Watching and listening to the news now

[kimbutgar]

Is like a whipsaw everyday ! I want stability and no more volatility that is stressful and chaotic every friggin day!

[usonian]

1. I seriosly read the titles of posts on DU and Hacker News, and read only what I find helpful/useful/actionable.

And even post and reply now and then.

Try to keep an even keel.
Build bonds with family and friends.
Times sure change. I remember Civil Rights and the Vietnam war and won the draft lottery.
It's the only lottery I ever "won"

It's easy to feel powerless.
Control what you can control; influence people you can influence.

Thoreau went to jail for not wanting to pay taxes for whatever war was going on at the time.
He was aware of his times, but spent most of his time close to the earth (and Walden Pond)

If we have thus desecrated ourselves--as who has not?--the remedy will be by wariness and devotion to reconsecrate ourselves, and make once more a fane (temple or church) of the mind. We should treat our minds, that is, ourselves, as innocent and ingenuous children, whose guardians we are, and be careful what objects and what subjects we thrust on their attention. Read not the Times. Read the Eternities.

OK that's a bit extreme. I was visiting Walden Pond and my nice camera quit on me then and there. So I got a cheapie for the rest of the trip and it worked out.

AND PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING FOR US
when many remain silent.
An email from Bernie to share.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10114065
Bernie and AOC are fighting.
Photos: Bernie: Thank you Los Angeles for our biggest rally ever. 36,000 people came out today ...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220232880