Diary 201

Monday, October 5th

I learned a new word today: doomscrolling. It’s a pretty good description of what quite a few people are feeling, that sense that they can’t stop looking at a disaster as it unfolds, even as they have no idea what to do to avoid it or change the situation. So here’s a thought. No matter what happens in November there’s plenty of work to do trying to get this country to wake up and stop self-destructing. There are plenty of injustices that need to be addressed. There’s also a planet that needs saving.

The ‘president’, terrified he won’t be at the center of the news, has returned to the White House to breathe covid virus over everyone around him.