Quitting social media (mostly)
About a month ago, I stopped using almost all of my social media (with the exception of Instagram). It’s been an interesting month and I still have mixed feelings about it.
I’ve been using Twitter since around 2008, so I’ve been there since its early days. I stopped using Twitter actively a little bit before it was acquired by the Muskrat, and once that happened, I deactivated my account […]
About a month ago, I stopped using almost all of my social media (with the exception of Instagram). It's been an interesting month and I still have mixed feelings about it. I've been using Twitter since around 2008, so I've been there since its early days. I stopped using Twitter actively a little bit before it was acquired by the Muskrat, and once that happened, I deactivated my account there and moved first to Mastodon, and later also to Bluesky. I have not particularly enjoyed Twitter for a long, long time even before it went to shit. Twitter (and its [...]
Easing back into #DoomAndGloom... The #AQI is awful here in #Maine /#NorthernNewEngland today... And it's predicted to be worse tomorrow! I did find that wearing a PM 2.5 filter mask is helping when I'm outside. When I forgot to wear a mask, I couldn't stay outside very long!
#Wildfires #WildfireSmoke #AirQualityIndex #ClimateDiary #ClimateDiaryMaine #ClimateChange
Taking a #Bloomscrolling break (too much #DoomAndGloom going on). Here's a pic of a pollinator pal (a #SwallowtailButterfly) enjoying some blooms.
Alrighty then. Re-posting #SolarPunkSunday posts from earlier today before easing back into the #DoomAndGloom posts. Thanks to everyone who boosted the signal! I hope to see more SPS posts next Sunday!
TY to @MaQuest, @jblue and @BrambleBearGrrrauwling !
One more #SolarPunkSunday article, as I transition back into the #DoomAndGloom posts. Though first, more gardening and some dinner (wild rice and greens, and salmon -- a rare treat)!.
Thanks to everyone who posted and boosted, including @MaQuest and @BrambleBearGrrrauwling . We'll back again next week. I have more #rewilding articles to post, and more about #foodsoverignty and of course #RightToRepair, #RepairCafes, etc.!
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