I logged in to Facebook a day or two ago to pin a post that basically said: "I'm still around, just not here. My email is ______ and here's a link to my blog. Stay in touch if you're so inclined."
I've had contact with a few folks. I really despise how FB has become so entrenched in my friends lives. I'd love for them all to leave it, but they're too invested.
What is it I was taught?
"Vote with your feet."
I stopped posting about why people should leave a while back. I gave up preaching about secure communication and open source alternatives. Part of me feels like I abandoned them, but a big part of me also realizes that I gave them a means to contact me. I'll reach out to my closest peeps, anybody else...ball is in their court.
I'm just done supporting shitty companies. I'm a stubborn son-of-a-bitch when it comes to my principles, but it can make for a lonely existence at times.
We had the entire patio to ourselves 🙂
At Brown's Social in downtown #VictoriaBC with my friend, Natalie. She's a horticulturalist, living in Deep Cove. We had some eats & drinks before going across street for PechaKucha Night VOL. 20.
They played #GenX tunes, the whole time we were there. We lucked out on getting street parking, one block away. Then lucked out on empty patio, on arrival. We had our own fire table 🥰
This sunny sunday morning was a perfect time to write a real letter to an old friend. Buetten stationary, my Jacques Herbin glass pen and a damn fine cup of coffee made it fun. I know my friend will smile when she finds the result in her postbox on the other side of the world. #fountainpens#friendship
Here's another inquiry thrown out into the Mastodon fediverse ...
Any of you live in Vancouver, B.C.? As you might have heard, I'll be going to the early December #TaylorSwift concert at Vancouver's BC Place stadium. So I'm wondering: what are the best, not-so-expensive places to stay nearby?
Thanks for any advice you can give on procuring lodging near (or maybe somewhat near) the stadium around the concert day!
They all had something to do, and each valued the contributions of the others.
And because they were friends, they listened as much as they spoke, and even if they disagreed on issues, it didn't stop them from working together toward the common goal of moving that boat forward and enjoying the day.
A close friend I've had all my adult life is struggling with things a little bit these days. They don't like to leave their house and almost never initiate contact with friends anymore.
I hate the helplessness of watching a loved one who has closed themselves off from the world a little more each time we speak.
That's not how we should be getting old damn it. We should be laughing together at all the stupid shit we did and survived in our 20's.
Cool local school project: Charlotte Elementary School in Charlotte Maine wants to hear from you. They are trying to get postcards from all states and 20 countries. If you can spare a few minutes and a dollar & send them a card that would be cool.
Mail it to:
Students,
Charlotte ElementarySchool
1006 Ayers Junction Road
Charlotte Maine USA 04666.
Thank you (English), Merci (French), Nkomu ngofu (Tsonga of South Africa). Please send them a postcard with a few sentences about your home state or country.
Saw this pitch by Jayna in the Calais Advertiser. What fun!
In America, married people get more than 1,000 legal benefits that single people can't access. Vox's Sigal Samuel asks why people in a platonic partnership can't enjoy the same kind of benefits, and why society values friendships less than familial relationships and marriages. Do you have a "best friend?"
Aw, 50% of poll respondents say that their romantic partner is their best friend — with the rest of the respondents sharing the love for their one bestie, group of pals or family members. Will the U.S. (or other places) ever recognize friendship as a valid relationship worthy of legal status? Here's a story from Slate about Colorado's Designated Beneficiary Agreements, which recognize and protect relationships of all stripes, and which writer and law professor John Culhane says should be expanded and exported. "Great triumph though it was, marriage equality left too many people out of its embrace. It’s time to change that," he writes.