Jack FitzGerrell

[Fernando Borretti @zetalyrae]

I wrote a short story: an aphasic space station monitors an anomalous object, while keeping the last two humans alive.

Read “Julia” at the link below:

[Troy Onyango @TroyOnyango]

the complexity of the james baldwin and nikki giovanni conversation being reduced to “lie to me” is exactly the kind of pseudointellectual performance that ‘thrives’ these days. i wish people actually watched and engaged with the whole conversation instead of a catchphrase.

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

@bnj @variantui

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

@Ethan_is_online ✍️📎🔪 🫂

[blue @bluewmist]

https://t.co/dCfN11KjvM

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

I’m deleting the twitter app (at least) and instead:
1. Using substack for the first time.
2. Using nothing.

And if you’re curious why, here’s what the feed looks like on a brand new account, no “interests” chosen etc:

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

https://t.co/zgHQ04PtiA

[satvik @sxtvik]

I think for people my age (27) and older, the current feeling is less about the internet being bad and more about feeling internet fatigued.

I’ve been on social media for 15 years. Facebook, Twitter, YikYak, Tumblr, Kik, Ask, Vine, Snapchat, Instagram, Musicly, TikTok, Reels, Threads, Mastodon, Bluesky, Lens, Farcaster at some point it became less about the joy of content discovery and meaningful connections and more about maintaining a constant presence amidst the current times. That persistent pressure to be online, to be available is tiring, more so if you’ve done it for 15 years and for some even over 2 decades.

When I see friends take months off social media to focus on their real life presence, I often envy it. I wish I could delete my social media and disappear for a bit, but as a founder this is also the avenue I’m most grateful for to share my ideas and work, as a son I love sending relatable reels to my parents, as a brother I love sharing memes with my sister, as a boyfriend I love watching the TikToks my girlfriend sends me, and as a friend I love staying in touch and knowing what my friends around the world are upto even if I haven’t seen them in months.

The internet has shaped so much of my worldview and aided my learning and awareness about things I would’ve never known in my local bubble, but I’m still trying to find a balance between here and out there.

Next year I want to look down less, and look up more.

[Ben Roy @benroy]

https://t.co/QhjuSYLlPc

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

@anything

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

@Shopify @discord @harleyf @tobi @carlrivera

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

What's the best @Shopify-related @discord community?

[Tyler Angert @tylerangert]

If you really want to say you made something new you should market it as “the last X” not “the first X”

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

#smallpoemsunday

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

@tylerangert Better that way I guess :)

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"At the end of my suffering
there was a door."

A benediction of a poem https://t.co/pnNeC53g2U

[Cam @harleybaghdad]

It does feel like generative AI is just going to make the internet unusable to a degree that pushes a lot of us off of it and back into the real world

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

I love finding the cracks in the internet. Where the light shines through!

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

@BiggestShitter They can’t yet stop you from putting down your phone and putting your hands and feet in the dirt. I’m saying this stuff hypocritically, ironically, wishfully… but I think it’s important to highlight the ways that we have autonomy to disconnect from tech.

[Jack FitzGerrell @jckftzy]

@BiggestShitter Honestly no: it’s not! Of course it’s obvious where some of “this” is leading, but I don’t think it’s helpful to claim that it’s all established and intentional. unethical people don’t all know what they’re all doing and they’re DEFINITELY not all working together. (Phew…)