It's the 1st of November, and I have some thanks to give. I have grown so much both on and off-platform in the last year, and a surprising amount of that growth comes from people that I have met and interacted with here on 𝕏.
So thank you.
To
@Hitchslap1 for being my adopted Spaces mentor, giving me more chances than I deserved, and supporting my role in becoming an 𝕏 Spaces Host.
To
@FamousInMyPhone for being the first host to really hold space for me, and taking a genuine interest in getting to know me.
To
@SKiBumDad for accepting me into the fold of Sonic Boom, a music community here on 𝕏 where I have really been able to explore the depths of my creativity.
To
@BFPoet for inspiring me to run that creativity through tools, prose, wordplay, and occasional innuendo 😅
To
@poet_of_X for being a brother in growth, times of trouble, and a mutual understanding that I have shared with very few people.
To
@TheraPantis, who co-hosted my Language Spaces with me, exploring the metaphorical, the spiritual, and the psychological depths of language, and helped spur me to leadership and the meaning and responsibility that it carries.
To our
@UncleOwlOnX, who's more of a mentor and friend than he realizes, even if owls are idiots 🦉🤪
I'm rooting for you 🙏💚
To
@VitruvMn, who's inspired me to more discipline, peace, calm, dedication, fun, and to "Be like water". A fellow master who I still feel like a student of.
To
@PittyUncut for being that wonderfully strange, Brobdingnagian mix of comic relief, personal reflection, and endless .gifs that brighten my day.
To
@shadow_governor for supporting mission-based building, community leadership, art, and helping people that he believes in while asking for nothing in return.
To
@aplacefortweets, my contiguous co-host, brother in political frustration and technical difficulties, music, and leader in important history education.
To
@gritngrace1423 for being an exemplar of a deep personal faith through music, prayer, community engagement, and showing me how much funner words can be 😜
To
@RichSilver, a fellow in having far too many hobbies and not enough time for all of them, while still managing to build everything he can.
To
@laura_woerner for being one of the most supportive members of every community she touches, no matter what her personal trials and tribulations at the time may be. Keep running. Keep building.
To
@Metrezenis for being my original superfan, fellow lover of language, the first collaborator in my content, and my biggest supporter from the get-go.
To
@JarkkoPatana for being that unmistakable energy that enters the room, and the one who keeps the conversation unpredictably alive. Tight lines. Put on some pants, brother 😅
To
@ishindenshin99 for paying attention, for showing it, for being overwhelmingly positive, and for all of her support of my Spaces. Wasshoi 💫✨
To
@Roberto_0z for being the realization that maybe it's the friends that keep the mission alive, and the serendipity when painting a shed wall that no one will see.
To
@DaneDe4orest for having the patience and humility in faith that I strive to have myself, for providing a peaceful place, and for connecting me with people I otherwise may not have found.
To
@Miss_G_1 for being an intellectual sparring partner, for keeping me on my toes in an intellectual argument, and for the occasional friendly pleonasm.
To
@nietzsche258918 for being one of the most well-spoken and intelligent people I've encountered on the platform, and a vast desert of dry humor like few people can master.
And to everyone else that I haven't mentioned, for there are more of you than there are characters allowed in a post, more of you than there are detractors, more of you than any negative interaction online can ever hope to overshadow, and more of you that deserve recognition than I can hope to properly give.
I love each and every one of you.
Thank you.
Here's to another year of growth, building, sharing, laughing, crying, and love 🫡