Hip-Hop DJ, photographer, podcaster, Twitch streamer, beatmaker, book inhaler, NBA fan. Oh, and a software engineer by profession, though only expect so much of that here!

Made in Leeds. He/Him.

- Software Architect at Cadence Design Systems
- IT&T Sector vice president at Prospect Union
- Reluctant "C++ expert"
- Bicycle-riding tofu-munching foreign wokeratus.
- Liberal Luddite
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Dad. Payments Engineer @ Monzo, running a 🏦. Proud GDS and GOV.UK alumnus. All opinions mine. Part of the ragwort conspiracy.

14 years of @pikesley's Tweets, forced through a Markov Chain like coffee through a civet

Libraries gave us power. Then work came and made us free. Boosts almost always mean profound agreement . If you see an ianbetteridge on Twitter, it's not me. Secure email: ian.betteridge@proton.me

Generic humanoid carbon unit, self-hosting media node. ❤️ tech, democracy, environment, society. Instantiated @ 332ppm.

Currently building @manyfold and site admin @ https://mastodon.me.uk

Previously: https://dxw.com, https://somethingnew.org.uk, https://openpolitics.org.uk, https://apolitical.co, https://theodi.org, https://www.amee.com and more.

Alignment: Chaotic Whimsy.

#OpenSource #Ruby #3DPrinting #MiniPainting #fedi22

Probably writing about event technology and AV, EV ownership, co-working spaces and parenting teenagers. Happy backstage or near water.

Posts auto-delete after two weeks

Things are:

* White or "political"
* Straight or "political"
* Male or "political"
* Cis or "political"
* Able-bodied or "political"
* Neurotypical or "political"
* Christian or "political"
* Capitalist or "political"

etc, etc

"I don't like to talk about politics" means "I voted Tory and I don't like to be made to feel uncomfortable"

Retired Professor of Political Economy; now enjoying the fediverse.