Yo, I'm hanging in there. Have had very few spoons as my wife is struggling with long covid, and trying to navigate through the medical/work BS just has me drained. Thanks for checking in, I appreciate it!!
I think this is a very serious question people should ask themselves whenever they think they are being oppressed by a “big account.” What power is it do you believe they hold? What are the extents of that power? Does that power exist off this platform?
On every platform I feel like 50% of what I'm seeing is "help me I have no money" and "no one is paying employees their worth, so I have no money" and "large company just fired all staff, now the ex-staff have no money". 30% is about the Palestinian genocide. And the rest is AI filters. ITS BLEAK.
Resurrecting alt-weeklies is such a no-brainer for saving local news. The IP is sitting right there, hiring 10 reporters per publication would be relatively cheap and wildly influential.
Sincerely hoping 'i have a license' joins the ranks of having your personal freedoms
Here’s what I tell my student when they express this anxiety: Write in community along the way and your community will be there to support you further down the path too. Share your work with friends. Go to readings and cheer on peers and mentors. Activate yourself as a literary citizen.
finally listening to the Bucket Problem championship reunion pod, and @seltzermom.bsky.social is right - it's wild that Hatsune Miku first coined "Those Who Stay Will Be Champions"
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