About

About me

Based in the Chicago area.
Born on March 15th, 1988.
I’m shy and might come across as reserved and standoffish at first, but I open up when I get more comfortable with people.
I have a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from University of Illinois-Springfield.
I’m a mental illness and mental health advocate.
Some of my favorite things include: free and open source software/culture/content/access, diversity, automation, programming, logic, video games, role-playing games, language, and coffee.
I dislike monocultures, non-consensual power structures, and closed-mindedness.
My pronouns are he/him/his or they/them/their.
I’m autistic.
I’m genderfluid. More specifically, I’m a demi-gendered man, which means I identify as mostly masculine and have some feminine markers.
I have schizoaffective disorder and OCD. I was diagnosed in September of 2007 and have been taking medication since 2006. Secondary symptoms that stem from these, and which overlap with my neurodivergence, include agoraphobia, social phobia, selective mutism, and alogia/speech articulation issues.
I’m an atheist, naturalist, and secular humanist.
Politically, I’m a libertarian socialist.

Below is an outline of things I’m interested in and would like to learn more about.

Python and Go
Unix/Linux system administration
computer networks
infosec / cybersecurity
shell scripting with bash, zsh, and Nushell
self-hosting
digital homemaking
digital archiving and preservation
retro-computing
decentralized internet
privacy and digital rights
free and open source software / culture/ content / access
Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects
mental illness and mental health awareness
neurodivergence
minimalism
history
psychology
anthropology
philosophy
language and linguistics
mythology and folklore
Hacker culture and Hacker ethic
high fantasy and science fiction
role-playing games. Only video games for now, but One Of These Days™ I will get into table-top gaming.