I went out, spent some time on the heath outside the pub with lots of friends. it was very nice to see everyone and touch actual grass.
Can you believe most people there didn't even seem to know there was any Reddit drama? Or even that Reddit ever existed at all?
Just living their lives oblivious to the further encirclement and capture by the capital of our digital commons, let alone the rebellious rag-tag fleet of overworked and decidedly unincorporated captains of the Lemmy and Kbin ships escaping those corporate walls.
The relevant people had a nice birthday, but I didn't burden them in particular with digital developments. They should have a nice memorable birthday day before they learn what has happened to poor Reddit.