I miss the defederated days. It was really nice not having to see the . I've gotten spoiled with being able to assume that most of the people I'm talking with have a certain level of geopolitical knowledge, whether through studying or meme osmosis. Seeing all the accusations of bots and putler shill bullshit on hexbear was rather jarring. That being said, I do hope things settle down with blahaj.zone so my trans and queer comrades can grow and strengthen their community.