Hellooooo to the fediverse (or at least this particular corner of it). I apologize in advance for my long overdue, long-winded, and no doubt embarrassing introduction. My name is n0madz, and I like to read, run, listen to music, game on my pc, play around with linux (arch and hyprland btw), and generally explore what it means to express oneself in a digital fashion. I'm a parent of one soon-to-be 4 year old (lil person runs circles around me on a regular basis); I lean to the far left politically and ideologically; I'm anti-racist, antifascist, and pro all things LGBTQIA. I'm generally disappointed in the current state of humanity (for reason of explanation I am sadly based in the US). I'm generally piss poor at social media, by which I mean I lurk WAY more than I post (if this was radio, I'd be a first time caller, long time listener), but I'm making a promise to myself to try and do better (only time will tell). Socially-wise, I used to be on the fediverse, self-hosted on a very smol corner of the interweb called wzrds.fun (RIP), and I had an alt account here in social.lol. For one reason or another, those accounts were closed and wzrds.fun shut down. All that being said, I found that out of all the social media platforms I've tried and lost interest in, I missed my time in the fediverse, so here I am reborn and resurrected once again. If you made it this far, (1) well done and thank you for sticking with me! and (2) please boost, favorite, and/or follow (I'll gladly follow you back as I rebuild my algo). I also strongly encourage and appreciate any and all recommendations. P.S., you can also find me on bookwyrm (another one of my alt's that has been active without interruption, I love a good book). -> @n0madz@bookwyrm.social #Introduction