Litui (Aria) 🇨🇦

So yeah, it certainly wasn't me. I make no claims to be the OSS champ. But it's a competition between people who are all privileged to have had the time, opportunity, and energy in their career spans to contribute. Gender notwithstanding.

@astrid@tiny.tilde.website yep. But also I don't want the credit as much as I want the feeling my work matters, impacted people positively, left a mark that is remembered. I think chances are only marginally higher for that in the FOSS community. Most of my effort right now is in private community repos because it's for the good of my (dunbar's number) community, not for consumption and training by orgs proven to not respect licensing.

@kbob@chaos.social no idea, but the data all being from the census bureau it shouldn't be too hard to dig up public deets

I'm a sometimes musician and even rarer Twitch streamer. My produced music can still be found here or there online but I have retracted most of it from Spotify and similar streaming services. Mainly synths and production. I'm terrible at keys but enjoy composition. I own a couple bass guitars I rarely ever pick up 😅. I'm bisexual/pansexual and a relationship anarchist at core despite being settled into a very long term, well-established kitchen table poly life. I'm lewd and kinky as well (in the right contexts) because I believe we only have one life to live and I choose to make the most of it, notwithstanding our at-times suffocatingly puritanical culture. I'm visibly and vocally trans (woman-adjacent, genderfluid), and it matters to me to say so. I started transition nearly 15 years ago, well before my existence became a populist wedge issue to conservative lobbyists. I put this last on the list because while yes, it is an important fact about me, it's that far from the top. 3/3

And with the professional stuff out of the way: I have attended post-secondary twice in my lifetime, both times out of personal interest, learning what I needed and leaving when I was satisfied (no degrees). Linguistics first (focus on Semantics incl. Formal Logic), and Policy Studies the second (focus on Marginalized Populations incl. international Women's and Gender Studies). I believe it's good and just to assess our values and to pick sides (the side of empathy, community, and humanism, ideally) and that we can do so even while holding space for nuance. I try to be pragmatic and support those who meet the moment in ways that matter to me. As such, I tend to fall pretty far to the left on the political spectrum, but I don't identify directly with or subscribe to every value of any specific partisan camp. I support who I need to when goals align, and I believe in harm reduction as a political strategy otherwise. Anti-intellectualism and strict identitarian partisanship are dangerous to us all. 2/3

@likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca hope you're well!

@likelyjanlukas@mstdn.ca ups and downs. Mental health took a big hit the past few years, but trending positively at least. Back on the job hunt now.

Neat map by way of Wealthsimple's TLDR newsletter today. US states by top importer. Canada being first across 23 states.