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Hello from Northern MN! I like memes, gaming and tech stuff!

Hi, all! I signed up for Lemmy the other day using another instance, but thought this would be a better fit. I’m a 39 year old male who grew up in Ohio and currently resides in Michigan. By day, I'm a Technology & Strategic Project Manager at the University of Michigan. By night, I'm a technology-obsessed, music-loving vegan. I’ve been active on Reddit since 2010 and am disappointed to see the direction it’s going. I’m quite active on Mastodon, so feel free to connect with me there, as well!

Hello, Lemmy! Hikeandbike here. I'm an IT network administrator from Michigan.

I was never quite active on Reddit... So can't quite say I'm a refugee. But, heard about Lemmy on the Self Hosted podcast and thought I'd give it a try!

As my username says, I enjoy hiking, and more specifically, mountain biking. Just backpacked the Manistee River Trail and trying to find some time to backpack the trails along the Pictured Rocks.

Besides that, self hosting, rock climbing (mostly indoor,) and Linux & open source are how I spend my free time.

Howdy! I'm from NE Ohio,I've to see more midwesterners on fedi!

Hey y’all I’m Josh and I’m from Iowa but go to school for Music in SoDak. Getting booted off Reddit because I only use Apollo and this seems like a pretty solid alternative. Looking forward to building the communities with y’all!

Upon further investigation of this comment section I may be the only SoDakian in here lol. Surprised SoDakZack hasn’t jumped over from Reddit

Hi!

Ohioan here... I too am a recent reddit refugee.... anyone else having digg deja vu?...

Likes: Nerdy things, Video Games, Animals, Ohio sports teams, Music, Traveling

Been on Mastodon for a few months (suck it twitter) and with Reddit's recent money grab figured I'd check out other parts of the fediverse.

Hi there. Iowan leftist fleeing the mainstream platforms to help my mental health. Feeling disillusioned with national political action and wanting to focus my attention locally. I'm and avid gardener, war-gamer/mini painter, and forever D&D GM.

Hey! Saint Paul MN here. Architectural designer, interested in tech, board games, movies (film if you're nasty), and a 12-year Reddit vet. Happy to be here and contribute!

Hello! I've lived in the Midwest for most of my life (Michigan, Chicago), with a couple of stops elsewhere in between. I'm part of rexxit and like the idea of the fediverse.

Osiyo (Cherokee) Oy li'one (Tzotzil: I'm here)

SW Kansas here, and my brain has decided to take a back seat to life, so throw in chronic pains, I'm just hunting for a new way to exist. Don't know what I'm doing yet, but I know I'm doing it, heh heh heh...What? I don't know. Do you know? No I do not, but would you like to know? Of course I would. Well tough luck there, pal.

Anyway, before the 'ol thinker decided to call it quits, I used to be quite the nerd. I dabbled in C, assembly, bash (Slackware user, so I better know bash, heh), calc, pari/gp, mathematics (Began aiming for number theory just before the brain gave out), native american languages, sharks, carnivorous plants, ferns, cooking, just to name the easiest.

Bloomington IN represent!

I also do all sorts of cooking, tech, miniatures, and just having fun!

And also a r/efugee from for-profit social media site...

New to midwest.social and lemmy in general and I had a question - I made some posts/comments from lemmy.ml but I noticed they weren't getting any interaction and they weren't actually showing up when I visited midwest.social directly. Additionally, when subscribing to a community, the button turned to "subscribe pending." Does this mean lemmy.ml is blocked here? I noticed there is a Blocked Instances list (https://midwest.social/instances) but lemmy.ml is listed under Linked Instances

Hey! Yooper reddit refugee checking in, was pleasantly surprised to find a midwest-focused instance! Hoping there's another yooper on here, there's not too many of us though :)

I do not-so-exciting software development for a property & casualty insurance company, but try to add spice to my life with lots of bike rides, motorsport, and travel. I'm into nerdy tech and financial topics, Scandinavian culture (am Swedish/Finnish American), and F1. Glad to be here!

Another MN reddit transplant, loving it here so far. Been following the news sources of the evolving dumpster fire and am overjoyed at the solidarity of the community.

I have many hobbies I cycle through like a merry-go-round. I'm a sucker for stringed instruments, Minecraft, neurodivergence, and lately a lot of plants and Zelda.

Peace and love y'all! I'm excited to be here.

Hi! Reddit refugee, Iowan, computer person. 2 cats. Too much DnD, too much fanfiction. First time on Fediverse.

Hello! Originally a Milwaukeean, currently living in the PNW. Love it out here but I miss the Midwest culture! I work as a theater tech out here and recently got into film photography as a new (and way too expensive) hobby. Good to meet you all!

Hey guys! I'm originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin. I live in rural Vietnam now. I used to travel as a network technician for large events with media streaming and broadcasting. Excited to have a new community and looking forward to lending a hand where I can!

Hi all! I'm a month away from a big move to Lansing, and probably somewhat less than a month away from a big move away from Reddit. This seems like a cool community! I'm curious to see where the Lemmyverse goes from here.

I like programming, cycling, VR, and Star Trek. I'm intermittently into sewing and playing interactive fiction.

From a Wisconsin Exurb of the Twin Cities. I am an astronomer and instrumentation physicist, most of my day job is debugging software and electronics. But sometimes it is looking at galaxies and exoplanets. I am getting back into running after an injury and am currently reading about political economics.

Hello! Crushed by the Reddit/Apollo debacle and looking for something less…corporate. Glad I found Lemmy!

