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Followers
312
Account age
3 yrs
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Known for
27 views
Backyard Cooper's Hawk! #Birds #birdsofmastodon #BirdsOfFediverse
14 views
Crocuses! #flowers #naturephotography #photography
10 views
Yesterday's murderbird! Sharp shinned hawk. #Birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphoto #Wildlife
5 views
Yellow shafted flicker. You can even see the yellow. #Birds #Wildlife #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
📊 Post engagement
7
Avg engagement / post
2.2%
Engagement vs followers
Dec 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Backyard Cooper's Hawk! #Birds #birdsofmastodon #BirdsOfFedivers · 27 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
0.31 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly images
Recent: 5 text · 7 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
0.5×
Follows 636 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.
Recent posts
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🔥 Top post
Backyard Cooper's Hawk! #Birds #birdsofmastodon #BirdsOfFediverse
How do locksmiths open locks these days? I needed an emergency locksmith the other day; expected him to pull out a set of lock picks; but he didn't touch the lock itself.
Wolf-boy Versus Grinder: this is brilliant. Best translation of Beowulf I've seen. https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/wolf-boy-versus-grinder-the-bow-valley-beowulf/
Wood thrush! Couldn't see it but it was very close.
Crocuses! #flowers #naturephotography #photography
Yesterday's murderbird! Sharp shinned hawk. #Birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphoto #Wildlife
Juvenile Red Shouldered Hawk. What we have for backyard birds. Just resting and looking around for about 20 minutes. #BirdsOfFediverse #Birds #Wildlife
Yellow shafted flicker. You can even see the yellow. #Birds #Wildlife #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
Bluebird! #birds
Evening Grosbeak! M and F together! Almost never see them down here. Dec. 7, Connecticut. #birds
How do you get them to come out that clean? Peeling the inner skin from the chestnut is always an agony!
The problem with subscriptions (e.g., Substack, but not limited): I don't want a few dozen feeds from the same people. I want hundreds of blogs from random people that I can sample. (Feedly is great that way.)
Crocuses! #flowers #naturephotography #photography
Yesterday's murderbird! Sharp shinned hawk. #Birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphoto #Wildlife
Juvenile Red Shouldered Hawk. What we have for backyard birds. Just resting and looking around for about 20 minutes. #BirdsOfFediverse #Birds #Wildlife
Yellow shafted flicker. You can even see the yellow. #Birds #Wildlife #birdphotography #wildlifephotography
Bluebird! #birds
Evening Grosbeak! M and F together! Almost never see them down here. Dec. 7, Connecticut. #birds
How do you get them to come out that clean? Peeling the inner skin from the chestnut is always an agony!
The problem with subscriptions (e.g., Substack, but not limited): I don't want a few dozen feeds from the same people. I want hundreds of blogs from random people that I can sample. (Feedly is great that way.)
🐘 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.
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 7 views per post.
📤Posts about 0.3× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated80/100
Excellent
Credibility score
97%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 97% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~2.2% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Long-time O'Reilly Media. Wrote a few books about technology. Post articles at oreilly.com/radar. Technical interests: AI, decentralized tech, programming, security. Non-tech interests: Piano, biking, birds, ham radio (W1JQ).
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