An era of the internet is ending, and we’re watching it happen practically in real time. Twitter has been on a steep and seemingly inexorable decline for, well, years, but especially since Elon Musk bought the company last fall and made a mess of the place. Reddit has spent the last couple of months self-immolating in similar ways, alienating its developers and users and hoping it can survive by sticking its head in the sand until the battle’s over. (I thought for a while that Reddit would eventually be the last good place left, but… nope.) TikTok remains ascendent — and looks ever more likely to be banned in some meaningful way. Instagram has turned into an entertainment platform; nobody’s on Facebook anymore…
It has been a lot of indoors time here in Ontario thanks to wildfire smog!
Well could y’all keep it in ontario because we’ve been getting your smog down in Minnesota now too.
Joking of course. Stay safe up there.
Should’ve installed giant fans along the border!
Build the wall (of fans)!
And down in Connecticut, too. I want to go hiking but the air’s not been conducive to it.