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

Earth Matters: Rising Tide Disrupts Coal Ships. Meet the People of the Blockade of the World's Largest Coal Port 2024 -Part 2

Buddy up with Bec and experience this multifaceted Protestival. We will be chatting to the people involved, hearing fab and funny speakers and kicking off shoes to groove with Gurridyula. Aunty Sue s summary of the Australian Parliament is hilarious.

3CR Community Radio

Note The #PeoplesBlockade is happening now on the unceded land and water of the #Awabakal and #Worimi peoples, at #Muloobinba ( #Newcastle NSW)
The #CanberraWave will take place on the unceded land of the #Ngunnawal and #Ngambri Peoples

https://www.risingtide.org.au/faqs

More: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/peoples-blockade-2024

#firstNations

FAQS — Rising Tide

Rising Tide
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Awabakal Women's Butterfly Cave

Newcastle’s port, which last year vowed to be powered entirely by renewable energy by 2040, exports 165Mt of coal a year on average.

The Albanese government has turned its sights on a rapid transition to renewables, announcing on Thursday it’s investment scheme for clean energy projects. BUT since it was elected in May, the government has approved four new coalmines or expansions.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/25/newcastle-harbour-blockade-activists-planning-the-biggest-civil-disobedience-action-in-australias-history

#climatechange #civildisobedience #risingtide #newcastle
#firstnations #awabakal

Newcastle port blockade: paddling activists take part in one of the biggest climate protests in Australia’s history

Rising Tide’s weekend occupation of shipping channel urges the government to raise fossil fuel taxes and stop new coal projects

The Guardian

I acknowledge all First Peoples of the beautiful lands on which we live and celebrate their enduring knowledge and connections to Country.
I honour the wisdom of and pay respect to Elders past and present.

#naidoc #naidocweek #naidoc2023 #naidoc2023🖤💛❤️ #naidoc2023forourelders #LakeMacquarie #awabakal #awabakalcountry #Australia