There’s a meme going round that says every time you put up a tree before December Mariah Carey eats the soul of one of Santa’s elves. Just a heads up. ( if you come over to Bluesky you can find me at @tedspurgeon.bsky.social If for no other reason than to know when all the good book sales happen! )
I think I deactivated my toxic site account a week or so before you did. I'm glad you took that route as well, and that you finally made it to Bluesky... I have a feeling that the network you had at the former will make its way to Bluesky as well.
Also, I've similarly cut myself off from watching the news. I might have watched a minute of election coverage once the polls closed, and while the results were not known at that time, what little I saw convinced me it was going to be a bad night. I haven't watched a second of MSNBC since. It seems pointless to allow myself to be bombarded with news and commentary about the awfulness when I already know what awfulness lies ahead.
I explained to a young reporter this week that I concern myself mainly with the news that crosses my desk each morning (which is still a lot!) I think he was surprised by that. But as I explained, I’ve been doing this for decades and I no longer have the capacity to know everything about all the things all the time.
There’s a meme going round that says every time you put up a tree before December Mariah Carey eats the soul of one of Santa’s elves. Just a heads up. ( if you come over to Bluesky you can find me at @tedspurgeon.bsky.social If for no other reason than to know when all the good book sales happen! )
Found you!! It's nice not being surrounded by trolls and Nazis. Here's to more book sale talk!
I think I deactivated my toxic site account a week or so before you did. I'm glad you took that route as well, and that you finally made it to Bluesky... I have a feeling that the network you had at the former will make its way to Bluesky as well.
Also, I've similarly cut myself off from watching the news. I might have watched a minute of election coverage once the polls closed, and while the results were not known at that time, what little I saw convinced me it was going to be a bad night. I haven't watched a second of MSNBC since. It seems pointless to allow myself to be bombarded with news and commentary about the awfulness when I already know what awfulness lies ahead.
I still can't get over Mika and Joe grovelling their way back.
It's almost as if their opposition was merely show business.
I explained to a young reporter this week that I concern myself mainly with the news that crosses my desk each morning (which is still a lot!) I think he was surprised by that. But as I explained, I’ve been doing this for decades and I no longer have the capacity to know everything about all the things all the time.