I was hoping by stepping away from the majority of social media outlets I would not be feeling as sullen about the world as I had been feeling since the U.S. Presidential Election in 2024. I have been concentrating on my Mastodon channel, with a little bit of mingling with Bluesky, for the past week or so.
One of the best features about Mastodon is the filtering system; I have a lot of keywords flagged to hide or completely ignore updates from other users. These filters are working great, except users have come up with so very many nicknames for the cast of idiots in D.C. that it’s nearly impossible to catch all the atrocious news coming from The White House.
It’s not good for my mental health.
I’m in full “pick my battles” mode and right now I need to scale back the interaction I am having with others through the beast known as social media. I may step back for a day, I may step back for a month, perhaps I’ll just dip my toes in the chaos just once in a while.
After all, there’s always room for caturday.
I know that consuming old style, personal blogs seem to be where my head is most comfortable in these times. I enjoy writing and I enjoy having a quiet space where I can share my thoughts and subsequently read the thoughts of others. The hit and run of 500 characters or less seems to be the culprit; people bang out something outrageous to generate the numbers they’re looking for. Putting together a few paragraphs is something that isn’t celebrated like it used to be, and I miss that.
Just as long as it’s not about the cast of idiots in D.C.
We’re at the beginnings of what was promised in Project 2025. There’s a long, unpaved, broken glass covered road ahead for the United States. I’m hopeful we’ll figure it out. I’m hopeful the car will be intact when we get to the end of this dilapidated stretch of highway. We’ll probably get a few flat tires along the way, but we’ll figure out to fix them, and keep moving forward.
It’s the only way through this chaos.
Avoid the toxic people that are just potholes in the road. Drive carefully, but keep moving forward.
And take care of yourself along the way.
