Lent feels like a natural time to step back and reassess habits, so I’ve decided to give up a few things over the next forty days, one of which is algorithmic social media. Instagram is gone, Bluesky is gone (Twitter and Facebook disappeared years ago). I’m reclaiming my attention span, and hopefully redirecting it somewhere more worthwhile. Such as here, on a blog that I own, I control, and that isn’t designed to be a dopamine casino.

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