I have never been shadow banned. But here I am. Not on Facebook or Instagram or Tumblr or Twitter. On Mastodon. Of all the places that are safe. Mastodon. I thought I was an ally. I feel like an ally. I believe I’m an ally. But I don’t look or sound like an ally. So …
Category Archives: Journal
Travel Up
It has been almost 10 years (September 2015) since my first-ever international airfare trip, to Toronto Ontario; and my tonight wanderlust is stronger than ever. I’ve hit a point in my life where my air miles is higher than my ground years, and now I want to leave the confines of my local country to …
Three and Fifty
My thing about birthdays is that I cannot stand being the focus of so much fuss. My mother would spend so many of my birthdays kicking me outta the house, forbidding me to come inside, or it’d ruin the surprise of all the decorations she’d put up just for me. No. I mean, I thank …
Snot By Snot Wad
SXSW 25 is a wrap, and I had a decent time, despite things. This year, my buddy Doug was up for south-by shenanigans, so we had a text chat going to say when we’re downtown, what we’re seeing, where we can meet up, etcetera. For once, both of us were in good health and high …
Shock-Blocked
I just found out tonight that, for the first time in my internet life, I’ve been #blocked. I’ve been missing the voice of a #Mastodon friend for a while, and assumed she had jumped completely over to #Bluesky. Haven’t been seeing her posts. After subbing to her blog, which she just restarted, I got confirmation …