I have the day off so I plan to fix a flat on the back tire of my E-bike — no small task since E-bikes have an electric system powering a rear hub motor. After that, I may hold off on grocery shopping since funds are low. While I successfully demanded a raise and received it last pay period, I fear that I was a little too liberal in paying off bills in one fell swoop. The good news is that the entirety of my next check can be saved and used for fun, as all bills are covered. The bad news is that next check is over a week away. God, journal entries have become boring now that I am old!
Outside of myself and my cozy little absorption of work, eat, work, eat, fuck, eat, work, etc. the world, at least the United States, is becoming scary. Trump, Musk, and the sycophantic GOP are going full bore with the tech-bro style “move fast and break stuff” governance. Part of me smiles at this because they are proving all my protests and warnings to be true. But people are getting hurt.
Our nation has already lost so much respect and confidence from the rest of the world and this only the beginning. I’m scared. I’m disgusted. I am sort of silent protesting by wearing T-shirts that say “Deport Elon”, “Eat The Rich”, and such… but that does nothing.
Slacktivism:
characterized as involving very little effort or commitment.
But what can I really do?