The Little Blue Bird has Flown

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I am one of those people who has decided to leave Twitter.

The “final straw” was Elon Musk following through on his threat to purchase it. But I’d been considering the move for some time.

I was recognizing the signs of digital addiction — the oft-described state of urgency for another adrenaline hit, another warm fuzzy from a stranger’s “like”, another joke shared with a false…