😭😭😭

Even though I have a free student subscription, I uninstalled all Microsoft Office last month because the constant ‘do you want to use copilot???’ was infuriating.

Oh you inspire me on that last point! I’m now off Instagram because the ratio of grift/ads to friend/following content is a joke. I’ve been off Twitter for ages now, and barely access Reddit either.

I’ve started (but not finished!) my own media server. I have just set up a pi-hole though and it’s pretty great for avoiding internet advert slop on mobile (and other non-desktop devices).

I feel so similarly. It feels so insidious and normalised. I’ve been engaging more with anti-consumerist, minimalist, repair and mend etc. spaces online, and that’s helped me feel more hopeful. There are like-minded people out there! My latest obsession has been moving away from big tech because I’m fed up with having my privacy invaded just so I can be sold more useless crap.

I’m not American, and the only exposure to him that I had the misfortune of coming across was him saying that he’s anti-abortion, even for child victims of sexual abuse. It’s horrible enough to force a grown woman to carry a pregnancy against her will, but a little girl that’s been raped?? That’s indescribably heinous.

god forbid women have hobbies 🙄