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@xankarn<\/a> America, the nicest third-world country in the world.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/adammoe2022\/statuses\/115720427682936640","object":{"id":"https:\/\/c.im\/users\/adammoe2022\/statuses\/115720427682936640","objectType":"note","content":"

@xankarn<\/a> America, the nicest third-world country in the world.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@adammoe2022\/115720427682936640","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn\/statuses\/115691965453604355","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn\/115691965453604355"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-14:objectType=thread:nonce=b908218fb0062cfc","notice_info":{"local_id":"11715330","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-14T23:07:43+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/c.im\/@adammoe2022\/115720427682936640"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter","displayName":"Steve's Place","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-original-tmp20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-96-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-48-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-24-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"182810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-96-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"ASCAP member. Once was in R&D at Apple & Compaq. One NASA launch. Designed stuff. Made things go. Made things stop. Collected data. Sysadmin. Musician. Lead guitarist. Songwriter. Oregonian again after many stops.Profile picture: Head of a man in a hazmat suit from an album.Header picture: Colors of Ukraine.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/@steter","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"steter","displayName":"Steve's Place","note":"ASCAP member. Once was in R&D at Apple & Compaq. One NASA launch. Designed stuff. Made things go. Made things stop. Collected data. Sysadmin. Musician. Lead guitarist. Songwriter. Oregonian again after many stops.Profile picture: Head of a man in a hazmat suit from an album.Header picture: Colors of Ukraine."}},"content":"RT @steter @cmthiede When the richest country in the history of the world can\u2019t deliver affordable energy\/heat to the people it claims to represent, that\u2019s deep political dysfunction. I\u2019m not an anarchist, so I\u2019m troubled by this fundamental violation of the social contract.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/115720263824773899\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/cmthiede\/statuses\/115692519153603254","objectType":"note","content":"

@xankarn<\/a> that's not collapse, yet, that's s taking care of each other. When collapse does happen, rural communities will fare far better than metro areas. Stay off the sidewalks for falling success.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@cmthiede\/115692519153603254","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-14:objectType=thread:nonce=b908218fb0062cfc","notice_info":{"local_id":"11715042","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"11715040"}},"published":"2025-12-14T22:25:13+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"steter repeated a notice by cmthiede","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/115720263824773899\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/cmthiede","displayName":"CM Thiede","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241296-original-tmp20240208183611.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":181,"height":181},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241296-96-20241107004012.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241296-48-20241107004012.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241296-24-20241107004012.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"241296"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/241296-96-20241107004012.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Rooted resident of Wisconsin (purplest state in the USA) informing my worldview and just about every art object I've ever created.Even though my work finds its way into public and private collections, I still hear a lot of, "My 5 year old can do that."What can I say? Folkified Poprageousness! #Art#Music#FolkifiedPoprageousness#Wisconsin#USA","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@cmthiede","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"cmthiede","displayName":"CM Thiede","note":"Rooted resident of Wisconsin (purplest state in the USA) informing my worldview and just about every art object I've ever created.Even though my work finds its way into public and private collections, I still hear a lot of, "My 5 year old can do that."What can I say? Folkified Poprageousness! #Art#Music#FolkifiedPoprageousness#Wisconsin#USA"}},"content":"

@xankarn<\/a> that's not collapse, yet, that's s taking care of each other. When collapse does happen, rural communities will fare far better than metro areas. Stay off the sidewalks for falling success.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/cmthiede\/statuses\/115692519153603254","object":{"id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/cmthiede\/statuses\/115692519153603254","objectType":"note","content":"

