Hi, I’m the Arcane Composer. I’m a classically-trained composer who makes music for and inspired by TTRPGs, in particular the D&D gothic horror adventure Curse of Strahd. My main influences are traditional film scores and game scores, and my music is atmospheric and lyrical.

If you think my work sounds interesting, I’ve recently set up a Patreon, and I’d love your support. patreon.com/c/TheArcaneCompose…

#music #TTRPG #soundtrack #DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #CurseOfStrahd #gothic #horror re-#introduction

Hi Mastodon, Greg here. I just joined the fediverse and I'm excited to learn how everything works.

I'm a scientist studying wildlife interactions with energy infrastructure. I run a blog highlighting current research on this topic. gregforcey.com

Looking forward to connecting with folks here.

#Introduction #Introductions #NewHere

I'm an evolutionary ecologist with a PhD who studies birds & who writes about all sorts of #science topics (links to these pieces will pop up here).

I think it's my duty to write about politics, such as #HumanRights #progressivism and #ecocide, as well as philosophical topics, such as #AnimalRights & #veganism.

I 'm an avid reader who writes #BookReviews. I'm #multilingual.

I live with a flock of #parrots.

#introduction #SciComm #ornithology #conservation #Wildlife #Animals #GoVegan #books

Another #introduction for your feed! I’m Dave, education is my profession and #photography has been a passion of mine for the past handful of years. I live in #ohio and enjoy exploring locally as well as chances to #travel with my camera. This image is from #HockingHills and one of my favorites.

To be honest, I’ve been in a huge lull recently with my photography and just can’t seem to get out there with my #camera. Motivation has waned, life has changed, but I hope to get out more soon.

#Introduction Hi #fediverse ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.

One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in #Chile. It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!

We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about #astronomy

📷 ESO/G. Vecchia

#astrodon #astrophysics #space #science

Time for an #introduction... again!

My name is Christine Lemmer-Webber, I'm co-author/co-editor of the ActivityPub standard which connects together the fediverse (Mastodon, Peertube, Sharkey, GotoSocial, etc). In other words, I'm one of several people who worked on the specification by which you're getting this very message!

I'm also Executive Director of the Spritely Institute! We're making next-generation decentralized tech spritely.institute

I moved here from @cwebber@octodon.social! Hello again!

#Introduction Heya, I am a disabled #eurodance, #italodisco, #UKhardcore & #electronic #powermetal #music producer who recently switched instances. #intro #intros #presentation

I'm a user and big fan of #MTVMusicGenerator A.K.A #Music2000 for the original #Playstation and I am also into many other #metal and #pop subgenres.

All my music links and releases info is available at my website at dreamofomnimaga.page/en.html including some TIDAL, Youtube Music and Deezer playlists.

#introduction Bonjour, je suis un producteur de musique avec handicap qui produit du #eurodance #UKhardcore & #powermetal #electronique et j'ai récemment changé d'instance. #intro #intros #presentation

Je suis un grand fan de #MTVMusicGenerator (connu sous le nom de #Music2000 en Europe) sur la première #Playstation.

Tous mes liens musicaux sont disponible sur mon site web à l'addresse dreamofomnimaga.page et il y a même des listes de lectures sur TIDAL, Youtube Music et Deezer.

Hello fellow travelers! 👋🏼 I’m Jenny, an artist working with sound, music, video and photography ~ often with others. I’m based in Oslo, where I curate the concert series @feks , work with @femalevampire and many others. I’m currently migrating to Mastodon & Pixelfed, trying out a new way to connect and share ❣️ let me know what you’re up to 🌱
#introduction

My music is here:
jennybergermyhre.bandcamp.com
A website in need of updates:
jennybm.com
A cat and me:

Hello Mastodon! We're the West Papua Women's Office. The Office is coordinated by Drs Jacob Rumbiak, Foreign Minister of the West Papua ULMWP Government.

We campaign for West Papua's freedom, provide a space for West Papuans to organise, run Open Days and other events to raise awareness, and support the West Papuan community.

Support us through our new online store: westpapuawomensoffice.square.s…

#freewestpapua #westpapua #socialjustice #pasifika #melanesia #newguinea #introduction #introductions

hi I’m Ginny! #introduction

I spent my first decades as a generic white boy in tech, then a year ago I signed up for my first mastodon account and discovered I am a girl!

I post about tech, trans life, post selfies, and openly talk about mental illness and pain (cw'ed)

I’m a single parent w/ a 9 yo daughter, working as a software engineer in Seattle. I also write fiction (ya and speculative) and am generally very dorky.

btw you can be a girl if you want to be, inquire within!

