Another new instance, so a good time for another #introduction ...

Jon

Hi!!! I’m a strategist/entrepreneur/software engineer/activist, focusing on the intersection of justice, equity, and software engineering. I've been on the fediverse for a long time, and have several other accounts as well. I think of this as my "public facing" Mastodon account, replacing my previous @[email protected]. I'm also into organizing, activism, psytrance, darkwave music, all kinds of books, and tarot.

I also run the Nexus of Privacy newsletter -- https://thenexusofprivacy.net and @[email protected] -- where I write extensively about decentralized social networks as well as other aspects of tech justice. Here's a few highlights ...

Lessons (so far) from Mastodon for independent social networks (2017), Mastodon, a partial history (DRAFT) (2022), and the followon-in-progress Mastodon, two years later
Strategies for free fediverses (2024 draft), a work-in-progress for those who want to build fediverses that reject Meta – and surveillance capitalism more generally
5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black people
I for one welcome Bluesky, the ATmosphere, BTS ARMY, millions of Brazilians, Black Twitter, and sex worker Twitter to the fediverses!, "Decentralization" and erasure: Blacksky, Bluesky, and the ATmosphere, and Bluesky and The Battle of Wormtongue

jonny (good kind)

@jdp23
@[email protected]
Welcome welcome Jon

Jon

@jonny Thanks, it's good to be here!