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This is my pocket-sized no politics blog, for thoughts and life updates that are too long for my Bluesky account. You can contact me in the replies or by emailing me at brittany at sameoldstory.co.

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My toxic trait

When the going gets tough, I retreat online.

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On posting almost everyday.

I think this could be a good habit. Maybe?

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ATP & IndieWeb Criticism: "People don't care about owning their data."

I'm actually not sure this is true?

I'm feeling some pressure to optimizeā„¢ my social media presence. cover

I'm feeling some pressure to optimizeā„¢ my social media presence.

There are so many cool platforms to try out!

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What smartphones replaced

This is something watching Columbo makes me think about.

In the age of LLMs it is desperately important to be able to mute blogs and filter websites.

And that's rare.

Practicing not fighting on the Internet.

It doesn't happen often, but sometimes somebody makes a post here on Bear Blog that I totally hate. Maybe I think their analysis of politics is not very good, or

I'm Old, and honestly think you should consider holding onto your social media accounts even if you don't want to use them anymore.

I think the Indieweb is a super interesting project and it definitely does resemble the Internet I spent my childhood and teenage years on more (1997 - 2007, let's say).

What's the point of having a low traffic blog?

I don't really mean what's the point judgmentally, though it's probably not possible to not sound a little judgmental, because I'm asking why I am (and maybe you are) bothering