I agree with this. So many people do not trust themselves even on a small scale. Especially young people about their own lives and happiness. As a coach I try to give their courage and power back to them without actually saying "You're an adult; you need no one's permission to x for yourself."

I don't really have anyone to say this to, so you're gettin it, bsky.

I can share links about their work if anyone is interested.

one more: took on google for privacy violations and won a huge civil award

as restriction on human dignity seem to be tightening and the attitudes that caused me to leave the south begin to pervade more widely, I want to honor that my experience has been better in a world where diversity is valued

in the past year argued before US Supreme Court for homeless rights (not their fault the supreme court is terrible on human rights).

maintains a suit against Nike for unequal treatment & harassment of women

argued on behalf of TikTok at the US supreme court (again, not a winner but STILL wow)

It's hard to know what to do, but thank you for being brave in opposing these disruptive forces. When we look back on this time, I hope it means something that you didn't just watch. You're an amazing leader. Keep going physically to these places to witness and speak up.

My house is fine and all humans and pets on our block are accounted for, even the stray cats. But whoo-eeee there was a moment there when I was thinking about what to grab in a fit of panic. I "bravely" sat on my porch with a watering can to fend off the sparks when it wasn't too hot to be there.

Thank you for saying this - I added my name to the waiting list to get the book from my local library.

I just stay home and don't try. A friend expressed worry that I used to be a huge extrovert and now I'm drastically an introvert.

Getting out of my house is such a big effort, I can't be bothered for the most part.

The absolute pinnacle of my career as a musician was when my friend who was their entertainment lawyer invited Azure Ray to a bar where I was playing a gig because they needed to have a meeting and he thought it would be fun to have the meeting with a lil acoustic background noise.

I worked at a private university where the myopic view was that back to normal was the only key to student well being. I tangled with them about safety while also being there for students (remotely) in ways that others were not

So many good things happened to me personally in those years, even so

Thank you - I had 6 family members die in the first 2 years of the pandemic, in the south of the US. Family members maintain that they died from other issues, not covid. But reality is - because of or directly after a covid infection, or a long decline in health following covid, each person died

I am tremendously privileged to be able to make the alterations to my life that I have over the past years. I wish other people, society wide, would do more, so that I could do less, but that ship has sailed. I feel sad about that. Not for myself, but for all of us, as a people.

I really questioned if I was over-worrying about covid and its effects. I even went on anti-anxiety meds for a while, listening to others about how wrong my choices & changes are, about my own life.

Sometimes I take unnecessary risks. Not often. I will live as I feel is best, for as long as I can

It's a bright dividing line between me and the world that I am unwilling to be responsible for making others sick and that I personally don't want to risk illness.

Some have said they could never be as isolated as I am. They make me feel wrong. I am living a full happy life! Just in my own house.