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skinnylatte
@skinnylatte@hachyderm.ioQueer Southeast Asian in California working on #civictech. I lead the product team at San Francisco Digital Services.
I write about food, immigrant life, pets, steel bikes, photography and other analog hobbies.
adarsh
@adarsh@ruby.socialExecutive Director of rubycentral.org. Ruby developer and consultant. Parent of an autistic kid. Leave trans people alone. Bicycles are antidepressants. If you made a thing, I’ll probably promote it. (he/him)
DeliaChristina
@DeliaChristina@sfba.socialBy day, deputy director & strategic comms director for natl gender civil rights org; writer of romantica; by night, shenanigans, political rage, & snark.
kzodasnowman
@kzodasnowman@spore.socialAKA Kid Chanploo, Ultraman Hatey, Deckard Pain. Water wonk, bad artist, small time hustler. honest boy. He/they.
ENG/ESP/日本語/沖縄語(うちなーぐち)
Bump City, California (Oakland/Ohlone land)
#LandBack #NeuroLinguistics #Comics #VideoGames #EnvironmentalEducation #ClimateChange #CAWater #Uchinaaguchi
YusufToropov
@YusufToropov@toot.communityManaging director, Cara-Wordsmith.com.
Author of #SHAKESPEARE FOR BEGINNERS, the novel JIHADI, and the play AN UNDIVIDED HEART. #Ukraine #baseball #jg20mvp #1947League #mlb #gratefuldead #neurodiversity #beatles #blacklivesmatter #demsabroad #democratsabroad
Hi. I'm ...
a writer,
a US #expat living in #Ireland,
a #baseball addict,
an adult recently diagnosed with #adhd (which, looking back, explains a lot),
a #teampete enthusiast.
drahardja
@drahardja@sfba.socialSoftware since 1998. Ex-Apple. I smushed AppKit and UIKit together and never looked back.
Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. LGBT+ rights are human rights. Healthcare, security, a decent income, and housing with dignity are human rights. Abortion is healthcare. Science is our best hope as a species. Kindness and empathy are the noblest of human traits.
I block assholes and bigots.
He/him.
My posts are searchable.
Ask me anonymously: https://ngl.link/drahardja
simonandcad
@simonandcad@sfba.socialbbs, irc, aim, xmpp, fb, ig, g+, twitter, now reddit
Be kind, mentor, give, care
Header image: Mount Makana, Kauai, Hawaii taken by me
Avatar: Simon Bar Sinister from the Underdog cartoon, “the wickedest man in the world,” but Cad Lackey loves him all the same
#novid #birdstodon #catstodon #oakland
#nobot #noindex #genx #redditmigration #redditdiaspora
RapidResponseTeam
@RapidResponseTeam@sfba.socialTraffic violence is preventable and we will prevent it
peterbutler
@peterbutler@mas.toCNET editor. Totally serious. No candy.
#Biking #Vegan #PingPong #LGBTAlly #Software #DiscGolf #IndieRock #BoardGames #JigsawPuzzles #Cats #PublicSchool #Parenting #Berkeley #Books #Writing #Horror #ScienceFiction #Sustainability #EconomicJustice #EndHomelessness #Libraries
morgan
@morgan@sfba.socialdad, husband, bike rider, NICA coach, software mechanic, book reader, van camper, old maps, Oakland & bicycle history, bikepacking
Oakland, CA, USA
igd_news
@igd_news@kolektiva.socialIn search of new forms of life. A digital community center and media platform featuring news, opinion, podcasts, and reporting on autonomous movements across so-called North America from an anarchist perspective. 🏴
midendian
@midendian@mastodon.socialNerd, bear 🏳️🌈, hacker, cyclist, traveler, avgeek, geographer, San Franciscan. He/him. KJ6DYS. Landscape photographer and space-borne image sensor enthusiast.
(Also same name on sfba.social.)
MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.socialWorking Class Historical Fiction from the not so gilded age. Labor History. Social justice. An injury to one is an injury to all!
