Taller version of boy who lit the neighbor's farm on fire. Award-winning kidlit author. Born and raised in 日本. LoftLit (This account is presently an archive.)
Seattle via Mpls via Kunitachi
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A reminder that silence isn’t neutral, found while wandering streets of Seattle.
“There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” - Dr Martin Luther King Jr
#MLKday #paramount
Great to see your words, @sarafnovak. What a fascinating take on the need for loneliness. That if feeling lonely while with others, we’re “subconsciously thinking that this crowd might not be a good evolutionary fit for [our] survival.”
I’ve been to that party, lol
@DiscoverMag
Twitter is removing content promoting other social platforms. Feels like a kapok tree saying it doesn’t need the rainforest, but whatever. As a precaution, I’ve trimmed my links from my bio. Follow me here and I will follow back: linktr.ee/thingsofbing
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Jonathan Bing (he/him) retweeted
we criticize hollywood for lazy tropes but our two main antagonists right now is a former kgb agent with a penchant for poisoning and an emerald mine heir who wants to live on mars. if these were bond villains they’d be dismissed as caricature
We probably all got this notice from Elon about free speech this morning. (Exhibit A)
We clearly collectively don’t know what the “free” part of free speech is. Speech can be limited—and should be—if it causes harm. As in: could kill people. Misinformation can. (Exhibit B)
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Meanwhile, Elon’s putting his posts on the top of our feeds like he’s the savior of humanity while simultaneously mocking people and posting conspiracies.
Elon is packing Twitter with TNT and handing out matches.
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Hi #5amwritersclub. I’ve played with Mastodon and Hive, and right now Mastodon is winning. (I’m surprised as well.) Here are my preliminary reasons:
Instagram and Facebook and Tribel and others are also options, so this is not an either or choice. But most people don’t use IG like Twitter anyway. I’m looking for something that gets close. “I can’t believe it’s not Twitter” would be nice. 😄
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Do add to this thread if you have other thoughts. I’m not fully sold on any service, but leaning Mastodon. My profile is mastodon.online/@thingsofbin…
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