I haven't posted here in ages (the vibes were just off for me; I'm so glad if they weren't for you!), but I continue to gain followers. Consider this a post to say you can find me on Threads, Bluesky, and Instagram as "emilystjams." Ty!!!

I'm going to talk about this over here where it hopefully won't get flagged, but:

In the summer of 2020, I got into a very public feud with a former colleague. In the process of that, a certain annoying journalist who fancies himself an expert on trans issues nitpicked me on grounds of free speech absolutism, I guess. (I've intentionally forgotten a lot of it.) I got swarmed. Death threats and worse.

But I had a friend who worked for Twitter.

He asked if I needed any help, and I said I'd appreciate it. He had somebody somewhere flip some switch, and instantly, the swarm was cut by probably 75 percent. Yeah, I was still getting a lot of bullshit, but it was more manageable. I had friends monitoring my account, and they were amazed how quickly it dipped.

Here's the weird thing: Whatever my friend did for me, I'm pretty sure it's still in effect, and it means I'm seeing barely any Twitter Blue tweets.