thank you so much! that’s so kind

this is not to make the facile metaphor but rather to say that it feels like a lot of different networks of coexistence have been in a state of erosion and weakening of connections, and it’s all slow and unnoticeable until it isn’t

the other thing i was thinking a lot about while writing this piece was Laura Marris’ book THE AGE OF LONELINESS and this idea that entire species are just becoming rarer and rarer without anyone noticing, our neighborhoods quieter of birdsong, and no real sense of the loss in our day to day

i think the bad version of this looks like wearing a safety pin on your lapel (remember that lol?) and the good version looks like showing up for your neighbors in real ways (errands, food, yapping), making safety plans for your spaces, knowing your rights

for Tom Homan to be threatening AOC with DOJ investigation for providing know your rights presentations just kind of shows you the level of “rule of law” that applies here

oooh that’s really interesting and i would love to hear more! i am never writing out of like “i am tapping into the zeitgeist”(lol) but like, Feeling Less Alone is a primary motivation ngl