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If you're here for the fanfic, ( here you go )

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I don't know about you all, but I have had the hardest time concentrating for the last few months. Funny, that. ;-)

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In case you need some distraction, I cannot recommend strongly enough
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So a lot of these links are kind of moot now, but I'm too lazy to strip them out...

This is a great resource for following just the major points of the current political situation.

The US is not a full democracy anymore.

Cybersecurity help on DW.

In case you need something you cheer you up: this capybara gets along really well with a pile of ( Read more... )

I need to focus on gratitude, I suspect. Because otherwise my head will explode with rage and frustration and grief. So I will take a clue from some of y'all ( Read more... )

Rogue One: Well, I rather enjoyed that. For one thing, it surprised me.

( rebellions are built on hope )

I remember this kind of weather: buy snow tires, people!

I just saw this today on Twitter, and it looks awesome: a faux history podcast! -- LOVE IT. Something else to get me through 2017 with my sanity intact, I hope.

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Go go Governor Moonbeam! (I.e.: Jerry Brown telling the tangerine demagogue what for.)

A necessary follow-on: Can California ( Read more... )

I realized I haven't posted much lately. Hard to be encouraging when Voldemort seems so intent on just burning everything down.

Sigh.

Anyway, I went on vacation last week: had some great meals, saw some friends & family, and saw the Chicago production of Hamilton! Which was awesome. Just, really full of energy and its own slightly-varying ( Read more... )

Current reading: Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks, for book club. Just started it, so no thoughts yet. Also listening to The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis on audiobook, although I am beginning to think Willis isn't a good choice for that format; the endless digressions and communication mishaps come across as far more annoying when you can't skim ( Read more... )

Some links relevant to the new normal:

Rules for Survival in an Autocracy. Trump is the first candidate in memory who ran not for president but for autocrat-and won.

Anil Dash on what to do now.

Ask MetaFilter has a thread on knowing the warnings for when you need to cut your losses and run. (This is where I got the previous link ( Read more... )