~basil

Hi. I'm Basil. I'm not great at introductions but a few labels which seem to fit include these: late thirties; queer (asexual, agender); roller derby official; British; leftist; nerdy; probably neurodivergent; music (and vinyl) fan; Quaker-adjacent; occasional video gamer; Too Online; generally just chill. (Oh, and they/them pronouns please.)

I wildly overuse parentheses, both in writing and in speech.

Current projects and assorted ramblings:

• books
• video games
• crochet
• social media
• more to follow

There are no comments here, partly because I don't want them, but mostly just because everything here has been written, 1997-style, in nano through an SSH terminal. But feel free to drop me a mail at basil@tilde.club (GPG public key) or find me on Mastodon at @basil@mendeddrum.org.

Here is an impermanent and changable selection of things I'm currently interested in:

• Reading more books, especially Terry Pratchett as I'll be going to DWCon in 2024.
• Playing more games. My backlog continues to expand, both with Switch games but I've also recently picked up a PS3 and PS4!
• Possibly self-hosting my own online services, either on a VPS or on some kind of homelab?
  • After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel. The oligopoly has won.