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1 <h1>About</h1> 2 <p>Hello, I am Alex (he/him). I write and have written poetry, nonfiction and 3 prose, and my current primary interests are exploring alternatives to 4 mainstream software and computing (details below) and their ability to build 5 creative, cooperative, non-commercial relationships and communities. </p> 6 <p><b>Elsewhere Online</b></p> 7 <ul> 8 <li> <a href="https://git.alexwennerberg.com">git</a> </li> 9 <li> <a href="https://github.com/alexwennerberg">github</a> (using less and less lately)</li> 10 <li> <a href="https://merveilles.com/@aw">mastodon</a> </li> 11 <li> <a href="https://twitch.tv/0000">twitch</a> </li> 12 <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@alexwennerberg">youtube</a> </li> 13 </ul> 14 <img src="/img/me.jpg" alt="" /> 15 <p>I studied Physics and English at Truman State University in Kirksville, 16 Missouri graduating in 2016, lived in Chicago for four years, then San 17 Francisco for two. I currently live in Brooklyn, NYC. I published the poetry 18 book Harm (2016) through Bottlecap Press, and have self-published and locally 19 distributed three chapbooks since then. Reach out if you'd like a physical 20 copy. My poetry has appeared in Prelude, Tenderness Lit and Peach Mag, among 21 elsewhere.</p> 22 <p>I believe strongly in non-commercial, collaboratively-produced free and open 23 source software. I believe computers, predominately, have become primarily 24 instruments of increasing bureaucratization, domination and control, and this 25 ideology pervades even "alternative" tech. I believe that a more radical 26 re-evaluation of computing and its role in our world is necessary. I do not 27 take a pessimistic outlook here: I believe these technologies exist and can be 28 built.</p> 29 <p>Some of my current technical interests, currently, are: 30 <ul> 31 <li><a href="https://git.sr.ht/~vdupras/duskos">Dusk OS</a></li> 32 <li><a href="https://100r.co/site/uxn.html">uxn</a></li> 33 <li><a href="https://permacomputing.net/">permacomputing</a></li> 34 <li><a href="https://github.com/alexwennerberg/nanomail">nanomail</a></li> 35 </ul> 36 </p> 37 <p>Some of my "finished" projects: 38 <ul> 39 <li><a href="https://flounder.online">flounder.online</a></li> 40 <li><a href="https://github.com/alexwennerberg/crabmail">crabmail mailing list archive</a></li> 41 <li><a href="https://alex.flounder.online/poetry/">poetry</a></li> 42 </ul> 43 </p> 44 <p>I'm also deeply interested in philosophy, literature, political organizing, and art.</p> 45 <p>I recently moved to NYC and am interested in meeting people and communities with similar interests and am happy to get in touch. Contact information is in the site footer.</p>