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He/him/his. Writing code for a living for 35 years and counting. I've lived in England, Minnesota, and (currently) Aotearoa New Zealand :laserkiwi:.
Married with two off-site adult children.
Profile pic is a loon (state bird of Minnesota) in the form of the Star Wars Rebel Alliance symbol.
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I like to think about cycling, motorcycling, DIY, scuba, science and politics. Wainuiomata chick at heart.πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

(She/her) craft is the new pink which is the new black. I sell my creations at supervery.co . Icon by Jem, Header is orchy in the Scottish highlands where my Mum's side of the family is from.

Dad / husband / programmer / local politics

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Christchurch, New Zealand

Lecturer in public policy & technology, sociologist, tangata tiriti, feminist, geek, coffee-vampire, lesbian, urbanist, electric motorbiker, wannabe Carol Danvers/Clarke Griffin/Kate Kane. She/her

An English teacher passionate about literature & about my students. Working in a GAFE school with 1:1 Chromebooks. NPDL Deep Learning lead. Teaching, learning, Shakespeare, books, politics, singing, cricket, life, NaNoWriMo. Also shakespearenut@mastodon.education. Header image: photo of my classroom wall with the words 'Dare to Dream it, Work to Achieve It' and 'Kia Kaha!' visible. Avatar pic: bitmoji of white woman with short grey hair and purple streak, wearing purple glasses.

"If ever the world is to be again flooded ... then the eternal whale will still survive, and rearing upon the topmost crest of the equatorial flood, spout his frothed defiance to the skies."
Moby Dick, Herman Melville.
If the only thing on your acct. is crypto feel free to pass me by.

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Nature lover, hungry gardener, occasional photographer, tech nerd, and maker.

Making: Web & software development πŸ§‘πŸΌβ€πŸ’»β€¨

Playing: Ultimate (retired?) πŸ₯, climbing πŸ§—πŸΌ, tramping πŸ•, D&D πŸ§™πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈβ€¨

My header is from the Oregon on the US west (best) coast.

That's Guster in my profile pic with me. He's a good pupper, but couldn't move to New Zealand with me.

He/Him, wouldn't be fussed by They

Kiwi at large. Currently dodging danger noodles in 'Straya. Gold prospector. Guitarist. Woodworker. All round pain in the ass.

Embarrassed about the mess I and my lot have made of the planet and society. Hoping to tidy up a bit before I go.
Systems thinker; I see them everywhere and am fascinated by them, especially the systems of the natural world. Have been described as an "intuitive visionary".
Not qualified to call myself an expert in anything, but I like to think I know stuff.
Pragmatist. Interests: #Geek #ClassicRock, #HappyLife #Science, #sustainability, #equity

Dad, maker, conservation, APIs, outdoors, #ZeroCovid, instant gratification monkey host (he/him)

Sauna γ‚΅γ‚¦γƒŠ, wine, craft beer, beer brewing, ζ—₯ζœ¬ι…’, BBQ, chilis, guitar, French Horn, FlΓΌgelhorn, jazz, Irish Setters, vinyl & books. 30+ yrs in IT - mostly for Silicon Valley startups building the Asia Pacific business. Old Unix and Emacs guy. Finnish/German/Chicagoan in NZ via Japan and now a proper Kiwi.

Follow me over at mastodon.beer @sumisu3 for #beer and #brewing related.

Software developer currently building things with Ruby, Rails, Rust and Redis

Software Engineer. SRE. AWS/Terraform/Typescript/React(Native). Lover of great Coffee. Mountain Bike Enthusiast. Island Dweller. IaC or GTFO.

Profile photo is a peak above the top end of Lake Wakatipu (Queenstown / Glenorchy), taken from a helicopter.

Rorohiko kaiārahi, Frentantic Intromastecution. Fraught Leader. Polibernial Mandorpulatorist. Neologist. Weirdo. Can fold fitted sheets. ο£Ώ Ω† #kindness #apple #rabbits #bunny #photog #cars #motorcycles #tech #foss #NgātiPākehā #TangataTiriti #DadJokes #coeliac #TaylorSwift #NZTwits

A rolling stone should not judge a book by its glasshouse.

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Darwin LT-14911.local 24.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.5.0: Tue Apr 22 19:53:27 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.121.6~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64

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Vintage 319 ppm CO2
#biochar
#realIntelligence

Musician since the beginning, oddball, techie luddite, biochar entrepreneur/evangelist, MMT proponent, deep green, outspoken, cantankerous af neurodivergent.

Life goal: to see billionaires go extinct.

Tolerance is a social contract.

Unstoppable gardener, mother, blogger, occasional poet. she/her

Advocate of trains, grower of flowers, creator of software.