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What an overwhelming week it has been.
I'm really worried about the war in Ukraine. Not for myself -- I live in the US so the worst that might happen to me is having to pay more for gas (who cares). But the folks who I'm not really close with, whose gemlogs I read or who I'm mutuals with on Twitter, I'm pretty worried about them. The sense of dread and sometimes disbelief you feel when someone who you used to see around a lot just disappears is really not comparable to anything else. It hasn't happened yet this time, and I really hope it doesn't, but I'm worried.
On a completely different subject, the state of Texas classifying supportive parents of trans kids as child abusers is very scary to see. There's no way this doesn't cause needless suffering and probably death. I live in Alabama and my state legislature is considering legislation this year that would do something similar. I'm not really tuned in to state politics but it doesn't really feel like I can do a lot about this that would actually make a difference.
None of these issues impact me directly; obviously there are people suffering a lot right now as a direct result of both of these events, and my anxiety doesn't even come close to that level. This was just weighing on me a lot and I felt like I had to write about it somewhere.
As usual if you want to share any thoughts on this with me feel free to email tris@tris.fyi.