#English

For the last day or so I've become somewhat obsessed with heterophonic homonyms: words that are spelled the same but have different meanings AND pronunciations!

The #English #language is full of them -

1. Lead (/liːd/ | /lɛd/): can you lead me to the lead pipes?
2. Read (/ɹɛd/ | /ɹiːd/): I read a great book and I will read it again!
3. Tear (/tɛr/ | /tɪr/): she tears off some paper to wipe her tears away.
4. Wind (/waɪnd/ | /wɪnd/): don’t forget to wind your watch before you wind your horn.
5. Live (/laɪv/ | /lɪv/): I’d like to see that band live if only I could live near where they play.
6. Bass (/beɪs/ | /bæs/): I play my bass for the bass in the lake.
7. Bow (/baʊ/ | /boʊ/): take a bow before you notch an arrow into your bow.
8. Sow (/saʊ/ | /soʊ/): the pig and sow ate the seeds as fast as I could sow them.
9. Does (/dʌz/ | /doʊz/): does she know about the bucks and does in the forest?

#linguistics

🔗 More: https://danq.me/heterophonic-homonyms

For the last day or so I've become somewhat obsessed with heterophonic homonyms: words that are spelled the same but have different meanings AND pronunciations!

The #English #language is full of them -

1. Lead (/liːd/ | /lɛd/): can you lead me to the lead pipes?
2. Read (/ɹɛd/ | /ɹiːd/): I read a great book and I will read it again!
3. Tear (/tɛr/ | /tɪr/): she tears off some paper to wipe her tears away.
4. Wind (/waɪnd/ | /wɪnd/): don’t forget to wind your watch before you wind your horn.
5. Live (/laɪv/ | /lɪv/): I’d like to see that band live if only I could live near where they play.
6. Bass (/beɪs/ | /bæs/): I play my bass for the bass in the lake.
7. Bow (/baʊ/ | /boʊ/): take a bow before you notch an arrow into your bow.
8. Sow (/saʊ/ | /soʊ/): the pig and sow ate the seeds as fast as I could sow them.
9. Does (/dʌz/ | /doʊz/): does she know about the bucks and does in the forest?

#linguistics

🔗 More: https://danq.me/heterophonic-homonyms

German-English connections: "anecken" and "to egg on." These words don't mean exactly the same thing, but they are related. Etymologically, they seem closely related. English is a Germanic language. And phrasal verbs offer up interesting connections.

#language #linguistics #German #English #etymology

German-English connections: "anecken" and "to egg on." These words don't mean exactly the same thing, but they are related. Etymologically, they seem closely related. English is a Germanic language. And phrasal verbs offer up interesting connections.

#language #linguistics #German #English #etymology

Interesting glimpse into the world of Victorians and Dialect research through this #linguistList review of Townend's (2024) "The Victorians and English Dialect" by Christine Wallis:
https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/2237/
#Linguistics #English

Interesting glimpse into the world of Victorians and Dialect research through this #linguistList review of Townend's (2024) "The Victorians and English Dialect" by Christine Wallis:
https://linguistlist.org/issues/36/2237/
#Linguistics #English

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Offices Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers - many to whom he has personal or political ties - to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a days work.
#ProPublica #English #Illinois 07-24-2025 #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ

https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases/?ref=ActivityPub

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Offices Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers - many to whom he has personal or political ties - to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a days work.
#ProPublica #English #Illinois 07-24-2025 #StreetPapers VIA #MPAQ

https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-paxton-private-lawyers-texas-cases/?ref=ActivityPub

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

It's needlessly confusing that, in English, "day" could mean 24 hours or sunrise to sunset, 12 hours on average.

#English

What word do you use for a carbonated soft drink? @TheConversationUS takes a look at the origin of some of the most common terms in the U.S. — soda, which likely comes from "sodium," pop, an onomatopoeia, and coke — as a generic term for all drinks, not just cola. We want to know, what do you say?

https://flip.it/zlQUjz

#Language #Linguistics #English #Food #FoodCulture #Drinks #USCulture #Lifestyle

The famous quotes from The Biography of Guo Tuo-tuo, the Tree Planter (種樹郭橐駝傳):

Quotes on Tree-Planting Experience

"橐駝非能使木壽且孳也，能順木之天，以致其性焉爾。"

"其本欲舒，其培欲平，其土欲故，其築欲密。"

"其蒔也若子，其置也若棄。"

"雖曰愛之，其實害之；雖曰憂之，其實讎之。"

"見長人者好煩其令，若甚憐焉，而卒以禍。"

"傳其事以爲官戒也。"

What word do you use for a carbonated soft drink? @TheConversationUS takes a look at the origin of some of the most common terms in the U.S. — soda, which likely comes from "sodium," pop, an onomatopoeia, and coke — as a generic term for all drinks, not just cola. We want to know, what do you say?

https://flip.it/zlQUjz

#Language #Linguistics #English #Food #FoodCulture #Drinks #USCulture #Lifestyle

The Xiangji Studio is an old apartment giving onto the southern verandah. The living space is only ten feet square, just enough for one person. The structure is a hundred years old, so the dust filtered in, the rain poured through. When one wanted to shift the position of the table, one could find no other place to put it. Then too the studio faces north, which means it got no sun: by afternoon it was already dark. I had some tepaits made, which stopped the roof leaking. I had four windows cut in the front, and a wall built to encircle the courtyard, so as to catch the southern sun. Thanks to the light reflected by the wall, the interior was bright for the first time. I also had orchid, cassia, bamboos and trees planted here and there in the courtyard, which enhanced the aspect of the existing verandah. With borrowed books filling my shelves, I would lie back and intone and chant, or sit upright and meditate. Though the pipes of Nature played round about, it was quiet and still in the courtyard. Sometimes small birds came to feed there, and did not fly away when humans approached. On the night of the full moon, when the bright moonlight reached halfway down the walls and the cassias shed a dappled shade which moved when the wind stirred, one knew then what bliss was. — Excerpted from Gui Youguang, The Xiangji Studio (Ming Dynasty), translated by David Pollard.

Dear Fedi friends,

I just published a blog post with the links to all the versions of my Fedi promo video - so that they can be easily found in one place: https://news.elenarossini.com/a-video-celebrating-the-fediverse-available-in-english-francais-italiano/

Direct links:

#English: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

#français: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/hxzy97B63KJBtVC6jU5Cf4

#italiano: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/petiQESS6xH5B68Pysqfug

A routine reminder that there are subtitles in 14 languages thanks to wonderful Fedi volunteers. Adding more today. Credits: https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

More versions coming soon! ✨ 🚀

Dear Fedi friends,

I just published a blog post with the links to all the versions of my Fedi promo video - so that they can be easily found in one place: https://news.elenarossini.com/a-video-celebrating-the-fediverse-available-in-english-francais-italiano/

Direct links:

#English: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

#français: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/hxzy97B63KJBtVC6jU5Cf4

#italiano: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/petiQESS6xH5B68Pysqfug

A routine reminder that there are subtitles in 14 languages thanks to wonderful Fedi volunteers. Adding more today. Credits: https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

