Kathy Reid<p>I haven't done a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Connection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Connection</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Connections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Connections</span></a> list for a while where I bring you interesting accounts from across the :fediverse:, so let's start Saturday morning with that - and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coffee</span></a> of course. </p><p>There were some really interesting folx at <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Monktoberfest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monktoberfest</span></a> this week judging by the comments on the hashtag, including my all time fave <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://phire.place/@phire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>phire</span></a></span>. Jenny is a writer, a socio-technologist and someone I admire greatly. You should follow her. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ag_dubs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ag_dubs</span></a></span> has super interesting takes on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opensource</span></a> supply chains and you should follow them too. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grafana.social/@eamon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eamon</span></a></span> seems super interesting and is into <a href="https://aus.social/tags/prometheus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prometheus</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/k8s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>k8s</span></a>. 👋 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@asilata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>asilata</span></a></span> is into <a href="https://aus.social/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maths</span></a>, and loves <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sourdough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sourdough</span></a> baking 👋 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tenforward.social/@huertanix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>huertanix</span></a></span> is into press freedom and mechanical <a href="https://aus.social/tags/keyboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keyboards</span></a> (ohai from my KeyChron 8 mapped using keyd with glow in the dark keycaps) and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> 👋 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@The0rangeMan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>The0rangeMan</span></a></span> is an organiser for <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NoTechForApartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoTechForApartheid</span></a> 👋 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsd.network/@rubenerd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rubenerd</span></a></span> is into <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a> 👋 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aoir.social/@fenwick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fenwick</span></a></span> is a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Professor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Professor</span></a> at <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Concordia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Concordia</span></a> and author of Internet Daemons - which questions how much transparency and oversight we're handing over to autonomous agents. 👋 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@miskaknapek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>miskaknapek</span></a></span> is into information <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vizualisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vizualisation</span></a> and has a really engaging website! 👋 </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@Andy_Tattersall" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Andy_Tattersall</span></a></span> is a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/researcher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>researcher</span></a> and research trainer and did a thought-provoking post recently on which disciplines have moved from X/Twitter to other platforms 👋 </p><p>That's all for today, hope you all have a great day and let's continue to build a more deeply connected --- if we want to --- social network ❤️</p>