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Someday I'll put something useful in this space. So far it just starts turning into a manuscript.

I'm happily retired now, enjoying beachfront life in rural South Carolina.

Here's more #advice on rebuilding at #Mastodon that you did not ask for. ^_^

Start with finding and following people you'd be happy to talk to over coffee. Then...talk to them.

It's good practice for real-worlding one day in the future. And it has the benefit of ensuring you and they see each other as real people.

A front page article on the Washington Post telling people how to get started with Mastodon?

That’s a big deal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/how-to-join-mastodon/

A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon

How to get started on social-media site Mastodon, whether you're leaving Twitter or just looking for people who have.

The Washington Post

There is a "crisis" right now at our southern border. Why does the media refer to the people as "migrants?"

Based on my knowledge of central and south America, shouldn't these people be called "Refugees?"

I saw a poll like this last week, but I thought it would be cool to do it again with another major migration underway. Boost so we can get a better sampling.

#twittermigration #poll

Boomer
17.6%
Gen X
45.7%
Millennial
30.7%
Gen Z
6%
Poll ended at .
When I get to 100,000 followers I will SMITE Elon and his bird shite for good by making Mastodon the ultimate new hotness. This will start a domino effect that will force all social media companies to ease their algorithm chicanery.
It starts HERE! #BoostTheToots
This is Olive! She's the sweetest pal I've ever had. Nine years old and going strong!

The U.S. government is shipping four free COVID tests to each household. Order them here; USPS will begin shipping them 12/19.

https://www.covid.gov/tests

COVID.gov - Free at-home COVID-19 tests

Every U.S. household is eligible to order 4 free at-home COVID-19 tests.

COVID.gov
Please boost this to other mastodon.world users. We get several reports a day alleging a rule violation (e.g. no racism) but no actual post is included in the report. We do not have the resources to scroll through a user’s post history to try and locate the post that resulted in the report and so we close the report with no action. Please do report rule violations but ensure you link the offending post. Thanks. @ruud
Took several tries, but it worked. And after several weeks, I've only encountered some occasional odd behavior with copy/paste...

#Introduction post

I'm William; I'm a senior software developer working in healthcare IT. My interests include code quality and #accessibility. I'm also #deaf.

My hobbies include complicated #boardgames (particularly those from Splotter and Martin Wallace) and reading science fiction (I'm currently on my 5th #Kindle). Interests I'd like to find time for include #photography, #woodworking and #modeltrains

My side hustle is #writing technical nonfiction.