Well I’m about to go into an inpatient treatment center because I can’t figure it out and the voice in my head telling me to run away is starting to panic and consider other options for leaving so I’ll let you know if I figure it out while I’m there

By actively opposing those three things. Get involved. It is fun. Get the next mamdani elected

Spite, malice, alcohol and the willpower to outlive those fascist bastards. 🤷‍♀️

I’m also doing shitloads of music…

I left the US before the current idiot’s first term and have only set foot back there twice to see family. It still bothers and depresses me.

I still vote and being a US citizen still makes my financial life pain, but it otherwise doesn’t impact me directly. I suspect most of my family is generally happy with the direction of things (though not all). That makes it worse.

By not living in the US, stopping reading American news, and focusing on improving the small slice of the world that I can.

Training, preparing.

By remembering how bad the past sucked. How much better off I am as a woman now, than at almost any time in the past - even if we are going in the wrong direction, still better off than even my mom was. My mom was alive for the integration of schools, alive when women could not open bank accounts in her state, we have made plenty of progress. Violence is less than 1/10th of what it was here when I was a kid.

Yes inequality sucks, because there are now enough resources for everyone. But it doesn’t suck like the middle ages, or the 1930s, or any time before that.

I don’t think there is any single answer to this that works for everyone?

If you feel public protests or political activism are a good release for your frustrations, go for it. If you feel you need some escapism, try to avoid addiction/substance abuse but don’t beat yourself up if you wind up there. Find help.

For me, community engagement has helped. It doesn’t come naturally as I’m an introverted sort, but I find community-building activities therapeutic. And yes, I do encounter the occasional maga type or whatever. I try not to slam the door on them though. It’s usually some common interest that brought us together, and I try to work from there.

Cannabis. Lots and lots of cannabis.

Also spending time in communities with other people targeted by the regime and organizing resistance. Those are probably more important lol

A few months ago, I was out in the front lines fighting against ICE kidnapping my neighbors and family.

A few weeks ago, I’m watching more and more socialist Democrats rise up to sit in positions of powers.

So I do get radical. I protest and make sure my voice is heard. I make sure everyone knows this is a big fucking problem. And I don’t have time to get depressed because if I’m not out there, ICE wins and kidnaps another neighbor.

How the fuck do people don’t get radical or depressed?

Leaning into the former and channeling it into real world action with a community helps with the latter.

Hobbies, such as photography. Which brings me to my question…

Anyone know what camera, lens and film-stock (or if digital, what settings) were used to capture that look in the screenshot posted? I love it. It’s a still from “The Mastermind” and I haven’t been able to find any technical specs on the production.

By royally fucking up an art heist because you’re bored?

Drugs & Anime.

Resist. Join a protest, help out with a campaign or org, pushback when you see it online. Everything, no matter how big or how small counts. It increases the net good in the world and it also helps your own mental health.