The (digital) Company You Keep?

A lot of people have bad experiences with Twitter. Either by luck or a couple of good clicks I pretty much avoid the cesspool. I've talked before about how I engage on Twitter before so I'll just say that when something relatively important to my day job happens, Twitter is a relaible place to find out about it quickly, get several takes from people smarter than me and find articles to then draw my own conclusion.

Twitter is where I also get content on my other interests.

And a couple of others where I can do research for my day job and blogging (which is part of my process for my day job).

Basically financially oriented news and opinion websites.

For my day job.

I know it's an antiquated platform but still.

We own the cabin next door and have been renting it out on Airbnb since we bought it in 2017.

I scroll them far less than I used to. I post there sharing pictures and with Facebook, diet and exercise stuff but just a few minutes a day only, scrolling. I never look at reels or stories.

I also use FB for put out content onto the Walker Fire Department page. Please take a look and give us a follow https://www.facebook.com/walkerfiredept/

Here is where I will throw in NotePD. Way more utility for me than Instagram but I use FB differently WRT to the fire department and for now I have an opportunity to reach/help more people there than here.

This can be a catchall for everything sports related.

I'll close with a link from Phil Pearlman about using your phone less. If you spend a lot of time doom scrolling, arguing with strangers and going down the TicTok rabbit hole, his post might help. https://primecuts.substack.com/p/get-off-the-grid-without-growing