Dave Robinson

@dave@europhiles.uk

gotosocial 0.21.1+git-55764ce

I'm a software engineer working in cyber security, and an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, Mathematics & Computer Science (in the 1980s).

When I'm not programming in C++ under duress, I like messing around with computers, networks, and technology in general. This corner of the Fediverse lives behind my sofa, and it's not Mastodon… I'm a #GoToSocial ist!

I'm left of centre, interested in UK/EU/US politics and the #Green agenda. I'm an enthusiastic #EV owner. Pro-Europe, pro-PR. I'll follow back if you have an interesting bio.

I love a great landscape photograph and I love thin places, wild nature and especially the Celtic fringe.

🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇪🇭 🇬🇱

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Joined January 23, 2023

Location:

Malvern, Worcestershire, UK

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Male: He/Him/His
Born: 320ppm

Employment History:

Systems Designers / SD-Scicon / SISL
Admiral Computing
RSRE / DRA / DERA
Lanner Group
Camtek
DERA / QinetiQ
TBi Connect
Deep-Secure / Forcepoint / Everfox

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XMPP: dave@europhiles.uk
Matrix: @dave:europhiles.uk
Email: dave@‌europhiles.uk
Web: https://europhiles.uk/web
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Dave Robinson

@dave@europhiles.uk

I'm a software engineer working in cyber security, and an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, Mathematics & Computer Science (in the 1980s). When I'm not programming in C++ under duress, I like messing around with computers, networks, and technology in general. This corner of the Fediverse lives behind my sofa, and it's not Mastodon… I'm a # GoToSocial ist! I'm left of centre, interested in UK/EU/US politics and the # Green agenda. I'm an enthusiastic # EV owner. Pro-Europe, pro-PR. I'll follow back if you have an interesting bio. I love a great landscape photograph and I love thin places, wild nature and especially the Celtic fringe. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇪🇭 🇬🇱

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Dave Robinson

@dave@europhiles.uk

I'm a software engineer working in cyber security, and an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, Mathematics & Computer Science (in the 1980s). When I'm not programming in C++ under duress, I like messing around with computers, networks, and technology in general. This corner of the Fediverse lives behind my sofa, and it's not Mastodon… I'm a # GoToSocial ist! I'm left of centre, interested in UK/EU/US politics and the # Green agenda. I'm an enthusiastic # EV owner. Pro-Europe, pro-PR. I'll follow back if you have an interesting bio. I love a great landscape photograph and I love thin places, wild nature and especially the Celtic fringe. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇪🇭 🇬🇱

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@dave@europhiles.uk · 1d ago

Donald J Trump.
Just fuck off.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

#DumpTrump
#TrumpWarCriminal

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Dave Robinson

@dave@europhiles.uk

I'm a software engineer working in cyber security, and an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, Mathematics & Computer Science (in the 1980s). When I'm not programming in C++ under duress, I like messing around with computers, networks, and technology in general. This corner of the Fediverse lives behind my sofa, and it's not Mastodon… I'm a # GoToSocial ist! I'm left of centre, interested in UK/EU/US politics and the # Green agenda. I'm an enthusiastic # EV owner. Pro-Europe, pro-PR. I'll follow back if you have an interesting bio. I love a great landscape photograph and I love thin places, wild nature and especially the Celtic fringe. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇪🇭 🇬🇱

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Dave Robinson

@dave@europhiles.uk

I'm a software engineer working in cyber security, and an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, Mathematics & Computer Science (in the 1980s). When I'm not programming in C++ under duress, I like messing around with computers, networks, and technology in general. This corner of the Fediverse lives behind my sofa, and it's not Mastodon… I'm a # GoToSocial ist! I'm left of centre, interested in UK/EU/US politics and the # Green agenda. I'm an enthusiastic # EV owner. Pro-Europe, pro-PR. I'll follow back if you have an interesting bio. I love a great landscape photograph and I love thin places, wild nature and especially the Celtic fringe. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇪🇭 🇬🇱

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@dave@europhiles.uk · Feb 25, 2026

If you live in the #GortonAndDenton constituency and are thinking of voting #Labour (or #LibDem), please consider voting for the #GreenParty instead. It is very unlikely that Labour will win, and either way #KeirStarmer will be deemed to have failed.

