#introductions
👋 I'm a hobbyist programmer and sysadmin who is passionate about #CooperativeTechnology, #smalltech, and other forms of user empowerment with technology. You may have seen me before.
I'm interested in #Gemini and other small internet protocols, along with mobile Linux, real sustainability, and various computer languages (including Rust and Zig).
I won't follow too many people here, or engage in politics, but I will share some updates on the things I'm working on.
So if anyone is still looking for an instance or you want to help start a community, you can join here!
It's gonna be a pretty wholesome place so if you are interested you can join. If you are already happy where you are at least help me boost so more people know of it :P
Email is now working, and we have basic rules written up at https://benign.town/about/more
Registrations are now open.
@devinprater What's the most accessible Web interface for Mastodon that you know of at the moment? I'd like to host a copy for the instance I'm setting up.
Once email's sorted out I'll open up signups. In the meantime, I'll write up some of the policies and maybe theme the instance.
Since I was there, I peeked at my timeline (after forcing back into reverse chrono order). Evan Prodromou posted this blog post from Kathy Sierra from 2007 regarding Twitter. She has some observations that I think can also apply here. Even though Mastodon doesn't have the same motivations as Twitter, it shares many of its design decisions.
https://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2007/03/is_twitter_too_.html
I am very bad at... I guess this counts as marketing?
Durham, NC:
This Sunday, once again, Black & Indigenous folk can pick up free plants, courtesy of the Groundhog Autonomous Zone, at Pineywood Park, between 10:30 and 11:30.
Other folk can inquiry about potentially bartering for plants, but every plant we trade is a plant we're not gifting.
If you want to learn more about the GAZ, we put together a public infosheet available at https://cryptpad.fr/code/#/2/code/view/tq7vT907OJy-dYW-ba8QNm2cXm7gZyLr+Kfw3MDTYWE/embed/present/
Notably, we're considering putting together a local reading group for anarchist texts (you can find a form to nominate what we read first through the link above)
We also have a Discord we're turning into an online school for learning about (and practicing) anarchy - mutuals can DM me for an invite to that one, or you can get an invite by becoming a monthly donor to my Ko-Fi,
Alright, that's all the publicity stuff, I think? Here's the plant list:
Stonecrop sedum, bee balm, mountainmint, spearmint, mugwort.
We have a limited number of mullein & chamomile for Black and Indigenous folk who provide herbal care to our community.
DM to arrange pickup!
(Not local but want to help? Share this post! Whenever one of these gets boosted by a few accounts, I end up meeting a new person in the area who wants some plants!)
Who wants to do another Mastodon instance with me?
I want to make something quiet and comfy that has a somewhat-defined community (inspired by merveilles.town) but also with open registrations. Moderation will be difficult.
I have the skills and would like to help out with the increasing load on the network.
The exact software is also not yet set in stone.
All thoughts welcome.
#introductions
👋 I'm a hobbyist programmer and sysadmin who is passionate about #CooperativeTechnology, #smalltech, and other forms of user empowerment with technology. You may have seen me before.
I'm interested in #Gemini and other small internet protocols, along with mobile Linux, real sustainability, and various computer languages (including Rust and Zig).
I won't follow too many people here, or engage in politics, but I will share some updates on the things I'm working on.
Hi, I'm Silvia (she/her), a web designer and developer focused on usability, accessibility and information architecture.
An expert in HTML, CSS and designing using web standards since 2004, I make websites using Jekyll and WordPress.
Curator of the inspiration series Design, Digested. Photography is my life-long passion.
We are looking for more freelance writers!
We cannot promise industri-level compensation. But if you are looking to get started with doing freelance work or want to build a partnership with us as we grow and can give new oppertunities over time - then NOW IS THE TIME TO APPLY! 😁
Just PM your blog, resume and CV or whatever and we will take a look at it.
If you have no experience try pitching us an article instead 😌
Please boost & share so everyone hears about this 😁
I'm working on an alternative media type for #Gemini. I expect it to be contentious, so I'd like to hear some thoughts on what y'all would like to see in an extension Gemtext.
Updated https://translate.josias.dev and enabled support for ICIBA, Reverso, and LibreTranslate.
Hi. I'm Robin (they/them) I've come here to escape from the grim place that is Instagram. I'm super new to Mastodon so still finding my feet.
When it comes to art I have a lot of trouble sticking to one style/medium/subject, so expect to see a real mixed bag of stuff from me. 😅
Nice to meet y'all.
Follower of Jesus and mutualist who happens to do some programming.
I write code for the community over currency. Software should be built by the people, for the people (and not just software).
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