Remembered this one’s login. Don’t want to reactivate the other.

Brain’s pretty mush from the last couple years. Never found the exact post through on and off searches, but reminded more of late an article flagamuffin shared where an academic burned out so bad they needed to re-learn the alphabet. Not quite even close to that, yet currently (re-?)learning how enriching one’s life once outside of academia is imperative to not fossilize or worse. With that, shout out to book threads on here. Discovered a particular love of the “first-contact” Sci-Fi sub-genre last year while picking through what seemed of interest in those threads, thanks to everyone.

Diving into volunteering in a familiar community also helps. Started as much before lock-down, but the pandemic took a couple years, then a few years after that finding the current location I happen to still be in may not be a bad home-base for the foreseeable future. At least, climate change and community-wise.

Had a dream of joining the Fed if things went the other way to assist in making the world a little more manageable as extreme weather gets more extreme. Hell, it was the first time I had cash I could contribute to the cause. Even convinced others to contribute for the first time or more than they had prior. Have some misgivings about how November played out, but there’s been more than enough said on that particular detail… and more to be said, no doubt.

Picked up Masha Gessen’s “The Future is History” after November 6th alongside Jon Grinspan’s “The Age of Acrimony”. Taking my time with both (as February is around the corner). Finding parallels in each frightening and amusing, respectively.

Finding myself think about the following a bit.