Exactly.
The excuses are usually understandable.
But if we keep treating them as permanent, nothing changes.
At some point, “I can’t leave” has to become “what would make leaving possible?”
That’s the conversation I’m interested in now.
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#MaltaTaxdodgehaven.
😱 On his first day back in office, Trump withdrew the USA from the international effort to enforce a 15% global minimum corporate tax, n completed an agreement largely exempting American companies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/business/economy/crocs-malta-tax-haven.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4FA.n1OO.TTsg8gdfWSOv&smid=nytcore-ios-share via @nytimes
FACEBOOK IS TOXIC. META IS AWFUL.
WHY CONTINUE FEEDING IT? 💎
Nearly everyone complains about Facebook and Meta.
The algorithms are toxic.
The advertising is invasive.
The outrage is manufactured.
CHILDREN ARE BEING HARMED.
Privacy is disappearing.
And then millions of people open Facebook or Instagram.
Again.
And again.
I genuinely do not understand it.
If you believe these companies are damaging children, manipulating attention, and making billions from human vulnerability, why are you still giving them your presence?
Especially the parents.
If Facebook and Instagram are unhealthy for your children, what exactly are you modeling by remaining there yourself?
“We know this place is harmful, darling, but Mummy and Daddy have photographs to look at.”
I left Meta years ago.
I didn’t die.
My friends did not evaporate.
Civilization continued.
There is email.
There are phones.
THERE IS THE OPEN WEB.
There is even the terrifying possibility of seeing another human being, god forbid, in person.
Meta survives because people who complain about it continue supplying exactly what it needs:
Their attention.
Their relationships.
Their outrage.
THEIR CHILDREN.
You do not have to wait for Zuckerberg to become a better person.
You can simply leave today.
The door swings both ways.
#Facebook #Meta #Instagram #SocialMedia #Algorithms #BigTech #DigitalWellbeing #OnlineSafety #ChildSafety #Privacy #AttentionEconomy #TechEthics #SocialMediaAddiction #Zuckerberg #DeleteFacebook
Your regular reminder that DJT is not bound by common sense.
Last I heard, drilling on a sovereign nations territory without asking permission first is an act of aggression.
Data centres powered by gas or coal should be 100% steampunk, full of hissing, clanking Babbage engines, tended by grimy-faced urchins who risk being crushed between the gears as they clear out all the sparrow's-nest malware with chimney-sweep brushes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-06/ai-data-centres-gas-northern-territory/107002860
📈 “Ban Covert License Plate Surveillance on Private Vehicles” hit 50 signers! https://resist.bot/petitions/PARRAE?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=PARRAE
This is what it looks like when you want to reform gov't to make it work better: you gather real experts & proceed in a methodical, transparent way. As opposed to gathering barely post-adolescent trolls with names like Big Balls & setting them loose with wrecking balls behind the scenes.
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC Tech Team...
Seems legit. :P
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That feeling when you're a hort/ag person and you wonder why the news is covering 3 missing tubers... 🥔
A concept lost on most people that still thinks we should be voting to save AmeriKKKa when we should have been in cival war a long time ago because the US Constition only applies to people with fake money, not 771,000 on the streets.
i love the phrase "complex microarchitectural conditions". i'm pretty sure the only simple microarchitectural condition an x86 family processor can be in is "off"
Tried my hand at IRL book clubs and they didn’t work out for me. Are there any here I can join?