Some fantastic news: beitmenotyou.online is now on the fediverse.

If you want updates from the site, including new blog posts and site news, you can now follow:
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The open social web keeps getting better. Are you following more blogs and independent sites through the fediverse yet?

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Be It Me Not You – Ebooks, Blog & Digital Freedom

Most systems are not neutral.

Systems Against the Self explores how modern technology, platforms, and structures shape behaviour, identity, and freedom, often without you noticing. It is a clear, thought-provoking read for anyone interested in privacy, decentralisation, and self-sovereignty.

https://books2read.com/b/systems-aginst-the-self

#SelfSovereignty #Decentralisation #Privacy #DigitalFreedom #DigitalRights #Web3

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Systems Against the Self: Privacy, Power, and Resistance in the Modern Age by Michael J. Burgess

If you value what I do and want to help keep it going, you can support me in Crypto here:
https://nowpayments.io/donation/MJB

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https://beitmenotyou.online/shop

Every bit helps me keep creating around privacy, Linux, self-hosting, and digital sovereignty.

How do you prefer supporting independent creators?

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Privacy in 2026 is about boundaries, dignity, and control, not secrecy.

I've just published a new post on why privacy matters, what is threatening it, and practical ways to protect yourself, from better settings and passwords to encryption, Tor, VPNs, and self-hosting.

What step have you taken lately to protect your privacy?

https://beitmenotyou.online/privacy-in-2026-why-it-matters-and-how-you-can-protect-it/

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Privacy in 2026: Why It Matters and How You Can Protect It – Be It Me Not You

Looking for a place to chat with like-minded people about privacy, decentralisation, Linux, Bitcoin, self-sovereignty, freedom of speech, and the future of the web?

I’ve set up a Signal group for exactly that. News, ideas, tools, discussion, and real conversation, all in one place.

Want to join us?

https://signal.group/#CjQKIOoAV1L9ILbh_er6__uCKNzYeC56ykaSphMPB4jOYHNAEhBFMXTGbv-8_LzHTCtym-Sm

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Signal Messenger Group

Follow this link to join a group on Signal Messenger.

My main social spaces are Nostr, Bluesky, and Mastodon.

Nostr: https://njump.me/npub123j6zd6p5dls3qf2cae3dzqtrgl9vpd942jq6ge8l6mwr7muyy8qv58dpt
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/beitmenotyou.online
Mastodon: https://social.thelab.uno/@beitmenotyou

If you want to find more of my work, or just fancy a chat, it’s all here: https://beitmenotyou.link

Where do you follow people most these days?

#Nostr #Bluesky #Mastodon #SocialMedia #Decentralisation #SelfSovereignty

beitmenotyou

Pronouns: He/Him/They/Then Bio: Hi, I'm Michael. I'm a writer, photographer, and self-sovereignty guide, author of 2 books, and I talk about privacy, decentralisation, self-hosting, Linux, digital freedom, and Web3.

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"It's Not Me, it's The World."
-- Prince Eryck Gutteral

#quote #confidence #independence #cynicism #dystopia #society #selfsovereignty #Satanism #selfcare

Sometimes spending more will progress us faster in life — balance efficiency and price, because I’m not poor anymore, and I don’t have to be.

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I can deal with whatever life throws at me. I'm no longer drawn into chaos. His chaos is his.

#SelfSovereignty #Boundaries #LifeLessons #Resilience #Mindfulness

You’re the Protagonist. Stop Shrinking.
No more playing the "helper" in your own story. Reclaim your Main Character Energy today. Watch the full deep dive!
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