More versions coming soon! ✨ 🚀

Dear Fedi friends,

I just published a blog post with the links to all the versions of my Fedi promo video - so that they can be easily found in one place: https://news.elenarossini.com/a-video-celebrating-the-fediverse-available-in-english-francais-italiano/

Direct links:

#English: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

#français: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/hxzy97B63KJBtVC6jU5Cf4

#italiano: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/petiQESS6xH5B68Pysqfug

A routine reminder that there are subtitles in 14 languages thanks to wonderful Fedi volunteers. Adding more today. Credits: https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

More versions coming soon! ✨ 🚀

Dear Fedi friends,

I just published a blog post with the links to all the versions of my Fedi promo video - so that they can be easily found in one place: https://news.elenarossini.com/a-video-celebrating-the-fediverse-available-in-english-francais-italiano/

Direct links:

#English: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

#français: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/hxzy97B63KJBtVC6jU5Cf4

#italiano: https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/petiQESS6xH5B68Pysqfug

A routine reminder that there are subtitles in 14 languages thanks to wonderful Fedi volunteers. Adding more today. Credits: https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

More versions coming soon! ✨ 🚀

4.5yo: after I’m five, I’ll be thirteen, and then nineteen, and then secondteen!

#parenting #overgeneration #english #linguistics

4.5yo: after I’m five, I’ll be thirteen, and then nineteen, and then secondteen!

#parenting #overgeneration #english #linguistics

#Vivaldi の検索エンジンにこういうの追加してみた

`https://www.ecosia.org/chat?q=次の英文を文節ごとに解説して%20→%20%s`

#Ecosia #Search #Study #English

I've mentioned it before but my all time favourite eggcorn has to be this one: "Youthamism"

https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/1106/youthamism/

#Language #English #Linguistics #Humour

I've mentioned it before but my all time favourite eggcorn has to be this one: "Youthamism"

https://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/1106/youthamism/

#Language #English #Linguistics #Humour

am watching CAFÉ METROPOLE (1937) and the boss tells his young scoundrel to “make love to her nose for the next 10 days”.

fantastic example of how a phrase changed meaning decades after it became popular vernacular.

sometime in the 1960s, 1970s, it went from romancing to fornicating.

#movies #linguistics #English

am watching CAFÉ METROPOLE (1937) and the boss tells his young scoundrel to “make love to her nose for the next 10 days”.

fantastic example of how a phrase changed meaning decades after it became popular vernacular.

sometime in the 1960s, 1970s, it went from romancing to fornicating.

#movies #linguistics #English

Neat. Some (most?) are now saying "if you think X, you have another think coming," when I was growing up the idiom was "if you think X, you have another thing coming,"

There is evidence people misheard the 'g' sound as a 'k'.

It's not an error per se (Not Per Say!) but interesting.

Language change Can't stop it only observe it.

#English #Language #Idiom #Linguistics

Major Japan tutoring firm apologizes for false claim on Minamata disease - Japan Today

https://japantoday.com/category/business/major-japan-tutoring-firm-sorry-for-false-claim-on-minamata-disease

> A major Japanese tutoring company has recently apologized for inaccurately describing the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease as hereditary in its online study material, a description that drew strong public criticism.

#Japanese #English #Japan #JapaneseCulture

Handy bilingual mnemonic for tool use. 🪛🔩

#English #Spanish #screw #unscrew #tools #mnemonic

**The four-letter word lust**

🔗 https://blog.oup.com/2025/05/the-four-letter-word-lust/.

#Words #Etymology #English #Language #Linguistics @linguistics

**The four-letter word lust**

🔗 https://blog.oup.com/2025/05/the-four-letter-word-lust/.

#Words #Etymology #English #Language #Linguistics @linguistics

Handy bilingual mnemonic for tool use. 🪛🔩

#English #Spanish #screw #unscrew #tools #mnemonic

Handy bilingual mnemonic for tool use. 🪛🔩

#English #Spanish #screw #unscrew #tools #mnemonic

Handy bilingual mnemonic for tool use. 🪛🔩

#English #Spanish #screw #unscrew #tools #mnemonic

Handy bilingual mnemonic for tool use. 🪛🔩

#English #Spanish #screw #unscrew #tools #mnemonic

Murderbot
https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/73453/murderbot

Host: #AppleTV
When: 16 May 2025
Season: 1
Language: #English
Genres: #Action #ScienceFiction

Based on Martha Wells' book series The Murderbot Diaries, an action-packed story about self-hacking security android who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.
#tvseries #tvshows

Good day all you wonderful #Fedizens ! We have a big week of #shows coming up! All times are Eastern UTC -4.

Monday May 19th - 0900 - @neil - Neil is an #English #Internet, #telecoms, and #tech #lawyer (https://decoded.legal). We'll forgive him the lawyer bit. But I know he has some amazing and unique thoughts on the #Fediverse and I can't wait to talk with him! Let's hope his #twin #brother shows up as well. Oh shoot I guess I need to actually work on tomorrow's script huh? :-D

Friday May 23th - 1000 - @nikclayton with @pachli - Nik is a "gentleman programmer" that is the primary developer of #Pachli a "A full-featured Android Mastodon client, developed under cooperative principles." More clients, more choice, more innovation!

Saturday May 24th - 1900 - @kevin with @operationpuppet - Kevin is a builder of #puppets and streams it #live on #Owncast and #Peertube. His show is Operation Puppet, puppets aren't for kids anymore on this show. It's lots of fun and massively interesting to watch.

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #owncast #live #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #fedicast #livestream #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease

My brain legit figured out the definition of "Ebullient" by going via #French first - bouillant (boiling→creates bubbles→bubbly).

But I did have to check an actual dictionary to be sure.

#FFXIV sure like fancy English words. It doesn't help that DuckDuckGo's first definition is "Zestfully Enthusiastic", when "Zest" is the shredded skin of a citrus fruit.

#English really is a giant mess of a language.

My brain legit figured out the definition of "Ebullient" by going via #French first - bouillant (boiling→creates bubbles→bubbly).

But I did have to check an actual dictionary to be sure.

#FFXIV sure like fancy English words. It doesn't help that DuckDuckGo's first definition is "Zestfully Enthusiastic", when "Zest" is the shredded skin of a citrus fruit.

#English really is a giant mess of a language.

💵 **Why Do We Call a Dollar a “Buck”?**

“_Perhaps the oldest use is its role in Old English, where it was then (and now) used to describe a male goat or deer, among other male animals. It was co-opted circa the 14th century to describe a libidinal young man, and later was used to describe an ambitious person (whom we might now call a “young buck”). In the 1800s, it was also used as a slur against Black or indigenous men._”

🔗 https://www.mentalfloss.com/why-we-call-dollar-buck.

#Dollar #English #Words #Language #Linguistics @linguistics

💵 **Why Do We Call a Dollar a “Buck”?**

“_Perhaps the oldest use is its role in Old English, where it was then (and now) used to describe a male goat or deer, among other male animals. It was co-opted circa the 14th century to describe a libidinal young man, and later was used to describe an ambitious person (whom we might now call a “young buck”). In the 1800s, it was also used as a slur against Black or indigenous men._”

🔗 https://www.mentalfloss.com/why-we-call-dollar-buck.

