9)to offer, it won’t be measured in likes, reposts, or follower counts
It will be measured, if at all, in whatever honesty I can salvage away from the glow of the feed
Log off
Look up
Remember that the world is not in here
This will be my last post
8)of it so convincing that I nearly forgot the difference
I built a small, warm room inside a burning house
I’m stepping outside now—not because I despise the people here, but because I finally see how easily a human being can disappear into a network & call it a life
If I have anything left..
/9
7)who read, replied, argued, encouraged, or simply sat with my words in silence: thank you
Whatever else this place has been, you offered moments of real human contact, and I don’t take that lightly
So this is my confession & my farewellI
I came here seeking connection, & found a simulation...
/8
6)In reality, I was being gently separated from it
The more I spoke to the timeline, the less I spoke to the world
The platform gave me the feeling of belonging while quietly sawing through the last remaining threads that tied me to anything beyond the screen
To everyone I met here, everyone..
/7
5)already agreed with me, and called it “engagement”
My ignorance was rewarded with affirmation; my
half-understandings were applauded as insight
Each little burst of approval thickened the armour of my bias & inflated a fragile sense of self-worth
I told myself I was serving a community...
/6
4)for relevance in a world I could no longer touch
Bluesky made it easy
Purpose on a silver platter
Community at arm’s length
I only had to type
No effort beyond the performance of opinion
I poured my thoughts into a carefully curated hall of mirrors, an echo chamber of people who...
/5
3)and her absence rearranged the furniture in my mind
In the quiet that followed, I started to see my online life differently
I had told myself I was reaching out from confinement, trying to be of use
In truth, I had also been feeding an ego that could not accept its own obscurity, grasping...
/4
2)Twitter
It curdled quickly
Once Musk took the reins, the place rotted into spectacle & cruelty
I walked away from the stench
I slipped instead into Bluesky, a softer-lit room, and there I found what I thought I’d been missing: my kith & kin, and, for a while, my voice
Recently, mum died...
/3
🧵I’ve spent five years wandering the corridors of social media, an ageing, tech-wary man in a body that has been my prison for thirteen years
In that time, I went looking for purpose & connection within the radius of my limitations, and mistook visibility for meaning
My first experiment was...
/2
Eeks!!!! #IKR xo @elonjet.net @aclu.org
Chess #oilpainting #art
14 yo Palestinian boy shot by soldiers who waited until he died, but not before planting a rock. Video from BBC.
Spain has the support of decent human beings everywhere.
PM of Spain Pedro Sanchez:
"Spain doesn't have resources like Oil reserves or Nuclear bombs but that doesn't mean we will not fight against imperialist Israel and try to stop them"
Some wars are fought to be on the right side of History!!
Man with a spine !!
This war on Iran is a case study in an administration that believes it has the means - and therefore the moral authority - to do whatever it wants.
It could have assembled a case, enlisted allies, stuck to a script.
But it can't be bothered, because it feels that to all be unnecessary.
I am now in my 55th year of being an imminent millionaire.
Now verified with footage - Iran airstriked Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.
This’s not Gaza… this’s Lebanon
Israel just carried out 100+ of airstrike on residential areas in Lebanon, violating Security Council resolution 1701, ceasefire agreement, and international law with absolutely no consequences
This is another war crime …
youtu.be/4sDgu3Ggpqw?...
🤣🤣🤣
This is Beirut
Israel is wiping out entire apartment buildings in Lebanon’s capital at 2 AM, while families were sleeping.
Not military bases.
Not battlefields.
Civilian homes.
WAR CRIME BY THE US.
An unarmed Iranian ship was takIng part in an Indian naval exercise, alongside the US.
The US withdrew and torpedoed the Iranian ship.
THEN the US refused to rescue the sailors, letting them drown.
This is treachery, cowardice, cruelty and a war crime of the highest order.
