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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neil Young Leaves Facebook & Instagram Over “Unconscionable” Policies for AI Chatbot Conversations With Children⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well… YOU could read papers. YOU could look up from your phone and notice the flyers.

  The possibilities are there. There are other ways to get info about local events than from fb. You don’t have to wait for everyone else to pick up a paper.

  Ps. I have plenty of friends and involvement, which most of my current social circle I gathered after moving alone to a new city, without using social media. I lost a lot of acquaintances by leaving fb, but none that I actually miss. My friends are the ones I put effort into keeping in touch with.

  People exist offline. We’ve done so for millennia, and still do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neil Young Leaves Facebook & Instagram Over “Unconscionable” Policies for AI Chatbot Conversations With Children⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a local newspaper subscription that often have articles/info and/or ads for local shows and festivals - one can even go to the library to read it every day for free if paying isn’t in one’s budget (but I like paying for it, it’s a lot of fluff but sometimes they dig up something about how my city is being managed or mismanaged, and they have shone a light on a few desperately needed changes in local government).

  I also know most venues in the area that host small bands and can check their website or get their newsletter through email.

  There’s also flyers being taped up at the store, library and on maintenance boxes and poles around town for current events and activities (that’s how I found my knitting club!).

  There are probably ticket vendors where you can flag certain bands or venues or maybe genres and get an email when something is booked in your area.

  Just walking my city, talking to people, looking in shops and venues, and being present outside I get a ton of info about local events. I don’t miss FB. I don’t need a global mega-site to tell me what’s happening outside my own door.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Raising a toddler away from home⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Try not to “blame” the baby for why she can’t keep her old life - it’s hard enough having your family dynamics change so massively going from solo child to having a baby sibling, having it be extra tumultuous because of the baby can really strain their early relationship and be a bigger risk of her acting out or regressing to get her old life back. So you’re not staying here because of the baby; you’re here because you and mom decided it would be nice to have an extra long vacation and be near the hospital.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I continue with exercise if I didn't get enough sleep?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This may sound silly, but it happens to me more often than not that I forget the simplest solution when I wake up from pain: Did you take pain relief medication and wait 30-60 min before giving up on sleep?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thought provoking tee shirt⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because you got caught staring at someone’s chest-area, obviously…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU considers stripping Hungary of voting rights over Ukraine obstruction⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s the point of voting if one vote can completely invalidate the massive majoritys vote?