Bluesky is pretty depressing right now. It's all doom and gloom. And I get it, and I'm sure so does everyone else on this app. But ugh, it all just feels so hopeless.

Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

I really thought I could watch this inauguration. I thought it would be better to be informed. But I cannot. I just can’t. Ugh, this is going to be a very long and painful four years.