13.1.25

Meta

I've had a long relationship with Facebook as a user, pretty much from their start. There was a time that having a dual Facebook/Twitter login meant you were online and informed. Not so much these days. I've decided to ditch Facebook itself, but I'm hanging onto Insta for uploading photos of my cat.

Meta's recent decision to "stop fact checking" convinced me that social media companies have too much sway in public opinion - an audience that large becomes the message. They should be subject to the same rules and regulations as print media if they're going to exert that much influence. Not to mention the fact that an unstable person is about to enter was voted into the WH for a second time.

UPDATE (02/08/2025) : I have scheduled deletion of all Fascistbook products.

Willing To Learn?

This morning while I was unable to sleep my brain offered up this little factoid: Nobody in my life has been willing to learn sign language ...