1/9 Well, this is is good-bye, at least for now. In which I walk away from Twitter:

Hey folks, have a look at vamonosjuntas dot org.sssh.pass the word.

Join millions who have switched to Grok.

Hey folks, have a look at app dot helloquitx dot com.sshhh.the tag is #eXit .pass the word.

Hey, we just moved out of this place after 27 years and it's for sale now: - if you're house-shopping in Vancouver, and interested in the Main/King-Ed/Cambie/16th region, take a look. #Vancouver.

Here’s a blog piece giving the background on the book:

In #Vancouver on the 17th of October? Come to my book launch!.Food and drinks and music.

4/4 This project means a lot to me and I’d appreciate anyone passing the word along. /fin.

3/ Here’s its official home: .Here’s a blog piece full of background and pictures: …

2/ It’s an anthology of writing from people who were arrested protesting Canada’s awful “TMX” pipeline project. I’m an arrestee/ contributor & co-editor….

1/ Hey folks, next month there’s an angry & lighthearted book coming out with my name on the cover: “Standing on High Ground”…

Hey, X-folk, long time no see. It’s not unlikely that you soon will be (or already are) looking for an alternative online home. The choice isn’t that easy, and one candidate (Post) just shut down. here are smart words on where to look:

Today is the one-year anniversary of my exiting Twitter. My social-media life is on the #Fediverse, specifically #Mastodon. To mark the occasion I did an end-to-end update of my August essay on Masto & Bluesky & federation in general:

[Tl;dr] Neil Young is outta this fashy swamp.

- Yeah. Why are *you* still here? [strolls back to Mastodon.].

Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible.

Remember, I’m write only here. For interaction drop by

2/3 is already in production on the big sites. All aboard!.

1/3 Hey, Mastodon just got a major update, now has built-in search, easier onboarding, infinite scroll, etc etc. It already had post editing, server switching, and a billionaire-proof architecture….

3/3 Remember, I’m write-only here: For interaction, visit

2/3 Link:

1/3 In which I offer an overview of the state of Mastodon-land in 2023/08, with a glance at Bluesky and a deeper look at why Federation is the only way forward.