It’s funny how a lot of the bigotry that has been in Russia has magically spilled over to the rest of the world in the last decade.

I’ll overthrow it with you. <3

It’s been so bad for me too. I don’t think the jobs numbers the Biden admin posted are accurate. Everyone I have talked to looking for work have been struggling. I’ve been looking for well over a year and a half. Always getting the ghost jobs.

And now I have covid 🙄

I’d like one gold order, please.

The most corporate shit I’m sure they’ve read in a while.

Yea… uhhh. I have no happy thoughts on any of this, to be frank. We kind of need a miracle? Historically speaking, though - we are looking at what any other population saw as they went from democracy to dictatorship. Not much comfort in that. All I have been doing is building curated news sources in RSS and getting to know friendly decentralized communities. The sooner I can get off the Meta based socials, the better. Also, I have been reading about past dictatorships. I’m learning about the Nicaraguan one right now. Lot’s of parallels. The one silver lining, I guess, is - after a while most dictatorships turn thier own supporters… violently. Yay?

We all need some major slef defense training. As @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone mentioned below. Like… the proud boys are taking paramilitary training with creeps in the woods. We need self defense.

Ugh. =)

The Chinese are pretty heartless about the homeless from my own personal interactions with them on the topic. They call them pitiful and call the police on them if they’re in plain sight. And if you ask a general Beijinger about the homeless in China they’re super blasé about the answer and brush it off on family needing to step up and take care, how the mainland is building affordable housing (and maybe they are idk), or how everyone with limbs should be able to work. The attitude is very conservative against homeless from what I have seen. I liked my tripto Beijing but China isn’t all roses and sunshine.

I hope somewhere down the line history books remember this time of darkness and attribute a majority of it to the international proliferation of Russian misinformation.

I went to Beijing and noticed young people in the stores and coffee shops who worked there sometimes would put red armbands when they saw me. It felt creepy. It’s a shame their culture has been so shaped by authoritarianism. (Obviously it’s not just China that has this issue, btw). Ultimately the majority of the people I met were absolutely lovely. Truly terrifying experience Junjie had. Poor kid. Definitely can see that shit happening there, though.

Lol I uhh… when I was a teenager I was taking them a lot. One fine night I was admiring the full moon from a park by my house and then it popped into my head that the full beautiful bright moon might also be a meteor coming in for the kill. Worst trip ever, lol. I haven’t done a full dose since. That being said, I did micro dose on a chill countryside trip to Colombia and that was ok.

There was a pause?

edit: Huh… a pause from May 2024. Wouldn’t have known with everything else we’ve been sending them. But, all in all it seems like awful Bibi is getting what he wanted. A fully hobbled US government and all the weapons his rotten sould wants. Great.

I’ve heard raving reviews with some of my friends on mushrooms. I am currently on lexapro. The initial dosage wasn’t doing shit for me but this new adjustment seems to perhaps be lifting the curtain. If all else fails I’ll give mushrooms a try.

Thank you, love.

Thank you. Definitely hear that on the western medicine model. Hoping I’m not medicine resistant but a lot of my friends are. Honestly, not looking for a miracle. Just some friggin wiggle room.

Addin NZ Herald to my RSS.

Hi hi. I’m new. My best friend recently lamented how they wished we could have one normal year for once. I shook my head and wished the same with them. I live in SoCal. Started taking antidepressants on the election week last year and wasn’t sure if it was side effects or I was just sick from the results. After two months it was evident I needed a dosage adjustment. The week I upped my dosage my home ended up half a mile from one of the LA fire evacuation zones and 14 families of friends lost everything. SO… all in all I am not sure I’m ever going to know if the antidepressants are working. As my other friend on antidepressants said, “Melp… you picked a crazy time to start fixing your mental health.” Anyway, hey. Glad to finally be here with you all.