Sonia Connolly

Experiencing Joy While the World Burns by Christie Aschwanden, quoting Ed Abbey on Last Word On Nothing, Feb 26, 2025.

"It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here.

So… ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space.

Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive."

The Revolution Will NOT be Televised by shadowkat, Feb 23, 2025. 100 items of genuine good news about resistance to the current political catastrophe.

The Cognitive Load of It All, or the Response Matrix by siderea. A brief and encouraging analysis of the categories of things that need to be done in resistance.

My point here is that you don't have to feel bad that you can't do it all. You have to remember you are one person in a huge, multifaceted movement of resistance, and other comrades will be doing the things you don't do. The second most important thing to believe in, after yourself, is one another.

Relatedly, we need to resist the temptation to tell other people they're not picking up the right rocks or the rocks they're moving aren't important. All the rocks ultimately have to get moved, all the rocks are important.

Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting by grueproof. Compilation of links with a lot of practical ideas: mutual aid, organize groups, support your library, etc.

on approaching hard problems by Ursula Whitcher.

But something Adriana and I have talked about over and over is that dealing with your feelings about hard problems isn't a distraction from the work; it's part of the work. So I'm reaching out to you, through text and symbol, to say: let's work together. When somebody asks you why decisions in Washington matter, here's a story you can share.

No One Knows How This Will End (But I Do Not Think It Will End Well for Them) by Rebecca Solnit, Feb 16, 2025. Solnit's new newsletter is called "Meditations in an Emergency." A fierce look at the current political situation and where the holes might be in what looks like an impenetrable front.

They do not understand power. I'm not sure they understand wealth either.

The Ed's Up - On Doing Something by Ed Yong, Feb 5, 2025. Stunning bird photos, book recommendations, and his wife Liz Neeley's newsletter Meeting the Moment tracking assaults on science.