Kyle Ford

@kyleford
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LA-based Product guy (currently at Mighty Networks, formerly at Amazon, Fox, Ning and other outfits) married to an amazing high school English teacher. We have three sons and a small, opinionated dog.

Living with #ocd and #scrupulosity. I've also been known to eat gimmick foods on #tiktok from time to time. He/Him.

#fedi22 #technology #product #losangeles #parent #mightynetworks #ning #newsletters

Websitehttps://houseofkyle.com
Newsletterhttps://kylesjunkdrawer.com
TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@houseofkyle
Baby Mamahttps://mastodon.cloud/@hagfish
Surprise! Snakes Have Clitorises

A new discovery could rewrite the story of reptilian sex.

The Atlantic
Portrait of this nerd as a young man
Twitter app(s) now deleted entirely from my phone. I feel reborn.
Legit all that remains over there are fascists, bummed-out journalists and people grimly promoting stuff until the wheels fully come off

Incredible (and true) headline: "Tesla is on the way to becoming the MyPillow of cars"

https://boingboing.net/2022/12/12/tesla-is-on-the-way-to-becoming-the-mypillow-of-cars.html

Tesla is on the way to becoming the MyPillow of cars | Boing Boing

Several surveys show the once darling Tesla has slipped into the realm of negative brand perception. It would appear that Elon Musk’s antics since his purchase of Twitter have also caused peo…

Boing Boing
Everyone complained when tweets increased to 280 characters about it ruining the dynamic of the site, but I'll tell you what ruined the dynamic of the site: pricks.
"Wednesday" is definitely enjoyable, but once again a new piece of Addams content fails to hit the high water mark: https://youtu.be/WRAg_bjxTPg
Mc Hammer-Addams family groove

YouTube

⏸️ Press Pause: Bookmark in case of "I need to rage quit centralized social media" emergency:

https://presspause.social/

(Template hat tip to glitch.com)

Press Pause

Centralized social media can be grim. Bookmark this for when it's time to pause.

Just deactivated all my Twitter accounts: public, private, bots, everything. I was a Twitter early adopter, and now I’m done. You should consider doing this too.
Did a post last week designed for sharing with the Mastodon-curious in your lives that have reached their Twitter breaking point: https://houseofkyle.com/2022/12/04/mastodon-101-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-tusk/
Mastodon 101 (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Tusk)

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