I think it is both disheartening & beneficial that reading for pleasure is a form of resistance at this point- On one hand, it shouldn’t take a steady decline into fascism to encourage people to read, but on the other hand: Reading is cool again <3

Instead of saying "I didn't understand the halftime show, therefore it is bad art" maybe try and understand why you didn't get it and think critically about the presentation, symbolism, etc. This is part of the beauty of art and creativity.

The air here is surprisingly nontoxic & easy to breathe.

Similar to the feeling of leaving a major city for a small town in New England- You often forget just how different things could be, especially when you’ve already accepted how they currently are to be immutable