My partner is a Thai national refugee. We’re happy about this. Her refugee friend in Japan does not get such status and may not be able to remain if he fails his citizenship test.

Biden is a hero. /s

It’s been sucking for librarians for a while and it’s about to get worse. Maybe I can just work my safe, low-stress job where I get to read in between requests for help. I already have two cats when I wfh, but I’ll take the orange one to be my in-office friend.

I’m beginning to think that .world should be avoided. Not defederated, but mirror subs should be started on other instances and everyone who doesn’t like this attitude / activity should deliberately boycott .world subs in favor of the alternatives.

Somewhat of an aside, I think this sort of behavior is far worse than what got everybody up in arms about Hexbear. I never disliked Hexbears; I see them as a tight-knit community that existed for multiple years before the Lemmy influx from the old site. I think they genuinely felt despair over the changes that federation brought to their instance and I feel sorry for them. Maybe if people make enough noise about the bad behavior of .world mods we can raise awareness and effect change.

“We’re totally committed to upholding the ceasefire by moving all our soldiers so they can brutalize people over there.”

It’s cool how he can level taxes on a sovereign nation. /s

But those roving gangs of Antifa attackers definitely happened. /s

Now we settle in to four years of constant assault on these states’ laws.

Rock candy. /s

Jk, I kid, but I’m considering having the same procedure. My brother had it done and I asked him about it, but he doesn’t really remember details about how long it took to heal and other minutia. If you wouldn’t mind posting info that you think others would find beneficial to help decide whether or not to go through with the costly and painful procedure after you’re on the other side, I’d read with interest. And if not, good luck with everything (not sarcasm).

I approve of this action.

Ironic how making America great is an opportunity for China to improve its image and influence.

Good.

Hrm. This would double the amount of laundry every week, but I might start doing the same. Do you do the same with hand towels? Because between cooking and doing dishes and washing hands when using the bathroom, that’d be a skyrocket degree of washing. That seems like too much water usage to me.

This is awesome.

Oh cool, another way for school to be as traumatic as possible.

So we all have no sex.

Stop it. You’re reminding me of my early adulthood.

That’s so cool. I’m glad we can find a good laugh in the midst of this hell.

An excellent side effect of his need to be seen by everyone all the time for no good reason.

I am considering whether my mother and I will have a relationship going forward. It was already strained by the last orange term. I instituted a no-politics rule to save our relationship.

She knows I’ve been planning to move to NZ because he won again. I mentioned that I’m feeling enormous conflict about leaving my partner (can’t follow due to refugee status and lack of citizenship) and she told me she’s optimistic about the future and we live in the “greatest country on earth.” This was on inauguration day and I fucking lost it.

Emails that I have sent to her since:

Subj: Trump orders US withdrawal from the World Health Organization - Ars Technica

You shouldn’t vote and your offspring have to live with the consequences of your vote.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/trump-orders-us-withdrawal-from-the-world-health-organization/

Subj: He pardoned the Jan 6 rioters

You contributed to violent criminals (some convicted of seditious conspiracy) walking free. You did this.

Subj: You voted to humiliate my friends

https://www.notus.org/whitehouse/trump-gender-sex-order-passports

Subj: Trump Rescinds Biden Order Aimed at Lowering Prescription Drug Prices

You cause harm to innocent people with your vote.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-drug-prices

Honestly, I’ve concluded that she’s a bad person for voting for him. I still love her. She raised me and protected me from an abusive father (as best she could). But this fucking sucks and she sucks for helping to make it happen. There’s a real possibility that I will end my relationship with her because of this. And that sucks, but there has to be a line.

They want to clean the carpet, not lose the house.