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Computer geek (data engineer), woodworker, husband and father.
 Supporting BLM, women’s rights and LGBTQIA+! 
 Washington DC area. 
#data #techie #intj #WoodWorking #blm #lgbt #LoveIsLove

I think it was almost 2 years ago when I first created an account here, then promptly did nothing with it. Now I have to relearn how this federated thing and the new app all work together.

Plus, I am on the look out for more geeky, funny, inspiring and educational people to follow. I love data (its all I work with), sci-fi shows/books, introverted humor, Apple (finally caved and switched from Windows to a MacBook), and reaffirming people’s rights to be who they are and love who they love.

Don't get tired of me posting work, #trans masto. Tomorrow I'll share an interview w a mom who moved her trans son out of Texas.
#TransAwarenessWeek

It's the most connection I've made in an interview. Not only am I trans, like her son, I parented trans and gender nonconforming youth in the foster system.

We talked about hard stuff, including self injury, which both her son (recently) and I (as a teen) struggled with.

I hope you'll really like it.

I love it that my home timeline is filled with boosts of posts by ordinary people, not 75% celebs, and posts that have been boosted once are equal to the ones with 100 boosts. Suck it, algorithm.

Lots of discussion here of whether #Mastodon is fundamentally good or could become like the birdsite.

But the #fediverse isn’t one or the other. The network is whatever we make it.

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BOOST, BABY, BOOST
When you only ⭐ a post, only two people are ever going to see it: you and the original poster.
Is that how you want your posts treated??
(HINT: NO, you don't. You really, really don't 💤)
Oh, folks still like getting faves!
But ONLY getting faves strands people.
Who wants that?!

BOOSTED posts however, are going to get passed around to your followers AND all of the followers of each person that boosts them next!
That's where the magic happens!😎

YOU are the algorithm that fills HOME feeds!
Don't be afraid of boosting too much! Each user controls how much and of what that they see, so no worries!

And it never hurts to double someone's joy by slapping a ⭐ on a post that you boost!😉

Have some fun, make some fun!
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All,

Announcement coming out around noon EST tomorrow, regarding the disability server. 🤩

GET EXCITED! 🚀

Boost this post to share far and wide!

#Disabled #NEISvoid #Twitter

@kai Kai, It is a pleasure to meet you. I am sorry to hear it has such an effect on you. That must be hard for something that is so fun. 😞
3 years and in Beta and China ver? I’m am a relative newbie compared to you! Must be neat to have seen the game progress over the years. It is very cute and the people we meet are so genuine. There’s times my wife would adopt some of our SkyKids if she could.
@kai Yep, that’s the one! Been playing about a year and half now with my wife and son. I am the compulsive candle runner among the group and in a couple of the FB Adult Sky groups. How about you? Obsessively spend 90-120 minutes away grinding? Or a social player like my wife with friends all over the world? Nice to see another SkyKid here!
@joesbrat67 @profcarroll Are you talking about Toot (updated a year ago) or Tooot (updated 5 days ago)?
@joesbrat67 @profcarroll The Toot app on IOS seems neat, but I just realized it has been a year since the last version. I hope it gets a little love this year. I like to support app developers, but I probably should have checked to see if it was still being updated before paying. Fingers crossed!