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A dirty, cracked wall with a bricked-up fire-exit set into it - a pair of double-doors with crashbars, fire alarms, and a fire exit sign. To the left of the doors is a faded, dirty Twitter logo. The bottom of the frame is filled with flames, and smoke rises off of them.

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A dirty, cracked wall with a bricked-up fire-exit set into it - a pair of double-doors with crashbars, fire alarms, and a fire exit sign. To the left of the doors is a faded, dirty Twitter logo. The bottom of the frame is filled with flames, and smoke rises off of them.
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Cory Doctorow (pluralistic@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 15-Dec-2024 01:18:56 JST Cory Doctorow

Of course you should do everything you can to prevent fires - and also, you should build fire exits, because no matter how hard to you try, stuff *burns*. That includes social media sites.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/14/fire-exits/#graceful-failure-modes
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