The big risk, as always, is that the progressive parties (in which I generously include Labour) will split their vote, allowing the right-wing parties to win with a minority. Any centrist or left-winger shouldn't want #ReformUK to win with their parachuted-in proto-fascist.

Even if you don't care that much about politics, please use your vote and vote for the local #Green candidate #HannahSpencer, a plumber and an experienced councillor, who will properly represent the people of your constituency. It's safe to say she's not the kind of person who will be heading off to the Chagos Islands for a publicity stunt.

#UKPol #UKPolitics #GortonAndDentonByElection

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Dave Robinson

@dave@europhiles.uk

I'm a software engineer working in cyber security, and an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, Mathematics & Computer Science (in the 1980s). When I'm not programming in C++ under duress, I like messing around with computers, networks, and technology in general. This corner of the Fediverse lives behind my sofa, and it's not Mastodon… I'm a # GoToSocial ist! I'm left of centre, interested in UK/EU/US politics and the # Green agenda. I'm an enthusiastic # EV owner. Pro-Europe, pro-PR. I'll follow back if you have an interesting bio. I love a great landscape photograph and I love thin places, wild nature and especially the Celtic fringe. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇪🇭 🇬🇱

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Dave Robinson

@dave@europhiles.uk

I'm a software engineer working in cyber security, and an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, Mathematics & Computer Science (in the 1980s). When I'm not programming in C++ under duress, I like messing around with computers, networks, and technology in general. This corner of the Fediverse lives behind my sofa, and it's not Mastodon… I'm a # GoToSocial ist! I'm left of centre, interested in UK/EU/US politics and the # Green agenda. I'm an enthusiastic # EV owner. Pro-Europe, pro-PR. I'll follow back if you have an interesting bio. I love a great landscape photograph and I love thin places, wild nature and especially the Celtic fringe. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇪🇭 🇬🇱

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@dave@europhiles.uk · Feb 15, 2026

I now have functional Matrix and XMPP servers running on my own home server. That's the easy part. The hard part is persuading everybody I know to dump WhatsApp and Messenger.

#HomeLab #SelfHosting

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Dave Robinson

@dave@europhiles.uk

I'm a software engineer working in cyber security, and an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, Mathematics & Computer Science (in the 1980s). When I'm not programming in C++ under duress, I like messing around with computers, networks, and technology in general. This corner of the Fediverse lives behind my sofa, and it's not Mastodon… I'm a # GoToSocial ist! I'm left of centre, interested in UK/EU/US politics and the # Green agenda. I'm an enthusiastic # EV owner. Pro-Europe, pro-PR. I'll follow back if you have an interesting bio. I love a great landscape photograph and I love thin places, wild nature and especially the Celtic fringe. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇪🇭 🇬🇱

europhiles.uk

Dave Robinson

@dave@europhiles.uk

I'm a software engineer working in cyber security, and an alumnus of the University of Birmingham, Mathematics & Computer Science (in the 1980s). When I'm not programming in C++ under duress, I like messing around with computers, networks, and technology in general. This corner of the Fediverse lives behind my sofa, and it's not Mastodon… I'm a # GoToSocial ist! I'm left of centre, interested in UK/EU/US politics and the # Green agenda. I'm an enthusiastic # EV owner. Pro-Europe, pro-PR. I'll follow back if you have an interesting bio. I love a great landscape photograph and I love thin places, wild nature and especially the Celtic fringe. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇪🇭 🇬🇱

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@dave@europhiles.uk · Feb 01, 2026

I'm a software developer with 40 years' professional experience, lucky enough to be considering early retirement. I love writing code and don't want to stop. I'm keen to give something back and contribute to one or more open source projects.

The questions are, to what shall I contribute, and how do I get started?

My skills are mainly C++, having spent much of the past decade programmatically dismantling and reassembling Microsoft Office files. I'm quite happy to learn Rust or Go, but don't really like webby front-endy ux stuff.

Any suggestions for a worthy project to which I could contribute? Please boost if you can.

#SoftwareEngineering #SoftwareDevelopment #SoftwareDev #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

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