Thank you, Becca. That is a big and very important question. It seems to be a double-edged sword right now. I've long wanted to leave it behind, but it is so entangled in our present-day communication and media landscape that something much larger than a personal divestment must occur. Businesses need to pull their ad dollars there as a start!
Yes, totally agree, dear Morgan, it’s a tangled web! Businesses who are leading that exodus are heroic indeed. As small business owners, we can join them. It’s a process, I’m finding, as I pull each spidery thread of support for the dark side back into light.
I miss the past. Plain and simple. I fully agree with Craig Childs; I also believe in moving forward. Sometimes it’s hard to see a path forward, however… I find it extra difficult when age quits politely knocking to slamming the door down like ICE, and debilitating issues scream for undivided attention. The selective memories we’ve unconsciously chosen to keep reveal a lived but maybe not so accurate past. Documenting is good; but some of us have chosen to never use certain social medias owned by rich white dudes, thus have missed what the younger ones remember. My documents are now crumbling from age as paper dog-ears and disintegrates! Aye, yi, yi! Time to let the past disintegrate as well…
Love the writing. Love the wild. Thanks for keeping awareness of place alive, Morgan!
How to divest from meta? There's no denying it feeds the monster. I'm off it, how to spark a greater exodus?
Thank you, Becca. That is a big and very important question. It seems to be a double-edged sword right now. I've long wanted to leave it behind, but it is so entangled in our present-day communication and media landscape that something much larger than a personal divestment must occur. Businesses need to pull their ad dollars there as a start!
Yes, totally agree, dear Morgan, it’s a tangled web! Businesses who are leading that exodus are heroic indeed. As small business owners, we can join them. It’s a process, I’m finding, as I pull each spidery thread of support for the dark side back into light.
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I miss the past. Plain and simple. I fully agree with Craig Childs; I also believe in moving forward. Sometimes it’s hard to see a path forward, however… I find it extra difficult when age quits politely knocking to slamming the door down like ICE, and debilitating issues scream for undivided attention. The selective memories we’ve unconsciously chosen to keep reveal a lived but maybe not so accurate past. Documenting is good; but some of us have chosen to never use certain social medias owned by rich white dudes, thus have missed what the younger ones remember. My documents are now crumbling from age as paper dog-ears and disintegrates! Aye, yi, yi! Time to let the past disintegrate as well…
I truly appreciate this perspective. Especially today.