We actually live in a world where nobody really has any authority over any other person or their decisions.

We can take actions and react, and other people can, too.

We can choose to believe in rules or laws, or we can flout them.

Someone can _force_ another person into a position or mislead them or threaten them.

But it's actually a free-for-all.

We _can_ however, _agree_ and promise to behave a certain way towards one another, and then _keep that promise_.

Learn to use your free will.

I understand that some people might find me a Debbie Downer at this time, but I think I'm actually giving the *hopeful* scenario. I am, after all, assuming that there still will be a country here in four years.

Several people have asked me how to support/protect libraries in the coming four years. Here's how, straight from a librarian: https://danialexis.net/2024/11/09/heres-how-to-help-libraries-in-the-second-trump-era/

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