@xankarn<\/a> that's not collapse, yet, that's s taking care of each other. When collapse does happen, rural communities will fare far better than metro areas. Stay off the sidewalks for falling success.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@cmthiede\/115692519153603254","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn\/statuses\/115691965453604355","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn\/115691965453604355"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-14:objectType=thread:nonce=b908218fb0062cfc","notice_info":{"local_id":"11715040","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-14T22:24:59+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@cmthiede\/115692519153603254"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn","displayName":"Alexander Karn","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/164776-original-tmp20260930021611.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/164776-96-20260930032123.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/164776-48-20260930032309.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/164776-24-20260930122754.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"164776"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/164776-96-20260930032123.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Associate Professor of History at SLAC (NY, USA). Not representing employer. Interests: power and the production of historical knowledge, public history, historical justice, historical dialogue, reconciliation, museum studies.Commentary: Mother Jones, The Progressive, Salon, HuffPost.Resist Much, Obey Little. #RMOL","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"xankarn","displayName":"Alexander Karn","note":"Associate Professor of History at SLAC (NY, USA). Not representing employer. Interests: power and the production of historical knowledge, public history, historical justice, historical dialogue, reconciliation, museum studies.Commentary: Mother Jones, The Progressive, Salon, HuffPost.Resist Much, Obey Little. #RMOL"}},"content":"

@cmthiede<\/a> <\/p>

When the richest country in the history of the world can\u2019t deliver affordable energy\/heat to the people it claims to represent, that\u2019s deep political dysfunction. <\/p>

I\u2019m not an anarchist, so I\u2019m troubled by this fundamental violation of the social contract.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn\/statuses\/115692544320878900","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn\/statuses\/115692544320878900","objectType":"note","content":"

@cmthiede<\/a> <\/p>

When the richest country in the history of the world can\u2019t deliver affordable energy\/heat to the people it claims to represent, that\u2019s deep political dysfunction. <\/p>

I\u2019m not an anarchist, so I\u2019m troubled by this fundamental violation of the social contract.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn\/115692544320878900","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/cmthiede\/statuses\/115692519153603254","url":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/@cmthiede\/115692519153603254"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/social.vivaldi.net\/users\/cmthiede"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-14:objectType=thread:nonce=b908218fb0062cfc","notice_info":{"local_id":"11715041","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-14T22:24:58+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn\/115692544320878900"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/users\/hosford42","displayName":"Aaron","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/109004-original-tmp20230322094411.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/109004-96-20230322094412.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/109004-48-20230322094412.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/109004-24-20230322094412.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"109004"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/109004-96-20230322094412.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"#MachineLearning engineer. #NLU enthusiast. #AutisticZebra (#autism & #EhlersDanlos). Guitarist, singer, songwriter. Rude-sounding kind person. (he\/they)https:\/\/hosford42.github.io\/Profile pic: Top half of the head of a nerdy white guy, peeking upside down from above the top of the picture. Clearly this guy looks at things from a different perspective.Banner: Bands of color showing the average temperature change in Texas since 1895. Very red for the last 20% of the image.","url":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/@hosford42","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"hosford42","displayName":"Aaron","note":"#MachineLearning engineer. #NLU enthusiast. #AutisticZebra (#autism & #EhlersDanlos). Guitarist, singer, songwriter. Rude-sounding kind person. (he\/they)https:\/\/hosford42.github.io\/Profile pic: Top half of the head of a nerdy white guy, peeking upside down from above the top of the picture. Clearly this guy looks at things from a different perspective.Banner: Bands of color showing the average temperature change in Texas since 1895. Very red for the last 20% of the image."}},"content":"

@xankarn<\/a> <\/p>

\"Almost one in four households couldn\u2019t pay their energy bills in 2024, according to census data.\"<\/p>

One in four. One in four. Read that again, folks. ONE IN FUCKING FOUR households. The propaganda is that we are a wealthy country. WE ARE NOT. There are a few wealthy people here, and there are a shit ton of poor people here. It's just that the wealthy people are *so* wealthy that when you include them in the average, it *sounds like* we are a wealthy nation. \"A rising tide lifts all boats,\" my ass!<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/users\/hosford42\/statuses\/115692703001899272","object":{"id":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/users\/hosford42\/statuses\/115692703001899272","objectType":"note","content":"

@xankarn<\/a> <\/p>

\"Almost one in four households couldn\u2019t pay their energy bills in 2024, according to census data.\"<\/p>

