Thanks for sharing (I’d seen a short clip about this, but I look forward to listening to the whole podcast). And for the commenters who don’t have apple devices, the podcast is also available other places such as youtube.

I haven’t found any native wildflowers blooming yet (I found some with buds but no flowers yet), but I did see some coltsfoot (wild but invasive/introduced from Europe) about to bloom today.

I feel the same way - meta platforms have often been where I keep up with relatives. Also some communities I work with use their fb page as their main social media platform for updates. Nonetheless I feel I should gradually start sorting through and saving/filing photos/posts/contact info

If it lightens the mood at all I read this as “when someone starts to shit…” and I was picturing someone just getting too distracted by social media to finish their poop (which would actually be reasonable)

Perhaps the deeper problem began when we first turned to social media as a main source of news and discussion, rather than in person interactions. Now we are more likely to fear that we will be met with the same vitriol in real life that we see on social media (maybe that’s become more true too)

I hope the healing process goes well!