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Kevin Karhan :verified:Rant re: Signal Shills being dangerous Tech Illiterates
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>briankrebs</span></a></span> OFC this targets <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> and the only effective means here are:</p><ol><li>Teach <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> instead of consumerism.</li><li>Mandate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/confirmation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>confirmation</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/notification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>notification</span></a> - <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PopUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PopUp</span></a>|s for every use of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Clipboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clipboard</span></a> (similar to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/webcam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webcam</span></a> use by websites)...</li><li>Ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> - <em>seriously</em>!</li><li>Ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a>, because it's a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a>, espechally since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows10</span></a> and even more so on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> that is *insecure in every configuration!</li><li>Put <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a> before a system they can't feck up. I.e. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/tails_live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails_live</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tails" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tails</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tails</span></a> for that reason alone (can't run such commands if they neither got <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/root" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>root</span></a> nor any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/persistent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>persistent</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/storage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storage</span></a> to target).</li><li>Normalize the use of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a>!</li><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Teach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teach</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> instead of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumerism</span></a>! </li><li>Ban <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> and their shitty products!</li><li>Migrate every <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterate</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> and don't give them administrative privilegues.</li><li>Teach <em>tech literacy</em> instead of consumerism!</li></ol>
Ruth Mottram<p>Took my youngest through the data detox ( datadetoxkit.org ) + had a really thorough conversation about data, privacy, tech and so forth as a Christmas holiday activity.</p><p>Good news: the point was taken + understood<br>Bad news: my 12 yr old is literally the last kid out of 25 in the class to not have <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Snapchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snapchat</span></a> (technically only permitted for 13+ kids in Denmark)</p><p>It's surprising to me that so many parents have such a cavalier attitude to their kids on SoMe, but maybe not so surprising that they've never talked to kids at school about <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a>, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> and such like. Perhaps, most people just don't think about it? The focus, where they have had <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> lessons, has tended to be on bullying, scams and grooming, which is maybe fair enough. <br>But they seem already at school to be locked into an idea of "the internet" that is controlled by US tech corporations + walled gardens, rather than really understanding what the net is.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@bojkotiMalbona" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bojkotiMalbona</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@AAKL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AAKL</span></a></span> OFC this is a highly debateable poll in that the choice one takes depend on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> and personal assessment of the severity of it...</p><p>OFC <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a> is also garbage and just plain evil, tho unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> they didn't have the option to sabotage competition and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FUD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> ...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>THIS is why <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a> must win:</p><p>Because otherwise everyone will be <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/downgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>downgrade</span></a>|d to a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/user" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>user</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tennant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tennant</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/beggar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beggar</span></a> on every <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/System" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>System</span></a>. </p><p>We'd not <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/own" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>own</span></a> anything nor have any <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DigitalAutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalAutonomy</span></a> regardless of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> or how much we pay!</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0&amp;t=379s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t</span><span class="invisible">0&amp;t=379s</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuxfoundation</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toybox</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToRepair</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ownership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ownership</span></a></p>
epicenter.academy<p>Für uns hat das Schuljahr an den Wiener Schulen gestern mit 3 Workshops „<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DigitaleSelbstverteidigung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitaleSelbstverteidigung</span></a>“ an der HLW 23 Sta. Christiana begonnen - viele weitere folgen noch. 🤓 <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/techliteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techliteracy</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/medialiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medialiteracy</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/digitalaustria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalaustria</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/oead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oead</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JessTheUnstill</span></a></span> and they deserve <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> and easy tools, too...</p><p>Luckily, the situation has become easier over time...</p>