#trans #tech

Updated #introduction (2024):

I make interactive art installations about how technologies affect humans and nonhumans in rural places.

I work with others, learning different ways to understand the world. Most recently I have collaborated with birds, ants, farmers, artists, lichen and engineers.

I try to make my work accessible and with low environmental impact. Please tell me if you notice that I have failed and I will try to improve.

My body is in Ireland.

shanefinan.org

I keep meaning, but repeatedly forget, to do an #introduction post.

My name's Bernard. I live in #Dublin #Ireland with my wife and 2 kids. I'm originally from #donegal and spent a few years in #cavan in my teens.

I work in #SRE

I started mastodon.ie in 2019 and had a couple of instances before that. I also run a #funkwhale instance at playitfaster.com

Beyond tech, I love music. Mostly #punk with some #folk (I played guitar for #belfast band Runnin' Riot for a bit) #mastodaoine

Welp, so. I guess I'm here now and it's #introduction / #introductions time? I'm a #science writer, #journalist, #podcast host & video maker with a special fondness for weird/gross biology. I'm also a #DnD GM and a huge nerd for #books (especially #scifi) and #comics.

This week, I wrote about a type of lemur that picks its nose with an incredibly spindly finger that's so long it can reach up through its nasal cavity and touch its pharynx.

Nice to meet you, too!

livescience.com/aye-ayes-prima…

I thought I’d kick my feed off with an #introduction 😊

Hi! I’m Isabel, a next-gen #scicommer, #cyberneticist and #podcaster based at the #AustralianNationalUniversity ☀️

My research interests include #science in #popculture (particularly #solarpunk), the #cultural meanings of science, and the relationships between people, the natural #environment, and #technology 👩‍🔬🤖

I also co-host #Sci_Burst, a science in pop culture podcast, which you can learn more about here: linktr.ee/sci_burst

sci_burst | Instagram, TikTok | Linktree

View sci_burst’s Linktree. Listen to their music on Spotify here.

^Linktree

Hey Mastodon! 👋 Here is our #introduction post: We are the Data Visualization Lab at Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. You can find more about our work here: vis.khoury.northeastern.edu/

We'd love to be connected to more folks and labs in the realms of #DataVisualization #HCI #xAI #AR #VR #VisualAnalytics #PhD #Research

Our lab has been applying visualization to domain areas like #accessibility #UAVs #Genetics #Privacy #Pedagogy #Networks #GraphTheory

Say hi!

Hello #ScienceMastodon Twitter refugees

#introduction I am a 🇫🇷 molecular & structural biologist working at the CNRS. I study the molecular mechanisms that control human gene expression focusing on #transcription factors & the Pol II machinery

Expect to see here a lot of info on #generegulation, #enhancers, #histone modifications & structural insights into the eukaryotic Transcription Initiation machinery. #CryoEM
I will also highlight #womeninscience to give them the visibility they deserve

Moved from mastodon.lol, then to pettingzoo.co, and now on tech.lgbt! So #introduction is in order, again.

I’m a cis Asian gay guy in SoCal US. Geeky with tech and nerdy with games.

Push over dad of two dogs and a cat. Been together with my husband for over 20 years.

Love interacting with folks here. Sometimes selfies for validation. Sometimes a little bit spicier for followers only.

Not my best pic here but decided to start low on the expectations 😂

#gay #Asian #gaysian #gaymer

#introduction post:

I was trained as a systems biologist, running an empirical research group working on the evolution of gene regulatory networks in Barcelona up until 2015.

I then turned to more philosophical questions, especially the role of organismic agency in evolution, and its relation to "artificial intelligence," which should instead be called "algorithmic mimicry."

Today, I'm trying to build a new metamodern science for the coming post-abundance age.

johannesjaeger.eu

New instance, new #introduction:

Hi! I’m Bren, and I’m a composer, orchestrator, teacher, and writer. I mainly write in a post-Romantic orchestral soundtrack style. I’ve written and orchestrated music for videogames, and I’m currently writing an album I intend as accompaniment for your fantasy TTRPG.

There’s a showreel of recent and forthcoming orchestral work below. Let me know if you give it a listen.

Hi again #Mastodon!
I joined the fediverse when a lot of my community had not migrated from the bird site, so could only partially reconstruct it here using automated tools. If I followed you there and don’t here, say hi and let’s reconnect!

For those who don’t know me, I am a #virologist by training with almost 20 years of experience as a #science #editor, a passion for #microbiology and all science really, #OpenScience #openaccess & people

Have a lovely day everyone

#introduction #fediverse

New job, new #introduction post!

