I subscribe to around eleven people on Substack and am inundated daily with what’s going on. I love all of them, but it is overwhelming to have to read eleven articles about the same thing plus something else each may have found interesting or important, and rightly so. I’m afraid I’m going to be overwhelmed and will quit reading at all. I need to know what’s going on, but I don’t necessarily want to, and I definitely don’t enjoy it. I quit subscribing to one writer today because of the overwhelm. He is very popular, and a good writer and speaker, but his anger and emotions rile me up too much. I am trying to preserve my strength and my sanity. One person I will never quit following is Heather Cox Richardson and I recommend her to everyone I know. She is a historian and easy to read and sticks to the facts. I also love Robert Reich. But, I am glad to have found you, first by way of art and then by way of the written word. You write and speak what is in my head and offer some much needed levity. I lead a fairly isolated life in a rural community in a very red county in Illinois. I am so happy to be a part of this little group since my only other group is my immediate family, who are fortunately with me lock, stock, and barrel.
I am feeling the same sense of overwhelm. I also love Heather and Robert! We are living parallel lives! I am going to do my best to straddle the divide between staying aware and offering comfort and community. We will need that more than ever in the coming months. I think most of us ache for a little levity these days, and I hope to provide that along with creativity and a little clarity when I'm able. So happy to have you here!
Thank you Thank you Margot for putting a "community" together here on your substack. I have so many questions to be answered constantly such as "Why does Elon Must have any power at all?" and "How do we get the orange cyst to simply shut up?" I am just full of these and they drive me crazy!
I have an ex-sister in law who is married to a retired Detroit Free Press journalist who tries to keep me informed on the back end of a lot of happenings because her husband still has the connections. And things are just as bad as we imagine. Hugh (x-SIL husband and journalist) normally stays quiet and out of the way on political topics on his social feeds because he knows he will get "hit" with the questions. So we all communicate through the private messages. But today he was out there loudly because of orange freaks reaction to the fires!
This is part of what he wrote "I’m trying you all, but the bottomless pit of lies being spread by the President-elect and his lickspittles about the devastating wildfires are sickening. Absolute filth. In a previous generation they would have been shamed and ridiculed for it. Today, one-third of the nation cheers — the bigger the lies, the louder the cheers. In the midst on a natural disaster. Since no one beyond journalists seem to care about fact checking any longer let’s be clear: ... and then he goes on to list all the FACTS concerning these fires.
I certainly hope that many people come forward to give us FACTS and those that already are giving them continue to do so. I think it is up to each one of us to say something to people that are so outlandish in their beliefs or statements. Even though being "respectful" and not saying a thing is my first reaction, we all know that negative garbage spreads far quicker than anything else and we need to stop it! Keeping truth alive is going to be a full time job for many of us I am afraid!!!
I am so happy to be off of social media, between the garbage pit of X and the soon to be garbage pit of Meta, it's all about dividing and distracting and manipulating. I have a lot of questions too, which is why I write. I want to understand. I'm afraid that may become increasingly difficult. I'm just doing my best to keep shining my light and speaking truth to power as long as I still can. Keep truth alive, my friend!
I subscribe to around eleven people on Substack and am inundated daily with what’s going on. I love all of them, but it is overwhelming to have to read eleven articles about the same thing plus something else each may have found interesting or important, and rightly so. I’m afraid I’m going to be overwhelmed and will quit reading at all. I need to know what’s going on, but I don’t necessarily want to, and I definitely don’t enjoy it. I quit subscribing to one writer today because of the overwhelm. He is very popular, and a good writer and speaker, but his anger and emotions rile me up too much. I am trying to preserve my strength and my sanity. One person I will never quit following is Heather Cox Richardson and I recommend her to everyone I know. She is a historian and easy to read and sticks to the facts. I also love Robert Reich. But, I am glad to have found you, first by way of art and then by way of the written word. You write and speak what is in my head and offer some much needed levity. I lead a fairly isolated life in a rural community in a very red county in Illinois. I am so happy to be a part of this little group since my only other group is my immediate family, who are fortunately with me lock, stock, and barrel.
I am feeling the same sense of overwhelm. I also love Heather and Robert! We are living parallel lives! I am going to do my best to straddle the divide between staying aware and offering comfort and community. We will need that more than ever in the coming months. I think most of us ache for a little levity these days, and I hope to provide that along with creativity and a little clarity when I'm able. So happy to have you here!
Thank you Thank you Margot for putting a "community" together here on your substack. I have so many questions to be answered constantly such as "Why does Elon Must have any power at all?" and "How do we get the orange cyst to simply shut up?" I am just full of these and they drive me crazy!
I have an ex-sister in law who is married to a retired Detroit Free Press journalist who tries to keep me informed on the back end of a lot of happenings because her husband still has the connections. And things are just as bad as we imagine. Hugh (x-SIL husband and journalist) normally stays quiet and out of the way on political topics on his social feeds because he knows he will get "hit" with the questions. So we all communicate through the private messages. But today he was out there loudly because of orange freaks reaction to the fires!
This is part of what he wrote "I’m trying you all, but the bottomless pit of lies being spread by the President-elect and his lickspittles about the devastating wildfires are sickening. Absolute filth. In a previous generation they would have been shamed and ridiculed for it. Today, one-third of the nation cheers — the bigger the lies, the louder the cheers. In the midst on a natural disaster. Since no one beyond journalists seem to care about fact checking any longer let’s be clear: ... and then he goes on to list all the FACTS concerning these fires.
I certainly hope that many people come forward to give us FACTS and those that already are giving them continue to do so. I think it is up to each one of us to say something to people that are so outlandish in their beliefs or statements. Even though being "respectful" and not saying a thing is my first reaction, we all know that negative garbage spreads far quicker than anything else and we need to stop it! Keeping truth alive is going to be a full time job for many of us I am afraid!!!
I am so happy to be off of social media, between the garbage pit of X and the soon to be garbage pit of Meta, it's all about dividing and distracting and manipulating. I have a lot of questions too, which is why I write. I want to understand. I'm afraid that may become increasingly difficult. I'm just doing my best to keep shining my light and speaking truth to power as long as I still can. Keep truth alive, my friend!