#Dollar #English #Words #Language #Linguistics @linguistics

Murderbot
https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/73453/murderbot

Host: #AppleTV
When: 16 May 2025
Season: 1
Language: #English
Genres: #Action #ScienceFiction

Based on Martha Wells' book series The Murderbot Diaries, an action-packed story about self-hacking security android who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.
#tvseries #tvshows

Got really confused just now after listening to multiple different US folks pronounce Qatar as something like "cutter".

Got SO confused by this that we had to go check that our understanding of the pronunciation (or at least our anglicised approximation) was actually correct.

US newscaster pronunciation conventions are very surreal to us.

Like, we know we're very English in terms of our speech patterns, lexicon, and pronunciations, but it's rare for us to find a different pronunciation this confusing.

Other notable examples include pronouncing:

• Niche like nitch instead of like neesh
• Herb like erb instead of herb
• MRSA like mercer instead of MRSA
• Fungi like funj-eye instead of fun-guy

#linguistics #pronunciation #language #English

Got really confused just now after listening to multiple different US folks pronounce Qatar as something like "cutter".

Got SO confused by this that we had to go check that our understanding of the pronunciation (or at least our anglicised approximation) was actually correct.

US newscaster pronunciation conventions are very surreal to us.

Like, we know we're very English in terms of our speech patterns, lexicon, and pronunciations, but it's rare for us to find a different pronunciation this confusing.

Other notable examples include pronouncing:

• Niche like nitch instead of like neesh
• Herb like erb instead of herb
• MRSA like mercer instead of MRSA
• Fungi like funj-eye instead of fun-guy

#linguistics #pronunciation #language #English

Parent2: did you know that Abba used to be an opera singer?
4.5yo: Abba, can you show me how you opera’d?

#parenting #linguistics #overgeneration #English

Parent2: did you know that Abba used to be an opera singer?
4.5yo: Abba, can you show me how you opera’d?

#parenting #linguistics #overgeneration #English

When you read texts in #English, do you mentally translate them into your native #language, or do you directly understand the text without intermediate steps?

When you read texts in #English, do you mentally translate them into your native #language, or do you directly understand the text without intermediate steps?

I don't have the complete citation, but this #Sanskrit verse from the #Hindu epic #Mahabharata is timelessly relevant to all domains. First the English meaning and then the source text in different scripts.

Meaning:
A little work done with knowledge has great import.
A lot of work done with ignorance has no benefit.

E.g., a small piece of software, like a function, developed with full understanding can be very useful. OTOH, a large piece of software, like an entire service, is of no use if it's developed with no understanding of requirements or engineering principles.

#Devanagari:
अल्पमात्रं कृतो धर्मो भवेत् ज्ञानवतां महान् |
महानपि कृतो धर्मो ह्यज्ञानान्निष्फलो भवेत् ||

#Kannada:
ಅಲ್ಪಮಾತ್ರಂ ಕೃತೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಭವೇತ್ ಜ್ಞಾನವತಾಂ ಮಹಾನ್ |
ಮಹಾನಪಿ ಕೃತೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಹ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನಾನ್ನಿಷ್ಫಲೋ ಭವೇತ್ ||

#English #Transliteration:
alpamAtraM krutO dharmO BawEt jnAnawatAM mahAn |
mahAnapi kRutO dharmO hyajnAnAnniShPalO BawEt ||

#wisdom #knowledge #practice

45.8% of Japanese people in a recent survey said they have refused to speak with someone in English, with 76.5% citing a "lack of confidence." By contrast, 70% of foreign visitors said they found English speakers in Japan easy to understand. What explains the gap?

https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-english-confidence/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #language #english

I am in urgent job search mode, so I'm gonna throw this out here and see if anything comes of it.

I am a #Canadian, fluent in both #English and #French. I have experience with several programming languages. My strongest proficiency is with #Haskell and #C. I also have a reasonable grasp of #HTML, #JavaScript, #SQL, #Python, #Lua, #Linux system administration, #bash scripting, #Perl, #AWK, some #Lisp (common, scheme, and emacs), and probably several others I've forgotten to mention.

I am not necessarily looking for something in tech. I just need something stable. I have done everything from software development, to customer support, to factory work, though my current circumstances make in-person work more difficult than remote work. I have been regarded as a hard worker in every job I have ever held.

#GetFediHired

I am in urgent job search mode, so I'm gonna throw this out here and see if anything comes of it.

I am a #Canadian, fluent in both #English and #French. I have experience with several programming languages. My strongest proficiency is with #Haskell and #C. I also have a reasonable grasp of #HTML, #JavaScript, #SQL, #Python, #Lua, #Linux system administration, #bash scripting, #Perl, #AWK, some #Lisp (common, scheme, and emacs), and probably several others I've forgotten to mention.

I am not necessarily looking for something in tech. I just need something stable. I have done everything from software development, to customer support, to factory work, though my current circumstances make in-person work more difficult than remote work. I have been regarded as a hard worker in every job I have ever held.

#GetFediHired

I am in urgent job search mode, so I'm gonna throw this out here and see if anything comes of it.

I am a #Canadian, fluent in both #English and #French. I have experience with several programming languages. My strongest proficiency is with #Haskell and #C. I also have a reasonable grasp of #HTML, #JavaScript, #SQL, #Python, #Lua, #Linux system administration, #bash scripting, #Perl, #AWK, some #Lisp (common, scheme, and emacs), and probably several others I've forgotten to mention.

I am not necessarily looking for something in tech. I just need something stable. I have done everything from software development, to customer support, to factory work, though my current circumstances make in-person work more difficult than remote work. I have been regarded as a hard worker in every job I have ever held.

#GetFediHired

#Birdflu detected in #English #sheep for first time https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/bird-flu-h5n1-sheep-yorkshire-england-b2720389.html

Bird flu (#H5N1) has been detected in a sheep in #Yorkshire, marking the first such case in England. The infected sheep was culled, and the remaining flock tested negative for the virus. While the risk to livestock is considered low, authorities are urging that farmers remain vigilant and adhere to biosecurity measures.

#Birdflu detected in #English #sheep for first time https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/bird-flu-h5n1-sheep-yorkshire-england-b2720389.html

Bird flu (#H5N1) has been detected in a sheep in #Yorkshire, marking the first such case in England. The infected sheep was culled, and the remaining flock tested negative for the virus. While the risk to livestock is considered low, authorities are urging that farmers remain vigilant and adhere to biosecurity measures.

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

#presentación
- Podéis llamarme #foncu... o #miarma.
- #Ingeniero de #Sevilla
#Emigré a #Suiza en 2010 para hacer un #doctorado y me quedé.
- Tengo el mejor #marido del mundo #SorryNotSorry
- Hablo muy alto y mucho.
- Me gustan los #idiomas: #español #English #français aunque sigo peleando contra el #Deutsch. Quiero aprender #català y #nihongo #日本語
- Me gusta la #política y buscar soluciones a los #problemas
- Adoro #nadar en #AguasAbiertas, a veces hago #triatlon pero no muy en serio.

I am trying to avoid #Amazon. Is there any comparable online #bookstore in Europe that sells #English-language #books? I sometimes buy at Worldofbooks in the UK, but they only sell used books and sometimes I want to read something before it hits the used book market. I am in Germany, but would happily pay a little extra for shipping from other EU countries instead of ordering at Amazon.

