Per last entry, I’m seriously limiting Facebook access. Im happier for it. I did end up checking in yesterday, because I was concerned about my oldest friend’s family. No news, but I did see that I had a message. Email. Fuck Zuckerberg, his content moderation, and data mining. I did watch The Social Dilemma.last weekend/early … Continue reading “Continuing On The Theme”
Back in the summer of 2019, I wrote a blog post called, “You can leave.” When I wrote it, I was talking largely about what I was seeing happening with Google and Facebook. Since I’ve been in virtual isolation worried about COVID-19/Coronavirus/”The Chinese Virus,” I’ve opened back up to social media, I’m leaving again. I’ve … Continue reading “See ya”
Much as I appreciate Katherine Mangu-Ward’s argument against voting, I did go vote in the Virginia Democratic Primary this afternoon. Why? Because some of the candidates, two in particular, were so terribly awful I felt the need to try to contribute to their early departure. I won’t name specifics, but I will say, “New England.” … Continue reading “Registering Dissent”
Write about social media. What are your accounts? What have you set aside? I’ve heard a lot of discussion over the past few months saying that social media is very destructive. Maybe that’s too much listening to Bridget Phetasy. Still, there’s been the thought that’s been going through my head for some time now that … Continue reading “Twenty-seven”
How would you describe yourself? How would your best friend describe you? (reach-back to 2012) From November 20, 2012. 2. How would you describe yourself? How would your best friend describe you? Does this really matter all that much?Me: Practical Caring Struggling Half-blind Wobbly Placated Others: Egalitarian Not sick Drunk Difficult But back to the … Continue reading “Eighteen”
Title is the exasperated utterance from a shady recruiter who called back a few minutes after I’d told him that, no, I wouldn’t be working for him, or his shady client. Let’s recap the timeline. Monday I got a call from a recruiter about a position not terribly far from me. I told him, we’ll … Continue reading “That is a unprofessionalism!”
