Eric @arctangent@qoto.org

@louiscouture I set my sights much lower. I'd be quite pleased with all budgets getting passed before the start of the fiscal year ;)

@freemo No logical explanation at all...well, unless you count things like it's from another language lol. I guess you also pronounce the French Jean (male) like it's the singular of jeans? ;)

@JulienDelpierre Very cool! It's interesting to even look at the number of colored blocks, indicating (I presume) which species have been studied more.

Speaking of #tarantulas, if'n I were to post pictures of mine (c. versicolor and m. balfouri), should I hide those babies behind a #contentwarning? I don't really care if others find them icky or gross, but I"d feel bad if I triggered someone's #arachnophobia for reals.

So, #introductions. I'm a Technical Director in the cybersecurity field by day, primarily focusing on fun stuff like policy, compliance, administrivia, and advising management. I like it, but it doesn't make for exciting copy.

At home/by night, I'm a #gemcutter and #goldsmith, and I enjoy some more archaic hobbies, like fountain pens and wet shaving (using inherited straight razors on the face, Gillette double-edge razors on the scalp). I'm an avid, if relatively old, gamer--be it computer/platform games, tabletop, role playing games (both paper and live action}, cards, or collectible card games. I collect a few too many other things, too--like world #coins, masks, #tattoos, #cats, #tarantulas....

Tag time:
#Goldsmithing #jewelry #faceting #silversmithing #fountainpens #wetshaving #straightrazors #DErazors #gaming

@inkican That's because we all know you're Sophia 😜

@michellegee Bill likes it here, because this is where one toots rather than tweets.

@pganssle And there I was, thinking I'd maybe switch from the ever-worsening Hangouts to Signal for my SMSness. Oh well.

@deNew_John I'd short TWTR, but he took it private, probably because the SEC would hound him mercilessly about pumping his stocks.

I'll just have to settle for watching Twitter burn like Rome.

Well hello, world. I've never been big on Twitter, but all the recent talk about Elon's new toy has me thinking again about how much Facebook makes me feel icky. So I thought I'd check out this joint.