THE GREAT ERASE

This week I decided to do two big conscious erasures.

In recent days, after months of consideration:

I got off of X (Twitter), despite having a sizable audience there.

Leaving X felt like leaving a toxic relationship that had given me status but had scarred my integrity and soul. I could not abide by the irresponsible and creepy policies initiated by Elon Musk.

I felt a surge of pride and relief as I removed …