One in four. One in four. Read that again, folks. ONE IN FUCKING FOUR households. The propaganda is that we are a wealthy country. WE ARE NOT. There are a few wealthy people here, and there are a shit ton of poor people here. It's just that the wealthy people are *so* wealthy that when you include them in the average, it *sounds like* we are a wealthy nation. \"A rising tide lifts all boats,\" my ass!<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/@hosford42\/115692703001899272","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn\/statuses\/115691965453604355","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn\/115691965453604355"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-14:objectType=thread:nonce=b908218fb0062cfc","notice_info":{"local_id":"11715039","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-14T22:24:30+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/techhub.social\/@hosford42\/115692703001899272"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter","displayName":"Steve's Place","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-original-tmp20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-96-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-48-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-24-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"182810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/182810-96-20231008190146.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"ASCAP member. Once was in R&D at Apple & Compaq. One NASA launch. Designed stuff. Made things go. Made things stop. Collected data. Sysadmin. Musician. Lead guitarist. Songwriter. Oregonian again after many stops.Profile picture: Head of a man in a hazmat suit from an album.Header picture: Colors of Ukraine.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/@steter","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"steter","displayName":"Steve's Place","note":"ASCAP member. Once was in R&D at Apple & Compaq. One NASA launch. Designed stuff. Made things go. Made things stop. Collected data. Sysadmin. Musician. Lead guitarist. Songwriter. Oregonian again after many stops.Profile picture: Head of a man in a hazmat suit from an album.Header picture: Colors of Ukraine."}},"content":"RT @steter @xankarn while I was in college, I spent parts of spring breaks chopping firewood and delivering it to people living in shoddy houses deep in the Appalachian mountains. Anytime I feel sorry for myself, I remember how hard life was for those people and yet they always put on a brave happy face when we showed up with the firewood. We'd get invited inside to see some of their family photos. They wanted us to see their joys and know who they were.That was indeed resilience, but words have multiple meanings. It was the resilience of the human spirit. It was pride and the will to survive when others are trying to kill you.The resilience that is being inferred in fluff pieces about the resilience of rural communities is another form of the word. It's resilience in the sense of a safety net, which is not what's happening.It<\/a>'s a perversion of a quirk in the English language and 30 years later, I remember this lesson: the opposite of suffering is not joy. It's pride. We overlook the difference at our own peril.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/115720256023740986\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn\/statuses\/115691965453604355","objectType":"note","content":"

\u201cRural America knows the truth long before the rest of the country feels it. Nothing collapses all at once. It just stops working in small places first while everyone else calls it local hardship. That\u2019s why wood banks\u2014like a food bank but for fuel\u2014are important. They\u2019re the clearest sign that basic systems in this country have already failed.\u201d<\/p>

https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/204051\/firewood-banks-heating-bill-winter<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn\/115691965453604355","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-14:objectType=thread:nonce=b908218fb0062cfc","notice_info":{"local_id":"11715033","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"11714381"}},"published":"2025-12-14T22:23:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"steter repeated a notice by xankarn","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/115720256023740986\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/sysop408","displayName":"Sheldon","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84383-original-tmp20230505211134.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84383-96-20230505211304.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84383-48-20230505211304.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84383-24-20230505211304.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"84383"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/84383-96-20230505211304.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Drupaler, full-stack dev, & bad sysadmin. Even worse harmonica player. Not a bad photographer. Works to create culture and community through downtowns and small business. Has Non-24 disorder (sighted). Wife has ME\/CFS. Enjoyer of when the good news is also the bad news. \u2029Early Internet\/BBS Posse (86). NAFO Fella. Slava Ukraini. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6Former: TechCrunch Disrupt Alum, Physical Therapist, Hospital Design Analyst, CRM Admin, Boston U Alumni","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@sysop408","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"sysop408","displayName":"Sheldon","note":"Drupaler, full-stack dev, & bad sysadmin. Even worse harmonica player. Not a bad photographer. Works to create culture and community through downtowns and small business. Has Non-24 disorder (sighted). Wife has ME\/CFS. Enjoyer of when the good news is also the bad news. \u2029Early Internet\/BBS Posse (86). NAFO Fella. Slava Ukraini. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6Former: TechCrunch Disrupt Alum, Physical Therapist, Hospital Design Analyst, CRM Admin, Boston U Alumni"}},"content":"

