re: #108 Belafon

I have been thinking about QAnon, their delusions, and my relationship to this site. I love being here and getting news and everything else, but it has consumed me needing to be so up-to-the-minute. I blame Trump and Republicans for that, but I also realize that I won’t stop unless I take a break and get through some withdrawal symptoms. So, probably starting on Thursday, I will need to sign off here for a bit for mental health reasons.

Last night I was thinking about whether my LGF use case was changing after January 20th. Hopefully I will not need to spend so many hours doomscrolling through different social media. And it is time to start planning for the beginning of spring yardwork season. Plus there are a number of projects that I want to move closer towards completion.

I do think that LGF will remain a primary source for me.

I had heard that many organizations are facing this same issue. Somewhere I read that MSNBC was talking to all their leads about the direction of the network after January 20th. Lincoln Project has already announced their intended post inaugural direction. I have no doubt that this is playing out in a lot of places.

But yes, the current administration was, essentially, a serial abuser. And many would benefit from a breather to do some healing.