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Compiler of "Ngā Ingoa o Aotearoa: An oral dictionary of Māori placenames" http://ingoa.maori.nz Kaitautoko kaha ki te reo Māori, obviously.

Long-term (26 y) intactivist, I maintain The Intactivism Pages http://www.circumstitions.com)

Human rights, LGBTI+ rights, gay history, classical music, words, an old cis gay Pākehā male, he/him/ia

Header image. Pukerua Bay after sunset, with Kāpiti Island in the distance.
Avatar: Hugh Young in 2022, tinted with the flags of Ukraine and Palestine.

Husband, dad, #accessibility geek, proudly totally blind, disability advocate, CEO of Workbridge Inc, broadcaster on and owner of Mushroom FM, host of the Mosen At Large #podcast, Beatles fan, cricket nut, Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Opinions here are mine because I thought of them myself

Civil liberties, geekery, politics, YA/SF books, tasty vegan food, family life, #NerdCryptic. Yes I do have a beagle, his name's Calcifer, and he'd really like to sniff you while you pat him. #nztwits

family, sound #science, #biosecurity (pests, #WeedScience & diseases),
plant evolution, #biodiversity, network analysis, primary production, collaboration

🇳🇿🇺🇸🇪🇨 #botany #rstats #Aotearoa #NZ #NewZealand
#eqnz #IAS #weedscience #nzpolitics #Biologicalinvasions #bloomscrolling

Florida State University (PhD, University of Auckland MSc)

Grew up in #Dunedin (except 2 years at #Orawia), #dux #OBHS 1958, #BA (#Otago). #married, moved to #Plimmerton then #Feilding. #Greenie. #Conservationist. #Grandfather. #Genealogist. #Fandom fan. #FreeCol. #fedi22 searchable tfr
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Raised in West Auckland, aged in Ottawa, Canada, now doing my best to survive California

Making: Web & software development 🧑🏼‍💻


Playing: Ultimate (retired?) 🥏, climbing 🧗🏼, tramping 🏕, D&D 🧙🏼‍♂️


My header is from the Oregon on the US west (best) coast.

That's Guster in my profile pic with me. He's a good pupper, but couldn't move to New Zealand with me.

He/Him, wouldn't be fussed by They

Still a reckless reckoneer reckoning reckons from Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa. WARNING: Likely to offend genocide enthusiasts. I have updated my profile picture with a photo of a Palestine beaded bracelet given to me by a pair of Palestinian women I met while marching for a Free Palestine in Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
Some of the things I have reckons on #NZTwits #NZPolitics #WorldPolitics #Sustainability #Satire #Music #Design #MultiMedia #FreePalestine

#nzpol #NapierNZ #CatsOfMastodon
#AJKBakes

My head is full of stories... I sometimes write them down. Wellington, food, cats. @SusannahWrites on Twitter (she/her)

he/him
vi/vim
Vintage 319 ppm CO2
#biochar
#realIntelligence

Musician since the beginning, oddball, techie luddite, biochar entrepreneur/evangelist, MMT proponent, deep green, outspoken, cantankerous af neurodivergent.

Life goal: to see billionaires go extinct.

Tolerance is a social contract.

"If ever the world is to be again flooded ... then the eternal whale will still survive, and rearing upon the topmost crest of the equatorial flood, spout his frothed defiance to the skies."
Moby Dick, Herman Melville.
If the only thing on your acct. is crypto feel free to pass me by.

Wannabe Climate Change Survivor trying hard to build a fantastic carbon free future. Despite techno-optimism I am not pro-techbro and believe we need fundamental political and systems changes too.
Keen Ebiker for transport, thrills and dog exercising.
Founder & Chief Chimp at The Infinite Monkey Lab developing grid batteries from End of Life EV batteries.
FWIW I do not consent to my information/posts/opinions being used by corporations of any sort without my express approval.

Archived.

A kiwi. A builder. A musician. A believer in science ahead of fallacies.
Like to ponder because it's good for the brain and doesn't require too much physicality.
Only swear when I'm frustrated, annoyed or just plain P......off.
I live in South Canterbury. The most livable climate in Aotearoa NZ.
An Otrovert.

#builders
#musicians
#sunsets
#pondering
#art
#nzpol
#midi
#climate
#astronomy
#chocolate
#otroverts

342.53 ppm
Tāmaki-makau-rau. Te Ākitai Waihohua whenua.
Cis mostly straight, LatAm migrant.
Labels suck but eco-anarchist kinda fits.
Ocean campaigner @ Greenpeace Aotearoa, ex news.
ZeroCovid. Don't catch, don't spread.
Mask and fight for clean air.
Better transport: + bicycles, - cars
Love music, film, books, games and languages.

The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently. - D. Graeber

🚲🌱🐋 Solar punk

Viruses, evolution, and cancer at NCI/NIH, AMNH | Musician | Taiwan Gold Card | Views my own | he/him/他
“The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better." — Rohr

Rakiura. Ranger. Wildlife. Photography. Bikes. Tech. Views are my own.

West Aucklander. Doing digital for Greenpeace since before Facebook. Now co-head of story & communications at Greenpeace International 
:tinoflag:

Xennial Canuck/Kiwi Lunarpunk Satanist Cyberqueer, Feral Goth Trash Goblin, Speculative Fiction Author, Capitalism Disliker. Be warned, I'm a sarcastic bitch with a dark sense of humour. Ze/zer/zir

Peculiar enthusiasms:
The #Humanities #History #Philosophy
#Sociology #GameStudies
#Economics #VirtualEconomy
#Linguistics #Conlang
#UrbanPlanning #RegionalPlanning
#Geography #Maps #Cartography #GIS
#OpenEducation #CreativeCommons
#Metafiction
SF Detective Stories
#SocialistRealist art