My fever brain would *not* let this go, but my goodness, 2023 needs to end.
Today's year-end round-up covers five core issues for the world this year: AI hype cycles, climate change and inaction, union power, war, and far right extremism - in the world as in the US.
These issues all feed into one another. Maybe, just maybe, understanding the intersections between these struggles will help ready us for the fight against them all in the year(s) ahead.
Go get 'em, tigers.
https://onlysky.media/mclark/five-core-issues-that-defined-2023/
@MLClark . Start by getting rid of the fascist pigs. The rest will eventually folllw.
PS some thing about the way you write, and the way thatโs formatted, itโs very easy to digest and get through. Your style and cadence, and the paragraph brakes and everything. Thank you! @MLClark
Oh, that is such a relief to hear, Kat. Thank you for that reassurance, your kind words, the gift of your reading, and just your overall GLOW as a person. You've brightened a day consumed by cursing many times at the screen while confirming terrible facts for this piece - so thank you. ๐ค
Happy New Year's to you!
May the next be much kinder to us all. ๐
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Looking forward to all the victories we will celebrate at the end of 2024 :) @MLClark
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Thank you. I always enjoy your pieces.
Nothing could be more true than your closing--that voting is the bare minimum required of us.
I believe this is the decade we stand for one another or watch our friends fall, and ultimately get taken down ourselves
Revisiting and revising Niemoller, "First they came for <insert group here> and I did nothing because I didn't learn the lesson the first f#ยฉโing time"
Thank you for reading, Brent. Truly.
I'm deeply heartened to know other people also racking their brains, rallying with care, and otherwise committing to the Herculean labours ahead.
It is a strength to know that we're not going at this alone.
May you and yours have a wonderful New Year - and may you always feel supported in the fray. ๐ช
@MLClark
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@MLClark An excellent read, yet again! Thank you xx
Stuey! Isn't it getting near the hour where you are? Thanks so much for spending some of your New Year's Eve with this piece.
I hope you're enjoying exactly the kind of end-of-year you prefer - ideally surrounded by warmth, loved ones, and a few scrumptious nibbles, too!
Either way, may the coming morn break beautifully - and may the New Year keep you and yours very well. ๐ค
@MLClark We're three hours from 2024.
I have a feeling, a premonition even, that it'll be tough but that unexpectedly swift progress will occur in many important areas. I get a sense that the world will breathe many collective sighs of relief in the year ahead.
Here's to you and yours ๐ฅ
Thank you for this, and for all your fine writing during this challenging and heart-wrenching year. ๐งก
Everyone, this is a must-read. Buh-bye 2023!
I will look forward to reading this, and I hope you are doing emotionally and mentally OK after being so much in these topics ? @MLClark โฅ๏ธ