As someone who uses Linux and meditates I can tell you that, as much as you might want them to, neither of these things will save you. What will save you is getting into Brazilian Jujitsu and getting choked unconscious every week. I don’t know why it works but it does.
i like disco elysium's take on kindness and human connection BECAUSE its a gloomy melancholic game. not saying this in like an edgy way its just the lowkeyness of it that makes it actually stick. i like that it ribs noid's more over the top "we are all fundamentally connected by #thebeat lets return to the beat" as being mildly fascistic bc he sounds like he'd get 45k likes on twitter. but nevertheless the church was built around the pale to contain it and this oddball group of ravers with two troubled middle aged cops and a grumpy lady and the crab man are once more knowingly or not going to try keeping it at bay by being people together and isnt that kinda sweet.
Looking at what national news outlets are up to right now, one might not realize a whole major US metropolitan area is, you know, sort of under attack by paramilitary forces. Wild.
While it's not going unreported entirely, what's been happening in Minnesota and in Minneapolis–Saint Paul in particular since Renee Good was murdered is not getting the attention it should be.
There are already 2000 gangsters from DHS deployed, and "hundreds" or "1000" more are on the way, depending on which Trumpland person you ask. As a point of reference, the Twin Cities' actual police total just under 1200 (600 in Minneapolis and 590 in Saint Paul according to the depts' sites).
The feds there are more or less attacking people at random. They've gone door-to-door for "citizenship checks" (completely illegal). They've knocked doors down when residents haven't complied (obviously also completely illegal). In addition to abducting and brutalizing the immigrants they come across during their rampages, they've done the same to US citizens of color and are also harassing, stalking and physically attacking observers.
Below are some videos from observers. I'm linking to Bluesky because that's where I saw them, though many are originally from/also available elsewhere. I apologize for the rancid formatting below but it was the best I could do quickly-ish. The images are previews; click the links in the timestamps to watch.
Dumb Meg (@dmbmeg.bsky.social) Jan 11, 2026 at 6:10 PM(You need to be logged in to see this—while it's unclear what happened to the victim in this one, there's no reported death so far; CW for heightened violence)
Dom Ervolina (@dominicervolina.com) Jan 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM(You need to be logged in to see this)