I live in the middle of San Francisco. I walk and take public transportation everywhere daily, feeling perfectly safe. And every time someone starts ranting about how scary and dangerous cities are, I nod and smile because I do not want them to come here.
Not that anyone is likely to notice or care, but I’m starting my February social media fast. Like dry January, but no Instagram threads blue sky mastdon. I quit Facebook and Twitter a long time ago. I will keep LinkedIn, cause I need it for work. Otherwise, see you in a month. Or possibly never.
This Krugman ‘farewell and fuck you’ to The New York Times post encapsulates everything I experienced with the times this year as a reader and why I canceled my subscription.
From:
@timbray https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/113908737496480327Wow, Krugman slams the door behind him, much respect. https://contrarian.substack.com/p/departing-the-new-york-times
CoSocialBut what if there’s nothing on my mind?
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My latest substack post, on how even the Lord Above is jumping on the AI bandwagon.
https://crankyolddan.substack.com/p/jesus-gets-ai-you-should-too

Ads promoting Jesus Christ use Generative AI technology.
Blog post on generative AI for Jesus Gets Us campaign using artificial images from Midjourney.
Cranky Old Man Yells at InternetJust heard about Mastodan and decided to give it a whirl. Any good reasons for doing this or doing it? (FYI, I just deleted my Facebook account.)