EricThomasRuthford
EricThomasRuthford

@ETR@pnw.zone

I am a writer of young-adult friendship / coming-of-age books, returned Peace Corps volunteer who served in Ukraine 2001-2003, father of a former micropreemie, and a former newspaper reporter from 20 years ago. I attended Pacific Lutheran University for undergrad and Carnegie Mellon University for grad school.

January 11, 2023

This is my second post. The fediverse makes the Internet seem mysterious again, sort of like when we used

and . Anyone else remember those? When the "alt" right became a thing in 2016, for a second I hoped it was the alt tree of newsgroups coming back (colloquially called Anarchists, Lunatics, Terrorists) but it was not to be.

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I am a

of , a , and I'm into in the area. I recently completed a graduate certificate in and I have ambitions of being a writer. I am new to this kind of social media. I've been on Twitter a tiny amount, never really got it. Also I care about issues, being the father of one. I also like and

My permanent home is at ericthomasruthford.com

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