/universityofcambridge/" rel="tag">#UniversityOfCambridge</a> and <a href="/tags/universitycollegelondon/" rel="tag">#UniversityCollegeLondon</a>...</p><p>1/4</p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a><br>In 2020, we started by opening a community grocery store in <a href="/tags/lisbon/" rel="tag">#lisbon</a>, with socially and environmentally responsible products, but today we are a multisectoral <a href="/tags/cooperative/" rel="tag">#cooperative</a> with six active sections: <br>- Consumption: manages the grocery store<br>- Culture: manages the Cave Cultural<br>- Services: manages the Co-Work Space, provides self-employment services and hosts the Malha Cooperativa project<br>- Housing: Habirizoma<br>- Agricultural: urban <a href="/tags/agroecology/" rel="tag">#agroecology</a> projects<br>- Handicrafts</p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> </p><p>Hello squirrels, </p><p>I am almost as famous as that other Geri, but unlike her, I have a neurodegenerative disease called <a href="/tags/dystonia/" rel="tag">#Dystonia</a>, but it is only others who see me as disabled. I am also a big-bottomed, anarchist, green type and a connoisseur of fine wine, although I will quaff any old rubbish.</p><p>I am a poor speller and swear more than a decent person ought to.</p><p>I love people who love other people and hate those who do not.</p><p>I mean no harm.</p><p>*snogs*</p>

<p>Hello, Fediverse 👋</p><p>I&#x27;m Sophie. I run a digital ops consultancy from the south of France, working with values-led businesses.</p><p>I&#x27;m in the process of leaving Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. I got tired of building on platforms that sell our data, gut safety systems to please politicians, and treat people as products.</p><p>Still figuring it all out. Would love to connect.</p><p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a> <a href="/tags/ethicalsocialmedia/" rel="tag">#EthicalSocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/smallbusiness/" rel="tag">#SmallBusiness</a> <a href="/tags/deletemeta/" rel="tag">#DeleteMeta</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/digitalethics/" rel="tag">#DigitalEthics</a></p>

<p>Hello everyone 👋</p><p>This is the official account of the Green Office of the University of Groningen.</p><p>We work to advance sustainability across the university — from strategy and policy to research and community initiatives.📝</p><p>We joined Mastodon to engage in open discussions on sustainability in higher education, academic research, and institutional change.</p><p>We look forward to exchanging ideas and learning from this community! 💚</p><p><a href="/tags/sustainability/" rel="tag">#Sustainability</a> <a href="/tags/highered/" rel="tag">#HigherEd</a> <a href="/tags/universityofgroningen/" rel="tag">#universityofgroningen</a> <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p>

<p>G&#x27;day,</p><p>I&#x27;m Kev. I&#x27;m over 60, retired ex military and I take photos. I&#x27;m a long time Linux user.</p><p>I got kicked off of Meta products because I refuse to upload a video selfie to prove I&#x27;m over 16 years old. 🤔 </p><p>Tried Bluesky, but&#x27;s it full of people trying to build their follower count. I prefer the Fediverse.</p><p>I swear occasionally, post Australian landscape photos and probably some garbage. (You have been warned)</p><p>It&#x27;s nice to be here.</p><p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> <a href="/tags/welcome/" rel="tag">#welcome</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a> </p><p>Oyo;</p><p>je me représente viteuf depuis mon arrivée ici, parce que je me lance dans la BD; et que ça me paraissait pas mal de le communiquer ici.</p><p>7 ans et demi ont passé depuis (diantre, que le temps passe vite), j&#x27;ai pas mal bougé, je vais beaucoup mieux qu&#x27;à l&#x27;époque,et ce compte y a été pour beaucoup; avec parmi mes plus belles rencontres (j&#x27;vous aime les coupaings ♥).</p><p>Sinon pour me resituer très rapido, j&#x27;ai gagner aux bingos des lettres de la queeritudes et des difficultés psys, mais on fait avec.</p><p>Et tout de suite une petite présentation, en BD tant qu&#x27;à faire !</p><p>[Note : les alts de ces trois pages étant vachement trop longs, ils seront au post suivant]</p>

<p>I migrated my profile here, so let&#x27;s add a short <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>:</p><p>I am the <a href="/tags/developer/" rel="tag">#developer</a> of <a href="/tags/arcanechat/" rel="tag">#ArcaneChat</a>, one of the <a href="/tags/deltachat/" rel="tag">#DeltaChat</a> developers and many other small projects related to it, like creating or porting several web apps to <a href="/tags/webxdc/" rel="tag">#webxdc</a> (in-chat mini-apps), I also develop several <a href="/tags/bots/" rel="tag">#bots</a> for the mentioned chat apps</p><p>Outside <a href="/tags/programming/" rel="tag">#programming</a> I like to cook, <a href="/tags/hike/" rel="tag">#hike</a>, learn to play the <a href="/tags/guitar/" rel="tag">#guitar</a>, chill listening to music, drink green tea, learn <a href="/tags/german/" rel="tag">#German</a> language (and I would like to learn <a href="/tags/portuguese/" rel="tag">#Portuguese</a>, <a href="/tags/italian/" rel="tag">#Italian</a> and <a href="/tags/french/" rel="tag">#French</a> if I even finish with German 😅) </p><p>I speak <a href="/tags/spanish/" rel="tag">#Spanish</a> and <a href="/tags/english/" rel="tag">#English</a> but I will be speaking only English in this account</p><p><a href="/tags/introductions/" rel="tag">#introductions</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve been on Mastodon for almost 3 years and I&#x27;ve never done an <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#Introduction</a>... </p><p>So hi, I&#x27;m NerdNextDoor. I do lots of things like music, programming (mostly OS/kernel stuff), blogging, other technical crap and I contribute to open-source.</p><p>I come from Scotland and I have autism, diagnosed in 2021.</p><p>I run a few projects such as EVi, The MCLE Code Collective, Arikoto, Inori, tauIRC and plenty of other things.</p><p>I&#x27;m left-wing too, and I really like the <a href="/tags/greenparty/" rel="tag">#GreenParty</a>! </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="/tags/introductions/" rel="tag">#Introductions</a></p>

<p>By means of <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a>, I write <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> fiction and some <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a>. I have a particular interest in sword &amp; sorcery. I also (as of late) draw and produce <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#art</a> that ties into my writing.</p><p>My work, so far, has been in short stories with some flash fiction. I occasionally write <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a>. </p><p>&gt;&gt; Short stories in Swords &amp; Sorcery Monthly, Crimson Quill Quarterly, and The Lorelei Signal. </p><p>&gt;&gt; Poetry in Everscribe Magazine and Lothlorien Poetry Journal.</p>