well hello @thoughtcrimes and welcome to steemit.

First off, your name is nice :) Your particular "menu" of interests aligns quite nicely with mine so I'm thinking you will be a good one to follow. For my part, I'm using Steemit mostly to post my short stories, which follow many of the topics (politics, traveling, consp, etc) you mention.

Enjoy the platform, it's great here :)