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I apologize for not posting for over a month. (anon: I got your comment, and hopefully this will explain things.)

I have been alternately disassociating, disassociating through crafting (which I just realized is a thing, and which I have totally been doing) disassociating by working a ton, disassociating by reading about the ancient Celts' resistance to Roman imperialism, disassociating by hibernating, and alternately doomscrolling/hopescrolling the situation with Ukraine. The bravery and resilience of the Ukrainian people has been something to behold. Overnight, everyone's dread and pessimism regarding Ukraine's chances has turned into awe at Ukraine's resistance to Putin. It's been really inspiring.

And I want to make it clear here that I believe Putin and his cronies bear 100% of the blame. I don't blame the Russian people any more than I would have wanted to be blamed for Dubya Bush's invasion of Iraq in 2003. They deserve better leadership, and I hope they get better leadership soon. As for Ukraine, I'm not sure that they could ask for a better leader than President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. I hope they win.

(And the memes. Lordy, the memes.)

I was also experiencing panic over the prospect of nuclear escalation: something that I think Generation X and a lot of older Millenials probably still have sorta-PTSD over, whether we realize it or not. This has calmed down a lot. Whatever he does now, Putin is being humiliated and shown for the inept tyrant he is on the world's stage, and this will be his legacy.

Whatever happens, we as a species need to find a way to ensure that nukes never fall into the hands of an organized (or disorganized) crime syndicate ever again.

Also, based on something I just heard about yesterday myself - if you have anything left on LiveJournal (the servers have been in Russia since 2017) that you haven't ported over or otherwise backed up, you may want to do it before the proverbial iron curtain falls on the Russian internet on the 11th.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is attacking Trans children and the families of Trans children. ("So much for conservatives being the party of small government" etc.) It's a very scary time to be Trans in this state right now. I voted for Beto O'Rourke in the primary last week, and it looks like he's going to be our candidate again. It feels like Lucy pulling the football away, but every time I am like "this time for real, this time it will really happen, we WILL flip Texas Blue," and this time I really hope it happens. For real this time.

( Cut for She Who Must Not Be Named. )

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