Hola. Soy Vary. #presentación
Soy doctor en biología y divulgador. #VaryDivulga.
Tal vez me recuerdes por temas como “el eucalipto es invasor”, “el sexo no es binario”, “las especies no existen”, “el liquen es un ecosistema” o “la epigenetica no es lamarckista”.

Él, LGTBIAQ+ friendly, demisex, antirracista, en espectro autista y de izquierdas.

Publico artículos en medios de distinta índole: https://t.me/MuyVary

Hablo en la radio, en La Mecánica del Caracol, en #RadioEuskadi

Doy charlas en #Naukas y #DesgranandoCiencia. Soy profesor en el Máster de #Divulgación Científica en la Universidad Isabel I. Asesoro en ciencia.

Puedo escribir, dar charlas y talleres sobre biología, ecología, pensamiento crítico y temas afines.
Si tiene algún problema, necesita asesoramiento y me encuentra… tal vez pueda contratarme. Si es el caso, no dudes en enviarme tu propuesta a https://alvarobayon.com/contacto-profesional

Cosas en las que me he especialízado.

Académicamente: #Botánica, #Ecología, #RiesgosNaturales, #PlantasMedicinales, #EspeciesInvasoras, #EcosistemasUrbanos, #CambioClimático, #divulgacioncientifica
Extraoficialmente: #Escepticismo, #Paleontología, #Evolución, #FisiologíaVegetal, #Pseudociencias.

Hablo #Castellano, #English, #Français. Un poco de #Quenya, y una miaja de #Klingon. Entiendo (sin saber hablar, y solo si me hablan despacio) #Català, #Galego, #Português, #Asturianu e #Italiano Quiero aprender #Euskera.

¿Qué hago en Mastodon? Pues huí de Twitter antes de que fuese X. Llevo en #Paquita desde octubre de 2022. Fundador y moderador de @neopaquita.

Todas mis formas de contacto: https://alvarobayon.com/home/contact-card

Si tienes XMPP, agrégame: xmpp:varyingweion@comunications.im

Estoy abierto a colaboraciones y trabajos. #OpenToWork

I have figured out that the only way I can actually move forward with the #fediverse and #digitalsovreignty in #Norway is to write about it.

That is, I am considering making a guide called "The accelerationist guide to digital sovreignty" - in #Norwegian of course, and then in #English.

I think the drip feed of changes that's been going on and that is supposedly "the best approach" is lowballing the situation. The problem is real big, and I feel like I'm the only one who takes it seriously.

I have figured out that the only way I can actually move forward with the #fediverse and #digitalsovreignty in #Norway is to write about it.

That is, I am considering making a guide called "The accelerationist guide to digital sovreignty" - in #Norwegian of course, and then in #English.

I think the drip feed of changes that's been going on and that is supposedly "the best approach" is lowballing the situation. The problem is real big, and I feel like I'm the only one who takes it seriously.

Hi, I'm Qwynnyx (they/them).
(Pronounced as Welsh Gwyn & Greek Nyx, i.e. /ˈgwin.niks/ or preferably /ˈgwyn.nyks/)
I'm a #university #student of cultures who first developed writing.
I did #egyptology & #assyriology i.e. #AncientMesopotamianStudies for my bachelor's but am now moving to #politicalscience & #sinology (no #mesoamerican studies @ my uni) for my master's.
I speak fluent #German & #English & know some #French but currently study #Mandarin #Chinese in #Taiwan.
#Introduction
#NeuHier

Hi, I'm Qwynnyx (they/them).
(Pronounced as Welsh Gwyn & Greek Nyx, i.e. /ˈgwin.niks/ or preferably /ˈgwyn.nyks/)
I'm a #university #student of cultures who first developed writing.
I did #egyptology & #assyriology i.e. #AncientMesopotamianStudies for my bachelor's but am now moving to #politicalscience & #sinology (no #mesoamerican studies @ my uni) for my master's.
I speak fluent #German & #English & know some #French but currently study #Mandarin #Chinese in #Taiwan.
#Introduction
#NeuHier

Today is International Mother Language Day (#IMLD) — a worldwide annual observance held on February 21 to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to encourage #multilingualism.

I grew up in a monolingual #Spanish-speaking household but was exposed to #English and the #Galician variety of #Portuguese at an early age. Upon moving to Barcelona as a teenager, I adopted #Catalan.

The fact that I majored in #Translation may not come as a surprise.

How many languages do you speak?

Today is International Mother Language Day (#IMLD) — a worldwide annual observance held on February 21 to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to encourage #multilingualism.

I grew up in a monolingual #Spanish-speaking household but was exposed to #English and the #Galician variety of #Portuguese at an early age. Upon moving to Barcelona as a teenager, I adopted #Catalan.

The fact that I majored in #Translation may not come as a surprise.

How many languages do you speak?

Beautiful garden

YOU CAN FIND IT HERE: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/beautiful-garden-patricia-hofmeester.html

By https://buff.ly/3i3uCm2 #homedecor #LoveArt #photography #mastoart #finearts #photography #artforsale #wallartforsale #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #giftideas #garden #english #colorful #flowers #plants #pond #gorgeous

Why doesn't anyone use "overmorrow"? It wasn't even in the dictionary in my phone; it tried to autocorrect it to "over-borrow." Overmorrow means the day after tomorrow.

#English

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

Someone in my family created an alternate #alphabet for any #language nerds to check out...

As an aside i am looking to expand my #duolingo list by one other language. Factors are "is it fun" and "is it easy".

Trying to decide between:

#portugese (Brazilian)
#irish
#chinese (Mandarin? )
#english (should be easy, right?)
#italian

Any feedback on these, or other suggestions welcome 😁

Bon, c'est 2025 et il est temps pour une #introduction plus actuelle !

Moi c'est Rhéa ✨

Je suis une meuf #trans #autiste et #tdah qui vit en Bretagne, à Nantes !

Mes passions:

- la #linguistique, surtout la #sociolinguistique et les #conlangs

- les #langues, particulièrement les langues minorisées ou en revitalisation
Je parle d'ailleurs #English, #Deutsch, #brezhoneg (enfin j'apprend :p), et j'aimerais apprendre le #poitevin aussi quand je pourrais :>

- la musique #electro, les synthés, les courbes, les boutons, les niveaux qui sautent, ...

Je ne peux pas vivre sans créer des trucs... Genre #dessin, #ecriture, #worldbuilding... J'ai même un univers collaboratif en cours avec deux chèr-es ami-es.

J'ai récemment quitté tout les réseaux pour ne rester que sur Tumblr et le #fediverse, je regrette pas du tout. Ça fait énormément de bien et je veux maintenant découvrir d'autres manières de militer contre ce foutu #capitalisme et #fascisme.

