Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”

Well hell. Even knowing it was coming seeing this is a blow. It’s going to be so hard to rebuild the community I found there elsewhere. I will NOT be turning to the big three in TikTok’s absence.

If you know me, please don’t fade away. We’ve made connections - we have commonalities - we have differences. It’s important we remember all.

I hope I see you tomorrow.

I joined TikTok after many invites and many shared videos and found I loved it. I wish it wasn’t being taken away.
There’s a distinct flavor of the “end of an era” going on. I hate it.
(Part 3 of 3)

I joined twitter with an invite from a beta tester I interacted with on Wordpress( I loved it and left some 170K tweets later after it’s purchased by E.M.

I beta tested Insta and mourned its sale to the face monster. I’ll be deleting it soon. too.
(Part 2 of 3)

Today/tonight(tomorrow?) leans(sharply)into a shift away from a social media environment some two decades old, though there are some clear parallels.

I joined FB just after it allowed non-.edu email addresses. I’ll be deleted my account in just a few days. (Pt 1 of 3)

When the temps dip and the cats are cold….

…but!… three weeks from today we will be settling into our cabin on @virginvoyages.bsky.social’s #ScarletLady and getting ready for champagne at sunset!

At the end of a four days off - the new dishwasher and fridge are in place. The dishwasher was already dead and the fridge was on its last leg. Time to relax ahead of one hell of a week ahead with consultants on site at work! But…