I've been thinking a lot about the term 'Think globally, act locally'. I live in a quiet little australian city. Recently our city streets were occupied by a small group of interstate na#is. I couldn't understand. B, my partner said - I expect they are testing our laws/thresholds. I think B's right.

CDC in the US orders mass retraction of papers etc to remove banned language:
This is terrifying and should be a cautionary tale for us in AU with an upcoming election and our politicians mimicking trumpain language ...

I've been thinking a lot about hope. I feel like hoping people will be better or the world will be kinder is killing my resilience. Is there power to be found is saying fuck hope, we just need to persist? Like cockroaches lol. Like that meme 'the horrors persist, but so do I'.