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Is it just me, or was that an earthquake?

For just a brief moment, this was the internet at its best. I stared at a vase of dried out Trader Joe's flowers, rumbling on my table for maybe thirty

It’s rare that something happens so suddenly that unifies an entire geographic region — people from New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York City and Massachusetts chimed in on my timeline, each unabashedly sharing our experiences. When Elon Musk bought Twitter, and critics embarked on a mass exodus into platforms like Bluesky, Mastodon, Tumblr (and even ones that no longer exist, like Pebble) we mourned the end of an era. But when the most populous town square is becoming actively more hostile to people who aren’t crypto bros or Tesla stockholders, we get a sense of what we’re missing.

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