Bye bye, Metaverse

For 2026, I've decided to clean things up a bit. One for the dustbin is Facebook/Instagram. My farewell post stands (with the cheeese) alone.

After nearly 18 years, it's time to check out of Facebook and its universe. I have no professional need to stay here. Personally, the junk, vitriol, and idiocy have spoiled what was a lovely way to keep up with people and stumble across unexpected things I didn't know would interest me.

I'll miss all the random pop culture, sports, and music. I'll miss the people I lived through vicariously. But there's too much garbage in my feed, and I understand that's how this site makes money -- engagement, data scraping, and ad sales. Fine. Include me out.

You can find me the traditional ways, and I'm on Substack (often as a commenter), Bluesky (occasionally), and my mostly dormant blog "Artificial Irrelevance."

Happy trails. Be good to yourself and to others.

I should have also mentioned YouTube, for anyone interested in mediocre ukulele performances.