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The reason abortion isn't considered an economic issue as all is because we fully expect moms to bear 100% of the work of raising the kid while still providing financially fir the family.

Mom can't find a babysitter? Sounds like she'll have to work nights while her mom watches the baby so dad can get some sleep. Or she'll stay home for 5 years and let her own career crater, and then maybe she'll be able to go back to work after racking up credit card debt, idk, that's her problem, not mine.

I'm all for 4B, and will be joining Y'all if BoyToy and I split, but I'm also not seeing myself joining yall as anything more than an ally and supporter of what 4B is doing any time soon.

Are you 4b? Considering it? Not interested? (4b is Not dating men, marrying them, or having children? And when did you start?

Yes, my whole life naturally

Yes, a while ago as a result of learning about radical feminism

Yes, as of this election

No, opposed to the idea

No, I already had kids and was married before learning about it

No, I already had a boyfriend and don’t want to break up with him

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X turned against him, the daddy Musk cybertruck tesla boys are realizing his cars can't do shit, and no woman will touch him anymore, and he's the most blatantly bitter divorced loser in pop culture. While also being terminally online and trying to buy the country. Of course he's hanging with incels and edgelords.

why is musk back on 4chan. Even *I’m* not back on 4chan.

Highs and Lows This Week 🩵

Highs: girls night tinis and the return of a man I sent away to go do the work on himself who, shocking everyone, has been doing the work, and my dogs got to go on some good hikes.

Lows: I'm in a mask for the next 2 weeks because he then popped a fever after spending all day with me Monday. Olive got into some drywall dust in the stairwell where I'm storing my renovation supplies for the clinic. Hannibal fell into the toilet not once but twice and required baths.

My answer to this, and I've just figured this out in the past 6 months or so, is being largely apolitical on social media. There's a few reasons for this:

Social media is built on engagement metrics, so the most ragebaity, sensationalist accounts covering current events get the most engagement and therefore end up in your feed the most.

Social media is the least effective method of praxis

Social media also has the most room for misinformation, disinformation, and propoaganda.

Social Media also has a habit of engaging with news, politics, and political discourse in the worst possible bad faith.

What I do instead:

During my morning coffee I listen to my local NPR station.

I have a few select news podcasts from a variety of leans and angles, (The New Yorker, NPR, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The American Conservative) that I rotate throughout the week, so that I have a bit of background on what all positions of the media are saying about certain issues.

Using Allsides for big issues, find them here. They present articles from across the political spectrum on current events issues, primarily for US politics.

CSPAN is your friend. It is... quite literally just the facts, with opinion lines for both liberals and conservatives, and it's where most of the livestreams of congress and political events are done.

I’ve seen quite a few people this past week ask something along the lines of ‘how to be up-to-date and properly informed about current events and politics and also not get super depressed?’

While most of these were phrased in a joking matter, it actually is a really good question. Being able to balance awareness of the shitty things happening in the world, but not letting that shittiness destroy you is a skill.

Being well informed is vital. However, if you become so informed that it’s starting to effect your life, you’ve gone too far.

The point of being aware of current events, especially bad ones, is so you can do something about it. Read about it, post about it, donate to charity, volunteer, etc. Something you can’t do if your overwhelmed with (rightful) anger and sadness.

So the answer to the original question is that you become informed enough that you want to do something about it, but do not overload yourself to the point where you feel too depressed to take any action.

Burying your head in the sand isn’t good. But neither is doomscrolling into oblivion. Find that middle where you are actively interested in what is happening in the world, but not to the point where it becomes a hinderance to regular life.

Being aware of the world around you is super interesting, but don’t spiral. Misery loves company. Stay informed, stay active, stay hopeful.