Hi!!! Iām a strategist/entrepreneur/software engineer/activist, focusing on the intersection of justice, equity, and software engineering. I also run the Nexus of Privacy newsletter -- https://thenexusofprivacy.net and @
[email protected]. I've been on the fediverse for a long time, so you may know me from accounts like @jdp23 @jdp23, @jdp23, and @
[email protected]. I'm very excited about GoToSocial, so decided to take the jump and run my own instance -- although I'll also be keeping my blahaj.zone account active (it's a great community).As well as decentralized social networks, privacy and civil rights activism and disinfo fighting, some of my other interests include intersectionality, psytrance and darkwave music, and tarot. I live in Washington state, and over the last few months I've gotten to enjoy some great aurora -- see the attached pic.I've written about decentralized social networks since 2010. A few highlightsLessons (so far) from Mastodon for independent social networks (2017),Mastodon, a partial history (DRAFT) (2022)A (partial) queer, trans, and non-binary history of Mastodon and the fediverse (2023)Don't tell people "it's easy", and seven more things Kbin, Lemmy, and the fediverse can learn from MastodonShould the Fediverse welcome its new surveillance-capitalism overlords? Opinions differ! and Embrace, Extend, and Exploit: Meta's plan for ActivityPub, Mastodon and the FediverseMastodon and today's ActivityPub Fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default, Blocklists in the fediverse and Steps towards a safer fediverse, three parts of a series-in-progress on Golden opportunities for the fediverse -- and whatever comes nextStrategies for free fediverses, a work-in-progress for those who want to build fediverses that reject Meta ā and surveillance capitalism more generally5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black peopleI for one welcome Bluesky, the ATmosphere, BTS ARMY, and millions of Brazilians to the fediverses!