two out of three disagree with me

[susandennis]

My fitbit app and my posturepedic app both say that I slept fine last night but I feel like I could never get comfortable. And this morning my back is killing me. I have ice on it now. Dr. Google says Motion is Lotion. So I'll be walking the halls and will do some treadmilling. The cause is old age, too much sitting, not enough moving. But my happy is to sit and crochet and watch TV or listen to my book. Moving is annoying and takes more energy than I want to donate.

Le Sigh.

I've abandoned Twitter after 16 years. I used Tweetdeck on my desktop. I kept a space open on the left hand side of my screen and just let Twitter roll by there all day. I could keep my eye on the news and other interesting stuff with very little investment.

But, Twitter's messiness finally hit my house. At the end of the month, Tweetdeck will change to the new version (which sucks) and only be available to those who pay. $90 a year. A bridge too far. I quit. I've been kind of dipping my toe into Mastodon for a while now and finally fully committed. Their web app enables me to, once again, have a column on the right that scrolls. I've found some good national news, local news, baseball news, knitting and crocheting stuff... The interface is much better and I think it's going to be fine and dandy.

mastodon.social/@susandennis

Today I need to pick up/clean up the living room and kitchen. Neither is too bad but both need attention.

Scott and Julie are going to get their ownselves in from the airport to their hotel tonight to keep me safe from his COVID kooties. If all goes according to plan, they should be at the hotel by late afternoon. If Julie is still failing her COVID test and wants to, I'll pick her up and we'll go get dinner and bring some back for Scott. He reported yesterday that the lines are taking a lot longer to show up on the test so we're all thinking this means he's on the mend. I'm sure she'll get it, but when. They fly to Alaska for a week on Saturday.

Now I think I'll get up and move.

Comments

[desdemonaspace]

Mastodon tempts me, sort of. I hear it's kind of hard to get started, though.

[mdlbear]

Welcome to the Fediverse (previous anonymous comment was me, not logged in)

[susandennis]

I kind of guessed it might be you :) since I got the follow just then. I've had my Mastadon account for a while and thought I had you on my list. So glad you pinged me. Now I got you for sure!

[yesthatjill]

Are you interested in Bluesky?

[susandennis]

nah. i signed up for the waitlist eons ago and never heard squat. that's not the kind of community i'm interested in. i joined mastodon a while back but only now am really using it and i like it.

[iampoesraven]

I don't like Twitter or FB or Mastodon. I like just reading blogs and posting my own crap.

[dotinthesky]

I really want to leave Twitter - it's so toxic now - but wish everyone (sensible) decided to move together to another site! I tried Mastodon some time ago and didn't find it intuitive - currently giving Threads a go but open-minded about trying Mastodon again.

[susandennis]

i did the same - set up mastodon and then abandoned and then went back. so far it's working fine and dandy for me. one thing i like is the ability to add # to my feed. so i can add #seattle and #crochet, etc. i'm still weeding out and filling in and not missing twitter.

i signed up for threads but until it gets a web version and/or cross work with mastodon, i'm probably just going to let it rest.

[dotinthesky]

Sounds like a sensible plan! I think I'll go over there now and claim my real estate, then explore it when I have more time. Thanks!

[dotinthesky]

I've now spent more time on Mastodon and I've grown to really like it! :-)