LeBron is taking a break from social media. Should you? Are you ready to stop being performatively fascinating and get authentically dull? And is Bluesky the XFL of Twitter — or a refreshingly Musk-free community worth joining? Plus: "Re-Potting with Pablo," making lentil, fighting in Temecula, road rage, Mastodon, two ejaculating giraffes, a charging wildebeest and the actually hungry hippo (with suspenders and a pocket watch).

Relevant reading:

How Bluesky, Alternative to X and Facebook, Is Handling Explosive Growth (Mike Isaac)

The Age of Social Media Is Ending (Ian Bogost)

The Bluesky Bubble (Ian Bogost)

"With so much hate and negativity in the world today..." (Rich Kleiman)

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