I think I need to take a break from the news and probably from social media as well. Read some books, play with ltc, and catch up on some fluffy tv. I've actually been thinking of doing nothing that for a while. I'll likely at least stick around the TV threads here.

A house 2 doors down from us went on the market this week, Laura. We're sad to be losing some great neighbors one of whom is also a "Laura." FATE!

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Missed HRC, now listening to the President.

I don't even know how to respond to the casual "Hey how's it going?" that doesn't expect an actual answer. Not well, my friends, not well for anyone.

Yeah, I just had that conversation with the guy watching me swipe my ID at the elevator.

Though the one that really punches me in the gut is - if there is some way to impeach Trump or get him to resign, then we get Pence. Who....I can't decide which one would be worse for the country. Both terrify me.

I think Pence would be worse. The whole thing is horrifying.

I am gonna fight like hell for the next 2 years to get TX more blue. Cause after that I am moving to a solidly blue state and unless some blue votes move in or grow in the red states, this is our future for years and years.

IRC Dallas info session is being scheduled so I can then apply as a volunteer. Also looking at Planned Parenthood.

And even though I want to unfriend everyone who is saying "I don't unfriend people for their political views, that's undemocratic," I'm wondering if that is the problem. Like if only these assholes could see the truth of my life and if I could stop being an asshole and see the truth of theirs maybe we could stop doing this to each other?

I have only one person on FB that turned out to be that kind of person - my aunt. She never posted anything Trump where I could see it but she did post one of those fucking things attacking Michelle Obama. I was shocked to see it coming from her. I considered unfriending her last night and didn't. Because if anything I post can help her see what I go through as a single childfree disabled woman, I have to try. I don't know for a fact that she voted for him but if she did, she sold out the multiracial differently abled family of her sister.

I've only slept 2 hrs and still feel horrible in the pit of my stomach. Disability poverty already had me in a bad way and now the few aid programs I was hoping would help will all be at risk. I'm sure many here have similar worries, similar situations they're worriedly considering right now.

That statistic about how white women voted made me sick. And if a statistic I saw about how many eligible voters didn't vote is true, I'm fucking furious.

However, I've tried to also think about how we strengthen our existing communities, how we reach out and build new extensions of them, and how we organize both for politics and good works. I'm extremely physically isolated in LA. And so many of the online communities I've been part of are in tatters from their boards/socnets going bye bye. So I decided to dip my toe in the water again here. (Thank you, Scrappy, for the shoutout).

Glad to see you back Spira.

I'm on my lunch from my first day. The election came up...the split was Gen X for (not me though) to Millenia last against and then it was dropped

I am so tired running on no sleep physical work and wearing oldo glasses.

My sister unfriended our brother this morning. I'm contemplating doing the same (I already have him hidden from my newsfeed)

I just deleted my links to Daily Kos and 538. The "His fault!" "Her fault!" "Their fault!" "Your fault!" thing is not helpful.

Oh, I wanted to thank Steph for posting what Nilly said. I try to keep in mind that history is full of terrible times that people fought and survived. What Nilly wrote was a helpful addendum to that and good to keep in mind.

If I may, from Tumblr,

A message from George Takei: I am addressing this to all who voted to defeat Donald Trump and what he represents. We may not have prevailed, but we must not despair.

Many of you are, like me, in a state of shock. This does not feel like the America you love and honor. We are in uncharted waters. In times like these we must reaffirm the values we cherish and have fought for: equality, justice, the care of the planet. We must stand up defiantly to any dark or devisive acts, and look out for the most vulnerable among us. It is more important than ever.

Within our hearts we know the society we wish to live in. No one can take that vision from us. We are each of us keepers of that promise. This country has seen wars and grave injustices, slavery and even civil war in its past. Yet we found our way through.

Hold your loved ones close. Tell them that it is in times of sadness and in the toughest of days where we often find our true mettle.

Also from Tumblr: Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.