I work at Heriot-Watt's #Orkney campus in the far north of #Scotland. Programme lead for MSc in #Renewable and Sustainable #Energy Transition. Research at the intersection of #renewable #energy & physical #oceanography. Member of icnz.org/

Not my first career.

I care about the #reproducibility of computational science. I'm a fellow of the Software Sustainability Inst (software.ac.uk) and instructor for Software Carpentry (thecarpentries.org).

Decarbonising Scotland’s islands

The Islands Centre for Net Zero will address the need for fundamental change in how we approach the energy transition across Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides.

^{Islands Centre for Net Zero}

Hello! I'm an artist from Estonia. I love nature, animals. I aim for realism. I hope to share my artwork here. Hope you'll enjoy!

#introduction

Moving over to woof.group since most of the people I interact with are here 👋🏽

I’m into gaming, DIY, gay camping, biking, cooking, and online. Here’s some photos! #introduction

Officially erased my bird site presence this morning and with it my associated contacts. I haven't seen a wide-scale migration yet of the #weather / #wxtwitter community, which accounted for half of my Twitter contacts.

As a sort of final #introduction post and calling card for the weather community, one of my primary uses of Twitter was to share my #WeatherPhotography and #storm reports. I'll probably continue to share weather and #climate content here! CW's as needed. Some of my faves below.

My first post on Mastodon after a whole lot of lurking and boosting, so I'm treating this as a mini #introduction for myself

I'm an #immunology PhD candidate at #ColumbiaUniversity medical center, and we just published a study of #TissueSpecifity of human #Tcell identity and clonal expansion in barrier sites, using #CyTOF, #scRNAseq, and #TCR #sequencing!

nature.com/articles/s41590-022…

Tissue adaptation and clonal segregation of human memory T cells in barrier sites - Nature Immunology

Farber and colleagues examine the phenotypic, transcriptomic, clonal, and functional differences between tissue-resident T cells in various barrier tissue sites relative to T cells in lymphoid organs and circulation in humans.

^Nature

New to Mastodon. Thought id give an #introduction!

My name is Dillon. I am a biologist and Science communicator mainly active on the instagram. If im not hyperfixating on my R code, I am creating online courses and educational material, being opinionated about conservation, or out looking for frogs!

Anyone mind giving me a primer for how Mastodon works? Im still very new to it all

Picture is of my favorite salamander! (Bolitoglossa mexicana)

👋 Hi! This is the Mastodon account for CloudLab. #introduction

CloudLab is flexible, scientific infrastructure for research on the future of cloud computing. Researchers use CloudLab to build their own clouds, experimenting with new architectures that will form the basis for the next generation of computing platforms.

Learn more, sign up: cloudlab.us/

Hi there. A wee #introduction

^ are an #artist collective with a shared art space in Manorhamilton, Ireland. We are a group of humans, nonhuman organisms and a 3-storey building, all working together on artistic research on the blurred topics of #art, landscape and technology.

^ experiment with shared leadership structures and artistic research practices. We are learning from one another, from you all, and from people, places and things we may never meet or identify.

I also take the point that, by definition, it will be hard for new people to know about a relevant hashtag to use. Many new people will still use (#)introduction. I plan to monitor that tag and keep offering help.

But I think that if we can get dozens or hundreds of us behind the idea of a particular hashtag to help new ueser that it will percolate through the social media grapevine.

How did people get the idea of making an (#)introduction post in the first place after all.

You asked for it, now its here:
mtg.garden

" title=""/> The #Fediverse instance for everything #MagicTheGathering!

Sign up for an alt account and start posting about the greatest game ever.

This server is not affiliated with Wizzards of the Coast or the Magic the Gathering brand.

#mtg #magic #instance #introduction #introductions

Hello everyone, here is my #introduction 😀

I am most of all a musician. I’ve been playing live and composing under the name “gwEm” for 20+ years.

Mostly I make #chiptune and I am deeply passionate about it. I do this outside and inside the #demoscene.

I also do old skool rave, electro, drum’n’bass, metal and punk.

Platforms of choice are in first place the Atari ST, and in second place the Commodore Amiga.

queensbridge.social

#QueensBridge is in the Fediverse!

#Introduction: This is an instance for everybody who feels akin to the Queensbridge housing project, home of #nas, #MobbDeep and 🎵 #HipHop.

Feel free to join us and please #boost this post and follow us, especially if you're from the #USA or love #NewYork HipHop.

Peace!