It's important to have a sense of perspective when everything is so divided...

Severe weather warning in effect. Forecast is for widespread outbreaks of orange across the whole country today.

People are advised to stay indoors and safe from the all pervasive orange.

The rise of Mastodon has made me so much more aware of government services requiring us to use private companies’ systems to communicate with them and access services.

Sitting on a Dutch train just now I was shown on a screen “feeling unsafe in the train? Contact us via WhatsApp”.

What if I don’t use WhatsApp? (I do, but I wish I didn’t have to) I’m forced to share my data with Meta to use it.

Public systems should not require use of private services.

if I know anyone who is currently stranded at Schiphol, @ me and I can give you advice on where to go to get your needs met outside the airport, or I can even make an emergency trip over there, as it's literally one train station away from me. (Just checked the train app, the trains don't seem to be down.)