Second Al Jazeera for sure. I appreciate seeing their reporting. Just a note that the network is owned by the government of Qatar so their news will always have that lens. Can’t remember if I’ve had any concerns so far as I’ve been watching/reading them for years now.

Can’t say enough good things about Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman and their incredible team. Wish I would have known about them sooner since they’ve been around a few decades. I get my news every day from them via listening to their radio broadcast/subscribing to their email list cause I can’t stomach watching the news if it’s not The Daily Show or Last Week Tonight (not news ofc). Their site has a ton of amazing content and it’s free. Highly suggest donating to them if you can: https://www.democracynow.org/

For me, the intro to Fallout 4 always gets that frisson going.

If this is what gets someone into planting trees, I’m all for it. Native trees and shrubs, please!

This is the kind of thing that we need to learn from - a case study in defying and stifling environmental justice by the hand of industry and local government. Grassroots movements are the only solution.

Woof. It sounds like you face your share of stressors still, and your old place is also eerily familiar to what I’m seeing in different sectors we’re interacting with lately. That ‘collateral damage’ thing is real, and I’m seeing colleagues getting caught in things that were above their pay grade (with lasting damage to their will to stay in the role). Sending my best to you for the strength to hold the line another day!

Excellent write up. Dense with info and very thoughtfully written to be really entertaining and purposefully insightful.

Being scared feels like an appropriate response, and I’m sure you’re not alone. It’s big of you to be able to type this out and I bet a lot of us are rooting for you. I’ve dealt with chronic pain and an anxiety diagnosis for decades, so I know this is hard. One breath at a time, friend.

Best to you for the days ahead and good luck with the procedure!

Telework changed my life. I’m very lucky to have the hybrid 50/50 option for office/home work, and wish it was afforded to everyone that could. I recognize those that have jobs requiring their physical presence are so strong for showing up daily in their professions. I’m in a similar field as you, but not for the Fed – hang in there!

Thank you and likewise!

Just found my password for this account again and I’m stoked. Not so stoked for the week ahead, although it’s just my own anxiety getting in the way. Big work project that needs to start Wednesday, and my partner has to drive 5 hours away with his colleagues to a work thing. I’m usually the one that drives us everywhere and, precious cargo, ya know? Hard to trust someone else driving him. Otherwise I’m trying to start biking again, did over 100 miles in the past week and I’m actually feeling like that could be what gets me back into exercising after all these years after several car accidents kept getting in the way of my recovery. Sending well wishes to everyone here, I know this timeline keeps giving all of us wtf moments every second of the day lately, but I’m practicing radical hope and kindness to myself and others as much as I can, and I think it’s helping. My wish is for you (reading this) to give yourself grace, and best of luck to you for the week ahead. You got this - one breath at a time.

Edit: following up after yesterday’s anxiety attack, I’m feeling much better and very positive, which is unnerving to juxtapose what I was going through just hours ago, but travel anxiety is real. I have a smile on my face after today! Hope is real. 🙏🏽

My elderly neighbor had amazing mandarin and grapefruit trees in her yard when I was young. I have a distinct memory of being up on her roof on a particularly cold and windy day, harvesting the mandarins, trying not to get poked by the massive 6-8cm spikes along the branches while we combed through each part of the tree. She was grateful to have our help and I really enjoyed time spent around her. Great memory that I didn’t think about until your post, so thank you!