Posted inPolitics Tech

Why I deleted Threads (and Instagram)

UPDATE: 01/23/2025: I deleted Instagram, too. This week Meta announced new moderation policies that specifically allow anti-LGBQT rhetoric that was previously disallowed. It's even worse than it sounds: The new…
Posted inHelping Hands

Order your free COVID tests from the USPS!

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine just posted a reminder on Bluesky that US residents can get four free COVID tests from the federal government by visiting covidtests.gov or calling 1-800-232-0233.…
Goodbye to 2024
Posted inLife Politics

Goodbye to 2024

Well, this was certainly a year. One of the worst in quite a while, particularly with that November finish. But in these last few days of 2024, I'm looking back and giving myself -- and all of us -- credit for what we did or at least tried to do, and for what we're going to do in the months to come. So get ready for some horn tooting, because you and I and all of us deserve it -- toot toot!
Posted inLife Tech

Bluesky hygiene and safety

In the weeks since the election and in the midst the giant surge of new accounts on Bluesky, I've seen multiple people talking about bad vibes on the site due…