Everything is dumb and terrible, and it's gonna be dumb and terrible for a while. It’s important to do what you can to make it less dumb and terrible, and it's important to find a way make some contentment for yourself in spite of everything being dumb and terrible.
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Tragic but so very true…
#YouWereWarned
Why do you think he's said so many things in the last few weeks *completely* against everything he promised these morons for the last ten years?
Because he doesn't *give* a flying fuck.
They no longer need their support anymore, or give a shit.
Since they don't intend to allow any more elections, none of it makes any fucking difference.
4. Even if they *did* start to turn against him, so what?
What fucking difference would it make?
1. The people who support him are *brain-dead.*
2. It'd take them about 25 years of agony before they start to figure out that this is really, really hurting *them*, and not just the people they hate.
But #WeWereTheLuckyOnes series really helped me see that people tried to live life when they could - even in the darkest of times in WWII.
I struggle with finding contentment while others are suffering-
but it is a needed skillset to survive, sometimes
"Ah yeah this is Jerry-I ain't too worried yet but did precedent Trump fix that there dangerous lectric boat vs shark situation yet? I ain't goin carp fishin til those lectric boats are baned!"
17,000 people should call & say this.
It’s not that we had a wonderful government here.
At https://EcoShock.org
And boycott oil
Or
Burn oil for Trump
... to turn earth into hell
He is the chosen one
I promise it is not dumb and terrible -- and it needs your participation and support to continue to exist.
There is contentment among the books and fellow nerds, and encouragement galore.
❤️
We love hearing things like this!
Dumb and terrible.
Fucked and fucky.
Library board
School board
Planning and Zoning committee
Parks committee
Tourism boards
These places are going to have the most ability to push positive change in YOUR community. Also go to your city council meetings.
Taking care of ourselves is a form of Resistance
Now tell us 🏳️⚧️ in all your wisdom…how to create contentment when there’s a fascist trans bigot issuing felonious orders to erase our rights and our very existence…
Your privilege is showing.
Hard pass.
Best thing I've done for my anxiety and fidget stress.
Also a sense of accomplishment that's not tied to work or external influences.
“Us” is a lot of people.
This has all been one big mind-control experiment, and we are the guinea pigs.
We are not the consumers, we are the consumed.
Everything. My husband died, Harris/Walz lost, my 17yo granddaughter is avoiding school, it’s below freezing for the next two months, lost friends over the election.
It’s all just wrong. I’m having a hard time
My youngest and littlest dog laying on top of my largest and most sweet dog. They are soul bonded, and it shows.
Today, I'm going to find another bright spot.
Find your bright spots.
My bright spot today was the dog park. Lady asked my dogs name. Answered Joe, after Biden, he’s a COVID puppy from 2021
And 3 of us commiserated, all still with Hillary, and feel ‘24 was stolen.
Its always amusing, the tentative first questions determining Dem or enemy 😆
It works both ways
I'm going to
Plant more..
Read more..
Write more..
Draw more..
Paint more..
Walk more..
And I'm going to take more pictures.
Find your peace and stay vigilant.
Facebook
Amazon
Tesla
X
etc
No more. 🫶
My sweet shelter rescues that are always there for me.
They have been the best friends I could've hoped for🫶 thanks for the follow
https://the.ink/p/how-to-live-under-trump-ii?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I'm not a good artist, but I don't care. If regressing back elementary school gets through the next 4 years - so be it.
We gotta do what we gotta do. 🫶
I'm skipping January, and starting with Feb so I'm no rushed.
I'll post pics when I'm done.
I got a lot done yesterday - all of my year pages are penciled in and most of my February pages are penciled in.
Today is the decorating part!
Pink Floyd were prophets.
Kinda like, don't gotta be fast when the bear comes, just faster than somebody.
But I get what you're saying and will try to make time and mental space for some contentment making things, thank you.
Experimental baking sounds fascinating! I've followed you & perhaps might see some sometime 🙂
I have to restudy my knitting pattern, as I've forgotten where I am. But I feel good about making this time for something lovely. I actually feel a bit teary, which I guess speaks to my stress.
Here's to all of us 💚
I just can't stand listening to it anymore.
Failing that? I'd tend to think nuclear armageddon would probably be the *best* thing that could happen to this toilet of a planet at this point.
The best bet for the human race right now is that Russia completely implodes in the *immediate* future, Putin's killed, Ukraine *wins*, and that's all a massive defeat for the fascists in Europe and here.
THAT's what this is; not a 'temporary setback.'
Dems have been 'playing by the rules,' and 'upholding the norms,' and 'going along to get along' for 50 fucking years, while the Nazis have been gutting us.
THIS is the end result of that.
We're not gonna 'fix this in the next election' --even if Americans *did* somehow magically become 30 IQ-points more sane all at once.
At the same time, they're consolidating control of the electoral system and the courts so that whenever they *do* eventually allow an election, it'll look like Lukashenko's.
Everything they're doing right now is preparation for declaring Martial Law and canceling the next election.
Meanwhile they're steadily seizing control of the military to make sure any resistance will be squashed.
EVERYTHING they're doing right now (that no one's lifting a fucking pinky to stop) is preparation for making sure they'll *never* have to give up power.
or "We'll get 'em in the next election.'
The only major entity this time that's *not* fully controlled by the Nazis is Europe, and Europe's been teetering on the edge for a long time.
This time we *are* the bad guys. There's no Americans coming to save the world.
This time the three most powerful armies in the world *work* for Hitler.
And it's actually distinctly *worse* than that.
Your statement was simple, straightforward & sadly as true as any news story ever.
I guess people are unrealistic, wanting optimism when there are scant signs of any to be had.
I'd like to be optimistic but how is that possible with a scumbag like trump dominating the news?
Step 1: Fully admit that we are about to install a fascist dictator.
Step 2: Understand that fascists do not willingly leave power once installed.
Step 3: Choose to become antifascist.
Step 4: Fight the fascists until they are removed from power.
I'll be in Japan by summer, I'm not some immortal, I'm not gonna spend what little time I have on earth in a culture (maybe literal) war with lunatics.
Basit: my next 40 (or 50, if I live to 100 without dementia) years may be spent fighting this.
Yeah, this is gonna be an ultramarathon. Was ever thus.
Who is "we?" Which institutions? Because many will die, while media, govt, and the planet will shrivel.
Emphasis on the terrible.
And nonperishable household products. Good times.
https://the.ink/p/how-to-live-under-trump-ii?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I do admire your strength to want to help others.
I will take a look at your survival kit! Much appreciated.
Shortly before she died of #SUDEP - Sudden Unexpected Death in EPilepsy - in 2015, my daughter Alice was learning about mindfulness from her behavioral health therapist. She shared what she learned with me. After she died, I pretty much forgot all about it.
Find meaning in fighting back. Don't cooperate; don't comply.
Become ungovernable.
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https://www.openculture.com/2024/11/umberto-ecos-list-of-the-14-common-features-of-fascism.html