OT - NO POLITICS Turn back the clocks edition

[caz16]

For those who joined Bluesky, here are some accounts you might want to follow - writers and podcasts. I am sure there are more but it is a start.

dominictiano
@dominictiano.bsky.social

Bruins Network
@bruinsnetwork.bsky.social

Ty Anderson
@ ty-anderson.bsky.social

Low Quality Bruins Fan
@lowqualitybruins.bsky.social

Ian McLaren
@iancmclaren.bsky.social

Mark Allred
@blackandgold277.bsky.social

 

[Alicat]

Seems like we are finally out of the severe weather pattern. I can't handle any more of these nocturnal threats. I was unaware that they had a fall tornado season here.

Bring me sunny and 55 degrees please.

 

[EverettMike]

For those who joined Bluesky, here are some accounts you might want to follow - writers and podcasts. I am sure there are more but it is a start.

dominictiano
@dominictiano.bsky.social

Bruins Network
@bruinsnetwork.bsky.social

Ty Anderson
@ ty-anderson.bsky.social

Low Quality Bruins Fan
@lowqualitybruins.bsky.social

Ian McLaren
@iancmclaren.bsky.social

Mark Allred
@blackandgold277.bsky.social

Oh wow okay wow.

 

[caz16]

Oh wow okay wow.

Always the comedian....poor Dom, it is his birthday today too.

 

[EverettMike]

Always the comedian....poor Dom, it is his birthday today too.

Ahem ...

BurgerMike

 

[eightspokedb]

The decision to put my almost 15 year old dog, Muffin down (i hate that wording).

I don't want her in pain or to be suffering unbeknownst to us. I love her so much. She has saved my life more times than I can count. She loves her siblings. She loves her family. She loves the kids so much. She is a lover. I don't want her to waste away. She won't eat. She's lost so much weight. She drinks but she just wants to sleep. And my dog is active. This isn't like her. I know she's old. And I'm greatful for almost 15 years. But I swear she looks at me letting me know it's okay.


Please hug and kiss your pets. Try to be kind to eachother. I'll be taking a break from the board.


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Angel Day Blessings Muffin....you are loved.

 

[TD Charlie]

Social media break started a few weeks ago and still going strong.

It’s been lovely. Highly recommend.

 

[Alicat]

Hope anyone who lives near the wildfires on the North and South Shore as well as in Blue Hills stay safe!

It is heartbreaking to see the one in Blue Hills. I spent so much time there as a kid and as an adult, I used the roads to bypass the whole 95/93/24/3 echange from hell. Went to summer camp at Ponkapoag with the YMCA and spent time at Houghton's Pond before it got nasty. I have good friends who got engaged at the very top overlooking the Boston skline.

 

[ODAAT]

they just making up names now for these "weather events"?

‘Bomb cyclone’ set to lash B.C. coast with hurricane-force winds

Environment Canada is forecasting high winds and heavy rain for Vancouver Island. Some areas could be hit by easterly wind gusts of up to 100 km/h.

www.timescolonist.com

 

[Alicat]

they just making up names now for these "weather events"?

‘Bomb cyclone’ set to lash B.C. coast with hurricane-force winds

Environment Canada is forecasting high winds and heavy rain for Vancouver Island. Some areas could be hit by easterly wind gusts of up to 100 km/h.

www.timescolonist.com

Bomb Cyclone is the shortened name for bombogenisis. Bombogenisis is the scientific term and Bomb Cyclone is the shortened form and often used to overhype storms to incite fear.

Social media weather weenies started using it to get clicks from people who thought it was the worst storm in history. It became part of the norm b/c actual meteroligists were getting slammed by people who think what they read on the interwebz is legit and tv people are bad.


From the article: "Dubbed a bomb cyclone by the Weather Network, the storm bringing strong southeasterly winds is known in meteorological terms as bombogenesis, a rapid drop in atmospheric pressure at the centre of a storm system as it circulates northward."

 

[BB79]

Social media break started a few weeks ago and still going strong.

It’s been lovely. Highly recommend.

I decided to take a short break from social media back in 2017. I haven't been back since.

 

[TD Charlie]

I decided to take a short break from social media back in 2017. I haven't been back since.

The only thing i miss out on; photos of the kids shared by mom. But she sends me some anyway, or my better half will spot them online and show me.

I did this once before and i think i was off for close to a year. Honestly, you forget it even exists most days. It’s very freeing.

It’s not even that i was addicted or it was particularly unhealthy, but it’s much easier to be present without it. There is zero temptation to scroll and scroll and scroll.

It’s done wonders for me though. Almost reinvigorating in a way.

 

[McGarnagle]

Facebook was fun when I was in college and grad school and I had an active social group I cared about. But after graduating everyone went their separate ways and you lose touch, then everyone's parents joined the platform and it got boring, now it's pretty much dead.

Never actively used Twitter. I never liked the original format, though I'll follow accounts that are funny or browse it for news and things sometimes.

Instagram is just pictures, i really never understood the popularity.

Reddit has some good subs that I learn a lot from but most of that site is toxic. I do rely on it to get reviews on products or find advice on recipes, gardening, or any other random hobby.

That's pretty much the extent of "social media" for me. I'm not really as wrapped up in it as I was when I was younger and had stuff to care about.