Western Wisconsin. Making my exodus from other socials.

Hi everyone, another Chicagolander here, this time from the western suburbs. I just moved over here from kbin.social, which has been broken quite a lot lately. Prior to that I was on reddit for an embarrassingly long time, bailing on it when the shit hit the fan last summer.

I’m also on Mastodon where I post very infrequently - I prefer the link aggregator with comments style services such as Lemmy over microblog things.

I’m a middle-aged immigrant dude who is into a lot of nerd shit like scifi, books, video games, electric vehicles, as well as photography and motorcycles. I also ride bicycles for fun and exercise when the weather doesn’t suck.

Hello, I’m void. Lifelong Michigander; catch me weekly dancing at R1 GLC. Other interests include free software, metal and industrial concerts, bio implants, and fermented foods—both homebrew and vegan goodies.

Hi there! I’m in Madison and am pretty active on the subreddit. I’m making my way over here slowly but surely. I am in grad school for urban planning. I enjoy talking and debating politics and philosophy, and am active on the Social Democracy subreddit.

Hola… from Colorado here. Hope everyone is doing well out there……

May I create a South Dakota community? I noticed there’s not one. We’ve got North Dakota, but not South Dakota.

For context, I live in South Dakota.

Good morning, midwestern Lemmites! Actually a Hexbear refugee, I got banned when they found out I organize with Trotskyists. Don’t worry though, my IRL organizing work creates enough personal irritation that I don’t need to harass people who disagree with me in order to get it. I’m just here cuz its a leftish space of localish people, who post memes and stories I can comment on. I like Music, art, videogames, tech, books (history, social theory, sci fi)…well I actually have too many hobbies and interests to list. Thanks for letting me in your little instance!

hi from Peoria, IL. Been here about 6 months and just found the docs, lol. Thanks to all you admin types driving. Good times.

Lemmy docs

Hello all, I’m a network engineer currently living in Grand Forks, ND, but from Sioux Falls, SD, and planning to move to Minneapolis in a few months.

I’ve been off Reddit since they killed 3rd party apps and figured I should finally replace it with something else.

Hi all, I’m from the greater St. Louis area. I’m a queer, nerodivergent guy (he/him) looking for a more local internet. I’ve sorta been in college for a couple years now for multimedia and web development. It’s had to be put on the back burner as of late for my mental health. I love art, games, music, and a bunch of dorky stuff. I work in home with people with intellectual disabilities and I didn’t know that I could love a job so much. On of my favourite quotes is “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” (Albert Camus) and if you were to ever see me in person I think that’s a good summary of the vibe I give haha.

Hello everyone. I’m brand new to lemmy and I hope that I understand it soon. LOL I’m in central Illinois, there’s a little blue in the sea of red around me. I have been lazy lately, between work and working OT, I’ve been watching TV. I knit, love to travel, enjoy cooking classes, going to flea markets among other things. I would love to figure out how to rehab some of my furniture, do some minor home repairs and garden.

Hi! I’m Nolan from Minneapolis! Trying out this board as part of a broader effort to un-big-tech my life. Didn’t see one, so I just created a community for posting about bicycles/cycling! I also love music, the outdoors, and dumb movies. Nice to meet you all!

Hello everyone, new user living in Northside Indianapolis but a lifelong Midwesterner that doesn’t plan on leaving. I’ve been concerned with the trends on Reddit for years now since u/spez has been trying to make as much money off the platform as they can. The recent silencing of noncompliant users for opinions on what is supposed to be an open forum was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me.

I am a firm patriot to the actual ideals of the U.S. and believe economic system should not be tied into it’s governing documents as any kind of argument from the wealthy elites controlling the country and the media. The best system for all the people is the best system for the country whether its “Capitalist” or “socialist” or something else. The foundation of the country is a free, open, Democratic Republic not locked to one economic scheme and right now only the leftists seem to be trying anything like that.

Long time deep thinker on civics, political ideology, systems of all types (controls, engineering, human). And how they should best function. A big passion for history. Love gaming of all types, sci-fi and fantasy nerd. Will take a strong opinion and debate about anything for the fun of it as long as it stays intellectual and not an emotional topic.

Looking to start actually being involved in community both here online and in the local area as well and this seemed the place to be. More than willing to discuss anything I said here and would love recommendations for communities.

Hello! I’m in Minnesota. I’m a social worker, former therapist, and work for local government. I’m trying to exit as many other social media platforms as I can and get back to slower, more local, person- and purpose-centered internet.

I understand and like the basic idea of federated platforms, but find them a confusing learning curve after decades of being hand-fed and dark-patterned around, so am still getting my feet under me. I feel about as old as I possibly could in the process. But I’m glad to be here learning!

I’m mostly a quiet and introverted lurker, but will probably pop up with a long rant the first time something about the state of the therapy industry comes up, lol.

Cheers, from Missouri.

I, like plenty of the other people here, come from Reddit. I’m into maker things, and I’m trying to improve those skills, learn to solder, learn CAD, etc. I also have IT skills regarding PC building and maintenance. Looking forward to being here.