my second monitor says 2009 on the back. still use it. like it more than my main 2016 one which is itself about to turn a decade old.

dang, can’t believe it’s already hitting 2 years since the API fiasco. feels like it’s been no time at all.

that was close, almost upvoted.

if anything, they are just proving them right about their instance. but it is what it is, there will always be tribalism on the internet and in the world.

Hexbear is cool. I’ve learned a lot from them. the thing is, some of the people there can be a little brash at first. I recommend looking around the instance a bit before you decide on blocking it. some of them can be a little brash but they mean well.

at first for about a week I had a horrible headache. it didn’t feel like a normal headache either, it felt like a mix between the sinus pressure type of headache and a fever headache. I also was sleeping 3 times as much during this phase, like I’m talking sleep before work, get home the next day and sleep 5 more hours. wake up eat dinner sleep again. but eventually I got passed it after that week or so. felt better ever since. saves a lot of money too.

caffeine. I was so wired from drinking like 5 redbulls every day that I wasn’t sleeping anymore, maybe a few hours here and there. I was starting to go insane. so I remember at one point on my work lunch break, February 27th 2024, I told myself I won’t ever drink these again unless it’s a situation where I need to be awake (like if I’m on an overnight layover with an early flight for example, which is rare enough). I sleep until about noon now on my days off, it’s fucking awesome.

Vichy Twitter is a good one, I’m gonna write that down.

dbzero on top. even after beefing with and being banned from another instance the admins let us stay federated.

as an American yeah, seeing this post is just depressing. like people are actively cheering a loss of internet freedom. the government doesn’t care about bytedance or else capcut would have to go too. they care about controlling information, tiktok has been essential in issues like Palestine, even if I don’t like the platform itself I can admit that.

completely agree.

welcome! there is constantly infighting here. you chose a good instance.

right in the home page I spotted a link to a so-called plebbit token.