Anyone else feel the weirdness of this unprecedented time?

[Crunchy Frog]

100. The nuclear sabre rattling from russia has been going on for nearly 3 years.

Nothing new there. They use it to try and get western leaders to self deter in providing Ukraine with the levels and types of aid they would need to more effectively defend themselves.

The rush to Bluesky is because Musk's Twitter is becoming intolerable, and an effective alternative has finally emerged. Big social media sites like that play a different kind of role in the internet ecosystem than a site like DU. It really serves as a vast international town square.

We are living in unprecedented times, but I've been expecting this country to eventually go full on fascist for over 20 years. I'm not really shocked or confused, but I'm definitely scared.

I don't know what people will do to resist. I guess we just watch and find out.