Done With Facebook/What’s New

So, there are plenty of great reasons to be done with Facebook. I’m not going to list them all lol, but this nonsense with the United States government forcing visa applicants to make their personal accounts public opens the door to governments around the world doing the same. And it opens the door to all kinds of other stuff that’s just so so bad.

I don’t get to do it often, but I like to travel. And although I don’t think I’ve written anything that would keep me from being able to visit a place I would want to visit, over the last eighteen years (has it really been that long?) I have written lots of things and shared lots of pictures and personal stuff intended for friends and family and not for the public. So, I guess that’s that.

If you’re reading this, you probably came across it on Facebook. I’ll be deleting that thing permanently at the end of the year -or sooner if I want to visit some place that demands I set it to public.

I gotta say I’m pretty bummed that this was the reason. I was hoping it would be like, just because the thing itself is bad, and not because of some government policy.

Worth a read: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/you-shouldnt-have-make-your-social-media-public-get-visa

——- Anyhoo, enough about that. I’ve started training for the Philadelphia Marathon. I’ve done 4 marathons. I did Philly in ‘09, NYC in ‘11, ‘13, and ‘19. My personal best was in 2011 but I’ve never finished in under five hours. I’ll keep you posted on training and other things here.