Fair enough, but endless feeds and short form videos are also widely regarded as dangerous to mental wellbeing, so I agree with them on that point.
But I’m more interested in getting people away from the adtech platforms, so also happy to see decentralised alternatives pop up.
The great thing about decentralised social media is I’ll always have my anti dark pattern folks in one corner or other.
I go back and forth. I like getting cozy and warm, but when it’s cold my skin feels uncomfortable, like it’s crawling or shrinking on me, like I put it on wrong. And my hands feel gross and cold and I rue having to touch myself with them in the bathroom.
But when I get warm enough it’s nice.
I’ve read 500 page novels that have touched me less than these 5 paragraphs.
Thank you for sharing this story.
So anyway, I love those dark maples with the leaves that are so blue they’re almost black in certain light. I call them goth maples.
Picture:
Robot laws innit
Idgi
E: oh, no threat of violence?
Bandcamp follows and whatever is playing on CBC music.
Black hat v grey hat innit
I’m on 3 active forums and 2 lemmies and 2 mastos and I just leave myself logged in. It’s nothing like that. Somehow that’s still a better user experience than discord
They voted in favour?
Ashamed that my country abstained here
I know I shouldn’t have even started, but I did, quitting smoking and drinking. It was really, really hard.
I just don’t have time to invest in learning a new operating system.
That’s fair. I got turned on to Linux in college so this is how I feel when confronted with Windows or Mac devices. I just get so frustrated every time I try, and it doesn’t seem like the end result is worth it if I can just stick with what works and not have to worry about some random update radically and inexorably altering how my computer works.
Howling Dogs: https://xrafstar.monster/games/twine/howlingdogs/
It’s a little Twine game that you can enjoy just in your browser (see link above), but it’s great.
Just saw you got it already - enjoy Disco Elysium!
Some of the best, most enjoyable, games writing I have ever seen. Every character is a treat.
Like toothpaste?
Wtf is this take, don’t even joke
The dentist’s house handed out toothbrushes. Which actually was really thoughtful and appreciated by the poorer parents
Or after the “but” and before the “and”