Hello #Fediverse and Happy New Year!

I'd like to mark the start of 2025 with the first message from my self-hosted instance. You may already know me as @_elena@mastodon.social. Well, now I also run my own #ActivityPub microblogging server, thanks to the magic of #YunoHost and #GoToSocial (and #Phanpy, which I'm using to compose this).

I registered this domain – aseachange.com – a looooong time ago but never did anything with it. It was the very first domain name I ever bought, even before securing elenarossini.com (!!!). It was so long ago, but I remember I was inspired by Beck's album Sea Change. seachange[dot]com was taken, so I grabbed Aseachange.

I absolutely love its meaning of profound transformation and I think it's PERFECT for my self-hosted #Fediverse instance and what it represents: independence, empowerment and digital sovereignty.

Ever since setting it up, I've been feeling joyful and hopeful. Everytime I look at myself in the mirror, I think: I'm in control of my own social media platform. And it feels SOOO GOOD.

What do I have in store for 2025? I plan to use this account to post messages about #selfhosting, learning #Linux, privacy and digital sovereignty.

I will also keep posting from my Mastodon account because you don't give a Lamborghini to someone who just passed their driver's license. I barely know what I'm doing here, so I feel a lot safer (for now) keeping my mastodon.social account as well... In case anything goes wrong here. Better safe than sorry!

So, this is my #Introduction and if you've read as far as here I just want to thank the Fediverse for being so amazing and allowing me to connect with people on my own terms. And thank you Fedi people for being so generous and supportive with your superb advice and kind words.

This is a really magical, special place.

Happy New Year, everyone!

I’ve been on here (well… previously on @sadlerjw@mastodon.technology) for a few months now but I’ve never made an #introduction.

I’m Jason (he/him) 👋

I’m an #iOS developer in Waterloo, Ontario, where I live with my wife and our some-kind-of-doodle doggie Bucky.

I enjoy video games (#MassEffect is my favourite) and TV (#Westworld season 1 is a perfect season of television in my book) and running unnecessary docker services on my Raspberry Pi.

An updated #Introduction for 2025:

I’m a mom, #cat whisperer, #maker, avid #reader, #gamer, and #dice goblin. I’m a #chemistry #professor and #education #researcher. I love #traveling, #cooking, #photography, #tattoos and #3Dprinting. Ich spreche und lese etwas Deutsch. I use #Mac and #Linux machines and bought a mechanical keyboard for my birthday. I love #DnD and my #SteamDeck. #Masotodon is my primary social media and I love it here.

I contain multitudes. So do you.

Что ж, попытка номер 2

#Introduction
Привет всем! 👋 Меня зовут Николай, или же Николос и еще под никнеймом Nitrous, и я решил немного рассказать о себе.
Мои увлечения — это настоящая смесь адреналина, творчества и технологий:
🏙️ Руфинг — люблю исследовать город с высоты, делать крутые фотографии с крыш и наслаждаться видами, которые недоступны большинству.
📸 Фотографии с крыш — стараюсь запечатлеть моменты, которые передают дух города и его атмосферу.
🏃‍♂️ Побеги от охраны — иногда приходится включать режим "паркур" и спасаться от охраны, чтобы сохранить свои приключения в тайне.
🎮 Geometry Dash — обожаю эту игру, она помогает расслабиться и прокачать реакцию.
💻 Selfhosting — изучаю, как хостить свои проекты и сервисы, чтобы быть независимым от сторонних платформ.
📡 Wardriving — иногда занимаюсь исследованием Wi-Fi сетей, чтобы лучше понимать, как устроены технологии вокруг нас.