I live in central Iowa and am a techno nerd - I like self hosting, docker, home labbin’, home automation, and home AV.

ohio resident here. reddit is not the site i once knew. So I'm joining this party

Hi everyone. I showed up here because I saw Seahorse at the Akron pride fest with his awesome flag, told some of my likeminded friends about it, and they found his post. I showed up to applaud him, and decided to just stick around.

I used to use Reddit, with a very carefully curated list of subreddits, which I used replace my Twitter constant stimulation requirement. I had to ditch Reddit the day they killed Apollo and won’t be returning unless they reverse that decision.

I’m happy to have found this place, it’s nice.

I’m from Akron Ohio, work (remotely) in tech (job based in San Francisco), and do not like cops, landlords, or the ruling class really.

I feel like I’d fit in here pretty well.

Hello from St Louis! I love baseball and reading nonfiction books. I also watch a lot of Law & Order and The Simpsons

Hello folks! I'm another reddit refugee. I'm in tech support for a medium sized ISP here in the Midwest. The company is based in Indiana, but I live in Michigan. My most used subs on Reddit were FFXIV, D&D, Cocktails, and Cosmere. If anyone shares those interests, I'd love to chat!

Hello! Indianapolitan (Indianapolista?) here. Mostly checking whether I was actually accepted. Thank you to the team that put this together, I was looking for a reddit community like this anyway. Indy_Involved is good but this is a bit different (and not reddit!).

Hope you guys are ready for the flood of reddit refugees. I'm an avid paintballer out of Nebraska and fully intend to start the paintball community in these parts. Hit me up if you play, you might see me at a scenario at some point!

NWI here, in one of the last blue bastions of Indiana, for what it's worth. I have no interest in prostrating to any corporate social media lords. It's nice to see what appears to be compassionate people on the internet, again.

Hey everyone! Reddit refugee from the corn fields of Southern Indiana. THEY'RE TAKING MY RIF, so I'm checking out Lemmy Network. Good to be part of your community

Howdy! I'm Mike and I'm in South West Ohio. Im an Ex Sync user migrating like a lot of others.

One question.... before I go scrub my, ahem.... account on that nameless platform, is there an online banking system that will allow my to transfer my hard earned internet points to another platform? You know, kinda like a rollover from one 401k to another?

Not that I had any huge amount.

Anyway...... OH!!!

Hello! I am not midwestern myself, but I got roots there via both parents (dad was born and raised in Iowa, maternal grandmother born and raised in Kansas, etc.). And the California Central Valley is basically the Midwest of the West. I am also what some would call "left", though more traditional socialists might dispute my credentials (Geoist/Anarchist). Looking forward to some good conversation.

Let's start with this: anyone know why my UI here defaults to Japanese? Yeah, I'm a weeb, but I'm not sufficiently weebish for that.

Hello! I'm from Indiana outside of Chicago. This seems like a good group to join. Like most here, I work in tech. I like cooking/grilling, gaming, bad movies, and the outdoors. I am migrating from Reddit and looking for a place that reminds me of the early days of Reddit.

Howdy! I live in Indiana, reddit exodus member and I'm looking for a new place to call my internet home.

Hello, 9thSun here. Chicago resident. Boost for Reddit stopped working so I wanted to check out Lemmy. Hella into technologies.

Hello fellow midwesterners! I'm from Wisconsin, lived here all my life. Started in the North and have since settled in the Southeastern area of the state. I work in technology and enjoy spending my time traveling, playing board games, spending time outdoors, and working with antique technology.

Another reddit refugee. Like everyone else I'm trying to figure this all out and excited about this growing into a healthier place to scroll. I live in Bloomington Indiana currently and have a large format printing business.

Hi yall! I'm a Chicago resident but have lived all over the midwest (and Louisville, but that's south-lite basically). I like reading all things History and poli-sci related though I've been on a personal finance kick lately. I love the idea of a regionally focused message board and hopefully we can get some good discussions goin!

What up doe!

From Detroit - waiting for some good communities for Techno, Bicycle Touring, Backpacking, and SynthDIY. Excited to start this journey on a new platform which feels very good to be on so far. Hoping for a bright future :) :)

Reddit escapee living in Central IL. Remote enterprise application developer in a fairly niche insurance category. Grew up here but spent many years in Chicago and then San Diego. Came back to raise a family here and have been back for about 17 years now. Good to be here in midwest.social!

Reddit refugee from Nebraska. Work in IT, game when i can, and try to learn as much as i can.

Greetings midwest.social

I’m from West Central Illinois but am now living in Austin TX. I work in tech and am a fan of the Stl Blues and Cardinals. So happy we finally got a cup! I do miss living in the Midwest and try to keep up with what’s going on there. Look forward to Lemmying with you all

Yo duders, Reddit refugee here like many of you. I reside in northeast Indiana. My hobbies include video games mainly on PC, anime, movies, hiking, and traveling. I'm enjoying being here.

Hey all! Long time Apollo user jumping ship with all the 3PA shenanigans going on. 32, he/they, leftist, pagan, living in WI. Into video games, nature, d&d, fantasy books, NFL, and my wife. Usually more of a lurker than a poster but who knows, maybe that’ll change? Excited to be here and get to know everyone!

Yes i too am from reddit 😂, currently in southern IN, i like houseplants, memes and ortdoors/hiking

Hoping lemmy can fill my reddit urges lmao

Michigan/Wisconsin native, engineering project manager.