Who would you be without social media?

Do you ever stop to think what your life would be like if social media didn't exist?

Like, really, really think about it.

Would I have friends? I met my bestie from college in the dorms ... but really, we met on the UCSC Livejournal the summer before college started. If we hadn't connected there, would we have been as close as we are now?

Would I be a mom? I know people don't think of dating websites and apps as "social media," but they are. And that's how I met my ex-husband. If not for social media, would my kids even exist?

It's easy for us to villainize social media. It's full of racist porn bots. It's owned by billionaires. It has tons of "features" that compromise people's safety. It allows misinformation and disinformation to spread like wildfire.

BUT. What if we also think about the positives of social media? How it can be used to bring people together. To bolster relationships. To build community. To share knowledge and information.

This is what I was thinking about when I posted this reel yesterday. Because there has to be a happy medium. These platforms can do so much harm ... but they can also do so, so much good. And I view my job as figuring out how to bring that good to fruition.

That's all I got for this week. No cheeky lessons. No Schitt's Creek GIFs. Just ruminations on how we can turn these technologies on their heads, and use them to benefit us not just financially, but emotionally, spiritually, and communally.

That would be a revolution in and of itself.

🏷️ Instagram rolled out affiliate links in reels ... with built-in disclosure labels! The lawyers of Threads are all VERY excited about this one.

➡️ Threads launched indented replies, which helps me know when someone is talking shit to ME, or to the person I was replying to.

💬 Threads is also coming out with a new live chat feature?? Not totally sure what this is going to be like but I assume like an old school AOL chatroom (or, if you prefer, a Twitch stream chat). Either way ... I fear my old introverted ass is going to be ✨OVERWHELMED✨

⏳ Instagram released Instants, which, as far as I can tell, is a combination of OG Instagram and Snapchat. Grainy, unedited photos ... but they disappear after 24 hours? Can we at least get a Nashville filter in here?

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🐕 For those of you following along in my Instagram stories, you know that Ramona has been refusing to walk on our walks. Which is confusing to me. Because she says she wants to go outside and then she just ... stands there. This is not new behavior for her (she has always been iffy about physical exertion), but it does seem like it's increased over the last week or so. I'm chalking it up to her anesthesia hangover (she had dental work done last Tuesday), combined with aging and a generally rebellious nature.

✈️ The kids and I had an incredible spring break trip to California! I got to see BOTH my besties, all of my siblings and their kids, spend lots of quality time with my dad, and didn't even have to go swimming! 🥳 (I hate swimming.) I was happy to come back to real life, but it was REALLY nice to spend a whole week with my brain turned off so I could just focus on enjoying myself.

🐈‍⬛ The catio is done! If you remember, in my last newsletter, I mentioned that I was enclosing my back patio so I could let the cats have some outdoor time when the weather's nice, and Maki and Inari are SO into it. They will literally be out there all day, just sunbathing, chasing bugs, and rolling around in all the pollen Seattle spring has to offer. (Which is a lot. Like, A LOT.)