Should we all just leave every social media platform? Acceptable answers are “Yes”, “Of course”, “Definitely” and 💯.

“You know” now rivals “Um” as a verbal tic. Plus, podcast AI editing filters don’t cut it out. Y’know?

Is this man well?

One week apart

It is truly weird watching a tv broadcast of fireworks full of people filming the fireworks on their smartphones. We have become a species that mediates every real-life experience through a tiny screen. #sydnye

Why do customers have to pay credit card surcharges when it’s far better for businesses not to have to handle large amounts of cash? 🤔

X’s “For you” tab should be renamed the “From Elon” tab. No algorithm seems to be involved, just a live stream of the flotsam tossed around by an increasingly troubled mind.

Elon admits that any post on X with a link is throttled He advises you to upload content directly to X instead, where he can monetize it Musk is the richest person in the world and his view is everyone should work for him for free

Can people who act like 3 year olds on social media also get banned? Asking for Elon

If you’re in Sydney this week, @charlesfirth.bsky.social and I are launching each other’s books / recording an episode of our scurrilous @chaserwar.bsky.social podcast at Gleebooks on Wednesday evening. Should be fun! gleebooks.com.au/event/charles-…

so many ppl have left twitter they should call it ex

It is so good

90 days ago Bluesky had 6.18M users 30 days ago Bluesky had 10.85M users Tomorrow Bluesky will have 15M users This is absolutely wild, thanks for believing in us y'all

Wow this site is really going off. It’s almost as though the Old Place has become polluted by one guy’s hyper-narcissism or something…

So good to be somewhere that looks like Twitter, but isn’t! I hope Elon never finds out about this place.