2025, y'all

Ha. Ha ha ha. Man, that 2020 post was something, eh? It is really good that things have chang... er, cha... uh... oh. OH. Nope, things did not improve. Well, maybe for a brief spell, but then they went sideways again. And here we are in spring 2025.

So I wanted to post about a couple of things. The first one being that comment about social media (corporate social media) being one of those not-so-good things in 2020. That has only gotten worse. The site I used to, dare I say, adore has gone hellish into racism and conspiracy and garbage. It won't even get a mention here. YouTube is pushing the algorithm harder, if my feed is any indication. My subscriptions seem to be less of a priority than ads and shorts (man, they want you to watch shorts). But there is a bright spot and its name is Mastodon. Which is not new, it just has started to finally catch on with people who have also realized they are sick of the algorithm and it works and it feels good. Yay, Mastodon. Yay, ActivityPub. Yay, federated content. You can find me here: @tweak@ohai.social and also on BookWyrm (like GoodReads, but algorithm-free and open source and federated).

The second thing is that after many decades of life, I've been diagnosed as ADHD. Shocking? No, not really, I mean, my kids have it, so it did seem like it had to come from somewhere. But eye-opening, would be a good take on it. F*CK. How much time of my life has been spent fighting against my natural inclinations? It explains so many things. The thrill of new projects, the struggle to sometimes finish or start things, the lack of experiencing time, the fierce independence. Turns out I'm just a hunter in a farmer's world. Not sure where that takes me next, but it would explain why I feel energized and alive on a film set -- so many things to notice and keep track of! But, man, the things I've learned (self-induced in some cases, society-induced in others) in tempering and managing myself to fit in and be 'normal' are voluminous.

posted by jeremy at 07:21 PM