links for the day

[tielan]

It's been Quite A Lot this week.

I have the weekend off, now I have to spend it doing something other than doomscrolling or shouting at clouds (a.k.a. FB and possibly church people).

But some links about what's happening in Australia, and how to move forward.

Aerial pics to show how the floods swept through

we can't cling to the perfect past, we have to wake up and walk through the future imperfect

Overwhelmed? Treat yourself the way you would treat a friend

So tired right now. So very very tired.

Comments

[wpadmirer]

The flooding has been scary.

I hope that this weekend gives you some time to rest and relax and that you'll feel better by Monday.

[tielan]

Not so worried about the flooding personally, but societally? Economically? And in terms of Australia's forward motion? Yes, it worries me. We'll be looking at more of these sorts of events, and we have to prepare for it, but people in my class and area and locality are far too fixated on "the way things should be" (ie. the way things used to be) and can't get a grip on the idea that if they want their kids to have any kind of a future, we might have to restrict our today. And even then, it won't be the kind of future we got to have, either - limitless (or so we believed): but it will be a future, at the least.

*sigh*

It's a lot.

[ymjoosten]

I hope you get a good rest this weekend. I've been thinking about you for the last few days, especially when I was sitting at Rick's desk in his office and saw your picture scroll by on his digital frame. I can't believe it's been almost seven years since we were in Australia! Remember, I said Trump would never get elected... How did that work out for us?

I've been watching the news of the floods and I'm relieved that you and your friends are okay. I just feel for people suffering the loss of their homes.

Stay well!

[tielan]

Hello! Gosh, yes, it's been an age. How are you guys doing?

Yes, it's going to be so hard on the people who've lost homes - hundreds of thousands of them, easily, if not millions. Everything lost, and right now with building supplies limited... It's going to create an entirely new class of people: those who got taken down by natural disaster and don't have the funds to get back up again.

And then there's our government claiming they can't help out every time a disaster happens. But they're more than happy to let developers sell properties on floodplains (with appropriate payouts) and bail out billionaires (they do that over here, too) and so on...just not for the average punter.

It's terrifying and saddening and frustrating, all at once.