Я всегда открыт для общения, новых знакомств и обмена опытом. Если у вас есть схожие интересы или просто хотите поболтать — пишите! 🚀

Список мессенджеров для связи и ознакомления со мной: https://linksta.cc/@Nikolai_Kalapuh

#руфинг #roof #roofing #фотография #photo #photography #selfhosting #geometrydash #wardriving

Что ж, попытка номер 2

#Introduction
Привет всем! 👋 Меня зовут Николай, или же Николос и еще под никнеймом Nitrous, и я решил немного рассказать о себе.
Мои увлечения — это настоящая смесь адреналина, творчества и технологий:
🏙️ Руфинг — люблю исследовать город с высоты, делать крутые фотографии с крыш и наслаждаться видами, которые недоступны большинству.
📸 Фотографии с крыш — стараюсь запечатлеть моменты, которые передают дух города и его атмосферу.
🏃‍♂️ Побеги от охраны — иногда приходится включать режим "паркур" и спасаться от охраны, чтобы сохранить свои приключения в тайне.
🎮 Geometry Dash — обожаю эту игру, она помогает расслабиться и прокачать реакцию.
💻 Selfhosting — изучаю, как хостить свои проекты и сервисы, чтобы быть независимым от сторонних платформ.
📡 Wardriving — иногда занимаюсь исследованием Wi-Fi сетей, чтобы лучше понимать, как устроены технологии вокруг нас.

Я всегда открыт для общения, новых знакомств и обмена опытом. Если у вас есть схожие интересы или просто хотите поболтать — пишите! 🚀

Список мессенджеров для связи и ознакомления со мной: https://linksta.cc/@Nikolai_Kalapuh

#руфинг #roof #roofing #фотография #photo #photography #selfhosting #geometrydash #wardriving

@thenexusofprivacy

Simply engage with them. Every now and then check out #introduction and give out a few welcomes. (And tell them to check out https://fedi.tips/ and ask @FediTips if they have any questions. 🤷)

@thenexusofprivacy

Simply engage with them. Every now and then check out #introduction and give out a few welcomes. (And tell them to check out https://fedi.tips/ and ask @FediTips if they have any questions. 🤷)

Hi everyone! This is my #introduction.
I am a #nonbinary #aroace person from Canada, in my late twenties. My pronouns are he/they.

Some things about me...
- I like #rpg video games
- I am a online, part time #college student studying Officr Administration.
- I am trying to learn more about #activism, #degooglefication, and online #privacy
- one day I would love to get into #selfhosting

It is nice to meet you all.

Hi everyone! This is my #introduction.
I am a #nonbinary #aroace person from Canada, in my late twenties. My pronouns are he/they.

Some things about me...
- I like #rpg video games
- I am a online, part time #college student studying Officr Administration.
- I am trying to learn more about #activism, #degooglefication, and online #privacy
- one day I would love to get into #selfhosting

It is nice to meet you all.

#Introduction

I am a single childless cat lady in Australia living in a tent with two rescue cats. Deliberate government policies forced me into homelessness.

But I am also resilient, self-reliant and resourceful, and I have decades of outdoors and solo-travelling experience. I want to take my existing experience and my new skill set and share it here so that anyone on the cusp of homelessness can benefit.

My advice will be skewed towards older women who are the fastest growing cohort of homeless people in Australia and who may lack the skills for living an itinerant life but there will be something for everyone.

I have a thread library to assist anyone who may find themselves homeless. Bookmark this post to easily find it and favourite it to be notified of any edits:
https://mastodon.au/@Jacquetta/113155747580097990

These threads may be useful if you’re camping or if you’re in an emergency weather situation. A lot intersects, and you’ll find posts within threads that may have a hashtag and/or link to another post/thread.

My hashtags:
#EatingMyRent Life as a homeless person
#HouselessCats Life on the road with homeless cats
#JacquettasKitchen Everything related to food and food preparation
#JacquettasCamping Gear reviews and hacks using stuff not usually associated with camping

Hashtags I use:
#Homelessness
#Camping

I rarely use content warnings. I want the ugly reality of my life on full display and content warning my own life doesn’t sit well with me. Homelessness shouldn’t be sanitised. I make full use of the ‘Australian vernacular’ as we are a nation that indulges in fruity language. This may bother you, but I hope not as much as being forced into homelessness does.

Please come along and enjoy the uncomfortable ride. Embrace being shocked. Start conversations about what it’s like to be homeless. Shut down the blame factory. We are all one awful life event or one bad decision away from homelessness.

Housing is a human right. It shouldn’t be a government-assisted Ponzi scheme.