I’m physically disabled. I can probably write the emails people find so obnoxious.

I no longer live in Japan, but I had the same experience. It is still generally considered impolite to walk and eat at the same time, unless it’s something like an ice cream cone or dango at a festival.

They didn’t vote because of the stock market. The stock market has been doing great. They voted because things are expensive and they are poor.

I just keep asking myself, “What are you supposed to do when your country falls into fascism?”

But even more so, I’m heartbroken for my distant relatives and everyone else in Ukraine.

Please, Europe–don’t let them fall.

An uninhabitable planet.

When Biden stepped down, I immediately said that Trump has won. There was no way the US was going to elect a woman of color.

I gained more optimism over time, but clearly my initial instinct was 100% correct.

Is there a good source that can confirm any of this?

Many, many Americans do not see things that way at all. You constantly encounter people saying that they like Chinese people but not the CCP, for example.

I almost wish we could just be our own country. Washington, Oregon, and California are already very much aligned with one another.

I think I might spend the day with a bottle of whiskey and box of macaroni and cheese.