We have known this for years. We have known that the major platforms are bad for our attention, our sleep, our politics, our children, and our sense of reality. And yet here we are, still scrolling. This essay is an attempt to answer two questions: why is leaving so hard, and what does it look like when it finally becomes possible? Let's take the platforms one at a time, because each one has found its own distinctive way to be terrible. Meta is the empire that learned nothing. In 2018, we learne...

Tbh, I'm not sure what I'm even doing. Back in the day when I was blogging, very infrequently, my reach was very low. Not sure if I'll have super important stuff to say, but anyway, here we are. Once in a while I might post on Leaflet, because why use just one ATproto blog platform, when you can use two for fun. Or more, if it comes to that. The Atmosphere is all about fun and experimenting anyway. And sometimes talking into the void of the internet.