I really wish I could believe that things are gonna turn around in the US :\

[cwebber@social.coop]

I really wish I could believe that things are gonna turn around in the US

I am finding happiness in Canada but I would rather not have left, wish I could say it would be fine to just reverse on this plan, and I resent that I felt it was important to if I was going to continue being a semi-prominent figure for the sake of my work while also being trans

[babble_endanger@freeradical.zone]

@cwebber I am regularly tempted to flee. It's good to have people everywhere for the bus factor. I hate that we have to talk about such things.

[cwebber@social.coop]

not just my work, the org, but the kind of work I want to push and advocate for

I talked with @mlemweb about, what's the condition on which we could just hunker down if things got bad? but it seemed to require not being out there if things kept escalating

I'm not interested in being out there for popularity, I'm interested in being out there because I believe strongly that certain kinds of things should happen and I do think I have success in using my skills and work to push the needle in the direction I think it should go

and I wouldn't be happy giving that up, and I don't think I am the kind of person who can go quiet

and I do think that secure communication tech has never been more important

so I dunno

here I am