I am not a number; I am a free man, OR, why you should never rely on social media

In my post about switching to decentralized social media, I mentioned that I would later talk about G+. Yes, I know, most people don’t pay a lot of attention to G+ anyway, but that’s what really brought home something that I’d actually been saying since 2015: If you don’t personally own your website and data, […]

Write flash with us this weekend (AND EVERY WEEKEND!)

YES THAT’S RIGHT OUR FLASH CHALLENGE IS NOW WEEKLY. WRITE WITH US. I’ve already posted the prompt! Several of us have started our own, self-hosted, flash fiction challenge over at a website we’re calling Obsidian Flash. It’s on a forum behind a password, so that anything you write and submit is considered unpublished. Registration is […]

Should you really quote that troll?

Let me get this out of the way: I’m (depending on the day) some variety of agnostic. I’ve been more religious than I am now, and I’ve been a lot less religious than I am now. This is a bit of a dangerous mix – I can easily take the point of view of someone […]

Where have all the Christians gone?

“I’ve decided that I am not religious. I am not a Christian. Please don’t try to convince me otherwise.” The young woman who wrote that rejection of religion on social media was being brave. She knew her friends and family would see it. Maybe she was just rejecting organized religion; for lots of people faith […]