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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Sinclair Lewis said “When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”

    It’s hard to feel like me as a singular person can do much is this ocean of horrifying things. I even find my kindness and empathy wearing thin - all in the name of “they voted for this crap and now I will be dragged along”.

    I remind myself to be kind, stand up for what is right, and do what I can. Which mostly involves contacting my congress people and representatives to also do the right thing for the people.

    Every day is terrifying. Stay safe.









  • It is very difficult to motivate people to move to a different platform.

    Meta continues to do shitty things. I deleted all my accounts 10 years ago because of said shitty things. The list of shitty things keeps growing.

    I can try to be optimistic about the Streisand effect. But it would have to be towards positive experience with pixelfed. Enough people would need to move for it to not feel empty. Sort of like BlueSky during the election. Enough people frustrated with twitter, and (most importantly) see enough people, including celebrities, politicians and other influencers migrate to make it worth checking out.

    Edit to add: I very much would love to witness the downfall of meta and twitter. We need these alternatives. And as much as people hate commercialization, all of these alternative spaces need some marketing to make them viable.








  • 100% with this.

    I am all for more EV options, especially if it’s a compact car. But nobody cares about reveals. Just release them.

    I’ve been waiting a very long time. I told myself the next car I buy will be an EV. Well, my 10 year old car finally cost die to repair than it’s worth.

    My preferred car brand is quickly being killed off by Toyota (Subaru), and they have an absolute dogshit EV. I bought an EV, and I’m very happy with it. But the experience is not great. I will never buy a Tesla, and the other brands don’t have anything that makes me excited. I would be very excited about a Honda EV.