UKRIO<p>Russell Group advice on AI in academia:<br>1. Support AI-literacy<br>2. Support students to use <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> appropriately<br>3. Teaching and assessment should include using AI ethically<br>4. Uphold <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AcademicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicIntegrity</span></a> and rigour<br>5. Collaborate on best practice</p><p><a href="https://russellgroup.ac.uk/news/new-principles-on-use-of-ai-in-education/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">russellgroup.ac.uk/news/new-pr</span><span class="invisible">inciples-on-use-of-ai-in-education/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AIethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIethics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/RussellGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussellGroup</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Cheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cheating</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AIwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AIliteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIliteracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@rysiek" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rysiek</span></a></span> well, you technically CAN by literally blocking their IPs and ASNs, but that'll require <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> and people actually investing time and effort in it, thus making tech less accessible for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIlliterates</span></a>. </p><p>Corpe problem is how <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> and shit it setup to only benefit rich corporations!<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110649611911474303" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@kkarhan/11064961</span><span class="invisible">1911474303</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ajsadauskas</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/technology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>technology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedibb.ml/c/music" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>music@fedibb.ml</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/music" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>music@lemmy.ml</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ohai.social/@senficon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>senficon</span></a></span> </p><p>Not gonna endorse anything like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> for obvious legal reasons but the 1st rule always is: </p><p>DON'T GET CAUGHT!</p><p>Sadly children today get groomed into gullible <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumerism</span></a> by the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAM</span></a>'s instead of getting taught actual <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a>.<br><a href="https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/110370328421999355" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aus.social/@ajsadauskas/110370</span><span class="invisible">328421999355</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@BlackAzizAnansi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BlackAzizAnansi</span></a></span> The same kind of people also get confused setting up <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eMail</span></a> and thus should be forced to get basic <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> classes before being allowed to do any tech...</p>
SSFC KDT 💚💙⚽🌹💻🍺✌<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>timnitGebru</span></a></span> "lack of data, AI and overall <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a>"</p><p>The latter is pretty much the cause of everywhere we are regarding society and <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> right now, from the popularity of <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AntiConsumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiConsumer</span></a> mobile devices, to the spread of <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>, to the continued insistence among many to use fascist corporate <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> like <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/birdsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birdsite</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> didn't start this and AI didn't make this happen.</p><p>At the end of the day, though, AI isn't good enough to do what its detractors insist it will.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://hackers.town/@kusuriya" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kusuriya</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fairmove.net/@mail" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mail</span></a></span> OFC, this is also looking at the wider, systemic issue:</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> isn't being taught.</p><p>The sheer fact that I met a girl in 2019 that until she started her apprenticeship never used a computer or mouse and graduated with an A-level in Germany showcases that.</p><p>I don't expect people to do Linux From Scratch, if post-millenials already have issues opening up <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NSAbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSAbook</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows10</span></a> it's no wounder <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> works so butter-smooth on them...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@linuzifer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuzifer</span></a></span> das setzt ja <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaLiteracy</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLiteracy</span></a> voraus: Beides wird aber nicht gelehrt - vorsätzlich!</p>
addie<p>Tech Literacy has been misunderstood from day 1, but older generations had the advantage of *having* to troubleshoot everything they did w/ technology to help instill some of that along the way. As technology gets simpler, deeper understanding of it decreases. That needs to change.<br>Here’s my latest blog abt tech literacy in the 90s/00s versus today and how we could fix that in schools/formative years. <a href="https://analogdreams.blog/tech-literacy-misunderstood-from-the-start" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">analogdreams.blog/tech-literac</span><span class="invisible">y-misunderstood-from-the-start</span></a><br><a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/techlit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techlit</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/techliteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techliteracy</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> <a href="https://glitch.lgbt/tags/writefreely" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writefreely</span></a></p>
nikkiana<p>Hi. I'm Nikkiana.</p><p>I ask a lot of <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/questions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>questions</span></a> so other people can find <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/answers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>answers</span></a> to questions they don't know how to ask.</p><p>I have a background in <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a>, <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> and <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a>, and I built my first website at age 13 in 1997. My expertise is in <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/css" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>css</span></a>, <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/sass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sass</span></a>, and <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/frontendwebdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frontendwebdev</span></a>.</p><p>I am a <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/mixedmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mixedmedia</span></a> <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> interested in <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/collage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collage</span></a>, <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/NeurographicArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeurographicArt</span></a>, and <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/musicproduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musicproduction</span></a> </p><p>I am particularly interested in the intersections of <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a>, <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a>, <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a>, <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/techliteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techliteracy</span></a>, <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a>, <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>race</span></a>, <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a>, and <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disability</span></a> within <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a>. </p><p>I have two <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> named Izzy and Sally.</p><p>I read <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tarot</span></a> and <a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/OracleCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OracleCards</span></a>. If you're interested in that, I use <span class="h-card"><a href="https://witches.live/@nikkiana" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nikkiana@witches.live</span></a></span> for that content. </p><p>Available and interested in projects, interviews, and conversation. </p><p>Tips are welcome and appreciated so I can afford to continue to share my expertise freely, especially to others who would not otherwise be able to afford it. If you'd like to do that, there's a link in my bio. </p><p><a href="https://social.yesterweb.org/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a></p>