2. I’ve just survived a fairly severe case of Seratonin Syndrome. ( You can Google.) And it’s been one of the most awful experiences of my life. You can understand, then, why it’s awful for Zuckerberg’s platforms to slow kill online identities someone has gotten addicted to. - ThreadSky

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2. I’ve just survived a fairly severe case of Seratonin Syndrome. ( You can Google.) And it’s been one of the most awful experiences of my life. You can understand, then, why it’s awful for Zuckerberg’s platforms to slow kill online identities someone has gotten addicted to.

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vtlozano.bsky.social•46 days ago

3. Zuck and Meta are pushers: no different at all from the Sacklers, and opioids.

With the same comforting self-delusion that the companies are healers and community builders. Absolute bullshit.

On top of the collective trauma of 3 million COVID dead in the US

vtlozano.bsky.social•46 days ago

4. All of that unprocessed grief that’s been normalized & weaponized as social pressure to get back out to restaurants; to movies; to awards ceremonies; to every space that capitalism has metered. ( You pay, we give you a space to park yourself & your car.)

vtlozano.bsky.social•46 days ago

5. All of that is what many people will face as the country enters a second Trump Administration. Only this time, there is the hope of, we’ve seen this movie before.

vtlozano.bsky.social•46 days ago

6. But. Chaos can cut both ways. The far right may be good at inciting chaos. But they’ve caught up to the bumper. &, till Midterms, they’re going to be digesting a metric shit ton of bumper breakfast, lunch, & dinner. & chaser. & midnight snack.

vtlozano.bsky.social•46 days ago

6. So. Yes. Chaos can cut both ways. But everyone is exhausted. And filled with unacknowledged grief. And unacknowledged Long Covid deficits. No judgement. Everyone has lived thru more deaths than WW1, WW2, and Vietnam—combined.

vtlozano.bsky.social•46 days ago

7. Everyone has lived through a decade of rotting out, online silo’ing, and more loss than anyone can process. Or fully face. The hope, however, is in that very cataclysmic grief, which turns to anger, and then to rage. And which can then be channeled into resistance.

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