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# Dr. Richard J. Acton MSci, MSc, Phd

## CV

[*Curriculum Vitae*](https://richardjacton.github.io/CV/RichardJActon_CV.html){target="_blank"}

[*PhD Thesis*](https://richardjacton.github.io/thesis){target="_blank"}

## Blog

[blog.pan-narrans.xyz](https://blog.pan-narrans.xyz){target="_blank"}

## Contact me

### 📧 email 

**Personal**

 📧[richardjacton\@richardjacton.net](mailto:richardjacton@richardjacton.net)

***GPG keys***

email signing & encryption [key](keys/02DEEBA2F3A4372D49F05FBAA9A0372F57414F61.txt) fingerprint: `02DE EBA2 F3A4 372D 49F0  5FBA A9A0 372F 5741 4F61`

Primary key [key](keys/5EE117648462E5A3610C19648E5DEFCFC3307916.txt) fingerprint: `5EE1 1764 8462 E5A3 610C  1964 8E5D EFCF C330 7916`

Signing key [key](keys/6F27232DE85CE77371A6BC79BD50EE3762D24068.txt) fingerprint: `6F27 232D E85C E773 71A6  BC79 BD50 EE37 62D2 4068`

**Work**

📧 [Richard.Acton\@babraham.ac.uk](mailto:richardjacton@pan-narrans.xyz)

*unencrypted, subject to FOI requests*

### 🗩 Messaging

*Decentralised, end-2-end encrypted &/or anonymous*

🗩 [SimpleX](https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2&smp=smp%3A%2F%2F1OwYGt-yqOfe2IyVHhxz3ohqo3aCCMjtB-8wn4X_aoY%3D%40smp11.simplex.im%2FK7aLsm-HgZAQ8Q7YyrKsZ-z2t8TxSSC5%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAhgxPcBGhO9bX9jxMuUyvAxbLGMixT8kuo3QHQlDDOzY%253D%26srv%3D6ioorbm6i3yxmuoezrhjk6f6qgkc4syabh7m3so74xunb5nzr4pwgfqd.onion){target="_blank"}

![](img/richardjacton-simplex-public.png) 

🗩 [Matrix](https://matrix.org/) ID: @richardjacton:matrix.org

Contact me over another channel if you would like my [Signal](https://signal.org/){target="_blank"} username.

## This Website

Authentication for changes to this site is managed in the git repository from which it is built with [guix git authenticate](https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2024/authenticate-your-git-checkouts/).

Introductory commit: `b060b51e5716ddf09be590b260cfe5b1d98d3d66`

signer: `6F27 232D E85C E773 71A6  BC79 BD50 EE37 62D2 4068`

Record these or consult an independently [archived version of this site](https://web.archive.org/web/20250505155151/https://richardjacton.net/) (e.g. the internet archive's wayback machine) if you wish to be able to validate the integrity of the site in the future.
They should not change unless I revoke my primary GPG key.

If the authentication check fails on the cloned repo then my git hosting infrastructure may have been compromised.

```sh
git clone https://gitlab.com/RichardJActon/richardjacton-dot-net.git richardjacton-dot-net && \
    cd richardjacton-dot-net && \
    git branch keyring origin/keyring
guix git authenticate \
    b060b51e5716ddf09be590b260cfe5b1d98d3d66 \
    "6F27 232D E85C E773 71A6  BC79 BD50 EE37 62D2 4068"
```

If the website served to you from [richardjacton.net](https://richardjacton.net) differs from one that you build from the authenticated repo then my web hosting may have beed compromised.

If you have [nix](https://nixos.org/){target="_blank"} installed you can build this site from the cloned repo with:

```sh
nix-shell --command "quarto render"
```

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