Hard pass

The way things are going, obfuscating the simple fact you are using a VPN is becoming increasingly important.

I am trying to - there’s no direct replacement, but I’ve removed the YouTube app from my phone at least. Also signed up for both Nebula and Dropout, which both do some sort of direct profit sharing with creators.

I’ve really enjoyed nebula, would reccomend.

I was able to move roughly ~80 percent of my friend group to Signal. At a certain point, I let everyone know what I was doing and how to find me. Once people realized I ditched every other platform and was fully committed, they joined.

Different people have different tolerances, but if you’re consistent, downloading an app isn’t such a big ask.

It helps that it’s run by a nonprofit. No investors, no shareholders, no inevitable IPO.

Hell yeah, Jam2Go!

Regardless of how bad it turns out to be, I’m still excited for it.

I refuse to allow anyone else to buy clothes for me

Botany can be so cool

Damn alright fine I’ll go to bed, sheesh

Sweet! Single-file looks like a decent workaround for those links that get locked behind captcha when they’re being saved. Always frustrates me when I go to review a link and it turns out it only saved a cloudflare redirect lol

My friend has an orange cat that does this. He waits on a shelf next to the front door so that when you enter he can immediately hitch a ride on your shoulder

This is neat, I’ll check it out!

I love it when people combine old & new tech to make really cool art

Humans are fish

I’d read it

Do not fear the solitude that comes with raising your standards.

My favorite thing about art is that if you look at it and you hate it, that’s still a completely valid take

Art museums became way more fun once I realized that

Oh it absolutely affects my ability to socialize; I know exactly what you mean. Lowering the dosage helped with that, but there are still scenarios where a break is advisable - I just make sure I’m not driving or cooking that day lol.