I recently opened an account at Mastodon, and am posting a notice about that here since there’s a verification option at Mastodon that allows a new user to verify her/his Mastodon account by posting about it at another account owned by that new user. You’re welcome to link to me at Mastodon, if you wish, and can do so by clicking the link above, which will take you to my page there. If you’re not interested in any of this, please ignore this message — it’s here to permit me to link to it so that I can verify that I am the real-life person owning this new Mastodon account!