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#ScribesAndMakers 7/3. We have some new people in the community. Re/Introduce yourself and tell us about your creative work.
Hi, I'm Dave.
I was inspired to come back to writing by a neighbour at the cottage, and have sold my second non-fiction book, to appear later this year. My first was back in 1
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I just re-watched "Once More With Feeling" from Buffy season six: it still brings tears to my eyes.
I joke she's great literature, This actually is, a operatic tragedy set to music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_More,_with_Feeling_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)
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Courtesy of Christine Forber, on faceplant.
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#WritingCommunity
I just wrote a short story (as opposed to an essay)
Actual characters (:-))
https://www.freedomfiction.com/2026/06/coyotes-by-david-collier-brown/
📊 Post engagement
6
Avg engagement / post
5%
Engagement vs followers
Dec 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: #ScribesAndMakers 7/3. We have some new people in the community. · 25 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.16 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 0 text · 10 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.2×
Follows 101 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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#ScribesAndMakers 7/3. We have some new people in the community. Re/Introduce yourself and tell us about your creative work.
Hi, I'm Dave.
I was inspired to come back to writing by a neighbour at the cottage, and have sold my second non-fiction book, to appear later this year. M…
Hmmn, I really should *announce* my very first short story, "Coyotes".
https://www.freedomfiction.com/2026/06/coyotes-by-david-collier-brown/
I only mentioned it a reply
My new next-door neighbour, Taco the Chihuahua
#WritingCommunity
I just wrote a short story (as opposed to an essay)
Actual characters (:-))
https://www.freedomfiction.com/2026/06/coyotes-by-david-collier-brown/
Mea Culpa! I forgot to say who she was!
My inspiration for coming back to writing: Brigitte Eve, https://brigitteeve.ca/
My favorite: Gonna be OK,
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riO0vG2tGls
I just re-watched "Once More With Feeling" from Buffy season six: it still brings tears to my eyes.
I joke she's great literature, This actually is, a operatic tragedy set to music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_More,_with_Feeling_(…
#globe #signal
Here's my letter to the Globe and Mail re NIH and Signal
@brendangregg
I've written a performance book, "Performance for the Desperate" forthcoming from No Starch Press.
I'd like to reproduce the contents of Figure 4 (below) from "The Flame Graph" at https://spawn-queue.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2927…
Courtesy of Christine Forber, on faceplant.
@rogeriopvl
Hi, I'd like to use http cat 429 as an Ilustration in a book tentatively entitled "Application Performance for the Desperate", in a chapter about demand limiting.
It will be in paperback and eBook formats, to appear circa Aug…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
hachyderm.io
A tech & engineering server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Dec 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 6 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.2× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated89/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~5.0% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Dave Collier-Brown, once of the (late, lamented) Sun Microsystems
Systems programmer and author
Nom de Guerre: DCB
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