G'day,

I'm Kev. I'm over 60, retired ex military and I take photos. I'm a long time Linux user.

I got kicked off of Meta products because I refuse to upload a video selfie to prove I'm over 16 years old. 🤔

Tried Bluesky, but's it full of people trying to build their follower count. I prefer the Fediverse.

I swear occasionally, post Australian landscape photos and probably some garbage. (You have been warned)

It's nice to be here.

#introduction #welcome

G'day,

I'm Kev. I'm over 60, retired ex military and I take photos. I'm a long time Linux user.

I got kicked off of Meta products because I refuse to upload a video selfie to prove I'm over 16 years old. 🤔

Tried Bluesky, but's it full of people trying to build their follower count. I prefer the Fediverse.

I swear occasionally, post Australian landscape photos and probably some garbage. (You have been warned)

It's nice to be here.

#introduction #welcome

@sophiekaz #Welcome! Be sure to give @stefano a follow if you haven't already; it sounds like you two have values in common!

Welcome aboard, Michael!

The open-source universe has been steadily expanding for years. Michael has been working with Linux since early childhood and is part of TUXEDO’s technical support team.

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Welcome-on-Board-TUXEDO-Part-53.tuxedo

#team #tuxedo #welcome #employee

@FediTips Ohh, this is super helpful. In the same vein as #introduction, maybe add #welcome? I have seen quite a lot of people *replying* to #introduction posts with a #welcome, makes those replies easier to filter if one wants to.

Also maybe note that #FensterFreitag is for Fridays? (Freitag is German for Friday.)

A nice obituary from December 31, 2024 about my Great Uncle Herman Neufeld (my mom's Uncle).

I never really knew him as I grew up 4000km away... but he had a positive impact on people, especially Jamaican workers, in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

"Herman, who died Dec. 31, became very involved in the Niagara Workers Welcome services and other outreach programs. He considered the farmworkers his friends and neighbours, and treated them as such."
#Friendship #welcome #mennonite
https://www.notllocal.com/local-news/remembering-herman-neufeld-10060084

A nice obituary from December 31, 2024 about my Great Uncle Herman Neufeld (my mom's Uncle).

I never really knew him as I grew up 4000km away... but he had a positive impact on people, especially Jamaican workers, in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

"Herman, who died Dec. 31, became very involved in the Niagara Workers Welcome services and other outreach programs. He considered the farmworkers his friends and neighbours, and treated them as such."
#Friendship #welcome #mennonite
https://www.notllocal.com/local-news/remembering-herman-neufeld-10060084

RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/115951929075113659

if you’re new here, @FediTips are a very good first follow. they're indispensable for columbusing the nooks and crannies of the #fediverse.

but do you know what are really wonderful follows?

HASHTAGS

i follow dozens of them like #sewing #crafts #embroidery. am known as a political commentator but i have a whole other life with #fiberArts and i’ve found wonderful folks thru those tags.

the fediverse doesn’t have techbro algorithms boxing you into a category.

ENJOY!

#welcome #newHere

#Welcome to recent arrivals from the bad place(s). Be gentle w/ yourself as u leave behind the dopamine flames & u will soon find a more sustainable dopamine ember of #joy, #hope & #community

Follow hashtags, ppl who post interesting things & ppl they follow, & soon your feed will be filled w/content you’ve curated (not an algo designed to hijack your dopamine center)

I’ve found it well worth it after coming here in the great Twitter migration of 2022 (does this mean I’m a #mastodon elder?😂)

#Welcome to recent arrivals from the bad place(s). Be gentle w/ yourself as u leave behind the dopamine flames & u will soon find a more sustainable dopamine ember of #joy, #hope & #community

Follow hashtags, ppl who post interesting things & ppl they follow, & soon your feed will be filled w/content you’ve curated (not an algo designed to hijack your dopamine center)

I’ve found it well worth it after coming here in the great Twitter migration of 2022 (does this mean I’m a #mastodon elder?😂)

@bjoernsta Du bist ja flott — thanks for the warm #welcome, wir sind gespannt!

on the morning train to Glasgow. There are Kurdish refugees from Iran here, going down to Glasgow for their interview. They're anxious, not just because the interview may well determine their whole future, but also because phone and internet service has been cut. They have no idea if their parents or partners--the people for whom they have made this risky journey-- are still alive. Oh, and they were shivering cold. A thin hoodie doesn't do much against January dark bleak mornings in Scotland.

Fortunately the train guard is welcoming and made sure they were safe. Not everyone here is so human.

#refugee #welcome #sanctuary #NewScots

on the morning train to Glasgow. There are Kurdish refugees from Iran here, going down to Glasgow for their interview. They're anxious, not just because the interview may well determine their whole future, but also because phone and internet service has been cut. They have no idea if their parents or partners--the people for whom they have made this risky journey-- are still alive. Oh, and they were shivering cold. A thin hoodie doesn't do much against January dark bleak mornings in Scotland.

Fortunately the train guard is welcoming and made sure they were safe. Not everyone here is so human.

#refugee #welcome #sanctuary #NewScots

Really hope that all the hype I'm seeing about the "forkiverse" on my TL is part of a much bigger shift towards fediverse mass adoption 🤞 welcome!

#Forkiverse #Mastodon #Fediverse #feditips #welcome

@Pepijn
Looks like one of the hosts of the NYT Podcast "Hard Fork", Kevin Roose @kevin, along with the podcast Search Engine, spun up a mastodon instance and opened up sign-ups to their listeners.

Here's the whole story: https://pjvogt.substack.com/p/the-fediverse-experiment

Yeah, let's say hi and be welcoming to all the new #TheForkiverse #Forkiverse users!

#Introduction #Welcome #Welcoming