Et voilà, c'est tout pour moi ! (enfin je m'abstiens surtout de rendre ce post beaucoup trop long et chaotique :'3)

With all the new people coming in, time for a quick #introduction post. My name is Matthijs, living in the Netherlands, but i travel a bit for work. I'm socially conscious and a #photographer by hobby. I'm interested in #homeautomation with #homeassistant. I like authenticity. I post about the world and what we see, the #environment and have started dabbling in #permaculture. Feel free to reach out! I post in #english and #nederlands

Of course, everyone knows that the word "Ghoti" is actually pronounced /fɪʃ/ just like "Fish"...
You don't? Please have a look at its dedicated Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti

#ghoti #pronounciation #fish #wikipedia #english

 
Today's #AWAD #AWordADay: ELSEWHEN
with Anu Garg

❛❛ Unlike a #BlackHole — a region of #SpaceTime from which you cannot escape if you get too close — a #Wormhole is a region into which you would disappear only to reappear #elsewhere or #elsewhen. ❜❜ 2001 May 20 #WaPo

🔗 https://Wordsmith.org/words/elsewhen.html 2025 Jan 06
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu_Garg … #AnuGarg

#Community #TimeTravel #Research #vocabulary #lexicon #words #glossary #English #Time #Kronodon

#Introduction (1)

Hi - I've been on #Mastodon for over a year, but have just moved to this lovely instance.

#English born cishet man with a #European heart, I live in #Portsmouth with my family and #PetRats.

Non-partisan politically but tend to a liberal, #Green stance with strong emphasis on critical thinking. #Feminist and #LGBTQ ally.

Musically into #Vinyl records (mostly #Indie, #BritPop, #Prog, #CanterburyScene, #JazzFusion). Also play #BassGuitar, #Guitar and #Drums, but rusty on all.

The Mozilla #CommonVoice #dataset v20 was released yesterday - the largest open #speech dataset in the world. My #dataviz, linked below, shows a continuation of patterns seen for some years now:

➡️ There's more data collected for #Catalan (ca) than for #English (en) - testament to the independence and language reclamation efforts in Catalunya. Language and cultural transmission are deeply intertwined.

➡️ Some of the newer #languages to Common Voice, like #Ligurian / #Genoese (lij) have contributions from mostly older speakers, which is unusual in comparison to the rest of the dataset. This may reflect the population that currently speak those languages - as many regional languages in Italy are in rapid decline.

➡️ Some languages such as Eastern Mari / Meadow Mari (mhr) - a #Uralic language spoken in the Mari-El Republic within Russia - have samples from predominantly female-identifying speakers, again contrasting to the rest of the dataset. Other languages here include #Cantonese (yue), #Georgian (ka), and #Kalenjin (kln).

➡️ A key part in the preparation of the Common Voice dataset is the validation of utterances to assure they match their written transcription - which requires at least two validations by separate speakers. Some newer languages to Common Voice, such as Erzya (myv) and Moksha (mdf), both Uralic languages, have nearly 100% validation.

What are your interpretations of the dataset?

https://observablehq.com/@kathyreid/mozilla-common-voice-v20-dataset-metadata-coverage

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文, #漢文)!

#introduction

New account using my official handle. #introduction time. My name is Paride (Italian for Paris of Troy), my Jewish name is Dan. I am #Italian, living in Berlin, I work as a #DevOps, learning #Golang (for work) and #Rust (for fun). I love #SciFi, #Astronomy and #HeavyMetal. When I have time, I like to play #Racing games. I try to follow #Formula1 as much as I can.

My top 7 movies are:
1. Dune (by Denis Villeneuve)
2. SWV: The Empire Strikes Back
3. Matrix
4. Alien
5. LOTR
6. The Godfather
7. Fight Club

I speak #Italian, #English, some #German and basic #Hebrew.

#Hellenophile
#Zionist

Do you love blobcats? Are you a fan of free culture? Then you’ll be happy to know there’s been a brand new blobcat pack made specially (but not exclusively) for the Fediverse! Now also available in English!

Designed from scratch for a neater look, these new blobcats try their best to preserve and emphasise the original’s fuzzy feel. Bold, yet lean. Refined, yet silly. Blob, yet cat.

And best of all? They’re all free! Not just free of cost, but free to use, share, and change in whatever way you see fit! Possibly the first truly original blobcat pack released under a free culture licence. What’s a blob if not malleable? Make them yours today! (Or tomorrow. No pressure.)

More info on the website, link above. Come in for a visit!

#lang_en #art #blobcat #blobcats #emoji #emojos #English #Fedi #FediArt #Fediverse #free_art #free_culture #stickers

Hola, tootis.
No soy nueva, pero voy a rehacer mi #presentación tras mudarme a masto.es

❤️Me gusta: la #música 🎼, la #literatura (especialmente la poesía), el #folklore, el #arte
💡Me interesa: la #saludmental , el #feminismo y el #pensamiento
🧍‍♀️Soy #neurodivergente . También amable y muy quejica, pero intento hacerme trampas con #cosasbonitas
En busco: interactuar con gente (especialmente interesada en #señoras y su perspectiva), mantenerme informada, distraerme.

Mi contenido es fundamentalmente #personal, casi siempre en #castellano (aunque hablo también #english y #català ).

No suelo hablar de trabajo, pero soy obrera de la tiza (o de la pizarra de veleda, según).

✍️ Escribo una newsletter de #poesia y vida (reflexiones acompañadas de un poema). Si quieres seguirla, puedes hacerlo aquí: https://retalesdepoesia.substack.com

Y ya estaría, creo.

This made me laugh. The English language is absurd. People capable of learning it as a second language are highly intelligent.

Credit: Bobby Finn
https://www.instagram.com/itsbobbyfinn/

#English #Language #Phonics #Funny #ESL

#Introduction (#Introduktion) again: #Engineer with University Diploma in #HumanRights & #Democracy (#mänskligarättigheter & #demokrati). Job competence: #ComponentEngineer; #fiberoptics and more components, #ComponentHandlingProcess and #ITSystemowner. #Linux, #photography, #religion and of course a lot more. Located in #Sweden. #English and #Swedish. My website: https://www.hemrin.com/

#Shadowing is a lot of fun for me. :tony_happy:

#English #Study

Dear #fediverse ,
may I suggest you double check you're using the correct #language when posting/replying?

Because if you don't and, say, write in #German while having #English as declared post language instead, people won't be able to use the built-in "#Translate" function.

#FediTips

You can selectively follow either my #English or my #German posts by viewing my profile, clicking the "…" menu and selecting "Change subscribed languages". Pick one, or get both languages if you don't select any.

Moving hosts from emacs.ch, time for a new #introduction.

I'm old and disgusted with the squandered/co-opted promise of the WWW. We were going to make something good with it. Instead I'm on #Gemini and back on #Gopher. I program in a mainstream language for work, and so write weird stuff mostly in #CommonLisp for fun.

I'm an old #goth and love the aesthetics and literature of the fin de siècle. I also love #horror but I'm much more well-versed in horror #literature than film.

If I talk about politics, it will be more about issues, events, and theory than about elections and politicians.

I lighten up my dark aesthetic and poke a ray of hope through my despair by watching #StarTrek. Yes, of course #DeepSpaceNine (#DS9) is my favorite series. I study #tlhInganHol for fun, but I'm not very good at it. tawmeyDaq vulqangan, tlhImmeyDaq tlhIngan.

I post mostly in #English, read posts in Spanish, French, and tlhInganHol; will machine-translate posts in other languages that look interesting. Toots are deleted after a month unless pinned or active.

