Been on fedi for a few years, only ever followed/boosted/etc, but I'm trying to use my voice more, so I figure time for an introduction post.

I'm a queer person with so many things that I want to do, but who has been kept from doing much of anything due to severe depression among other difficulties.

Above all, I want to help. I don't have a lot of things within my capacity, but I will gladly help if I'm able.

As far as interests go, I love learning about pretty much anything. I don't feel like I'm an expert in any subject, but I know a bit about many things. More recently I want to expand the amount of useful skills I have, particularly with software and electronics. If anyone has advice or resources on how/where to start a self education (from basically scratch) in software/firmware development, programming, or DIY electronics, I would very much welcome some guidance.

#introduction

Introducing Red Action Media: we make films and report on the things that matter to us and our communities. Based in Magan-djin, we focus on sharing stories of community action against colonialism and imperialism. We'll be launching real soon, so keep an eye/ear out for us!

#introduction #activism #journalism #resistance

Hey y’all 👋🏽
It’s been a moment since I posted to my personal account so here’s an #Introduction post!

I’m a New Texican living in Yelamu on Ramaytush Ohline Land cultivating a heart-first world of liberation.

I am two spirit which is being #trans and #indigenous. I remember the long history of two spirit spiritual and community leaders that colonization took from us.

This is my fun Mastodon! So you’ll find me sharing sustainable #cooking, getting lost in #nature, and crafting #art and #storytelling

Follow my agency account @rootschange for the good stuff on #activism, #organizing, #media & #tech

#Introduction

Mi nombre es Mel, voy a cumplir 17 años y soy de España. Quizás la más pequeña del servidor, espero no sea un problema.

Bueeeno, veamos. Llegué aquí buscando alguna aplicación o comunidad donde compartir mis ideas (pues apenas llevo un año o así interesada en el tema) y que no fuese, digamos, como las más conocidas; con propietarios billonarios y censura a las ideas que no gustan al sistema.

Tratando de alejarme de estas aplicaciones, me encontré con Mastodon y esta comunidad y no dudé en unirme.

Un poquito sobre mis gustos:

-El año que viene accedo a la carrera de biología si todo sale bien. Soy una amante de las ciencias naturales, la naturaleza y la lucha contra el cambio climático. Mi sueño más iluso es poder ayudar a salvar a la fauna y flora de nuestro planeta de los estragos de este sistema.

-Me apasiona la literatura. Recientemente, empecé con los clásicos de diferentes corrientes del anarquismo, aunque disfruto cualquier lectura.

-Escribo poesía y pequeños ensayos, así como reflexiones, canciones etc. Me encanta escribir desde niña.

-Ya gustos más aleatorios: la historia, la psicología; en especial la criminal, la fotografía, dibujar y hacer manualidades, pasear sola, los animales (en especial, AMO los arácnidos), la astronomía, la filosofía (empezando aún), la política, las ciencias sociales en general (aunque sea una estudiante de un bach científico) y prácticamente me gusta aprender de todo.

-Me encanta la moda alternativa y el maquillaje artístico, me gusta hacer DIY. Solo compro en tiendas pequeñas y de segunda mano, además de editar mi propia ropa :)).

Yyy, ¿qué más? Descubrí el anarquismo por mi padre cuando todavía tenía relación con él (😞). De niña, me educó el más que mi madre. Fue punk en su adolescencia. Me enseñó valores anticapitalistas, feministas y ecologistas; me animó a ser una bióloga brillante a los ocho años (¡mi sueño desde entonces!) y me enseñó a cuestionar toda autoridad, cosa que yo ya siempre hice. Me enseñó pensamiento crítico, a luchar por la sociedad y por los derechos individuales. Me enseñó a ser una mujer libre, fuerte e independiente. Siempre se lo agradeceré, incluso si jamás vuelvo a verlo. En mi familia, hubo diversos casos de explotación laboral, tuvimos problemas con propietarios de las diferentes casas que nos alquilaron (vengo de familia de clase media-baja), y... Más que todas las lecturas que he hecho, anarquista me lo hizo la vida difícil que me tocó.

Perdón por la extensión, soy hiper habladora, me cuesta mucho atreverme a publicar sobre mí, pero creo que aquí seré bien acogida. Gracias a quien haya leído <3

Hashtags relacionados con mis gustos y eso :))

#Anarchism #Biologia #Naturaleza #ecologismo #anarquismo #animales #literatura (No sé qué más poner😭)

Calling all cars! #introduction time - we are #Radio #Against #Repression - the live radio hour archived as a podcast that explores relationships between #censorship, #defunding and repression.

We #broadcast #monthly out of #Berlin and have just had our 1st #birthday 11th show! We focus on the dire situation in #Germany for artists speaking out against the #genocide in #Gaza but also have guest #interviews and #spotlight shows from and about r#epressive systems all around the globe such as #Indonesia and in our last show, #Iran.

