Wants a more livable city and planet. Think globally act locally.

Living in an old farmhouse in Ottawa.

Retired Chem/Physics/Earth Sciences teacher. I'm interested in everything.

I think society performs at its best when we take care of others, especially the weakest among us. That means a strong social safety net, with "free" healthcare, education, and public transit. It's a dream, I know.

30+ years of explaining stuff to teenagers has left me with some habits... I'm not a mansplainer, but I *do* like to find ways to 'splain stuff to receptive ears 😊

My Toots: https://justmytoots.com/MichaelPorter@ottawa.place

Writer/podcaster; fan of books, podcasts, hockey, baseball, curling & movies. Regional Traffic Manager for Rogers Radio in Ottawa. Views & opinions are my own.

I was also diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 35. Sometimes I talk about that.

You can find links to my work at https://srgower.com

I'm a botanist and conservation biologist in Ottawa. My work focuses on crop wild relatives and wild-harvested species, particularly berries; and invasive plants. I am trained as a plant taxonomist and community ecologist.

All opinions expressed are my own, and do not reflect those any of my employer(s) past, present or future.

My interests include photography, woodworking, kayaking, swimming, hiking and natural history.

🇨🇦Recovering engineer, ex-military (#RMC), ex-Jazz musician, triggered by injustice. Born 318.5 ppm CO₂. Raised in BC, but in Ottawa since 1990. Generation Jones, but never conservative. Joined Mastodon in April 2022.

Profile pic: myself against Canada's warming stripes
Banner: Cityscape of Cyberpunk 2077's Night City at twilight

[Don't hesitate to send a follow request! I just want to avoid bots and empty profiles]

elle/she/her. FR/EN

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Ottawa, Vanier (Canada)
Formerly Vancouver (BC) and Québec (QC)

Happily married (@ksawatsky) and childfree

I'm very much pro (vaccine, science, choice, mask, etc.).

#SKyard

(Profile pic: selfie of a woman and a man in front of a waterfall, Québec City;
Header: a panorama of multiple waterfalls, Croatia)

live in #Ottawa, #Canada (Unceded territory of the #Anishinaabe #Algonquin Nation) My Background is #Programmer #RealTime
#Embedded some #ScientificProgramming Hobbies? ;) #FreeBSD dev. #amateurRadio, #Musician #Baking (I love to bake Universes) #Cooking some Uni. #Maths #Physics #Linguistics now interested in #Philosophy #Propaganda #CriticalThinking If you know who I am, you know.
#nobot