Obligatory #introduction post.

I've tried the fediverse previously and bailed a few years back, I'd nuked my accounts so I'm starting fresh. I think a lot of folks have moved on since but I see a few still active here. I tend to mute/block early and often.

I'm a Gen-Xer in the Fascist States of America. I work in tech and despise "AI" (ie. LLMs), refusing to touch it on principle. Non-LLM AI tech is actually useful but marketing and hypercapitalism is forcing the worst AI possible everywhere it can.

I have some cats.

Politically I'm on the left, hovering around flavors of anarchism and tending towards communism. I distrust all authority. I'm pragmatic beyond that.

I don't believe any gods exist, but I can't really prove that. I think most religion is a blight on society and we should stop taking it seriously.

I read when I can, sci-fi and fantasy mainly along with history and political theory. Favorite authors include Iain Banks, Ursula Le Guin, John Scalzi, and Ann Lecke.

I occasionally play tabletop roleplaying games but not as much or as enthusiastically as I used to. I enjoy Cypher System, Dragonbane, and some OSR/NSR games.