The team is #writer Jara Nassar, jewelz and #indi radio maker for 10 years already, and #artist Alex Head (@kult_epigenetic) who is also running this account - full transparency 🫥

Listeners can also hear us live on DAB+ Chanel 7D (Berlin) on the first Wednesday of the month between 17.00-18.00, and 12D in #Brandenburg

Otherwise we will post our #podcast #episodes here with Apple podcatss simply because we have not found another, reliable way to share them and get this work to a #mass #audience. We recently #boycotted #Spotify and are open to other platforms.

We take tracking seriously.

Please see the #linktree for other places to find the #pod and support us if you can!

https://linktr.ee/subtextradio

We want to keep #commercial #internet products off of #mastodon but also recognize the need to balance #functionality with reach.

Hear you soon - Radio Against Repression Out 📻

¡Hola!

Soy Mónica, tengo 21 años y soy de México. En el #Fediverso soy conocida por hacer difusión del #Software_Libre y por hablar de temas relacionados con la ciencia y la tecnología en mi cuenta principal @autumn64. Si bien tengo ya 2 años en esta bonita comunidad federada, ahora he creado esta cuenta con el objetivo de tener un espacio dedicado a compartir mis opiniones, aprendizajes y preocupaciones políticas.

La etiqueta que me suelo poner es la de #anarquista, pero realmente me identifico dentro de muchas de sus ramas: anarcocomunismo, anarcofeminismo, #anarquismo #queer, anarcoecologismo, etcétera. Soy empática con todas las luchas, y me resulta imposible ser indiferente ante la opresión y la injusticia. También me interesa mucho la historia y pienso que podemos sacar muchos aprendizajes de ella.

Tengo la sangre bien roja, el corazón a la izquierda, y detesto la jerarquía, la autoridad y la opresión. ¡La libertad será para tod@s, o no será!

Las discusiones en este perfil son bienvenidas en tanto sean con respeto y no expresen valores opuestos a los que se promueven aquí. NO tengo ninguna razón para tolerar al intolerante.

"La única manera de lidiar con este mundo sin libertad es volverte tan absolutamente libre que tu mera existencia sea un acto de rebelión" - Albert Camus

#presentacion #introduction #presentation #mastodon #fediverse #anarchism #left

New Kurdistan Starter Pack

Here you will find accounts in various languages reporting on Kurdistan and the Kurdistan freedom movement. From journalists and emergency aid workers to the solidarity movement and the official representatives of the Democratic Self-Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES) and other parts of Kurdistan.

https://fedidevs.com/s/OTAz/

#Kurdistan #Rojava #Starterpack #introduction #newhere

@internationalistcommune

Highlights
31.01.26 - 01.02.26

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# ONGOING FINALISATION OF STG-DAANES AGREEMENT

For what is known currently about the plan to implement the ceasefire and integration agreement:

STG forces were and are already withdrawing from Heseke and Kobane frontlines.
Internal security forces of the transitional Syrian state already went to internal security forces of Kobane to discuss how this task will be done.
Implementation of further steps as counted from tomorrow:

DAY 1 (Monday) STG security vehicles going to Heseke and Qamishlo

DAY 2 Oil fields of NES into STG control

DAY 3 Syrian Civil Aviation Authority will take control of Qamishlo airport (which before was held by Russians) and Syrian forces to NES' (only!) border crossing (with KRG/Kurdistan-Iraq)

SDF will withdraw from Heseke and Qamishlo to agreed barracks. SDF and STG allegedly started already to withdraw from Kobane and Heseke frontlines. STG forces are to move to Shaddadi.
SDF is to have a brigade of 6,000 in Kobane, and three brigades totaling 16,000 in Heseke province.
Military forces are prohibited to enter cities and villages, especially Kurdish areas.

After these steps, the Syrian transitional state will take over civilian institutions of Heseke province and DAANES institutions will be integrated into the Syrian state apparatus. DAANES and SDF nominate persons for positions in the Syrian institutions, and STG needs to approve them. SDF already nominated Nour al-Din Ahmad (Abu Omar Khanika) as governor of Hasakah, SDF official Redor Khalil as deputy to the Ministry of Interior, and SDF official Siamand Afrin as deputy director of security in Hasakeh province.

Internally displaced persons can return to their home cities and villages, additionally local officials will be appointed to represent them in those places.
Integration and recognition of educational institutions of NES and licensing of cultural organisations.
...This generally can be read as what is happening at the top of NES politics.

# POLITICS FROM BELOW, WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND

Generally, there is widespread confusion and uncertainty how things will develop. An impression, that the revolutionary project here would be over is short-sighted. For one, all the forces are still ready for and practicing where needed self-defence on the frontlines. Secondly, even if institutions etc formally shift, all those revolutionaries will certainly not just betray their values and aspirations towards reform but remain finding ways to live up to those revolutionary principles.

# ISIS PRISONERS CONVOY

A convoy of buses, escorted by a US armored and aircraft military convoy, has reached the town of Rimelan in the province of Heseke. The convoy is heading to Iraq through Semalka crossing to relocate ISIS prisoners to 'safer prisons'. At the same time, there are reports that the relocations halted over Iraq wanting to prioritize repatriations of non-Iraqi, non-Syrian ISIS foreign fighters to their respective countries of origin. Overall, only a fragment of the supposed 7,000 ISIS militants were moved to Iraq so far.

