Notes on living slower: how to quiet the phone you own, dumbphones to browse and compare, books, research, and how to start a club where you live.
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Disquiet – Listening to culture. Playing with audio. Sounding out technology. Composing in code.
At the end of each week, I usually collate a lightly edited collection of recent comments I’ve made on social media, which I think of as my public scratch pad. I tag on what books I may have finished reading. Knowing I’ll revisit my social media posts, I’ve found, serves as a positive and mellowing influence on my online activity. I mostly hang out on Mastodon (at post.lurk.org/@disquiet), and I’m also trying out a few others. And I generally take weekends off social media.
sammy on Twitter / X
Late-stage capitalism figured out how to monetize loneliness.Erase third spaces. Make going out too expensive. Work people too hard to keep up friendships.Then sell the emptiness back as dating apps, delivery, streaming, and subscriptions.Isolation as recurring revenue.…— sammy (@_itzsammy) October 28, 2026
People who keep their cell phones on "silent mode" share similar psychological traits
Study reveals that keeping phones in "silent mode" improves focus, reduces stress, and increases workplace well-being among workers.
Live asynchronously.
Last year I turned off all my notifications. I stopped booking meetings. I started living asynchronously. Now instead of being interrupted throughout the day — or rushing from one meeting to the next — I sit down and get work done. I work a lot. I co...
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