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Here’s some anecdotes about that.</p><div aria-hidden="true" class="relative z-10 mt-4 flex items-center text-sm font-medium text-teal-500">Read article<svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" class="ml-1 h-4 w-4 stroke-current"><path d="M6.75 5.75 9.25 8l-2.5 2.25" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path></svg></div></article><article class="group relative flex flex-col items-start"><h2 class="text-base font-semibold tracking-tight text-zinc-800 dark:text-zinc-100"><div class="absolute -inset-y-6 -inset-x-4 z-0 scale-95 bg-zinc-50 opacity-0 transition group-hover:scale-100 group-hover:opacity-100 dark:bg-zinc-800/50 sm:-inset-x-6 sm:rounded-2xl"></div><a href="/articles/why-not-social-media"><span class="absolute -inset-y-6 -inset-x-4 z-20 sm:-inset-x-6 sm:rounded-2xl"></span><span class="relative z-10">Why shouldn’t I use social media?</span></a></h2><time class="relative z-10 order-first mb-3 flex items-center text-sm text-zinc-400 dark:text-zinc-500 pl-3.5" datetime="2022-07-08"><span class="absolute inset-y-0 left-0 flex items-center" aria-hidden="true"><span class="h-4 w-0.5 rounded-full bg-zinc-200 dark:bg-zinc-500"></span></span>July 8, 2022</time><p class="relative z-10 mt-2 text-sm text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400">Instagram’s tempting me, I guess. 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Let’s have a chat about why.</p><div aria-hidden="true" class="relative z-10 mt-4 flex items-center text-sm font-medium text-teal-500">Read article<svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" class="ml-1 h-4 w-4 stroke-current"><path d="M6.75 5.75 9.25 8l-2.5 2.25" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path></svg></div></article><article class="group relative flex flex-col items-start"><h2 class="text-base font-semibold tracking-tight text-zinc-800 dark:text-zinc-100"><div class="absolute -inset-y-6 -inset-x-4 z-0 scale-95 bg-zinc-50 opacity-0 transition group-hover:scale-100 group-hover:opacity-100 dark:bg-zinc-800/50 sm:-inset-x-6 sm:rounded-2xl"></div><a href="/articles/rss-feeds"><span class="absolute -inset-y-6 -inset-x-4 z-20 sm:-inset-x-6 sm:rounded-2xl"></span><span class="relative z-10">I Want My Digital Newspaper Back</span></a></h2><time class="relative z-10 order-first mb-3 flex items-center text-sm text-zinc-400 dark:text-zinc-500 pl-3.5" datetime="2021-09-16"><span class="absolute inset-y-0 left-0 flex items-center" aria-hidden="true"><span class="h-4 w-0.5 rounded-full bg-zinc-200 dark:bg-zinc-500"></span></span>September 16, 2021</time><p class="relative z-10 mt-2 text-sm text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400">A long conversation about how push notifications have ruined the ability for you to not be doomscrolling and how RSS feeds can help fix that.</p><div aria-hidden="true" class="relative z-10 mt-4 flex items-center text-sm font-medium text-teal-500">Read article<svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" class="ml-1 h-4 w-4 stroke-current"><path d="M6.75 5.75 9.25 8l-2.5 2.25" stroke-width="1.5" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round"></path></svg></div></article></div><div class="space-y-10 lg:pl-16 xl:pl-24"><div class="rounded-2xl border border-zinc-100 p-6 dark:border-zinc-700/40"><h2 class="flex text-sm font-semibold text-zinc-900 dark:text-zinc-100"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512" class="h-6 w-6 flex-none dark:fill-zinc-500"><path opacity="1" d="M184 0c30.9 0 56 25.1 56 56V456c0 30.9-25.1 56-56 56c-28.9 0-52.7-21.9-55.7-50.1c-5.2 1.4-10.7 2.1-16.3 2.1c-35.3 0-64-28.7-64-64c0-7.4 1.3-14.6 3.6-21.2C21.4 367.4 0 338.2 0 304c0-31.9 18.7-59.5 45.8-72.3C37.1 220.8 32 207 32 192c0-30.7 21.6-56.3 50.4-62.6C80.8 123.9 80 118 80 112c0-29.9 20.6-55.1 48.3-62.1C131.3 21.9 155.1 0 184 0zM328 0c28.9 0 52.6 21.9 55.7 49.9c27.8 7 48.3 32.1 48.3 62.1c0 6-.8 11.9-2.4 17.4c28.8 6.2 50.4 31.9 50.4 62.6c0 15-5.1 28.8-13.8 39.7C493.3 244.5 512 272.1 512 304c0 34.2-21.4 63.4-51.6 74.8c2.3 6.6 3.6 13.8 3.6 21.2c0 35.3-28.7 64-64 64c-5.6 0-11.1-.7-16.3-2.1c-3 28.2-26.8 50.1-55.7 50.1c-30.9 0-56-25.1-56-56V56c0-30.9 25.1-56 56-56z"></path></svg><span class="ml-3">What am I thinking/doing right now?</span></h2><div class="mt-2 flex flex-row items-center"><p class="text-2xl">😉</p><p class="ml-3 text-sm text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400">Sometimes I feel like I underestimate my comedic timing.</p></div></div><div class="rounded-2xl border border-zinc-100 p-6 dark:border-zinc-700/40"><h2 class="flex text-sm font-semibold text-zinc-900 dark:text-zinc-100"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 640 512" class="h-6 w-6 flex-none dark:fill-zinc-500"><path d="M41.4 86.6c-12.5-12.5-12.5-32.8 0-45.3s32.8-12.5 45.3 0l192 192c12.5 12.5 12.5 32.8 0 45.3l-192 192c-12.5 12.5-32.8 12.5-45.3 0s-12.5-32.8 0-45.3L210.7 256 41.4 86.6zM288 416H576c17.7 0 32 14.3 32 32s-14.3 32-32 32H288c-17.7 0-32-14.3-32-32s14.3-32 32-32z"></path></svg><span class="ml-3">What's my big project?</span></h2><p class="mt-2 text-sm text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400"><b>I'm making an e-Ink chore display!</b> I've been spending a lot of mental effort coordinating chores with my roommates, and in classic "me" fashion, rather than just buy a whiteboard, I'd <em>love</em> to just over-engineer an e-Ink display to render custom Notion data using Rust. 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