I guess I find in question is the nuclear explosion within a family when

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opinions are open topic conversations and one of the opposing sides push t always make their opinion "my way or the highway" point.

It is no untold story politics and polarization in the USA after our Novem elections and the overwhelming Win on a candidate. AND, the fury of the opposition over the epic loss.

The dilemma now is the nuclear waste fallout withing families "DISOWNING"

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other completely. No communication, total silence and yes, the Holidays w family did not exist.

So, I guess the real question is simple. Is this appropriate and is this approach to resolve?

In our family we have one "my way" member. Their side lost this time. Either way, we know not to bring anything up (even the parts of "we" that are on the same side, too) and that is how we deal with it.

Although we've never made a united decision to do so, we don't open the topic and it usually won't come up.

* SLMR 2.1a * If worst comes to worst, you *CAN* turn most things off.

Same here, We don't discuss politics and if the one member in the minority tries to bait us with political tease or whine, we simply ignore him. He eventually either goes home or follows our conversation. It has worked wonders for us.
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I'm rooting for the Fediverse. A sysop on a network I was on and one of our callers started identica and has worked on back-end protocols for
some time. He's been involved with ActivityPub recently, just wrote the book on it.

This reminds me that I read about Gemini (the protocol, not the Google-related thing) recently.

And I feel as though there are a variety of things that would be neat to do as content that I put online.

But reliably I want to control my stuff. But there's also a problem that it'd be nice to have some amount of people _see_ the stuff, and, "just put it on my own server" isn't really useful for that. Sadly.

So, yeah, I'm also rooting for the Fediverse, as it's currently the best-available option that seems to be resistant to encrappification.

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Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

But reliably I want to control my stuff. But there's also a problem
that it'd be nice to have some amount of people _see_ the stuff, and, "just put it on my own server" isn't really useful for that. Sadly.

There's an acronym - POSSE - Publish on your own site, Syndicate
elsewhere. You control and own your content, syndicate it to an
audience, and control where/how it gets published elsewhere.

Wordpress has publishing tools available, so your content is
automatically syndicated - but stays on your server.



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There's an acronym - POSSE - Publish on your own site, Syndicate
elsewhere. You control and own your content, syndicate it to an
audience, and control where/how it gets published elsewhere.

That _does_ seem like the way to do it.

Wordpress has publishing tools available, so your content is
automatically syndicated - but stays on your server.

...though I'm not sure I want to deal with a Wordpress install. I guess I'm biased (fairly or not) toward thinking that it's pretty heavyweight, and also connected to people who might not be reliably lined up with my interests.

But I'm not even sure what content I want on the web. I tend to wind up with wikis that I mostly use for my own stuff, rather than as something to share.

Theoretically I could write things that are more personal, but then I would want them in a restricted place, both semi-private and controlled by me.

Without having a great idea on the content, it's hard to say what the proper tool is.

That said, I had enjoyed what Octopress looked like, for blogging, though it seems to be abandonware, now. But Jekyl still exists, and that seems lightweight and easy.

But probably doesn't easily do what you're talking about.

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...though I'm not sure I want to deal with a Wordpress install. I guess I'm biased (fairly or not) toward thinking that it's pretty
heavyweight, and also connected to people who might not be reliably
lined up with my interests.

It is a little heavy for a one-person blog, but most hosting companies
can turn it into a one-click install - they even supply additional
templates or an AI page maker.

Automattic has made some off-putting moves lately, and it's a little
too much power for Matt Mullenweig. When you think that Wordpress
powers some unreal percentage of web sites on the internet, it makes me
wonder what having that kind of power can do.

But I'm not even sure what content I want on the web. I tend to wind up with wikis that I mostly use for my own stuff, rather than as something
to share.

I have a category on my blog called "Google Posterity" - for
information I'd found online that I didn't want to see dissapear.

Theoretically I could write things that are more personal, but then I would want them in a restricted place, both semi-private and controlled
by me.

I just posted on my blog about LiveJournal - it is a wonderful
long-form bloghost/social network where you can intermix public posts,
posts for close friends, posts for acquaintances, and limit access by
those group levels.

I don't know if you experienced it back in the 2000s, but it was ideal
for having a "presence" on the net for the public, a place to share
more private details among a close-knit group, and to find public
groups of people with common interests.

It was very customizable, and tweaking blog templates became an
obsession for some - and selling templates became a business
opportunity as well.

Facebook killed it off with "Short Attention Span Theater", and it's a
shadow of its former self - as well as being hosted by a Russian
company, which is a little concerning. The software is open source, and
there are other instances of it running - Dreamwidth, for one.