https://michaeldunnauthor.com
https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/michael-dunn
Pronouns: He/him
#Solidarity #Sabotage #GeneralStrike
#HistoricalFiction #WorkingClass #LaborHistory
#WomensRights #antifascism #AntiImperialism #LGBTQIA+ #EndAbleism #TransRightsAreHumanRights #SelfDetermination #ClimateChange
marcprecipice
@marcprecipice@xoxo.zone#BikeTooter #RoadSafety #ClimateChange #EngManagement
Ask me about my #CargoBike
(Berkeley, California)
Join the Radical Bike Lobby! https://radical-bike-lobby.groups.io/
DemocracySpot
@DemocracySpot@mstdn.social#Queer #Southern #Hillbilly #Artist
#Photographer #Storyteller #Editor #DJ
He/Him/Y'all
"It was the freshest move I've ever seen—like he was floating on air." — #UtahSaints
"Nice and decent people...feel it." — #GrooveArmada
"This ain't no drill!" — #HoneyDijon
docpop
@docpop@mastodon.social"Jack-of-all-trades musician, artist, dramatic yo-yoist, and video game designer-wizard" - From the San Francisco Bay Guardian's "Best Of The Bay" issue.
he/him
San Francisco, CA
ryansingel
@ryansingel@writing.exchangeBuilding Outpost.pub to help build an indie publishing ecosystem. Also Contextly, Stanford and formerly journalist at Wired.
shannoncurtis
@shannoncurtis@mastodon.socialThe most revolutionary thing a woman can do is not explain herself. -Glennon Doyle ::: she/her ::: https://linktr.ee/shannoncurtis
Bronwyn
@Bronwyn@sfba.social#Educator, #author (Literally Unbelievable, Letters From the Inside), public speaker, auntie, lifelong #Californian. She/her. http://BronwynHarris.com
Have been called One Outspoken Educator and hope I earn the title
yuvipanda
@yuvipanda@hachyderm.ioImmigrant, Motorcycles and death to accidental complexity. Non upper-caste South Indian man. Oakland.
stewf
@stewf@mstdn.party(he/him) Editorial Director & Associate Curator at https://typo.social/@letterformarchive in San Francisco. Co-founder of https://typo.social/@FontsInUse and https://typo.social/@typographica.
#Typography #Fonts #Lettering #Signs #Birding #MidCenturyModern #CityPlanning #Urbanism #Oakland #Yimby #Architecture #Archives #Libraries
Free 🇵🇸!
serge
@serge@babka.socialI run Babka, a Jewish online space that includes a Mastodon instance. All about providing a safe place for Jews to live authentic online lives.
DenisCOVIDinfoguy
@DenisCOVIDinfoguy@aus.socialSharing info on COVID since the start of the pandemic
💻 IT Systems Administrator
💪 GYMaHOLIC (COVID forced me to invest in a home gym)
geographile
@geographile@mastodon.socialmostly the same as this name anywhere — fascinated by earth and related-science. So far this is more of a science account and the sfba one is more of a personal account, but there will always be sloppy overlap.
CWilbur
@CWilbur@sfba.socialNope. This isn’t science fiction; no dystopian future. This is here… now. I’m past opining, but willing to converse on any subject that improves lives. #Volcanology, #Petrology, #SW #Engineer, #System Architect, and #SciFi #writer; I really dig #butterflies. Especially the tiny ones. Walker in the Rain. #CowboyBebop
SRDas
@SRDas@mastodon.onlineNucleic Acids #Chemist, #Biochemist, #Food & #Drink Lover - not always in that order.
Formerly @KitchenChemProf (Twitter)
#Homeschooling Dad of teens. Trying to read more recent SF&F - read a lot in late 80s to 90/00s.
Personal, not research lab account.
He/him
#FoodScience #Chemistry #Cooking #Gastronomy #FlavorScience #Taste #BBQ #Curry #Science #RNA #DNA #KitchenChemistry #KitchenScience #Academia #Cocktails #Parenting #Kids #Homeschool #Travel #Japan #RoadTrip #Music #Movies #SF #SFF
naparish
@naparish@mastodon.socialOakland Land Use and Real Estate Attorney
catsynth
@catsynth@mstdn.socialGlamourous cultural commentator. Music, art, cats, and whatever else I feel like talking about. catsynth.com and catsynth.tv 😺 🎹 🎶 (she/her) (זי/אַיר)
AdrianRiskin
@AdrianRiskin@kolektiva.socialAnarchist, activist, abolitionist, angelenoLOLogist, mathematician. Formerly at https://michaelkohlhaas.org and https://sunshinecoalition.net, now at https://chez-risk.in. #Anarchism #Abolition #LosAngeles #Mathematics #Anarchy #Math #Fedi22 searchable https://justmytoots.com/@adrianriskin@kolektiva.social
peterme
@peterme@sfba.socialOaklander, design organizational consultant.
