it’s been awhile since i cycled this and we’re still obviously getting new members. feel free to introduce yourself below :)

  • bijuice@beehaw.orgEnglish
    27·
    1 year ago

    Hey hey, I’m bijuice.

    I’m a cat dad from Kenya who’s into poetry, art and gaming. I also mentor at a wonderful tech focused program called KamiLimu.

    I’ve been here for about a week now and I’m loving it so far. Y’all are so nice :)

  • favrion@beehaw.orgEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Hello. I am also a cat dad of five, I like music theory and composition, creative writing, board and card games, and sometimes drawing. I am an ally to Furries. I identify as heteroflexible.

  • whelmer@beehaw.orgEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Hi, I’m Whelmer, never maintained a reddit account but I was a chronic lurker and was pleased to discover this whole Lemmy thing recently. Always had a love/hate thing with reddit and this place reduces significantly the latter part of that equation.

    I’m an organic orchardist by trade, novice gardener and beekeeper as well. Been into Linux and FOSS for the past decade or so. I also like to play and build synthesizers. Though these days I’m not finding a lot of time for my non-economic hobbies.

    Thanks for creating and maintaining this community.

  • Glitterlance@beehaw.orgEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Hi, I hate glitter and my name is not Lance. I do cross stitching and play the occasional video game. I also like books, cross stitching has enabled me to listen to audio books. I like sci-fi and adventure/mystery but I read romance novels too from time to time.

  • CivilDisobedientGull@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I’m a cat parent of one from Australia. I came here as a reddit refugee and am appreciating the cultural differences here. Much easier to curate a healthy front page here!

  • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Hey, I’m Gamma he/him 👋 I like gamedev and writing fiction! Haven’t written anything shareable in a while since I’ve been working on a few Playdate games this year. I like to talk about most anything. Any book recommendations? Preferably audiobook, hopefully my library has it available 🤞

    • whelmer@beehaw.orgEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Does your Libby have the same shit as mine?

      Recently listened to The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow, Wendell Berry: Unsettling of America, Steve Coll: Directorate S, also Coll: Shadow Wars, Raven by Tim Reiterman, Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakaeur,The Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel. We Carry Their Bones by Erin Kimmerle.

      All non-fiction but all good. The two books by Coll are two of the best books I’ve ever read, if you’re at all interested in the Afghan war or the CIA. And David Graeber is definitely a favourite of mine as well.

      Also, if you don’t know about it, Librivox is a cool source for audiobooks. It’s all volunteer-read from Project Guttenburg. The quality can be a little rough if you’re used to profressional audiobooks, but some of the readers are really good and there’s a lot of great stuff. A reader I really like on that platform is called Expatriate, loved his reading of Don Quioxote.

      • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Found a few; Stranger in the Woods, Dawn of Everything. Added We Carry Their Bones to a notify list so I hear when it comes in. The last one kinda reminds me of Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe, that was a good listen!

        Haven’t heard of Librivox, I’ll have to check it out when I run out of stuff at the library 😆 Thanks for all the recs!

      • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Just finished The Stranger in the Woods, it was really good! The Dawn of Everything should be up soon, I’ll get to it after The Winners 😄

        • whelmer@beehaw.orgEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Pretty amazing story eh? Imagine what his winters were like, for so many years! Peculiar guy.

          • Gamma@beehaw.orgEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Having grown up in Montana, the coastal deep freeze is something I’d rather not experience 🥶 especially by myself in the woods! Insane to think that he was so close to people the whole time

  • Helldiver_M@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Hi all, I’m Michael, your friendly neighborhood aspie. I joined the Fediverse around ~2 months ago with the Reddit migration. While I have lightly participated in Beehaw’s communities since then, I’ve only just now made an account here and intend to participate here more.

    I’m an avid gamer with a pretty low tolerance for BS monetization. Some of my favorite games are the Soulsborn series, Deep Rock Galactic, Victoria 3, Risk of Rain 2, Rimworld, and Kingdoms Reborn. I’ve recently stumbled across the physics driven medieval brawler Exanima, and I’m thoroughly addicted right now.

    I also have several other interests like Music Theory and History, but I’m sure there will be plenty of time to talk about that stuff in their respective communities. Thanks for having me.

  • Thelsim@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Hi everyone! My name is Thelsim.
    I used to be a habitual lurker at Reddit and, like a lot of others, decided to be a bit more outgoing from now on. I really want Lemmy in general to succeed and feel that this only works if we actually reply with more than just an upvote.
    I enjoy a lot of different activities from gaming to drawing (really badly) to anything else that catches my really short attention span :)
    Looking forward to contribute here!

  • CivilDisobedientGull@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’m a cat parent of one from Australia. I came here as a reddit refugee and am appreciating the cultural differences here. Much easier to garage a healthy front page here!

  • anothermember@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Hello all good people of Beehaw.

    I’ve just signed up here and thought this would be a good place to break the ice.