I meant to be finishing a post about books I'm reading but I got distracted and wrote ~2500 words about Mastodon and Bluesky and the related things (welcoming design, insular culture) I've been stewing on for a few months

And also about vegetarian meat substitutes in the 1980s, which were *really something*

https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodon

@kissane erin can i talk to you about the part of your very excellent essay that made me choke on my wine
@beep sorry sorry im trying to remove it
@beep @kissane What is the German word for dying from excessive cackling