Fedi is my primary. I just pop on here sometimes to connect with people who can't or won't move over.

It is. And you shouldn't have to choose. If Bluesky was an open or as federated as it claims to be, the two would be interoperable. The entire AT protocol exists (rather than having folded into other open standards) because a billionairre didn't want to see his work go to waste.

My first name is very much in the clouds. My surname is grounded to the earth. That sums me up pretty well, I think.

This is a theme I explored in a piece of music called ‘Birds and Humans‘ which I co-wrote with my dear friend Saska (aka Tiasu).

soundcloud.com/lacrecerelle...

My surname, Gaian, means ‘of Gaia‘ or ‘of the Earth‘ which I chose as a promise to always live in a way that is mindful of the planet that we all share, and a reminder to myself that we’re all just people on one giant spinning ball of magic.

Unfortunately I couldn’t spell particuarly well in my youth, so kestrel became Kestral – a misspelling I chose to honour when I legally changed my name.

As a kid growing up on a council estate, one of my favourite books was ‘A Kestrel for a Knave‘ by Barry Hines. I got to meet a couple of kestrels through the scouts, too, and kind of fell in love with how confident yet calm they seemed.

The sole witness to this change seems to be Auntie Annie, whose pretzels appear to have salted chins since the days of the Wright brothers.

Nice looking city though!

Truly this is the music we'll all be listening to in the year 2000.