#Introductions for those wondering about influx of people, I heard about mastodon from a recent Washington Post article 
And, since you're new here: Mastodon doesn't run ads, we do not sell your data to survive.
However the project has a patreon, and liberapay (and there's bitcoin and paypal info under the Patreon!)
https://www.patreon.com/mastodon
https://liberapay.com/Mastodon/
If you can afford a little bit every month, feel free to chip in! But if you can't that's okay too. $1 goes a long way!
Also check your local server for info about their #patreon to keep the servers spinning!
Hi all! I'm a Phd Candidate in anthropology, studying the physical effects of stress in childhood and stress involved in living as a recent immigrant in the US.
I'm also a cellist and a (bad) gardener. I use R for my statistical and graphic purposes.
Je parle français et/y hablo español
Nice to meet you all!