So I'm a few days late, but I found out that it's customary to write an #Introduction, and so here it is <3

Hi! I'm Liz, a #trans woman who has recently entered her 40's. I've been out and open since October, 2021, and at this point feel like a #queer elder.

I'm a Sr. (Software) Engineering Manager with almost 20 years of experience in software development. I also have a few years in there as a Senior Product Manager, but my passion definitely lies on the engineering side of things.

I've been involved in Olympic #fencing for almost 30 years in some capacity, and for the last several I have been an armorer at collegiate, (US) national, and international events.

I am here on Mastodon after deciding to leave anything Meta behind, and realizing that BlueSky isn't the safe haven that it purports to be. I hope all of the Threads and Twitter users that ended up there don't get burned, but I'm not taking my chances with that.

Things I am likely to post about: Trans and other LGBTQIA2S+ rights, software development, vintage/retro gaming and computing, Olympic fencing and my cat.

APOD from 2025-02-14

A Cosmic Rose: NGC 2237 in Monoceros

The Rosette #Nebula (NGC 2237) in Monoceros, 5,000 light-years away, is a stellar nursery shaped by winds and radiation from its central young stars (NGC 2244). Visible with a small #telescope, the nebula spans about 50 light-years.

HD image at https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250214.html#space #astronomy

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Snow-diving foxes:

https://www.kuow.org/stories/how-a-fox-skull-shape-conquers-the-snow