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   Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 11:07:11 JST Miakoda

   I feel extremely powerless.
   I can't protect myself, I can't protect my loved ones, and I can't fix the insane injustices going on all over.
   I can't even manage myself well enough to not be in the way or a burden while others protect themselves.

   😭

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 11:28:52 JST Miakoda

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     • Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

     @murdoc
     You do. Not being alone is better than alone, no matter how sideways things get. Having people I can vent to instead of always unloading on my 2 closest friends, and thus overly fraining them, is also helpful.
     You are a help.
     The threat is just very enormous.
     🫂

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     Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻 (murdoc@autistics.life)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 11:28:53 JST Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

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     @hellomiakoda
     ☹️🫂 Wish I could help.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 11:48:34 JST Miakoda

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     • Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

     @murdoc

     I do. I wish Mastodon had a "like" and a seperate "+ support" (however it may be better named).

     If someone posts they're sad their loved one died, or they're depressed and in a bad place mentally, ect, I'd want to show support, and that I heard them, but "like"....
     Kinda feels like "My mom died! 😭", "👍"

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     Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻 (murdoc@autistics.life)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 11:48:35 JST Murdoc Addams 🧛🏻

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     @hellomiakoda
     😊 Thank for that, I'm glad for that at least. And I don't mark as many of your posts as "favorite" as I may want to because that still seems a weird reply, but if I do hopefully you'll know what I really mean.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 11:53:24 JST Miakoda

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     • Kevin Davy

     @pathfinder
     This is why I say more info, regardless of how awful and unpleasant that info is, is always better. The more accurste of a "worst case" I can mentally assemble, the better I can either brace for impact, or become aware that the vaguer idea I previously had is worse than the reality.
     Holes in info is where my brain fills in the absolute worst "Aaaaaaahhh!!!!!!"

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     Kevin Davy (pathfinder@beige.party)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 11:53:25 JST Kevin Davy

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     @hellomiakoda
     We have, as autistics, a wonderful ability to see crystal clearly into the future. All the options, all the possibilities. Unfortunately, we tend to concentrate on the absolute worst case, because it's the only way we know how to prepare for it, should it happen. I fear, things will not get easier for you, until you can begin to see the true shape of the land that is to become. :bear_hugs:

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 11:57:03 JST Miakoda

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     • Kevin Davy

     @pathfinder
     Case in point -
     Following the news...
     Trump and crew are horribly imcompetant, even more so than I thought. That's bad.
     Trump is picking fights with allies. That's very bad.
     Many of Trump's buddies REALLY want to ruin social security. That's fucking bad bad.

     But each is more info, a slightly clearer picture, and at least a reduction of the "I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS, MUST BE NUCLEAR BAD!!! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE! " part of my anxiety and fear.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 12:02:58 JST Miakoda

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     • Kevin Davy

     @pathfinder
     There's also some shards of hope in the news.
     The deportation plans are MASSIVELY expensive and will take MASSIVE MASSIVE manpower. It likely won't get done in 4 years, let alone 2.
     They're also all incompetent as fuck.
     Many republicans still want to please their doners, who recognize tarrifs and deportation will fuck up profits.
     All of these will slow things down. The slower it goes, the more time for smarter, less evil people to come in at mids.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 12:03:01 JST Miakoda

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     • Kevin Davy

     @pathfinder
     Less awful people in the way after mid terms will slow the evil down further.
     Maybe, just maybe, he'll be too busy, and too incompetent, to get around to completely trashing disability benefits before 2028.

     There's plenty of immigrants he's not going to find by 2028, it's just too massive a project.

     If he's busy with that, hopefully, he won't have time to completely ruin shit for my friends.

     🤞Rs for luck!