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   hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 10:53:25 JST hypolite

   I like the work of these people:

   • Molly White
   • Cory Doctorow
   • Bruce Schneier
   • Brian Krebs
   • …

   But I can’t follow them directly, it is absolutely depressing to me. I don’t know how you folks are doing.

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 10:53:24 JST silverwizard

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     @hypolite Why can't you directly?
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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 11:02:50 JST silverwizard

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     @hypolite that makes sense

     I find Doctorow fairly hopeful, and Molly White fairly schaudenfreude, but I get it

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 11:02:52 JST hypolite

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     • silverwizard
     @silverwizard It isn’t a technical issue, it’s an emotional issue. Everything they report on is important and devastating to me. I can only take it in small doses, which means second-hand from my other follows.
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:05:26 JST hypolite

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     • silverwizard

     @silverwizard I can't find the hope in Doctorow's content, and White herself closed twitter is going great because it was becoming a drag to report on the freefall.

     And you should definitely stick to either first, last or full names consistently for both men and women you mention. 😉

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:06:05 JST silverwizard

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     @hypolite I mean, I stick to "How I think about people" which isn't consistent at all, I can't think of a person named White.

     And valid, I get her reporting being too stressful, I am good at shaudenfreude.

     For Doctorow he has been writing some about fixes and the people in the Biden admin doing well, which are valuable perspectives.

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:30:32 JST silverwizard

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     @hypolite that's a new one on me. It's definitely a uniqueness thing here.
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:30:34 JST hypolite

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     • silverwizard

     @silverwizard It's just a casual sexism trope, mentioning men by their last names but women by their first.

     I'm glad to hear about Doctorow's lighter work, but unfortunately this isn't what gets shared in my timeline! 😭

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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:43:32 JST hypolite

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     @me @silverwizard I'm not sure I would mind the volume as much as the soul-crushing subjects he relentlessly tackles.
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     me (me@social.jlamothe.net)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 21:43:33 JST me

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     • silverwizard
     @hypolite @silverwizard Also, Doctorow's feed is an intermittent fire hose.
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     hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com)'s status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 23:36:15 JST hypolite

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     • silverwizard
     @silverwizard It's Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, but Hillary, Oprah, Meghan, etc... it isn't always the case but frequent enough for me to be careful to how I mention people.
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