The Wizard 🧙‍♀️ of Ir: A Postmodern Fairy 🧚‍♀️ Tale 🌈 First Intermission At 5 am the next morning, shortly before sunrise, the makeshift oak raft that bore TR and Dewey on their journey made landfall. The seven Redfin sharks, led by the Lightbringer, had made the successful hand off…

The Wizard 🧙‍♀️ of Ir: A Postmodern Fairy 🧚‍♀️ Tale 🌈 — Interlude TR awoke to find themself floating on a makeshift raft made up of oak branches drifting aimlessly in the midst of vast, dark ocean. Dewey was basking lazily in the midmorning sun, as if he did this…

Part II of the The Wizard 🧙‍♀️ of Ir: A Postmodern Fairy 🧚‍♀️ Tale 🌈 TR awoke in the middle of the night drenched in sweat to the distant sound of thunder and the staccato flash of lightning over the ocean, racing like a rocketship across the eastern horizon. TR…

Part I: In The Beginning Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, lived a young two spirit, TR Hoody, and their trusty feline traveling 🧳 companion, Dewey the library 📚 cat 🐱. TR and Dewey lived with their aunt Jill and Uncle Joe in a small, white-shingled…

(They tried too, at any rate …) In March 2020, I was hospitalized for schizoaffective disorder prompted by weeks of excessive social media engagement, near-continuous online applications for work in Silicon Valley, and perpetual lack of sleep. Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple were all directly to blame. I have written…

(… and Nearly Killed Me in the Process) Part IV of “How Social Media Melted Mind,” a Medium exposé of the mental health risks directly caused by unrestricted online activity during periods of extended unemployment. This story is entirely real. And if you’re not careful, it could also happen to you. I was teetering on the brink of insanity when Mark Zuckerberg banned me from Facebook. That’s probably what put me over the edge. Thanks, Mark. I really owe you one for that.

Palo Alto, California — February 8, 2020 Part III of “How Social Media Melted Mind,” a Medium exclusive exposé of the mental health risks associated with excessive online activity during periods of professional instability and underemployment. Palo Alto - Apple Store - Apple Please note that face masks are recommended while visiting this location. If you need one, just ask. Health and safety…www.apple.com

How Social Media Melted My Mind, Part II After 5 years of being unemployed and continually seeking work on LinkedIn & other online job sites, I suffered a schizophrenic breakdown that required police intervention & a protracted period of medical treatment in order to recover a semblance of the life…