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+# 2021-08-25
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+Well, it turns out that when you're travelling it's easy to just stay in meatspace and not follow through with online/writing plans at all :) 
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+I should be back in earnest in 2-3d.
+
+From a [[hn thread on twitter requiring login]], a solid [[list of twitter alternatives]].
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+# list of twitter alternatives
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+- from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28293723
+  - [[fediverse]] mastodon, pleroma, pixelfed
+  - [[gemini]] https://gemini.circumlunar.space/
+  - [[indieweb]] https://indieweb.org/
+  - [[twtxt]] https://indieweb.org/twtxt
+  - [[scuttlebutt]] https://scuttlebutt.nz/
+  - [[hypercore]] https://hypercore-protocol.org/ (see https://iris.to for an implementation)
+  - https://quitsocialmedia.club/solutions
+