We need to bring back these #English words:

* ereyesterday: the day before yesterday. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ereyesterday
* overmorrow: the day after tomorrow. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overmorrow

Other languages:

* German: vorgestern, übermorgen
* Dutch: eergisteren, overmorgen
* Spanish: anteayer, pasado mañana
* French: avant-hier, après-demain
* Mandarin: 前天, 后天

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in #Seoul, #Korea, and an avid advocate of #FLOSS and the #fediverse.

I'm the creator of @fedify, an #ActivityPub server framework in #TypeScript, and @hollo, a fediverse microblog for single users.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called #CJK) and #Unicode. Feel free to talk to me in #English, #Korean (#한국어), or #Japanese (#日本語), or even in Literary Chinese (#文言文/#漢文)!

#introduction

#Hello again!

I migrated to this #Mastodon instance to explore and engage with the 🧑‍🎤 #Metalhead community and focus my own music project located at https://this.ven.uber.space

As a musician who uses #FLOSS and #Linux to drive 🎸 guitar tunes and a researcher of #CyberSecurity I am also interested in #FreeSoftware, #InfoSec, #ITSec, and #Privacy.

You may talk to me in #English or #German, listen to my releases via 🎧 @thisvenmusic@open.audio and 📺 @thisvenmusic@makertube.net, or meet me at conferences such as #Sonoj.

#Intro #Introduction #Introductions #MastoMigration #NewHere

As #Japanese studies #English, I've been encouraged by everyone who share that they are studying a language that is not their native language in #Fediverse ⁂ :fediverse: :tony_smiling: :vivaldia_heart:

In German, it's pretty common to shorten "Priorität" (priority) to just "Prio" in day-to-day conversation, whether in the office or your personal life.

"Das hat oberste Prio!" (lit. "This has topmost prio!")

How common is it in #English though? Do you also use "that's prio one"? Or is it too informal?

Only native speakers respond, please.

My #introduction 2.5 post.

Hi there ✋ ! I'm a latina, doing a MSCA-COFUND postdoc in Luxembourg (creating a ontology-based conceptual modeling framework for international data protection requirements). I research about #privacy, socio-technical requirements, #compliance, sometimes about #cybersec and responsible IS.

Given that I also studied political science, I talk a lot about #politics.

I'm a #coffee lover & music addict. I interact in #english, #spanish and #french.

Visto en la red del pajarraco 😆

#english #spanish #humor #twitter

It's Spring Cleaning season, and there seem to be many new users joining the Fediverse, so it's time to update my pinned #introduction toots, which go back to 2018 when I joined Mastodon.

I have a BA in #English and enjoy #writing and #editing. I #blog, do a little #freelance writing, and enjoy #reading #nonfiction.

My professional career has been spent providing #administrative support to #nonprofits. I am also a serial #volunteer.

I'm doing a new #introduction just because. I'm here to learn random stuff and perhaps help others learn random stuff.

I might post said stuff, boost strange posts and will try and be helpful if asked (or the ask is out in the air).

Please feel free to DM me if I make too much noise for you, or if you enjoy what I post.

Also, feel free to not follow me if you do not feel like it.

I work as a #programmer, I read #books and play computer #games.

I know #English and #Norwegian, #DysguCymraeg

I'm an European most likely to write about #furry things or #VideoGames (when not too busing working or playing). I enjoy #programming (it's work) and #drawing (which I don't practice enough).

My fursona differs from my human self by being a dog and openly #gay.

I mostly read #fvn, #WebComics and in some months a #fantasy or #sf series.

I write in #English, while I might share some relevant trivia about the #Polish language.

#introduction #introductions

Time for a new #introduction.

From #Finland, briefly lived in #London, but now back in #Helsinki. I still work in #tech and #eCommerce.

I enjoy #cycling, #BikeTouring, #BikePacking, #BikeMaintenance and pretty much anything to do with bikes.

A big fan of #hiking, #camping or #WildCamping and have recently begun to level up my #CampCooking.

In a nutshell, I love to spend time #outdoors.

I also play #pool (occasionally #snooker), sometimes competitively.

Toots in #english, #finnish, #swedish

Hello everyone!

I am a #freelance #zzp #translator based in the #Netherlands, translating from #English and #German into #Dutch. My areas of specialisation in #translation are #advertising/ #transcreation, #fashion and #beauty, #art and #culture, #travel and #tourism, and #BookTranslations. I love #language, #books, #museums and #London.

#Introduction
🗽 🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇩🇪 🇩🇰 🏳️‍🌈
#NYC-born #Filipino #English #Welsh #German #Danish #Queer #Lesbian #Woman
#GenX #Urbanist #SJW #Atheist #Witch #Geolibertarian #Green #Feminist
Edu: #StuyvesantHS #CMUDrama
Works: #diversity #equity #Inclusion #socialjustice #NPO #NGO
Plays: #bass #guitar #pedalboard #rpg #ttrpg #danmemo #shoegaze #riotgrrl #indierock
Lang: EN (expert), DE (rostig), JP (勉強する)
Author: #TapestryRPG
Loves: #fountainpens #filofax #manga #anime #camping #backpacking #bushcraft
UTC -5h

Why study #ENGLISH at University?

#language #literature #reading #thinking #books #TeamEnglish #engchat #engchatuk #linguistics #creativity #writing #humanities #culture #ideology #postcolonial #history #medieval #research #renaissance #18thCentury #19thCentury #VictorianStudies #modernism #postModernism #Shakespeare

Since I recently switched servers, I'll do the #introduction thing one more time. I'm a #historian of #money and #colonialism in #Canada currently working on 1) a #history of the origins and early development of the Indian Fund and 2) #Indigenous involvement in 19th-century #credit #markets.

Je travaille également sur l'intersection (ou non) de l'#histoire nationale du #Québec et celles des peuples #Autochtones.

#histodons #historiens #cdnhist #histqc #français #English

New Instance, new #Introduction, I guess.
So, I'm David, and I'm on my own instance now!
I'm #French, and I live in #Japan where I teach #English at the local uni. Here, expect to find posts about my corner of Japan that is full of #islands that are full of #art. I also have some #corvid friends in the neighborhood, so pictures of #crows are common in my timeline. I also care about #education, the #climate and a few more things.

@wood5y Many of us do, but the ones that don't know their history make more noise. Not all English think Oliver Cromwell was wonderful, most have no clue that Edward I was the one that expelled Jews from England, nobody remembers that Richard I wanted to sell London because he needed money to go on Crusade. They're pig-ignorant idiots, and I hate them from the centre of my being. I am not the Duke of Cumberland!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need a lie down. #English @MaddieT@tech.lgbt

#German 🇩🇪 with #English 🇬🇧 subtitles 🚀💰 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nB8okbHG0g

#Ariane6 #ESA #ArianeGroup

I'm still finding verified #accounts from #news sites and #media organizations on #Mastodon for my list:

Now it contains more than 270 accounts in 16 languages. #German is still far in front, but #english is growing fast. And there are accounts in #italian, #spanish, #swedish, #dutch, #french, #catalan, #basque, #welsh, #turkish, #slovakian, #portuguese, #finnish, #danish & #czech.

The majority is very active.

