I’m fucking depressed about Tuesday. It’s awful and going to get worse. I know actual people who are afraid and the worst part is not being able to do anything. I hate knowing that my neighbors, in general, don’t give a shit about me or my family beyond whatever higher price they were mad at Joe Biden about. People who express political power through the taking away of rights are the worst polite society has to offer. Fuck them. Make them pay social consequences and make sure they know why.
My shock and miserable last few days have helped me in a way. Instead of doing anything online at all during the day, I focused on everything before me. No breaks to read news or blogs. No check ins on Bluesky or Mastodon. Just a focus on work with no interruptions.
It’s really helped. I’m caught up at work and even working on a way that feels like it’s supposed to be done this way. I’m looking forward and solving problems instead of reacting to issues in the moment. The discipline has come in by effectively using a reason not to look to empower myself to make a change for good. Gone will be the running of my Micro.blog app and NetNewsWire in the background. I’ll still check them—mostly later in the day—but the breaks and rests will be more healthy now.
Our country sucking ass has helped me improve one small aspect of life right before it gets really fucked around here.