Writing it made me realize something about the old blogosphere - we
didn't need a reason or a theme. Mine bounced between technical posts,
photos I'd taken, and personal updates. We didn't have "brands" back
then, or even know what we were doing.

Without having a great idea on the content, it's hard to say what the proper tool is.

That said, I had enjoyed what Octopress looked like, for blogging,
though it seems to be abandonware, now. But Jekyl still exists, and
that seems lightweight and easy.

But probably doesn't easily do what you're talking about.

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It is a little heavy for a one-person blog, but most hosting companies
can turn it into a one-click install - they even supply additional
templates or an AI page maker.

I think I did that when I was using Dreamhost.

But now I'm using Vultr, and have something that's more bare-metal.

But, that said, I think I'm more worried about the performance hit, as I don't really want to pay for more server for a blog that, realistically, will be tremendously unpopular.

...not that I even have ideas for it. And, realistically, would probably work on other project ideas, first.

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I have a category on my blog called "Google Posterity" - for
information I'd found online that I didn't want to see dissapear.

That does seem positive.

I tend to be a data hoarder, though really only become excessive when it comes to things that I know other people might not care about / are more personal.

But the internet being what it is, if it's something I'd want to go back to, it's probably good to have my own copy of it.

Presuming I can have a decent-enough way to organize it, and organizing data not take over my life.

Which does remind me of how I'd like to have a nice tree of knowledge application, where I create links between various information, keep track of where I have things stored (and backed up to), and it wind up working a bit like File Explorer.

Though setting that up would be a nightmare, even if the software perfectly matched my fantasy.

Facebook killed it off with "Short Attention Span Theater", and it's a
shadow of its former self - as well as being hosted by a Russian
company, which is a little concerning. The software is open source, and
there are other instances of it running - Dreamwidth, for one.

Yeah. Livejournal is pretty neat, in concept. And, yeah, if it weren't something that's fairly sketchy, it might be interesting to revisit.

That said, when I tried to make my account work there, it absolutely would not send an e-mail to my domain, so it seems as though I _have_ to use a Gmail account or something, in order to have a verified e-mail.

I don't know if I have done something wrong with the setup of my e-mail server, but, "your e-mail address does not work with this service" makes me more inclined to use a different service than it does to use a different e-mail.

Writing it made me realize something about the old blogosphere - we
didn't need a reason or a theme. Mine bounced between technical posts,
photos I'd taken, and personal updates. We didn't have "brands" back
then, or even know what we were doing.

Those are probably still the best kind, at least with people one actually knows.

I know I would not be able to keep up with content creation, of the sort that successful YouTubers do, so I haven't felt any great need to have a "brand" that I maintain.

I could probably do with more social connection, but I'm probably not really in need of more online connection, anyway.

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See my earlier post - it's easier to amplify a lie through the
manipulation of social network feeds to the point where it
because accepted truth.

That does double-duty of forcing the opposition to debunk the lie, which takes energy from the spread of their platform.

I'm torn - I see Facebook and Twitter as a Convenient Evil, need to find
a way to minimize the negativity and falsehood.

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I have used the not interested and block options on FB until I just see my close friends posts and some comedy reels I like now. I must have 300 pages of blocking now. I don’t want to see any hard left or right political stuff anymore. I really miss a good debate. Now we just have hot mess meltdown shutdown. I have never tried twitter, is it much better or worse?

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Re: Re: Family vs Politics - Did
By: John Short to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Feb 13 2026 01:52 pm

shutdown. I have never tried twitter, is it much better or worse?

Both are bad in their own ways. I just logged into Facebook for the first time in a while, and was shocked at how much AI slop there was. I'll need to go on a blocking binge there.

Twitter is bad in its own way - I thought it interesting that they turned on country of origin on posters. Bots are bus business on Twitter.
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Re: Re: Family vs Politics - Did
By: John Short to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Feb 13 2026 01:52 pm

Both are bad in their own ways. I just logged into Facebook for the first time in a while, and was shocked at how much AI slop there was. I'll need to go on a blocking binge there.

Twitter is bad in its own way - I thought it interesting that they turned on country of origin on posters. Bots are bus business on Twitter.
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I decided to skip twitter. Have fun with your blocking binge.

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John Short wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I decided to skip twitter. Have fun with your blocking binge.

I went one step further and am running a script to delete my content off
of Twitter. Interesting that Twitter rate limits you from removing "your"
data.

Which begs the question, is your data *really* gone when you delete it?
I'd think not.

... All of this has happened before, and it will happen again.
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