Have a look:
⏩ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ixsccIFQ4uD2HFlf92Ag7VS3rNOGwa97wFsSb3JxCwo/edit#gid=876665327

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Fediverse

#introduction! I'm a pro #guitarist with the band Maggie Speaks. Freelance video editor (indie doc Cover 21: Ignite Chicago, on Amazon). Amateur #photographer.

Interests:
#guitar
#music
#musician
#audio
#recording
#MusicProduction
#photography
#VideoEditing
#postchat
#camera
#design
#typography
#tech
#ios
#apple
#privacy
#history
#micromobility
#infosec
#cybersec
#law
#AI
#aerospace
#UnitedKingdom
#LatAm
#EU
#austria

Languages: #english #spanish #german #espanol #deutsch #francais #italiano

After turning up here a couple of weeks or so ago, I figured it's time for an #introduction

I'm a full stack web developer, currently working mostly with #php (#laravel) and Vanilla #javascript and #scss. Still love #cfml too.

Outside of that, my main interests are around #infosec, #fintech, and just learning new stuff.

Husband, father of 2 boys, speaker of #German and #english with some basic understanding of #Arabic

Started running my own instance just for fun, and loving it. #mastoadmin

New #introduction 👋

I'm a #fullStack #web #developer. 🔋
I love #openSource and #freeSoftware and I'm looking for a #job in #bonn #germany 🇩🇪

#IT #work in #english #CV

https://cv.isman.fr/#full-stack-web-developer

(boosts are nice 😊)

#Introduction

Hi! I'm a Finnish author of #SpeculativeFiction, #Horror, #YA and #KidLit. I love #coffee as authors do (passionately and stereotypically) and photograph #bugs 🐞
📚

#Bookstodon

Toots in #English and #Finnish.

#Esittely
Ammatti ja elämäntapa #Kirjailija
#Introvertti
#Kahviaddikti
:cofe4: 📚

#Kirjamastodon #Kirjat

"Rewriting a passive construction to be active almost always makes what you’re saying clearer."

Example: Millions of dollars were embezzled from the company.
Revision: Two executives embezzled millions of dollars from the company.

Eva Parish: https://evaparish.com/blog/how-i-edit#passive-voice
@patrascan @Nazani @technique @writing

#fragility #media #press #passiveVoice #passiveForm #grammar #news #information #selfCare #reputation #English #writing #editing #editingTips #impunity #litterature #books

Welcome. It's not that I am #NewToMastodon, but I am rather #neuhier with regards to the server I am on, so please allow to introduce myself, politely:

This is a rather private profile, with occasional toots around German and local #politics, #football and my personal life decisions (they’ll bring me to hell, I bet, if you believe in such stuff).

I'm #antifascist, and a #nocar person, and from that I think it is easy to conclude on the rest of my political views. If in doubt, please ask. Be prepared that most of my views are leaning #left - Hegelian.

Having worked in #ops and considering myself as #philosophy nerd for years, I am currently looking into #dev and #infosec a bit more to find a more sustainable way of living as I am sure that humankind needs to change in that regards, and these four have to play a major role in that change.

Living in #Leipzig, #Germany I am happy to answer all questions around topics taking place in mid Europe, as I consider myself as European rather than German.

langs: #english, #french, #german

Bible/Jesus AI chat, thanks Scathing Atheist podcast & Eli Bosnick (who is always trustworthy and never does anything for fun, ever) you can:

https://chatwithjesus.app/

Note: It understands Japanese, answers any question bibe related or not.

I got the AI to guess what fruit Mary of the Bible likes and it said Figs.

@piatpod

#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture #Jesus #Atheist #ScathingAtheist #AI

Hi!! Here’s my #Introduction post:

I’m a #CentralAmerican #Asian #Latina born and raised in Honduras 🇭🇳 34 years old, currently living in Lexington, Kentucky, I live with my husband and my cat 🐈 #catlover

I’m #Army #Carat and #Moa! My biases are V from BTS, Hoshi and Wonwoo from SVT and Beomgyu from TXT. Although I’m OT25, who am I kidding?

I love #Languages I speak three #Span #Portuguese #english and currently learning #Korean.
Borahae 💜

Stay with me, I forgot to make my #introduction when I moved here. I'm a fedizen since Feb. 2019, but I finally decided to settle at my own place. (It’s great, you should try it.) I live in #Sofia, #Bulgaria. Posting in #English and a little bit in #Bulgarian, but I quite enjoy reading posts from other people on their native languages. I might post of my work about #translation, #writing #fiction, #publishing. Look out for #cats #gaming #books #sciencefiction and me being baffled by #politics.

Tokyo Foreign Studies University has a lot of their course content available online:

東外大言語モジュール

http://www.coelang.tufs.ac.jp/mt/

#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture

Tadoku Tree House – Graded Readers by Japanese Learners!

https://sites.smith.edu/tadoku/

#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture

Hello World!

New instance, new #introduction

I'm Eren. I'm interested in #programming, #informationsecurity, #reverseengineering, #operatingsystems and #retrogaming. I read tech news and play games in my free time.

I've been on Mastodon for a long time. I have no idea how many times I've switched instances. I like all the platforms related to the Fediverse, so I ended up here because it was the best instance for me.

The stuff I write is mostly about daily life, the programming/software scene, and games. I mostly write in #Turkish, but you can also see my toots in #English and #Japanese

Happy tooting to everyone ^^

#programming #cybersecurity #os #operatingsystem #gaming #tech #cyberpunk #unix #linux #macos

Meine Interessen:

🚴
#fahrrad #verkehrswende #autofrei #autokorrektur #bikepacking #gravel #gravelbike

⌨️ & ✏️
#webdesign #webdevelopment #illustration #affinity #wordpress

👨‍👩‍👦
#eltern #parenting #vatersein #tochter #erziehung

🌻
#garten #kleingarten #ökologisch #pflanzen

🈳
#sprache #linguistik #language #deutsch #english #español #francais

Another batch of birdsite folks, so I'll do #introduction again in case they're looking for their people and I'm their people.

I am a #queer #disabled #SFF #author. She/they.

I speak #English and a little #Español, #ASL, and #Csharp and #python.

I have fairly severe #EhlersDanlos / #EDS, #POTS, #migraines, #ChronicPain.

I am a #socialist organizer with #DemSoc, most interested in #feminism and #MutualAid.

I enjoy #punk, #ska, #FolkPunk, and lately I'm on a #metal kick.

I do #VisualArts, #FiberArts, and #FireSpinning, though these things are somewhat dialed back because my bones suck.

***

I will do my best to post accessibly, including image descriptions and avoiding flashing lights.

I will CW for things like violence, nudity, and hate speech.

I will not CW for cursing, food, politics, or eye contact. If you need CWs for these things, it's okay not to follow me! I just do all of these things a lot, so you wouldn't see most of my posts anyway.

If I see you, and you make interesting original posts, I might follow you. If you post a lot of sexually graphic content, I probably won't. It's not personal.

Hope to see you around 💜

#Introduction

Hi, after a hiatus of few years, I am trying a bit of public electronic communications again.

I have been doing computer stuff for living for quite some time.

I like to read books (mostly ebooks with a reader), recently I've tried to revive my photography hobby.

