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+I am Maya of [maya.land](https://maya.land), where more biographical details can be found. I am an extensive [tiddlywikiist](#tiddlywiki) privately, but I like the idea of contributing to the wonderful coop vibe goin' on here, so I'm hoping to figure out a subset that's useful to share. 
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+* hypothes.is, obviously 
+* also.... [populus viewer](https://github.com/opentower/populus-viewer)? 
+  * Matrix seems really really heavyweight for something like that, but I know they've been patiently trying to say it's Not Just Messaging for a very long time. still need to watch [the relevant video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra5Uqee59n4)
+  * I really really really want hypothes.is but p2p or federated, so... 
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