Chuck WendigDec 16, 2022

New post at terribleminds --

THE BIRD SITE IS FUCKED

"Twitter right now is a live camera feed watching a highway in an ice storm — you tune in and watch car crash after car crash, the constant shriek of metal, the spinning out of vehicles, carfires burning effulgent in the whiteout blizzard, and when you get a clear moment, when you squint, you realize every last one of those burning cars is a fucking Tesla."

https://terribleminds.com/ramble/2022/12/16/the-bird-site-is-fucked/

The Bird Site Is Fucked

It is, I think, the sensation of a phantom limb: it itches, the limb that doesn’t exist anymore, and so I want to scratch it even though nothing will ever satisfy or resolve that sensation. I…

Chuck Wendig: Terribleminds
Show threadAlanna SmithDec 17, 2022
@chuckwendig during this weird, weird time, I've been thinking a lot about how you've talked about Terrible Minds in the past, re: the importance of maintaining at least one platform you control. You were ahead of the curve on that one. Going to think more carefully about my internet presence going forward....
Show threadChuck Wendig
@alannawrites It's hard though even as sites like Facebook throttle content to outgoing links. But still, I suspect, integral to the artist/writer life? I dunno! Things are fucking WEIRD right now.
Dec 17, 2022 at 4:01pmWeb
Show threadAlanna SmithDec 19, 2022
@chuckwendig They REALLY are.