did you enjoy creating it? did you have fun? does it make you happy thinking about it and sharing it? then that's it. you did it. you found the secret sauce. "was that a waste of time?" of course not, fuckface. expressing yourself creatively is always worthwhile. you're doing great

one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much

Money will not unlame you.

I know the country is ass up in a ditch right now but LeBron James just crossed 50K career points (the first player to ever do it) if you’re into that sorta thing.

It sucks having no regulation or laws for bots on social media. It's best to be dubious of anything that goes super viral and critically analyze it before automatically assuming it's a popular sentiment. Stop and question who benefits from it going viral before accepting it as real engagement.

Figuring this out

Flashes

A good thing to do if you are flailing a bit right now (as who is not??) is to get in touch with your own values, the things that you find life affirming and necessary in the world. Read some inspiring works about things you value - labor solidarity, scientific achievement, social justice.

Drake rebuttal

I don’t have control over much of anything right now but I do have control over how many reps I do at the gym

become ungovernable, become Large

Everybody thinks it’s gonna be later, and it’s gonna be somebody else. But it’s not. It’s now, and it’s you.

One thing I’ve realized over the last few days: The Luka trade is so bad it basically requires you to create entire alternate realities to even try to justify it. So many dumb things happen in the NBA all the time, but we don’t even have the hardware to handle this one.

Now is a time to stay informed. To create a small space in this world of sanity. That you can go to in these times of utter insanity.
Do what is right for you. Do it safely to take care of you. Do what you can do. Concentrate on what YOU can only control.
Protect your corner.

“the vibes have shifted” is passive voice. “tech oligarchs made deliberate changes to social media algorithms which altered the way most people perceive reality in a successful attempt to engineer business-favorable outcomes” is more EW WOKE CRINGE but it’s also direct, accurate, and meaningful

Saw your video on trending
The captions were still pending
You beggin for subscribers like a sponsorship is ending

Anyone else struggling to maintain the balance between staying informed and going insane?