I appreciate that. While it does suck, there was life before Twitter, so I've reverted back to that. The only alternative is to follow artists on Facebook or Insta, but honestly fuck those apps just as much. I do pay/use Apple Music so I do still get notified when any of my following artist release a new album/EP, so in the grand scheme of things, there's not too much of a change I suppose. What is lost though, is the community aspect of sharing show photos or tour experiences or connecting with other like-minded fans. But I'd rather lose all of that than continue to support Twitter, so even tho it's a loss, just out of spite for brain-dead billionaires it kind of feels like a win too.
For context, I have deleted my Twitter account. But when I did use it, it was exclusively to follow bands/musicians, so I never encountered anything other than musicians and their fans. It was for the most part a nice experience, minus the band mate/fan made drama, but I never followed or cared for that aspect anyways. I never encountered the racist, homophobic, or nazi-like shit most news articles talk about because my bubble was strictly defined to music. I just followed to be informed on the latest band's album news or tour updates and things like that.
But since I'm not a hermit, and I'm AWARE of what Twitter has become, I've left it behind because I don't want to support a single cent of ad revenue to the asshat in charge. I can still get most of my music related news from Discord (which has its own host of problems, but I digress), so I stopped using Twitter and refuse to click any of it's links. And even if I have to click a Twitter link from a journalist or something, I have Nitter Redirect addon for Firefox installed, so at least there's that option as a last resort. Other than that Twitter is fucking dead to me.
I haven't heard of the Cornerstone Speech before, or perhaps I don't remember it from school from many many years ago. But I do wonder how did you hear about it? Class? A book? Would love to know where you acquired some of your US history knowledge because I'd like to know and learn more about the history myself and this seems like a crucial piece of history to know so I do thank you for sharing.
Exploring the Unbeaten Path did a great series on it, they visit Fukushima I think two different times, but here's one of their more popular video from that series, well worth a watch:
Upgraded from 38 to 39 via dnf upgrade and other than having to reload my nvidia drivers, everything has been working wonderfully. Loving Gnome 45 too!
I moved back in with my parents in my mid thirties to “attempt” to save up more to get out of massive debt. So far it’s not looking good and I hate waking up everyday. But I have my chihuahua that loves me more than anything so at least I got that going for me. Honestly he’s the only thing keeping me going.
Not an IT guy, just a dude that got tired of the Windows blue screen of death back in the day and discovered Linux many years ago as an alternative. I can’t code to save my life, but I know enough to use GitHub to report bugs I encounter. It can be time consuming and tedious but when I help alert others that know how to fix the problem I’ve helped in a way that gives me a little bit of pride that I always cherish knowing I’m giving back to the community.
Just to be clear, your statement is disingenuous at best. You didn't even provide a single example of evidence or fact to back up your claim, but used your own "speculation" as an ultimate authority. You really just sound like someone severely ill informed.
I appreciate that. While it does suck, there was life before Twitter, so I've reverted back to that. The only alternative is to follow artists on Facebook or Insta, but honestly fuck those apps just as much. I do pay/use Apple Music so I do still get notified when any of my following artist release a new album/EP, so in the grand scheme of things, there's not too much of a change I suppose. What is lost though, is the community aspect of sharing show photos or tour experiences or connecting with other like-minded fans. But I'd rather lose all of that than continue to support Twitter, so even tho it's a loss, just out of spite for brain-dead billionaires it kind of feels like a win too.