Personal site: peterme.com
Professional site: petermerholz.com
SNerd
@SNerd@lor.shPurveyor of original comedy bronze humor - it’s a smaller niche market than comedy gold. #nerlingersjokes (yeah, I spelled it wrong but too lazy ti fix it) My hobbies are saying stupid stuff. I can’t think of any other hobbies. Proud to say I was on Twitter for about 2 weeks, 1 tweet, and Musk didn’t like it because I pointed out he inadvertently criticized Rupert Murdock, so he had my only tweet taken down.
LibrarianRA
@LibrarianRA@worldkey.ioHello! I am a Librarian sharing my Retro collection with Mastodon. #Retro #Vintage #Nostalgia #Ephemera #popculture .
brett
@brett@infosec.exchangeThreat analyst @ Emsisoft. Shawnigan Lake, BC
deirdresm
@deirdresm@hachyderm.ioLooking for my next thing: macOS, visionOS, iOS, watchOS, or tvOS, preferably in Swift.
ex-🍎 software engineer (employee: Safari team; contractor: Marcom video production). Previously, software engineer at: Be, TiVo, Synclavier.
Cats. Guitars. Basses. Synths. #nobridge
Current gaming focus Honkai: Star Rail
Travel is my drug of choice. (117 countries & counting.) Profile background: Bora Bora, 2014.
Pronouns: She/her, they/them, dude.
Location: Menlo Park. SFO. The World.
thorncoyle
@thorncoyle@wandering.shopA professional writer and amateur photographer. I take a lot of walks and talk to squirrels, trees, and crows. I believe in the power of mutual aid to help build strong communities. I write books. A lot of books. Like, really a lot of books. Magic is real. Justice is worth fighting for. Many Gods. No Masters. Queer with a chronic illness. They/Them #AmWriting #IndieAuthors #Writing #SFF #SocialJustice #Magic #SpiritualPractice #bookstodon #photography
twrling
@twrling@sfba.socialdirector @media, also at @oaklandprivacy #journalism, #transparency #privacy #twittermigration and a good book and a fuzzy sweater.
dromografos
@dromografos@social.dromografos.reportindependent reporter & Photojournalist.
During the Greek debt crisis and refugees influx years, contributed reports and photos in many international media, including The Guardian, The Independent, Huffingtonpost, Al Jazeera, RT etc.
Main project now, is a Journalistic and sociological approach to the dangerous rise of fascism globally.
Hate hooligans.
Atheist.
Very concerned about climate destruction...slowly becoming doomer
Covid is not over so wear you fucking mask.
Free, independent, funded by no one, non government (any government) affiliated.
In fedi from 2017 over the years from quitter to todon to mastodon social to kolektiva, electric requiem and now self hosting
Name is greek δρόμος=street, γράφος (γράφω=write) writer, so Δρομογράφος=streetwriter
#News #Politics #antiFascism #antiZionism #acab #HumanRights #noReligions #ClimateCrisis #antiCapitalism #antiMilitarism #antiColonialism #antiImperialism (including US UK and also Russia China Germany France etc) #noStates #FreePalestine
dmarti
@dmarti@federate.social(he/him) VP Ecosystem Innovation at Raptive (the company that used to be CafeMedia), member of W3C privacy and advertising groups, desktop Linux user, live in California, on US-Eastern time mostly. I'm usually either the privacy person in the advertising meeting or the advertising person in the privacy meeting. All posts are personal opinions, not speaking for employer or any organization here.
dlarc
@dlarc@mastodon.radioDigital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications. https://archive.org/details/dlarc
ferox
@ferox@pagan.pluswell met.
i'm a(n):
-aspiring dirt sorcerer studying to be a chaos (maybe entropy?) druid with a penchant for coin flips and history rants,
-qt polyfella, currently mobile in a travel trailer with a partner and two kitties,
-co-founder of a worker collective with peers over at cooperatus.net,
-i.t. facilitator at movementgeneration.org eco justice shop,
-former cybersec tech,
-former (maybe) volunteer addict,
-current wheel of time re-reader,
-oh, and a non-linear self-describer.
kuanb
@kuanb@mastodon.socialkuanbutts.com
nfd
@nfd@social.lol(they/he) Queer nerdy creative who does visual & product design for a living. Oakland, CA 🏳️🌈
#oakland #design #gaming #scifi #StarTrek #TheExpanse #art #photography #coffee #HousePlants #privacy #nobot #noAI
Started poking around Mastodon in 2017: @ndaught > nfd@masto.ai> :prami: social.lol
franklinlopez
@franklinlopez@kolektiva.socialFounder and former video slave of https://kolektiva.social/@subMedia #Boricua #Father #Anarchist Lover of #Tacos #HipHop #SciFi I post in español, français and english.
