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   Gabe Kangas (gabek@social.gabekangas.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 04:56:01 JST Gabe Kangas
   Nobody noticed, but I took about a month away from the Fediverse to clear my head and obviously I'm back now. But I'm trying to improve the balance between caring about the Fediverse and always being upset by all the potential evils that are around every corner because Mastodon is being shitty, or Facebook is showing up or whatever it is that day. I'm so tired of being angry about things. That's what Twitter was. I just want to enjoy this while still helping it move forward. I don't know where that balance is, though.
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     Sexybiggetje🐖 (martijn@ieji.de)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 05:07:30 JST Sexybiggetje🐖

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     @gabek
     I wondered about not seeing too much, but didn't realise it was a month. Thought you were busy 🤗. Not taking the perl job 😂

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     Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 05:08:04 JST Chris Trottier

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     @gabek Burnout is real. I get it. Sometimes it’s good to step away sometimes and touch grass.

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     Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 05:08:24 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

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     @gabek welcome back. I'd love your ideas on how to achieve such balance, I would not mind being a bit less angry about things myself. 🙂

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     LPS (lps@masto.1146.nohost.me)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 06:06:21 JST LPS

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     • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

     @rysiek @gabek I've been in the habit of simply unfollowing accounts that tend to post anger provoking subjects or doing my best to just skip over them ...

     Curate your feed, make it a positive one;)

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     Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 (rysiek@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 07:45:58 JST Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

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     • LPS

     @lps @gabek oh yeah, totally, I unfollow and mute and block liberally.

     And I don't mind when others unfollow or mute or block me.

     It's self-care.

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     Jigme Datse (jigmedatse@social.jigmedatse.com)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 11:00:22 JST Jigme Datse

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     @gabek It can be really hard to not be angry, but glad to have you back... And yes, didn't notice you were gone... And hopefully you can find a good balance.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Thursday, 15-Jun-2023 18:05:58 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @gabek My strategy has always been to focus on my own patch of the garden. That's what I can make better. By analogy, I can't stop transphobia, but I can make my local roller derby league a place where trans people, especially younger ones, can flourish.

     You do so much for the Fediverse. Let it be enough.

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