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UPDATE – my social media presence

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I am going to be transitioning off of Twitter as my primary social media platform for myself and Belem Knight. The reasons are somewhat obvious. Elon Musk is busy dynamiting his own business, by encouraging toxic actors and driving away advertisers by arbitrary, capricious and nonsensical decisions. (He is also busy expelling and driving away employees, who are a lot less replaceable than he thinks). The results are already visible, via the re-appearance of assholes […]

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Naughty Santas – the Stories

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Hello, Belem here. I started working on a book of short stories about Santas who provide…different…Christmas presents. I will be releasing a book of short stories this Christmas season. In the meantime, here is a sample of a story from last Christmas. Santa, on his rounds, has a carnal appointment with the nice and naughty Ms. Rheinhart, but things take an even more carnal turn… (WARNING – Contains very naughty prose. Loosen clothing and be

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“Dude” as a prelude to a kiss-off, and other dismissive sentence beginnings

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The world of conversation is full of Tells. Tells are those words, phrases or sentence formations that signal some of the underlying attitude and pathology of the writer or speaker. Many Tells are prefaces or beginnings to sentences or explanations. Some of those Tells are rather obvious to everybody. For example, beginning a statement with the phrase “with respect” is usually the prelude to a dismissal of an idea, person or group. Effectively, it is

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Alternatives to Twitter – counter.social

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The news that Elon Musk may be in the process of essentially gaining outright control of Twitter has, unsurprisingly, led to a lot of uncertainty by Twitter users as to whether the platform has any medium-term viability. I could write thousands of words trying to explain the many issues with social media platforms, and Twitter specifically. They act as (mostly) non-discriminatory amplifiers, so for every interesting idea, concept or thought, there are dozens of cockamamie,

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Social Media interaction and the principle of charity

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I have a number of social media accounts on several platforms. I have Facebook accounts (which are currently inactive due to my general dislike of Facebook’s way-too-indulgent approach to insurrectionists, fascists and misinformation promoters). I have accounts under another name at counter.social, a new-generation social medial platform that is a paid project with no spam and no bots. (Yes, this is really true). I have multiple Twitter accounts. One is under this name, one is

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