Category: social media
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On Noise Pollution and a Skipped Bike Ride
Reading Time: 2 minutesI know, without a doubt that if I ride with one group, especially if there are only 25 people, that it will be hard. It’s because of how hard I know the ride will be that I am not keen to join that group. despite this I still considered going for a…
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Five Ten Kilometre Runs Later
Reading Time: 3 minutesRecently I ran with the goal of getting above the fog and I succeeded. The result was a 16km run. Since then I have run ten kilometre runs four more times. In the process I have shifted from not seeing myself to seeing myself as more of a runner than before. Last…
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The Symbiosis of Influencers and Social Media
Reading Time: 3 minutesThreads, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok are social media sites and apps rather than social networks. Their aim is not to promote conversations but rather to encourage likes, re-sharing and the cult of personality. It is for this reason that they have become less ‘sticky’ for normal ‘users’. In the era of Seesmic…
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On Payed Online Audiobook Library Subscriptions
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor a long time you could choose between one credit or two credits per month with Audible, and you were limited to that one or two books. With time they increased the price, but they also added plenty of books that were included with the membership. At this point, if you’re not…
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Back to Suunto From Garmin
Reading Time: 2 minutesI like Garmin Connect and the Garmin Instinct 2. Both the app, and the device are good and they’re reliable for tracking sports on a daily basis. Having said this, I felt the urge to slide back to my Suunto devices and the Suunto app. For many, many, many years I was…
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The Case for Dumping FaceBook and Threads
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday afternoon I was trolled by an American account of a person living in Germany. I commented on the absurdity of bicycle lanes that are just two hundred meters long and the troll account said "be happy to have that". I felt like answering in a hostile manner. I refrained from doing…
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On WhatsApp and Netiquette
Reading Time: 3 minutesI was thinking of taking a break from Whatsapp for three weeks. I have this desire, and need because I am tired of how people use Whatsapp. They create groups, where strangers are added. People with no deep knowledge of online communities delete posts that are sometimes not spam. Other people complain…
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A Walk To the Post Office and a Skipped Bike Ride
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I went for two walks. The first walk was after lunch because I had something to drop off at the post office. Usually I would have printed the label at home, rather than doing this walk. I desired to go for a bike ride but the chore was more important. In…
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On Teens and the Fediverse Opportunity
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Australia, and England, and Ireland, and Switzerland there are talks, in some cases that are being implemented that seak to block children and teens from using the Social Media Giants. "As of December 2025, the Australian social media ban specifically targets major commercial platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok,…
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The Garmin End of Year Summary
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Garmin Connect End of year summary is currently available, and updating daily. The stats are quite interesting, Despite cycling as much as I did Garmin says that I took 3.8 million steps this year and that in March I took 486,000 steps. That’s when I was hiking a lot. Activities…