Okay, this week was an absolutely crazy week. My anxiety was through the roof all week because I was worried about a ton of crap that has been going on. But I busted my ass, had some help from some amazing people, and was able to work a few things, and this week ended up okay. I have felt like I have been drowning for weeks. I feel like I am in the water up to my neck. I will take it.
So I have made the decision to stop selling art on Twitter. I love making art, but it is very difficult to deal with some people lately. Especially if I am trying to extend some kindness and they take it and get upset or angry. It is a weird dynamic and always has been. If someone wants my art, they know how to get in touch with me. But promoting on Twitter is just insanity. It truly is doing the same thing and hoping for a different result. Sadly, the result has been the same.
I am promoting sports cards more on Twitter. I know it can be a lot, but I also have a family and I try to provide funny free content there. I think people can handle when I post a Ohtani card for sale. And if not, no need to follow me. My feelings will survive. but I am also a visitor in a new sports card hobby world and honestly, it is a weird dynamic. I made a promise to be kind to everyone there because I am an outsider, but wow, some of those people are just…wow. And I have no clue their political stance.
So as you know, Twitter is broken. I do not even understand this one. I think you were allowed to see 600 tweets a day, and then that is all. But you can post as much as you want, comment as much as you want, just no one sees anything.
Blue checkmarks were going bananas about it. I really feel bad for people who think they are getting some sort of amazing experience because they shelled out dight dollars. No, you got a fake cop badge. You got the Herschel Walker exclusive. You got a badge that is meaningless now because no one respects it. Oh, and you can also write 5,387,334,482 words in a tweet that no one will read. Bravo.
Twitter for how bad it is, is still where most people see my stuff. I like Spoutible and think it is a viable main landing spot, more than any other place. I hate Bluesky with a passion. Every one who was bullied on twitter came there to bully everyone. Plus not fun to use. Post is great if you want no one to see anything. And I do like IG, but I am selective who I am friends with there.
Substack is truly where I will be the most open. 99% of it will be free. But writing things down helps me a lot. My feelings and thoughts in front of me helps me more than you know, and I hope you enjoy it.
But Twitter is not fixed with people paying eight bucks. It is just going to get worse and worse. Like why would anyone want to advertise there? What would my incentive be to sign up for Twitter Blue? Non.
Oh, I almost forgot, I will be getting back into political Twitter, but I refuse to watch CNN and MSNBC now. Both have gotten absolutely horrible. And not just one person. like everything about it. I would watch because I loved seeing Asha Rangappa and her thoughts on security. But the guests they have now, my god. And how the fuck does John Kasich continue to get work? And did everyone forget how horrible Michael Cohen is? He gets a pass because he says Trump bad now?
But my anxiety was higher with the SCOTUS decisions and having the news on while I worked did not help. It is hard for me to forgive those who voted for trump in 2016. Or the Susan Sarandons.
But I will continue to use Twitter until they suspend me or it blows up.
Anyway, my rate limit has exceeded. Will be writing more this week to share some life stuff. And subscribe for free if you haven’t here. Consider a paid subscription where you can comment on all posts and message me for a question and some exclusive posts that I do not want many people to read. And if you like what you see, please consider throwing a little something here. Thank you for being here.
Even with just "like"ing things from people I follow on Twtr: "This request looks like it might be automated. To protect our users from spam and other malicious activity, we can’t complete this action right now. Please try again later." Seems my account is semi-frozen, since I can't even post a screen-grab of that caution; didn't give any option or steps to try and prove I'm not a bot.