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title: Welcome!
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{{< adm type="err" >}}
**Warning:** an individual is currently attempting to impersonate me on XMPP and
stir up trouble. They've been spamming various groups and posting transphobic,
homophobic, and racist content, as well as sending extremely graphic imagery.
**This individual is not me.** I do have `amolith@nixnet.services`, but my
primary XMPP account is `amolith@secluded.site`. 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 Downtime] 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 family and friends.

[Linux Lads]: https://linuxlads.com
[Linux Downtime]: https://linuxdowntime.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)
- [On smoking a pipe](/on-smoking-a-pipe)
- [Part of my cellar](/part-of-my-cellar)

## 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/master/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 and my most
preferred will _always_ be email. In order of preference…

1. **Email:** `amolith@secluded.site`  
   If you wanted encrypted email, my [age] public keys are [here on my
   website.](/age.keys)
2. **XMPP:** `amolith@secluded.site`
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
Desktop:   356C7395 B6A79738 DCE819CF E49F3146 9DD3E4E3 C753CF13 140358B8 7540A969
Framework: 667DB93D 3E0BCF27 EF480A54 2B86E8A9 59DD72D8 AB1E603E E0BB4307 E419A62F
Mobile:    F11286AC CB7B19F5 80D4CAB7 132C1938 99561BF9 9A3430D1 B5621714 0A39B916
```