The littlest sir, though doing a lot better lately, still has anxiety and is alarmed by loud noises he doesn't recognise. It's kind of adorable how he looks to me to make sure I'm not worried about a noise, and I'll explain to him ("Just someone beating their rugs outside") and despite not understanding a word, he'll believe my tone!
Here he is, looking so very little.

#Cats

A sweet photo of a white and brown classic tabby cat huddled in a cat loaf on the flipped over underside of a colourful quilt. He looks a bit worried and like he's sceptical about something just off screen, ears perked and just something about his body language suggesting nervousness, but like he is not presently arsed enough to move from his comfortable napping position. Despite being rather a large cat there's something very kitten-like about his face here, with enormous green yellow eyes and tiny pink nose. His black spots and stripes in his dark brown fur are a lovely woodland tone against the dark greens of the quilt backing with its plant motifs, the dark green linen curtains behind him, and the quilt colours of a field of flowers.
A sweet photo of a white and brown classic tabby cat huddled in a cat loaf on the flipped over underside of a colourful quilt. He looks a bit worried and like he's sceptical about something just off screen, ears perked and just something about his body language suggesting nervousness, but like he is not presently arsed enough to move from his comfortable napping position. Despite being rather a large cat there's something very kitten-like about his face here, with enormous green yellow eyes and tiny pink nose. His black spots and stripes in his dark brown fur are a lovely woodland tone against the dark greens of the quilt backing with its plant motifs, the dark green linen curtains behind him, and the quilt colours of a field of flowers.

You should regularly update your introduction post, so that's what I'm doing.

You can call me Bob, and I'm a thirty-something year old living on Awabakal land (Newcastle) in Australia.

I came to the Fediverse because I valued, and wanted, conversation rather than "engagement". Kindness over the rabid hatred and bigotry that existed over on Twitter.

I liked it so much I decided to start an instance. And that's where we are now.

The main thing I talk about here is video games. I'm a fan of pretty much all gaming genres, but some of my favourites from over the years are:

  • Tomb Raider
  • Dragon Age
  • Cities: Skylines
  • Future Cop: LAPD
  • Transport Fever

I game on Linux!

I have a wonderful wife @Jamies, and a lot of animals. We have two cats, Pumpkin & Nutmeg, and three greyhounds, Waffle, Tim Tam & Fairy Floss.

I'm passionately anti-greyhound racing, and have fostered five rescued greyhounds in 2025 as of this post (including Floss who is a foster fail). Greyhounds are a really special breed of dog and they do not deserve the abuse, pain and needless deaths they endure every day as part of the industry.

I'm also passionately anti-bigotry, and I need to get better at verbalising it. I've watched on in shock as the world has taken lurch toward bigotry, racism, homophobia and transphobia. People should have the right to be who they authentically are without fearing being abused, attacked, or eliminated as we're seeing in the USA right now.

I'm also recently diagnosed with ADHD, which was a long time coming and a deep relief for me. I'd always felt as though something wasn't quite right in life, and that just living seemed harder for me than it is for many people around me. Understanding ADHD and how dopamine works in the body suddenly made my life make so much sense.

I'm unashamedly empathic, and will reach out if I see someone struggling. I won't take offence if you tell me to leave you alone.

#VideoGames#ADHD#Greyhounds#Cats#Awabakal#NewcastleAU#TombRaider#CitiesSkylines#LinuxGaming#Introduction