I want privacy, and long form thought.

Neither of those things thrive in an environment where everyone is trying to extract value from thought and personal information.

Check out project Gemini:

https://geminiprotocol.net/

“Gemini is a new internet technology supporting an electronic library of interconnected text documents. That’s not a new idea, but it’s not old fashioned either. It’s timeless, and deserves tools which treat it as a first class concept, not a vestigial corner case. Gemini isn’t about innovation or disruption, it’s about providing some respite for those who feel the internet has been disrupted enough already. We’re not out to change the world or destroy other technologies. We are out to build a lightweight online space where documents are just documents, in the interests of every reader’s privacy, attention and bandwidth.”

No auto playing media. No cookies. Nothing tracking you. And they built it, as I understand, to be deliberately difficult to add new features to, to prevent enshittification.

Did you know that varies state by state?

My state has a jungle primary, you see all candidates irrespective of their or your party affiliation, and you vote for the ONE candidate you want to see on the ballot.

We also have ranked choice voting, which they are trying reallllly hard to take away.

The other day, the dumpster fire got his geography and international knowledge confused, calling Iran the 'islamic Republic of Japan. I believe as he was discussing the violating of the ceasefire the other day, but I could be getting my international incidents confused, there have been so many lately.