@xankarn<\/a> while I was in college, I spent parts of spring breaks chopping firewood and delivering it to people living in shoddy houses deep in the Appalachian mountains. <\/p>

Anytime I feel sorry for myself, I remember how hard life was for those people and yet they always put on a brave happy face when we showed up with the firewood. We'd get invited inside to see some of their family photos. They wanted us to see their joys and know who they were.<\/p>

That was indeed resilience, but words have multiple meanings. It was the resilience of the human spirit. It was pride and the will to survive when others are trying to kill you.<\/p>

The resilience that is being inferred in fluff pieces about the resilience of rural communities is another form of the word. It's resilience in the sense of a safety net, which is not what's happening.<\/p>

It's a perversion of a quirk in the English language and 30 years later, I remember this lesson: the opposite of suffering is not joy. It's pride. We overlook the difference at our own peril.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/sysop408\/statuses\/115693557684031237","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/users\/sysop408\/statuses\/115693557684031237","objectType":"note","content":"

@xankarn<\/a> while I was in college, I spent parts of spring breaks chopping firewood and delivering it to people living in shoddy houses deep in the Appalachian mountains. <\/p>

Anytime I feel sorry for myself, I remember how hard life was for those people and yet they always put on a brave happy face when we showed up with the firewood. We'd get invited inside to see some of their family photos. They wanted us to see their joys and know who they were.<\/p>

That was indeed resilience, but words have multiple meanings. It was the resilience of the human spirit. It was pride and the will to survive when others are trying to kill you.<\/p>

The resilience that is being inferred in fluff pieces about the resilience of rural communities is another form of the word. It's resilience in the sense of a safety net, which is not what's happening.<\/p>

It's a perversion of a quirk in the English language and 30 years later, I remember this lesson: the opposite of suffering is not joy. It's pride. We overlook the difference at our own peril.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@sysop408\/115693557684031237","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn\/statuses\/115691965453604355","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn\/115691965453604355"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-14:objectType=thread:nonce=b908218fb0062cfc","notice_info":{"local_id":"11715032","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-14T22:22:59+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sfba.social\/@sysop408\/115693557684031237"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn","displayName":"Alexander Karn","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/164776-original-tmp20260930021611.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/164776-96-20260930032123.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/164776-48-20260930032309.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/164776-24-20260930122754.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"164776"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/164776-96-20260930032123.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Associate Professor of History at SLAC (NY, USA). Not representing employer. Interests: power and the production of historical knowledge, public history, historical justice, historical dialogue, reconciliation, museum studies.Commentary: Mother Jones, The Progressive, Salon, HuffPost.Resist Much, Obey Little. #RMOL","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"xankarn","displayName":"Alexander Karn","note":"Associate Professor of History at SLAC (NY, USA). Not representing employer. Interests: power and the production of historical knowledge, public history, historical justice, historical dialogue, reconciliation, museum studies.Commentary: Mother Jones, The Progressive, Salon, HuffPost.Resist Much, Obey Little. #RMOL"}},"content":"

\u201cRural America knows the truth long before the rest of the country feels it. Nothing collapses all at once. It just stops working in small places first while everyone else calls it local hardship. That\u2019s why wood banks\u2014like a food bank but for fuel\u2014are important. They\u2019re the clearest sign that basic systems in this country have already failed.\u201d<\/p>

https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/204051\/firewood-banks-heating-bill-winter<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-18:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn\/statuses\/115691965453604355","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/users\/xankarn\/statuses\/115691965453604355","objectType":"note","content":"

\u201cRural America knows the truth long before the rest of the country feels it. Nothing collapses all at once. It just stops working in small places first while everyone else calls it local hardship. That\u2019s why wood banks\u2014like a food bank but for fuel\u2014are important. They\u2019re the clearest sign that basic systems in this country have already failed.\u201d<\/p>

https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/204051\/firewood-banks-heating-bill-winter<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn\/115691965453604355","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-12-14:objectType=thread:nonce=b908218fb0062cfc","notice_info":{"local_id":"11714381","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-12-14T20:18:14+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.online\/@xankarn\/115691965453604355"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5954837","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}