# HUMANITARIAN AID STILL BLOCKED FROM ENTERING KOBANE

Just, as could be observed so often in Gaza, 25 direly needed humanitarian aid trucks carrying essential basic necessities for people in besieged Kobane are still halted at the Turkish border just outside of Kobane. For the three days the trucks are waiting there already, many representatives of civil organisations and the DEM party are holding a vigil next to the trucks.

# REPRESSION OF SOLIDARITY MOBILISATIONS

Further 29 activists of the 'Caravan Defending Humanity' that arrived this weekend at the Turkish-N.E.Syrian border were arrested and deported. Before, they had read a statement and protested in the streets of Pirsus (Suruc). The official reason for the arrests is currently unknown.
Kurdish youth from Turkey, Iran, and Iraq were stopped attempting to enter NES at Semalka border crossing to follow the call for general mobilisation.

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# EVALUATION

Generally, roles of authority play an even larger role now, and civil and military leadership of NES are very busy working towards a political solution, with the wish to avoid further war and the lack of an alternative prospect besides total war and reformist integration. Whether the ceasefire and agreement will be respected and followed and whether its implication will work, is entirely uncertain at this point in time. Diplomatic politics are currently the preferred means, with the aim to avoid more losses due to war. At the same time, Turkey is strikingly silent and on the surface uninvolved in the latest stages of agreement making. Turkey still is at the border, always ready to invade, and can take further steps of pressure and attack if not approving of the agreement. Meanwhile, as expressed in the 'politics from below' part, what is happening on the top does not translate directly to what happens on the ground. There is an atmosphere of change and unclarity in the air, but certainly all the revolutionary principles and achievements that have been fought for hardly, will not be abandoned.

Revolutionary greetings!🖤

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#Syria #NES #SDF #DAANES #AANES #SNA #SDF #PYD #YPJ #YPG #HTS #Rojava #Kurdistan #Revolution #DefendRojava #Anarchy #Anarchism #Comrades #Internationalism #AbdullahOcalan #Öcalan #PKK #WomenLifeFreedom #TekosinaAnarsist

Hi everyone! 👋

I'm introducing myself here as well. I’ve left mainstream social media recently, realizing that the problem isn't social networking itself, but the current corporate structures. I’m from the ICQ, Orkut, and chat-room era; when we dreamed of an internet for open knowledge and global connection. Big Tech stole that. Joining the Fediverse is my attempt to reclaim some of that spirit. I know the world has changed, but I’d rather be here than scrolling mindlessly on Instagram.

Originally from upstate São Paulo, I moved to Porto Alegre in 2013 to study Social Sciences. I quit IT because I wanted to "learn about people, not machines" (the irony... lol). In college, I fell in love with quantitative research, which led me to Statistics. I finished my Master’s in Sociology researching risk assessment models in the US criminal justice system, blending statistics and critical theory, and naturally became a data scientist. I’ve worked as a scientist, analyst, and data engineer — sometimes all three at once. My practical path reflects this hybridism: I've worked on everything from PySpark data pipelines to geospatial and sentiment analysis.

Besides engineering, I’m dedicated to data literacy, creating R courses for people in the humanities. I also get my hands dirty with Docker in collective and open-source projects, as I believe digital sovereignty starts with mastering our own infrastructure.

I was recently diagnosed as AuDHD/2e (ADHD + Autism + Giftedness). It explains why I’ve never been strictly "humanities" or "STEM." I’m an analyst who wants to optimize data pipelines and an engineer who understands the social context and applicability of data. I'm a sociologist who loves data and stats, and a statistician who wants to do social research.

What I enjoy:

- Cycling 🚲
- Cinema, theater, museums, and series (I love Nordic Noir)
- Hanging out with my 3 pets 🐱 🐱 🐶
- Starting 50 books and only finishing 5
- Camping and discovering music from all over the world

I want to write again to organize my thoughts and share a little bit of the little I know. It’s also a way for me to study and learn more. Currently, I’m deep-diving into Mark Fisher’s work.

I identify as an anarcho-communist, I’m pansexual, and non-monogamous (currently in only one relationship, but for me, non-monogamy is, above all, a political stance).

I’m looking to connect with people thinking about the social impacts of tech, digital sovereignty, and social data research. I’m open to collaborations (both paid and volunteer), in Brazil or elsewhere. I can communicate in English and Spanish. 🇧🇷 🇺🇸 🇪🇸

🛠️ Stacks: PySpark, Shiny, Docker, R, Python. Experience in Geospatial, Multivariate, and Sentiment Analysis.

Personal account: @ipassos

#Introduction #Sociology #Statistics #DataScience #DataEngineering #Anarchism #DigitalSovereignty #AuDHD #MarkFisher #Brazil #FediHire