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   [object Object] (gneilyo@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 23:32:35 JST [object Object]

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   @seachanger on the flip side I think law enforcement is so accustomed to tracking people by their digital footprints that not carrying a smartphone would render you as enigmatic as DB Cooper

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     wet forest moon folklorist (seachanger@alaskan.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 23:32:36 JST wet forest moon folklorist

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     middle age (an assumption, my age could end earlier) snuck up on me and presented itself as a time for taking stock on the measure of my life so far. I’m a ruler flipping end over end to measure an era that began with rotary dials and curly wires, that gave me long years out rambling free on the earth, but now has me broadcasting my secrets and locations to any law enforcement or corporate entities who want them. where were the referendums on these changes? when did we choose this

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     wet forest moon folklorist (seachanger@alaskan.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 23:32:37 JST wet forest moon folklorist

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     one thing I’ve observed about time is that it does not ever go backward in the ways that I want it to. which makes memory and the act of re-membering (as in putting together) a profoundly important part of life and culture (which wholly contains notions of “science” and “technology”)

     I think there’s a reason it feels uniquely good to drift into certain kinds of personal nostalgia, or to sit around and laugh with people who you shared experiences with in the past: we’re wired for memory keeping

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     wet forest moon folklorist (seachanger@alaskan.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 23:32:38 JST wet forest moon folklorist

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     to be very honest, the best mental health I’ve experienced in my life has been when I’m living out of a backpack or sea kayak with a group of students cooking and eating meals together, chatting all day, and sharing the awe and wonder of being out with the animals and stars

     when I was doing this kind of work, we often had one clunky sat phone for 15 people for weeks and months on end and rarely had to use it. it was fine

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     wet forest moon folklorist (seachanger@alaskan.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 23:32:39 JST wet forest moon folklorist

     only 20 years ago I traveled all over, did my banking, bought things I needed, checked the weather, did a lot of running and hiking and biking, spent a lot of my time out in the backcountry for my work and for fun, stayed in very close touch with the people I cared deeply about, all without a smart phone or any apps. it was a fine way to live. all in all, the quality of my day was better without pocket computing, and no one was tracking me via ads and apps on a phone