<![CDATA[Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order.]]>Well, new instance so a new is in order.

Hi, I’m Daniel. I grew up in London (England), and a series of fortunate circumstances brought me to Montreal. My day job is in software engineering (mainly DevOps these days).

My profile has more information about the kind of content I tend to post, but certainly I’ve felt at home on Mastodon since I joined back in 2017, and I’m happy to be here on CoSocial!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/679d967c-a81f-4a3c-a2f2-53dfa2fcc1a7/well-new-instance-so-a-new-introduction-is-in-order.RSS for NodeTue, 07 Apr 2026 06:02:17 GMTSun, 29 Mar 2026 17:19:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:05:10 GMT]]>@heliomass I’m having a tough time choosing between cosocial.ca and thecanadian.social. Are you able to share why you went cosocial?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/ehushagen/statuses/116315908350566909https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/ehushagen/statuses/116315908350566909Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:05:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:03:30 GMT]]>@jfmezei @pl Ironically I’ve visited New Brighton (near Liverpool), but not actual Brighton. As an ex-Londoner I’m not quite sure how I’ve managed to fail so hard at this.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116315901838173149https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116315901838173149Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:03:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:47:53 GMT]]>@evan Thanks for the invite! I’ll try and make it along to one of the events.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116315132590358010https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116315132590358010Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:47:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:20:14 GMT]]>@heliomass Hi Daniel! We have a fun Fediverse meetup in at on the last Wednesday of every month; you should come sometime.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116314080200317153https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116314080200317153Sun, 29 Mar 2026 19:20:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:28:05 GMT]]>@heliomass That was the point of asking if you knew the other Daniel in England 😉 Cliché question from Americans when they meet someone who is from a town where they know someone.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116313875131411515https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116313875131411515Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:28:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:23:58 GMT]]>@heliomass @jfmezei I read about that last week!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116313858923905804https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116313858923905804Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:23:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:23:28 GMT]]>@jfmezei I’m not sure it works like that… It’s like asking someone from Iceland if they know Björk or Sigur Róz (although in that case it often turns out they do).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116313856967401706https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116313856967401706Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:23:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:22:22 GMT]]>@heliomass @pl And there are multiple Brightons !

I have biked through the first 3:
One south of London UK.
One west of Kingston ON.
One part of greater Sydney areas (O'Stralia). (technically Brighton-le-Sand)

Apparently there is one in Michigan too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116313852627164333https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116313852627164333Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:22:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:22:13 GMT]]>@pl @jfmezei And Arizona has an original London Bridge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_City)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116313852078415855https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116313852078415855Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:22:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:22:10 GMT]]>@heliomass @jfmezei https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fncnNyZqzLk

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116313851864431739https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116313851864431739Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:22:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:20:23 GMT]]>@heliomass @jfmezei Paris, Tennessee has a fucking Eiffel Tower.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116313844824226970https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116313844824226970Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:20:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:19:01 GMT]]>@heliomass Since you're from UK and your first name is Daniel, you must know Daniel Radcliffe? 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116313839443156128https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116313839443156128Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:19:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:17:43 GMT]]>@jfmezei @pl I’ve got some bad news for you. Apparently there are other Londons too! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_(disambiguation)

I’m very surprised there’s one in France.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116313834379285541https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116313834379285541Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:17:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:15:28 GMT]]>@pl @heliomass I disagree. If you refer to the city between Toronto and USA, then it is "Fake London" so no need to distinguish it from the real on in the You Kay. 😉

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116313825518511091https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116053131523440173/statuses/116313825518511091Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:15:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:59:01 GMT]]>@AncTreat5358 Thanks!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116313760817829441https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116313760817829441Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:59:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:43:29 GMT]]>@heliomass Hi there! Your interests on your profile page sounds interesting! I look forward to seeing your posts

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/AncTreat5358/statuses/116313699768163305https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/users/AncTreat5358/statuses/116313699768163305Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:43:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:35:51 GMT]]>@heliomass you should refer to it as "ours" and "theirs" for an added layer of delicious confusion

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116313669722929823https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116313669722929823Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:35:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:31:32 GMT]]>@pl Fair point! It’s the one in the UK. I’ve edited the original post.

(One day I’ll manage to visit the one in Ontario!)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116313652772182868https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116308200102587414/statuses/116313652772182868Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:31:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Well, new instance so a new #introduction is in order. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:28:08 GMT]]>@heliomass in Canada you have to specify "London, UK" or "London, ON". It's unfortunate but we all accept it. It's also your duty to ask "London UK or London ON?" whenever "London" is brought up

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116313639357155523https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/pl/statuses/116313639357155523Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:28:08 GMT