Used to skateboard a lot, still do at times.

Toots in #English and #Finnish

"Kindness is our superpower."

If you want an AI Chat bot that can answer in Japanese this bot is good:

@poppinwillow

As is My AI chatbot on Snapchat. Though you will have to demand it speak Japanese before it will admit it understands Japanese!

https://www.snapchat.com/add/myai?share_id=WGu1v-Yg0sw&locale=ja-JP

#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture

I am a #Finnish #generalist #SoftwareEngineer and a #MachineLearning #scientist. I live in #LasGabias, #Granada, #Spain, #Europe.

I post mainly #science, #news and #software things, mainly in #English, occasionally in #Finnish as well.

This account is #SelfHosted on #MicroK8S #Kubernetes #Linux.

Add me on the other platforms as well!

#introduction, #introductions

Hello! I am a researcher working on #gender, #highered and #neoliberalism in #LatinAmerica. Currently I am at #Cinvestav-IPN in #Mexico and previously I was at #UNAL in #Colombia. I publish in #English and #Spanish. I will be sharing my articles.
#introduction #GenderStudies #Feminist @academicsunite @edutooters @sociology

Finally we're publishing our second fedi collab!

🎸🎸

This time we're playing cover of Like Flames by MindaRin which is also known as "Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken" / "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" opening.

Blue guitar - @blue
Black guitar - @skobkin

Hope you'll like it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m16RUVGxTec

Like, boost and let's make more fedi content! 🙂

SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/skobkin/like-flames-cover

MP3: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/taaadhvaW4Iqaw
FLAC: https://disk.yandex.ru/d/lQxzrjTgKNV3eg

#music #collab #cover #video #sound #audio #guitar #anime #OST #Tensura #Slime #song #MP3 #Fediverse #people #remote #English

#presentación
- Podéis llamarme #foncu... o #miarma.
- #Ingeniero de #Sevilla
#Emigré a #Suiza en 2010 para hacer un #doctorado y me quedé.
- Tengo el mejor #marido del mundo #SorryNotSorry
- Hablo muy alto y mucho.
- Me gustan los #idiomas: #español #English #français aunque sigo peleando contra el #Deutsch. Quiero aprender #català y #nihongo #日本語
- Me gusta la #política y buscar soluciones a los #problemas
- Adoro #nadar en #AguasAbiertas, a veces hago #triatlon pero no muy en serio.

Copying my last hashtaggy #introduction

My two #cats and I go on walks together.

I love #languages: they make me happy-happy. (#English, #deutsch, #français, #español, #日本語, smatterings)
My other love is #biology, especially #genetics and #physiology, but also #microbiology.

I rub fabrics and textures (#neurodiverse), love #audiobooks and #podcasts (#documentary, #history, #fantasy, #cozyMystery), #manga and music (#alternativeMetal, #jRock) and when I have the spoons, #cooking and #crafts.

Hi, 👋

A short #introduction: I'm Morten. I am a frontend web developer, designer, sparetime illustrator, librarian, husband, and father of two. I am a #ScienceFiction fan and I also like lifting weights.

🤖 I work with frontend web development, UI design, and sometimes web graphics at a local TV station in the western part of #Denmark, called TV MIDTVEST.

🐘 I've been on Mastodon since 2018, but just recently started exploring it (November ‘22). I will be tooting in #Danish and #English.

#introduction #自己紹介

Hi from Japan! Joined here in case birdsite dies...
#japanese & #english speaker. I like #languagelearning and recently resumed studying #german and sometimes #irish for fun but still a beginner.
I love #videogames (#FF14 & #indiegame), #boardgames, #drawing, #movies, #traveling abroad, #stationery, #beer and #wine.

はじめまして。
語学に興味あり、英語中心に、時々ドイツ語（長くやってるけど片言ビギナー）とアイルランド語（入口レベル）を勉強中。
インディーゲームやFF14などプレイしていることが多いですが、他にもボドゲ、お絵描き、映画、文具、海外旅行、ビール、ワイン等々。
よろしくお願いします。
#fedibird

Okay, let me do a better #introduction now that there's a bajillion more people here. I'm a former hacker, worked in #infosec, still into #programming and #electronics, currently more interested in #nature, both being in it and studying it.

#philosophy #pragmatism #science #physics #chemistry #biology #geography #astronomy #mathematics #algebra #geometry #analysis #politics #anarchism #economics #socialism #language #english #svenska #português #deutsch #hacking #foss #gnu #linux #gnome #c

Estáis todes con las presentaciones y aunque la mayoría me conocéis de Twitter, ahí voy:

Soy una andaluza de culo inquieto. Me dedico a la #traducción, sobre todo a la #traduccióntécnica, y lo hago desde #Deutsch, #English y #Portugûes a español. Me interesan los #memes (para qué engañarnos), las tonterías, #reír en general, las cosas de #tejer, el #patronaje de ropa, la #cifi y los libros de casi cualquier tema, además de conocer a gente de todo tipo y todos los idiomas y países posibles.

Here’s my intro post:

I’m a #CentralAmerican #Latina born and raised in Honduras 🇭🇳 32 years old, currently living in Lexington, Kentucky, I live with my husband and my cat 🐈 #catlover

Hobbies and fandoms:
📚 #reading
🎶 #Music
💜 #BTS #ARMY
⚡️ #Potterhead
🐍 #Slytherin pride
📺 #Netflix
🥾 #Hiking
✍️ #CreativeWritting

Interests:
📖 #LatinAmerica and #CentralAmerica Studies
📕 PhD in Hispanic Studies
🖼️ #arts
🧳 #Traveling
🗣️ #Languages (speak three #Span #Portuguese #english)

Hi!!! 👋🏽

#introduction

Hello World! I'm a #genderqueer, #neuroqueer, #actuallyautistic, sight-impaired (aka #disabled) person. Working as a professional #webdesigner and #webdeveloper since the late 1990s, with #WordPress since 2004. #ClassicPress Founding Committee member. Native #german speaker, near-native #english.

Our passions include #djing, #blackmetal, #industrial, #goth, #usability, #accessibility, #antiableism, #smallformfactor, #thinkpad, #linux, #cooking, #baking, #cats, #opensource

German nerd in my late 40s (he/they), living between #Germany 🇩🇪 & #Italy 🇮🇹 , posting in #English und auf #Deutsch about, well, nerd stuff and sometimes politics.

My main nerd interest is #ScienceFiction / #SciFi and the occasional #Fantasy stuff. And I love #VideoGames on my #XboxSeriesS and #SteamDeck.

When it comes to #Politics I'm all for the #Greens (yes, warts and all) and #GreenPolitics. Currently a bit obsessed with #EcoSocialism, you should check out #HalfEarthSocialism (the book)!

I think I need to add more hashtags to my #introduction I’m all about #UXdesign, and I organize local events for #IxDA.

I work in #productdesign for #Xbox. I recently joined so I’m new to #gaming! I started with #Halo and now #EldenRing (I like a challenge).

I will toot in #English pero también en #Español. I’m learning #PortuguêsBrasileiro.

I live in #CostaRica and I originally studied #architecture. I’m remodeling a house in downtown San José - #urbanism enthusiast.

#knitting #swimming