Love this-followed you on X (have read your books & can't wait for your new one)! Have always loved the Amish-ever since I saw them portrayed in Witness.Feels like we are in a place in time now similar to that scene where the little boy points thru the glass to Danny Glover & looks at Harrison Ford.
I live in PA and stopped supporting the Amish (shopping at their markets, buying any of their products, etc.) when I became aware of their horrendous puppy mills.
In Missouri we have a HORRIBLE Amish puppy mill problem. They overbred them for COVID and then needed to get rid of them so took them to auctions. When they weren't bought as breeding dogs or cute litters, they were planning to euthanize them! The Rescue I work with took in many breeder releases!
On the bright side, I found @sarahkendzior.bsky.social again after losing track of her over in the other place. Stark realism, gifted writing, and road trips…with pictures.
I know the fascist takeover involves the destruction of empathy, but I think right now I’m falling for the apathy trap. How do I keep finding joy in so much darkness?
Knowing nature helps. Humans follow natural patterns. Even now.
Also remember that the asteroid did not kill all the dinosaurs. The meek truly did inherit. A boutique experiment in flight, insulation, insectivoria that became today's million voiced ambassadors of morning.
We can survive our lot.
I totally get it. I am falling into the, “We asked for it America” trap. *cut to
me as a green witch staring into a crystal ball, cackling and screaming, “burn my pretties! BURN!”*
I learned soooo much from your posts our last time around with this... criminal; racist; rapist; misogynist; bigot; malignant narcissist... individual. 💙
You wouldn't believe the pushback I got on that view. Especially for one person who told me I must be morally reprehensible. I don't support the fact that they are Trump followers, but I refuse to hate them.
I was talking on Twitter the other day (and yes, I have not completely left yet). People were going on about how they will no longer have get togethers with family members that are from the other side. And I spoke up and said that I would never shun family members because of political beliefs. 1/
I grew up in northeastern Ohio. As teenagers, we had no clue (and wouldn’t have cared then if we did) that the mafia was building our malls back then. In hindsight, it’s clear. Then we grew up, some of us moved away, and the weeds took over the food court of “Rolling Acres” mall. (it was destiny?)
This is so fascinatingly terrifying. It’s always been about the money and I keep going back to Karl Marx “capitalism will sow the seeds of its own destruction” It will not end well for any of us and eventually it will come to those holding the gold too. Mark my words.
"But the footage of a grinning Joe Biden with Donald Trump — the man who Biden claimed is a fascist who will destroy America and then handed the keys to the country, promising to accommodate him — seems to have finally woken folks up."
I'm not sure how else Biden could've responded. The Dems have painted themselves as a party that honors election results. I don't like the insincerity of it, or the way it treats That Man as a regular incoming successor. But I don't know what other option was really available.
People are angry, and it helps to blame everyone, even those who did everything they could, within their bounds, to prevent this.
I truly stopped reading after that though
Politics are transactional.
Biden has been the most progressive and productive leader we’ve had since FDR. How did we thank him? We voted for the fascist. The people voted for a fascist. What do people expect Biden to do? Go against the will of the people?
Amazing read. I have been following you for years. It filled in something I was feeling about lack of empathy and demonizing the mentally ill and poor. All of this is terrifying and tragic. TY for being here.💓
Sarah, who is the "they" who want to bring about the evocatively-named End of Days Inn? At first I thought you might call out the literal richest man in the world, and the employers of ~80% of US journalists, both of whom were clearly supporting Trump, 1/2
but instead you mention a retired meat packer and a failson. They don't have significant political or cultural power; are either of them even significant donors? Your choice, combined with the "end of days" language, reference to "them", and focus on funding, suggests an unpleasant focus on Jews.
Great article! That feature photo of yours is a stunner BTW (I do a lot of dystopian urban and industrial photography when I'm not studying the climate crisis)!
So what is the possibility of Trump having the armed forces stand down and let someone- let’s say Putin- walk right in through the front door? The purging of the generals has me kind of terrified.
Now that I'm back with Twitter 2.0 I can say. Sarah I am so sorry. You said it like it was when we didn't want to believe it. You were right about EVERYTHING and one of the only trustworthy writers in the biz 🫶🏼
Apology accepted (I assume you weren't one of the folks threatening to kill me for saying these things, that was very unpleasant!) And of course, I'd rather have been wrong
That was interesting. It gave me the same vibe from when George HW was Reagan’s VP and we all knew how evil the CIA was when HW was in charge. Or at the end of the movie The Conversation. The Amish don’t know what they are missing. (Or maybe they do and we don’t)
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Thank you for all you do to keep us upright and thinking.
Welcome home I hope.
Good to see you again.
Back to your books now because I need to refocus. 🔥
Also remember that the asteroid did not kill all the dinosaurs. The meek truly did inherit. A boutique experiment in flight, insulation, insectivoria that became today's million voiced ambassadors of morning.
We can survive our lot.
me as a green witch staring into a crystal ball, cackling and screaming, “burn my pretties! BURN!”*
This is what surprises me here.
I truly stopped reading after that though
Biden has been the most progressive and productive leader we’ve had since FDR. How did we thank him? We voted for the fascist. The people voted for a fascist. What do people expect Biden to do? Go against the will of the people?
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