Leaving twitter isn't easy, but the reason for me wanting to do so happened long before musk. As someone who has struggled with ocd anxiety my whole life, the non stop deluge of ai-art, nfts and fascists in my daily experience was just raw sewage for my mental hygiene. However - I think it is important to remember how important twitter has been for large groups of people and I think this article captures something important: https://www.garbageday.email/p/one-giant-slow-motion-fail-whale
One giant slow-motion fail whale

Read to the end for a pic of the person who ran next to your car when you were a child

Garbage Day
@simonstalenhag those of us who witnessed the fall of freenode are eager to draw parallels to Andrew Lee. A rich kid who bought the IRC network he had admired growing up, only for everyone to leave and start a new IRC network. Now he's king of the ashes.