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title: Welcome!
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{{< adm type="err" >}}
**Warning:** an individual has been impersonating me on XMPP for a long while,
spamming homophobic, transphobic, and racist content, as well as sending
extremely graphic imagery. **This individual is not me.** If there's any doubt
whether a particular JID is me, please contact `amolith@secluded.site`.
{{< /adm >}}

## Welcome!

My online pseudonym is Amolith. However, if we end up meeting in person, I would
be happy to introduce myself as myself. I am a musician, developer, sysadmin,
co-host of the [Linux Lads] and [Linux Dev Time] podcasts, small business owner,
and founder of not-for-profit [NixNet.][nn] I also work with [MBOA,][m] a
wonderful co-op that creates [JMP.chat][JMP] (self-promo ahead). [JMP] gives you
a regular phone number that people can call and text and you receive those on
any device you have [an XMPP client] on. Optionally included with the $5/mo
subscription is your own [Snikket] server for yourself, family, and friends.

[Linux Lads]: https://linuxlads.com
[Linux Dev Time]: https://linuxdevtime.com
[nn]: https://nixnet.services
[m]: https://mboa.dev
[JMP]: https://jmp.chat
[an XMPP client]: https://xmpp.org/software/?platform=linux
[Snikket]: https://snikket.org/hosting/

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[Decode my geek code above][decode] or [create your own.][create]

[decode]: http://www.joereiss.net/geek/ungeek.html
[create]: https://geekcode.xyz/geek.html

## Blog

I will occasionally blog here and that content can be found on the [Posts
page.][posts] Below are a specific few posts that give a good overview of what I
typically write about.

[posts]: /posts

- [Pull vs push: intentional notifications](/pull-vs-push-intentional-notifications/)
- [(Ab)using mesh networks for easy remote support](/abusing-mesh-networks-for-easy-remote-support)
- [Replacing YouTube & Invidious](/replacing-youtube-invidious)
- [Typing International Characters](/typing-international-characters)

## About the site

Secluded.Site was hand-written entirely by me and is generated with
[Hugo.][hugo] [The theme][theme] is public and available for anyone to use. I'll
eventually get it added to [the themes directory][dir] once I clean it up a
little (patches welcome!), but until then, you can simply clone the repo and
copy the theme to your site.

[hugo]: https://gohugo.io/
[theme]: https://git.nixnet.services/Amolith/secluded/src/branch/main/themes/secluded
[dir]: https://themes.gohugo.io/

All of the code is released under the [MIT license] and the content here is
[CC-BY 4.0.][ccby] Source for everything is available on my [Forgejo
instance.][forgejo]

[MIT license]: https://tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license
[ccby]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
[forgejo]: https://git.nixnet.services/Amolith/secluded

## Contact

I can be contacted through many methods but the most reliable, instant, and my
most preferred is XMPP. In order of preference…

1. **XMPP:** `amolith@secluded.site`
2. **Email:** `amolith@secluded.site`  
   If you wanted encrypted email, my [age] public keys are [here on my
   website.](/age.keys)
3. **IRC:** `amolith` on [Libera] and [NixNet]
4. **Matrix:** `@_bifrost_amolith=40secluded.site:aria-net.org`  
   If you absolutely must contact me over Matrix, do so through an XMPP bridge
   like the one above.

[age]: https://github.com/FiloSottile/age
[Libera]: https://libera.chat/
[NixNet]: https://docs.nixnet.services/IRC

{{< adm type="tip" >}}
If you choose to contact me over XMPP, please use OMEMO encryption and manually
verify fingerprints below. Any other keys should be marked as _untrusted_.
{{< /adm >}}

```text
A: 356C7395 B6A79738 DCE819CF E49F3146 9DD3E4E3 C753CF13 140358B8 7540A969
B: 667DB93D 3E0BCF27 EF480A54 2B86E8A9 59DD72D8 AB1E603E E0BB4307 E419A62F
C: F11286AC CB7B19F5 80D4CAB7 132C1938 99561BF9 9A3430D1 B5621714 0A39B916
D: 7E9EDD79 0221B6B9 58E38C8F 51F92B15 A35F9918 2B0B98E4 2DA72EBF 3AB0EA23
```